School: Graiguenamanagh (B.) (roll number 16311)
- Location:
- Graiguenamanagh, Co. Kilkenny
- Teacher: Micheál Ó Cuanáin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0857, Page 338
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- Oh God be wud you, Brandon Hill an' Gorlough green and high;
You never left me famishin' in wet an' could to lie.
I'll miss your healthful breeze, I know, like God's blessin' on my toil.
Oh there's many a sad hour earning the goold on the foreign soil.When Mick was caught "cudheelin" on the weir down there below,
An' the "peelers" all were saarchin', an' he had no place to go.
On your side he hid, poor Brandon, in the fearens" an' the moss;
As "Freney" might or a hunted hare - 'till a boat took him to Ross'Cute as a for, then, sure he doubled, an' sailed from Cork away -
Like December felt the June sun,(continues on next page)
- Informant
- Miss Kate O' Leary
- Gender
- Female
- Occupation
- Poetess
- Address
- Graiguenamanagh, Co. Kilkenny
