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School: Seandrom, Ráth Luirc (roll number 11499)

Location:
Shandrum, Co. Cork
Teacher:
Eibhlis, Bean Uí Bhriain
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0367, Page 310

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    Deserted dwelling with cold gray walls.
    Relate what your lot has been.
    Is there no voice in your silent halls.
    To tell me what you have seen.
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    My years are numbered, my work is o'er,
    And I'm shaken and shabby and old.
    And no footstep halts at my mouldering door.
    And my hearthstone is silent and cold.
    3.
    My walls are crumbling and cracked and gray
    with the stress of the hard, long years,
    And I'm left with the rooks for my friends to-day
    And the thoughts of the
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    History Edit
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Con O Brien
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Ballyhay, Co. Cork