School: Aodh Rua, Dún na nGall (roll number 13382)
- Location:
- Donegal, Co. Donegal
- Teacher: Séamus Mag Shamhráin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1034, Page 210
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- It was when the days were longest
and human fancy strongest
That a scheme began to tickle and to crawl
In the cranium of a man
Who thought he'd found a plan
To light the streets and all of the
town of Donegal.
II
So he laid his scheme before
Some half a dozen more
Who proclaimed with (accamlation) acclamation one
and all
That it was the very thing
That was sure in time to bring
The glories of a city to the town of Donegal
III
and McGlinchey swore by japers[?]
He would post up all the papers(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Shaun Mac Intyre
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Donegal, Co. Donegal
