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School: Askeaton (C.) (roll number 2040)

Location:
Askeaton, Co. Limerick
Teacher:
Áine, Bean Mhic Eoin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0502, Page 209

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    Sonnet
    To the Deel and its mouth.
    Ah welcome Deel! You've come to taste the brim
    What tidings bring you from my native place
    Has time yet changed those childhood haunts of mine
    Whereby your virgin water wav'd in grace
    The fanning Zephers blazed the dormont coal
    Of soft emotion first within my soul
    But never never will those smiling days,
    That found us constand young companions then
    Roll up from dull oblivion's
    (continues on next page)
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Margaret Casey
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Askeaton, Co. Limerick
    Informant
    Mr G. Moran
    Gender
    Male
    Occupation
    Teacher