School: Granard (B.) (Muire Gan Smál) (roll number 13963)
- Location:
- Granard, Co. Longford
- Teacher: León Mac Craith
Archival Reference
The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0764, Page 212
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Poem
Ballinamuck
I
Oh, Ballinamuck! Oh, Ballinamuck!
What magic in the sound?
There's not to-day a nobler spot
In all old Erin's ground.
II
There Erin's fate in Ninetyeight
Was settled - not at all,
But hopes that buoyed up Gaul and Celt
The got a sad, sad fall. III
There French and Irish, hand in hand,
Fought heroically and well,
And freely died our land to save
Ere they that land could sell.
IIII
There General Blake died at the stake
As also did Magee,
And fields were dyed with Celtic blood
To set old Ireland free. V
Bedeck the graves and holy mounds
That on your hill are seen,
Raise a monument fitting there
To keep their memory green. VI
The ploughshare and the peasant boy
Do daily meet the bones
Of those who died and felt a pride(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Michael Finnegan
- Gender
- Male
