School: Derryham
- Location:
- Derryhum, Co. Cavan
- Teacher: A. Ó Máirtín
Archival Reference
The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0981, Page 078
Image and data © National Folklore Collection, UCD.
See copyright details.
Download
Open data
Available under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)
- XML School: Derryham
- XML Page 078
- XML (no title)
Note: We will soon deprecate our XML Application Programming Interface and a new, comprehensive JSON API will be made available. Keep an eye on our website for further details.
On this page
(no title)
“A tree from which a Sinn Féin flag was floating...”
A tree from which a Sinn Féin flag was floating was cut down in Derryham in 1918. The following song is about the incident.In the month of June when trees did bloom not very long ago
The Sinn Féin flag was hanging high in Tully's grove you know
The Derryham boys stepped up to Phil and to him they did say
"Take down that flag that is hanging there or you will rue the day"
"Bedads" said Phil "that is a thing I shall not do. My clogs they are so slippery and the tree it is so high. If I should chance fall I would be sure to die.