School: Cornamon (roll number 13926)
- Location:
- Corr na mBan, Co. Liatroma
- Teacher: John Kenny
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- (continued from previous page)Her unconquered flag held sway She had strongholds on her headlands
And brave galleys on the sea
And no warlike chief or viking
E'er had bolder heart than she
She unfurled her country's banner
High o'er battlement and mast
And gainst all the might of England
Kept it flying to the last The armies of Elizabeth
Invaded her on loand
Her warships followed on her track
And watched by many a strand
But she swept her foes before her
On the land and on the sea
And the flag of Grace O'Malley
Waved defiant proud and freeOn the walls of Carrick Clooney
As the summer sun went down
And its last bright rays were fading
On the spines of Newport town
To the watchmen on the ramparts
There appeared in long array(continues on next page)
- Collector
- John Kenny
- Gender
- Male
- Informant
- Bartly Roomey
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- An Choill Léith, Co. Liatroma
