School: Naomh Pádraig, Knockvicar

Location:
Knockvicar, Co. Roscommon
Teacher:
Mícheál Ó Ceallaigh
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    isle,
    He looks around, what seeks he now?
    One sweet, one sunny smile.
    He searches through each favourite haunt.
    Each greenwood, glade and
    dell.
    For the fairy queen, who round his heart
    Has twined loves magic spell
    The banquet rich is served, the
    mirthful guests are placed.
    But where is one, who oft, such
    brilliant feast had graced
    In Turough chamber all alone,
    her blue eyes full of tears
    She sits, the sweet one, musing
    there of bypast years
    She knows her father, well she
    knows his desperate towering pride
    His will is, that she should be
    (continues on next page)
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Gerald Mulhern
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Doogary, Co. Roscommon
    Informant
    Mrs Mac Cormack
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Doogary, Co. Roscommon