School: Cnoc na Bró
- Location:
- Knocknabro, Co. Kerry
- Teacher: Mícheál Ó Scannaill
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- (continued from previous page)Back through the glens he tore then,
With a speed that caused old Seán to stare,
And ne’er a rest nor a stop he had,
Till he landed at that barn there.
Gearr sé trís na congar le breótact de cneadaire
Tré gleanntaibh ‘s tré mhór chnuic ní dóigh liom go stadadh sé
Bhí sé tuirseach tnáidhte
Is ní raibh athas air ná dúil i meidhir
Is ba dóbair do bheith báidhte
Is é gabhail tré Atha Cúm a Gadhair Curfá
Is mise bhí mórdálac
Núair tháinig sé abhaile cúgham111.
If you had to see him
He was really astonishing
A little timid sheep dog
Without feeding would be vanishing
Ní raibh siúbhal na slíghe ann
A croidhe is a cliabh greaduighthe
A cosa dul a chaoile
Agus a phíb do bí átuighthe(continues on next page)
