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School: Dromlachan

Location:
Sunnagh More, Co. Leitrim
Teacher:
Peadar Mac Giolla Choinnigh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0221, Page 637

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  1. The Old Method of Doing the Station (continued)

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    (continued from previous page)
    The following mutilated old poem has a reference to the well and the timber convenient to it.
    On Mortens Plantation one day I chanced to roam,
    In all my whole rambles I never beheld such a grove.
    It grows near hand Cloone, in full bloom it is verdant + green
    It was planted by Morten, of the preasant town of Drumeen.
    I stood in a maze, as I gazed at the height of a tree.
    There is no such a station, In Irish they call Creigharee
    The timber of this wood, in brief I am going to reveal
    The beech, mahogany, the Scotch fir and the dale
    Green holly, black sally, tall poplar cedar + larch.
    The lime tree, the wine tree, the cocoa and ash.
    All carpenters say the timber of this wood will prove good.
    (continues on next page)
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Language
    English
    Collector
    P. Mac Giolla Choinnigh
    Gender
    Male