School: Seandrom, Ráth Luirc (roll number 11499)
- Location:
- Shandrum, Co. Cork
- Teacher: Eibhlis, Bean Uí Bhriain
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0367, Page 333
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- Long Life to Father Flannery that soggarth kind and true,
Whose life was spent unselfishly doing good to you and me.
For fifty long and laboured years he journeyed far and near,
Through arroyos, swamps, in heat and to bring the dying cheer. Chorus
God bless his life of laboured love: his like we're wanting more
For he's faithful to his people and he's to the core
A Gael of Gaelic heart and soul and acts, and thinks and feels
And that is why he's honoured now by faithful hearted Gaels. Sure his heart is set in Ireland where he left long long ago,
Where there's music in the rivers where the little shamrocks grow
Where the air is sweet with perfume from the hills and valleys fair,(continues on next page)
