School: Cill Bhonáin, Droichead na Bandan (roll number 1271)

Location:
Kilbonane, Co. Cork
Teacher:
Tadhg Ó Briain
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0346, Page 037

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  1. A Song

    One cold March eve twelve months ago we walked up by the glen

    One cold March eve twelve months ago, we walked up by the glen,
    And full of life and eager hope were you proud hero then;
    Around us lay the heather scent which wafted with the wind,
    And children merry voices rang from houses down behind.
    Before us rose the green hills upstretching to the blue,
    And on our left the "New Road" ran and vanished from the view;
    We knew it ran from those green fields where you had often drilled,
    For when you thought of Ireland and our hearts with hope you filled.
    (continues on next page)
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    Topics
    1. genre
      1. poetry
        1. folk poetry (~9,504)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Thomas Foley
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Aherla More, Co. Cork
    Informant
    Mr B. Foley
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Aherla More, Co. Cork