School: Clochar na Trócaire, An tSráidbhaile (roll number 13020)

Location:
Stradbally, Co. Waterford
Teacher:
An tSr. Ióseph
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0649, Page 127

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    'Tis the mail-coach rattling o'er the shaky ground
    There is the burly guard and the driver keen
    Holding the reins of his four-horse team
    Where is that driver and his horses four?
    Where are all the passengers that old coach bore?
    4.
    Where does God keep all that join the dead
    While new generations grow in their stead?
    Fresh youth blooms as old age decay
    But unsparing death sweeps youth and age away
    So men in millions come and go
    (continues on next page)
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    Topics
    1. place-space-environment
      1. land management (~4,110)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Mary Crowley
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Stradbally More, Co. Waterford
    Informant
    Mrs Matt Cummins
    Relation
    Grandparent
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    72
    Occupation
    Farmer
    Address
    Carrigmoorna, Co. Waterford