School: Drumshanbo (roll number 16846)
- Location:
- Drumshanbo, Co. Leitrim
- Teacher: Cathal Ó Buadhacháin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0220, Page 306
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- One evening fair as I did rove,
To seek for recreation,
For Cairn Hill I took my way
To see its elevation.
When its lofty summit I had gained
I sat myself down quietly,
To contemplate upon the works
Of God, the great Almighty.
A large expanse had met my glance,
At which I greatly wondered
To see the land of Con, our Connaught king,
Whose battles were one hundred.
One hundred times he did triumph
In dreadful battle hour,
O'er the hostile provincial kings
Who strove to check his power.
But turning round from this I espied(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Maggie Duffy
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Drumshanbo, Co. Leitrim
- Informant
- Pat Higgins
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Clooncose, Co. Leitrim
