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Thread #48525   Message #728994
Posted By: An Pluiméir Ceolmhar
13-Jun-02 - 04:10 AM
Thread Name: Ginkel, Sarsfield
Subject: Ginkel, Sarsfield
I'm meeting a gentleman called Ginkel today.

His name reminded me of primary school history lessons, and of a poem (about the siege of Limerick, I think) which most kids in Ireland used to learn and which includes the phrase "grim-eyed Dutch gunner". But that's as much as I can remember of the poem, unless it also includes the old "Sarsfield's the word and Sarsfield's the man" punchline.

Can anyone point me towards the words of the poem? I've tried a google search (which turns up various Wild Geese items and dozens of Sarsfield sporting clubs in the Hispanic world), DT and several Mudcat threads which discuss the battle of Aughrim and Sean O Duibhir a' Ghleanna, but can't find the poem I'm looking for.