School: Derreenargan
- Location:
- Derreenargan, Co. Roscommon
- Teacher: Pádhraic Ó Fionnáin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0232, Page 233
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- (continued from previous page)And the grand old waterfall,
How swiftly that great river runs
Through isle through bridge
and glen,
And murmurs softly as in prayers
As it sweeps by Asylynn. VIII
The old back lane I see your plain
Twas oft I went your way.
The workhouse wall I do recall.
Likewise O'Conners bray
The old flax mill I see you still
With your big wheel turning about
As the water from Lough Gara
Makes the old mill brightly glow. IX
Farewell old ruined abbey
Twas tyrants caused you fall
The Curlew mountains are looking down.
Upon your roofless walls
The ivy green your ruins serene
Will save you from decay
And the wild birds nest within your crest
Old Abbey lone and grey.(continues on next page)
