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School: Clochar Muire, Tobar an Choire (roll number 12166)

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Tobercurry, Co. Sligo
Teacher:
An tSr. M. Nioclás
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    Song
    Muckelty Hill
    There's captivating scenery throughout loved Innisfail
    Historic glens, sequestered dells, and many smiling vales.
    But of those haunts my memory knows
    The sweetest spot to me
    Is the flowery braes and winding ways Round the hill of Muckelty.
    The lordly river Moy doth flow adjacent to the hill.
    And on its way is brightened by many a lucid rill.
    Whose waters flow through fertile land until it joins the sea
    And swells the Atlantic ocean far, far from Muckelty.
    Achonry's fair and fertile fields are looming now in view,
    And every touch of nature yields with
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. genre
      1. poetry
        1. folk poetry (~9,504)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Gertie Armstrong
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Achonry, Co. Sligo