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The Spirit of the Nation. Ballads and songs by the writers of "The Nation", with original and ancient music, arranged for the voice and piano-forte, Dublin: James O'Duffy, 1845. This collection of poetry of the Young Irelanders was signed at Clonmel Prison on 13 November 1848 by Thomas Francis Meagher, Terrence Bellew McManus, Patrick O'Donoghue (who adds "The day on which I was sentenced to be hanged"), and William Smith O'Brien. All four were in fact sentenced to death for their part as ringleaders in the 1848 rising but the sentences were commuted to penal servitude and transportation.

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