School: Drom Mór (C.), Malla (roll number 13780)
- Location:
- Dromore, Co. Cork
- Teacher: M. Uí Uallaighe
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Poetry
“Like the bright lamp that lay in Kildare's holy fane...”
Like the bright lamp that lay in Kildare's holy fane
And burned thro' long ages. of darkness and storm
To the heart that sorrows have frowned on in vain
Whose spirit outlives them unfading and warm
Eirn o Eirn; tho bright through thy tears.
Of the long night of bondage thy spirit appears.
II
The nations have fallen thou are still young
Thy sun is but rising when others are set(continues on next page)
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- Ellen Dineen
- Gender
- Female