1. dúchas.ie
  2. The Schools' Collection
  3. Naomh Pádraig, Knockvicar

School: Naomh Pádraig, Knockvicar

Location:
Knockvicar, Co. Roscommon
Teacher:
Mícheál Ó Ceallaigh
Browse
Mode:
The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0233, Page 603

Archival Reference

The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0233, Page 603

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)

  1. XML School: Naomh Pádraig, Knockvicar
  2. XML Page 603
  3. XML “O'Duffy's Circus”

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

  1. O'Duffy's Circus

    Share Share Post
    O'Duffy's Circus
    Did you hear of Duffy's circus
    That was formed up of late
    It's headed by a General, that's out to ruin the state
    He's telling all the farmers
    Not to pay their rates that's due
    But to support the British market
    And to wear a shirt of blue
    Why O'Duffy wears the blue-shirt
    It's easy known to all
    He didn't like the shift he got
    From De Valera's Dail
    The ranchers joined the circus
    To see what they could do
    And they gathered all the clowns they could
    And dressed them up in blue.
    (continues on next page)
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Dermott Mac Dermott
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Crossna, Co. Roscommon
    Informant
    John Mac Keon
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Kilmacroy, Co. Roscommon