School: Coillte Críotáin
- Location:
- Erris, Co. Roscommon
- Teacher: Nóra Nic Aodhgáin
Archival Reference
The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0236, Page 424
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A Local Song (continued)
“It was on the twenty day of December”
(continued from previous page)Some distance in the air.
It was the call for big and small.
To come from everywhere.
The people left their humble
homes along the gorgeous plains.
They poured from the mountain tops, the front streets and the lanes.
And as they gathered to the town.
The caused a mighty throng
And as sure as night comes after day
They were five hundred strong.
III
the train arrived at half past eight.
Just punctual to the time(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Teresa Toolin
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Kiltycreaghtan, Co. Roscommon