School: Kilnaleck (C.)
- Location:
- Kilnaleck, Co. Cavan
- Teacher: Mrs. Reilly
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0994, Page 279
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An Old Song
“Oh here I am a man that came from Dranan Shire”
I
Oh here I am a man
That came from Dranan Hill
And if you want to know my name
They call me tailor Phil.
II Verse
Im proud to meet you here to night
It fills my heart with joy
To Tell you what I remember
Since the days when I was a boy.
IIIVerse
I remember the Fenian rising and Rory of the hill
How he took up his rival a tyrant for to kill
How he arose one morning just at the break of dawn
He shot Featherson out of his carriage on the hill of Knockshiban
IV Verse
I remember an other act of his not quite so far
When he shot the stationmaster in the town of(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Rosetta Reilly
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Coolkill, Co. Cavan
- Informant
- Laurence Gillick
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 60
- Address
- Lisduff, Co. Cavan