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1. The Town Clock of Lismore

   

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   Good bye, old clock, good bye,
   Your striking days are 'oer,
   No more you will proclaim,
   To the people of Lismore,
   II
   A very fierce disastrous fine,
   Has caught you in its blaze,
   Poor clock, you couldn't stand the shock,
   It numbered all your days,
   III
   For ninety years in hot and cold,
   You truly told the time,
   To those whose dead and gone to rest,
   To those in many aclime,
   IV
   For when we look to know the hour,
   We see an empty space,

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   History Edit

   Language

   English

   Collector

   Peggie O' Brien

   Gender

   Female

   Address

   Lios Mór, Co. Phort Láirge

   Informant

   Mr William Campion

   Gender

   Male

   Address

   Lios Mór, Co. Phort Láirge