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School: Naomh Pádraig, Knockvicar

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Knockvicar, Co. Roscommon
Teacher:
Mícheál Ó Ceallaigh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0233, Page 585

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    585
    When the truce in old
    Ireland was started
    As a freeman to the sea-
    side he bound,
    And when out for a dip
    in the briney
    Alas! brave Marren was drowned.
    When the news of the fate
    circulated
    It filled every heart with
    dismay
    Oh! to think that our brave
    leader
    Was cold 'neath the depths
    of the sea (say)
    Volunteers they came from all over,
    When they heard their companion
    was drowned.
    (continues on next page)
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. genre
      1. poetry
        1. folk poetry (~9,504)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Máire Ní Gaoithin
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Blackfallow, Co. Roscommon