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[aid] => mick
[title] => Eire (Ireland)
[time] => 2009-03-12 12:36:21
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[bodytext] => Come listen to me and you’ll be told Of the past, the present, the Eire of old Milesians came warring to seek to seek out the land Of the Firbolgs fighting the Tuatha De Danann Amergin the bard, Cu Chullain so true Of Cormac MacArt and king Brian Boru Fionn and the Fian who tread the Old Sod And blessed is St. Patrick who turned them to God Drogheda destroyed from Cromwell’s abuse A fate that was suffered far worse than the noose Sitting in camp, with his men drinking ale He sent orphans running to live past the Pale With rising’s a plenty, rebellion’s struck down How many had perished beneath Britain’s crown Famine brought plague on the old and the young And death almost conquered the land’s native tongue Yet the Fenian’s brought forth great men of renown Like “the Big Fellow” Collins of Clonakilty town The country divided but well on it’s way To the Irish republic we see today The talking of peace, agreements a must If only both sides could sit down in trust Nothing is gained clinging onto the past Just move on to see Eire united at last © 2004 G. O’ Raithbheartaigh [comments] => 1 [counter] => 278 [topic] => 28 [informant] => Eireannach [notes] => [ihome] => 0 [alanguage] => english [acomm] => 0 [haspoll] => 0 [pollID] => 0 [score] => 0 [ratings] => 0 [editpoem] => 1 [associated] => [topicname] => Patriotic )
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