School: An Clochar (roll number 14705)
- Location:
- Kilbarron, Co. Donegal
- Teacher: Mother Philomena
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1028, Page 309
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- There is not in the wide world, a place half as sweet,
As the Town by the Erne whose bright waters meet.
The brine of the ocean near Assaroe Fall.
Oh! to me 'tis the fairest and best of them all.
II
Yet, it is not the grandeur and beauty of scene,
The swift-flowing river and harbour of green.
Or, the old Holy Well that stands down by the Mill !
Oh! no,- it is something more celestial still.
III
'Tis the friends that I know in that old spot, so dear,
Whose big hearts expand when my troubles are near.
And, whose bright look and smile, surely nature improve,
When I see them reflected from those that I love.
IV
Oh, dear Belashanny! how long could I rest,
In thy stillness of shade, with the friends I love best.
When the strife and the feuds of my old town shall cease,
And our hearts, as one unit, be blended in peace.
- Collector
- May Gillespie
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Ballyshannon, Co. Donegal
