School: Tír-Dhá-Ghlas (Terryglass)
- Location:
- Tír Dhá Ghlas, Co. Thiobraid Árann
- Teacher: Seán Ó Gliasáin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0530, Page 305
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- (continued from previous page)The mayor he knew his features;
"I think young man" says he
"your name is Willie Brennan,
you must come along with me."As Brennan's wife had gone to town
Provisions for to buy;
And when she saw her Willie
She began to weep and cry.He said "give me that tenpenny."
And as soon as Willie spoke
She handed him a blunderbuss
from underneath her cloak.That was his loaded blunderbuss
The truth I will unfold.
He made the mayor then tremble
And he robbed him of his gold.In the County of Tipperary,
In a place called Kylanoe
Willie and his comrades
Did suffer keenly so.He amongst the ferns did lie
while fast he bled upon the field.(continues on next page)
