School: Cushatrough (roll number 14986)

Location:
Cushatrough, Co. Galway
Teacher:
Máire, Bean Uí Ghoilidhe
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0004, Page 349

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  1. I gcaisleán a bharra sead codail mé réir
    Ag codladh na leaptha lé grád geal mo cléibh
    Is ag cur mo lámh tharam go bpogfainn a béal
    Ní bhfuair mé sa leabad ac a ball as mé fhéin
    II.
    Déanfha mé caisleán ar an oilean úd thall
    A mbeidh tri stór ar aoird ann as
    binn na lar
    Cuirfe mé cóta air de bheárr glas an Rí
    agus beidh cead rinnce ar na bhoitri a'm
    le stór gheal mo chroidhe
    III
    Mar isligeanns an gealas mar ardionns an ghrian
    Mar theigheann an lán mara is na cuantaí thar tír
    Tá gruag mo ann a tuitim 's ag imreacht na ceo
    As le cuma in adiadh mo chéad sheart ní beidh mé beo
    S nach aoibhin do na hEininí eirigeanns go hárd
    Is isligheanns trí na céile ar an craobhín amháin
    (continues on next page)
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    Topics
    1. genre
      1. poetry
        1. folk poetry (~9,504)
    Language
    Irish