School: Leaba Síoda
- Location:
- Labasheeda, Co. Clare
- Teacher: Seán Ó Cruadhlaoich
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0603, Page 407
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- Full oft I dream of days long gone,
By Dysart's wave and Cahircon,
Of golden gorse and wild boreen,
Liscormack's vale and fair Rusheen,
And hear once more the plover's cry,
As rising from its nest on high,
It makes the slumbering echoes wake,
By Druminduff and Gurtloss lake,
Alas, no more our kin reside
By Thomond's vales and Fergus tide,
Yet fondly oft our thoughts repair
To thee our loved sweet land of Clare,
And tho' midst foreign scenes we roam,
Nought can replace our Dysait home, Shall adverse fortune cease to frown -
Restore our own, Coolteenagown -
And friends long parted meet once more
By Shannon's wave and Coolenmore.
The thrush's note our bosoms thrill
By Clancy's grove and loved Ross hill
Alas, no more those voices glad,
Our lived one's sleep in Clondegad;
Beneath a church's ruined walls,
The crumbling stone their name recalls.(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Thomas Hehir
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Labasheeda, Co. Clare
- Informant
- William Kelly
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Labasheeda, Co. Clare
