School: An Mhainistir, Móin Rátha (roll number 14243)
- Location:
- Maighean Rátha, Co. Laoise
- Teacher: Br Columban Ó Cróinín
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0833, Page 320
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- (continued from previous page)I'll not forrget those sunny hours
However years may vary,
I'll not forget my early friends,
Nor honest "Coach" O'Leary"
Poor "Coach" and "Pinch" slept well that night,
And in the morning early,
He called me up to hear him play,
The "wind that shakes the barley".
And then he stroked my flaxen hair,
And cried "God mark my deary",
And how I wept when he said "farewell"
And think of "Coach O'Leary",
"Caoch O'Leary" is continued towards end of this book,
From the same source as the previous poem.(continues on next page)
- The gold star of love on the Slieve-Blooms burns,
The hip-rose is wafting the scent by the grove,
High - high through the grey fog the raven returns
And I will go meet the dear maiden I love.
In the hot summer's sun I have cheerfully sung,(continues on next page) - Collector
- Peter Phelan
- Gender
- Male
- Informant
- William Kelly
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Maighean Rátha, Co. Laoise
