School: Cill Loiste (Killusty), Fíodh Árd (roll number 16111)

Location:
Killusty North, Co. Tipperary
Teacher:
Máire, Bean Uí Mheacháir
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  1. (continued from previous page)
    [3]
    So fair sequestered valley,
    How oft at evening tide
    I have wandered through thy lonely dells,
    Sweet Anner stream beside.
    Whilst the gloomy shades of evening
    In a Herculean throng
    Start up their yellow swards
    On the breast of Sliab - na - mban.
    [4]
    O how I love to linger
    "neath that lone sky serene,
    Or leave me when weary
    Amid the bowers and colours green.
    For memory's dearest ties
    Twine around that vale of song,
    And there are hearts in exile
    Far away from Sliab - na - mban.
    [5]
    Oh saddening recollections
    Man that thrice lovely scene,
    Or tell of Sunday ties,
    Because we love the green.
    Likewise of wailing mothers,
    Poor Erins injured wrong,
    And there are hopes for Ireland
    At the foot of Sliab - na - mban.
    (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
    Nellie Davis
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Clare More, Co. Tipperary
    Informant
    Patrick Davis
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    45
    Address
    Clare More, Co. Tipperary