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

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Drangan, Co. Tipperary
Teachers:
Diarmuid Ó Gormáin Labhrás Ó Gormáín
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  1. Moonlight on Slievenamon (continued)

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    Held fast on his shoulders by crystals of quartz.
    And doesn't old Cornig seem proud of his loved one
    As with maidenly shyness she glances around
    Ere the prints on his forehead one kiss of affection_
    Was ever a king with such brilliance crowned?
    How quickly his neighbours of time pre-historic
    Flash back salutations and wishes sincere
    "See Fane" and "Nagun" and his friend "Breac Corrig"
    Grace the grand coronation of "Corrig-na-Clear"
    What a blending of colours 'twixt moon sky and mountain
    The pearl the azure and the purple combined
    I doubt that in searching thro all
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