School: An Maoilín, Ráth Droma
- Location:
- Trooperstown Hill, Co. Wicklow
- Teacher: -
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0918, Page 102
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- IAs the torrent bounds down from the mountain
Of cloud helmed stormy Kaigeen,
And tosses, all tawny and foaming
Through the still glen of lone Carrageen.II
So dashed a bold rider of Wicklow
With forty stout men in his train,
From the heart of the hills where the spirit,
Of freedom has dared to remain.III
Of gray frieze their caps and their surcoats
Their carbines were close to their knee.
And their belts were well furnished with pistols
Like men who knew how to be free IV
Oh, grass-green the sash on their shoulders
Their caps crested green with cockades;
And their leader he wore a long dagger
The brightest and keenest of blades,V
To the right ran Imale's lovely valley.
And before them was meadow and mound.
And the gallop of freemen was music(continues on next page)
