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School: Clún na Gaoithe (roll number 8740)

Location:
Cloongee, Co. Mayo
Teacher:
Pádraig Ó Héaráin
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    “In an Irish cottage by an Irish town”

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    In an Irish cottage by an Irish town
    An old man and lassies, as the sun went down,
    Wrapped in the mystic that twilight brings,
    Gazed on a Harp of Erin that had broken strings,
    Why is the old harp Silent"? asked the maiden fair,
    Why hangs it with the shadows in the corner fair,
    The old man cried, A chuisle little flower of Grainne Ua éil
    Bid you ever hear the legent of "Innisfail"
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. genre
      1. poetry
        1. folk poetry (~9,504)
    Language
    English
    Informant
    Mrs Nora Maloney
    Relation
    Unknown
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Foxford, Co. Mayo