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Posted By: Julia
08-Feb-26 - 08:15 PM
Thread Name: Origins: The Sprig of Shillelagh
Subject: Origins: sprig of shellalagh (sp)
Can anyone help me find more lyrics and info about this song? Thanks

The Sprig of Shillelagh
Eileen Finnemore of Portland, Maine.
Recorded November 4, 1941 by Eloise Linscott
AFC 1942/002:SR126B

Did you hear of the meeting on Tara's old green?
Thousands of Irishmen there to be seen,
With their sprig of shillelagh and shamrock so green.

O'Connell was there and he spoke to them all
He stood on the ruins of Tara's old wall
And he called for the faithful to kneel on the sod
That covered the heroes who fought for their God
Their country, their freedom, and shamrock so green.

The captain stood palsied before the great sight
For he knew that they stood for the right,
And he knew that the hearts of the loyal and brave
Would never submit to the chain of the slave.