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School: Kilmoyly (C.) (roll number 2811)

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Kilmoyly, Co. Kerry
Teacher:
Bríd, Bean an Risigh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0414, Page 231

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    “The moon was shining brightly on Bannas winding strand.”

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    The moon was shining brightly on Bannas winding strand,
    A Silence great and lonely was over all the land.
    The stars like diamonds brightly shone in the azure sky.
    Yet nothing broke the stillness save the heaving billows' sigh.
    Like a murmur from the ocean came the thread of many feet
    As on the lonely sand stone rang.
    Their slow and measured beat.
    My heart was beating wildly like
    the heart of a hunted hare
    Yet nothing met my vision.
    But the dreaming ocean there.
    But low beside the sandhills what is that light I see.
    (continues on next page)
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. genre
      1. poetry
        1. folk poetry (~9,504)
    Language
    English
    Informant
    Maurice Fitzgerald
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Kilmoyly, Co. Kerry