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School: Dún Drongáin (B.) (roll number 7231)

Location:
Drangan, Co. Tipperary
Teachers:
Diarmuid Ó Gormáin Labhrás Ó Gormáín
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0557, Page 185

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  1. Moonlight on Slievenamon

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    Come out to the door _ see the moon is now rising
    You'll all have a good view by standing just here
    There is shines like a diamond, the raven lock decking
    The brow of you mountain, old Corig-mo-Clear
    Look! look how his sombre fast lights in a moment
    With a glad smile of welcome to greet his own queen
    You may travel the wide world over and over
    But search there in vain for a lovelier scene
    For oh! what a halo of glory and splendour
    To his rugged old features her presence imparts:
    Right royally robed in that vesture of purple
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