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School: Derreenargan

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Derreenargan, Co. Roscommon
Teacher:
Pádhraic Ó Fionnáin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0232, Page 227

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  1. Poetry, Carolan's Grave

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    I

    Dear harp of my country enshrouded with shamrocks,
    Will the days of thy numbers again come full soon,
    Lo, here in Kilronan poor Carolan is lying,
    Had he lived for a century,
    How proudly we'd bloom.

    II
    But death's certain summons peeped o'er his violin,
    His harp and his heart beating ever so low:
    The strains of his music, his pulses are dying,
    The last of the bards feels his fair harp no more.

    III

    Lo, stranger come tell me hast thou never known,
    Or travelled to Kilronan church-yard
    (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
    Margaret Healy
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Derreenargan, Co. Roscommon