School: Gort an Iubhair
- Location:
- Gortanure, Co. Roscommon
- Teacher: Donncha Ó Fiachra
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0242, Page 105
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- (continued from previous page)And found them hard-hearted and cold
So, friends, don't be hard for you'll find that a kindness
Comes back to you often ten fold.
- May wind and rain abide Cloonmeen
With lightning and thunder
'Twas the Doctor's lot on that cruel spot
To get a hideous tumbleA gripping pain did him assail
For grievous to ponder
But cruel death has stopped hi breath
And left him in a slumberYou might easy guess by his modest face rarely
That he was extracted rarely
His utility he gave most free
His country loved him dearly.O God and on high with us comply(continues on next page)
