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School: Lough Dan, Roundwood

Location:
Baltynanima, Co. Wicklow
Teacher:
Bean Uí Mhaolagáin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0918, Page 086

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    “There's not in this wide world a valley so sweet”

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    "There's not in this wide world a valley so sweet"
    So sang famed Tom Moore in his lyric sweet
    But equally charming are scenes I well know
    Elsewhere than Avoca in lovely Wicklow!
    II
    What rivals Glenealy or Clara's sweet vale.
    Glendalough, Lovely Laragh, and Sweet Avondale.
    Lough Dann 'mid the Mountain's near lone Annamoe
    And Carrick majestic in lovely Wicklow
    And Carrick majestic in lovely Wicklow
    III
    There are glens, the Downs and Devil's
    Each day a deep wooded Pass.
    Glenmalure, Glenaconna and Glemacanass
    Ashford, a
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
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      1. poetry
        1. folk poetry (~9,504)
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        1. agriculture (~2,659)
    Language
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