School: Carrigbyrne (roll number 4479)

Location:
Carrickbyrne, Co. Wexford
Teacher:
Máire Cuirtéis
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  1. In ninety-six as the moon she fixed
    Her beams o'er Scullabogue.
    The twinkling stars and the planet Mars
    Were shining o'er each grove.
    Where the Hessian brutes had bit the dust
    And Cromwell's crew were slain
    Where yeomen fled and left their dead
    In the Ballyshannon Lane.
    I sat for a while upon the style
    At the church of old bouridale
    One night in June when a silvery moon
    O'er the Rebel's' grave did sail,
    The scenes of '98 that I relate, passed
    through my youthful brain,
    (continues on next page)
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    Topics
    1. genre
      1. poetry
        1. folk poetry (~9,504)
    Language
    English