School: Kildalkey (B.) (roll number 867)
- Location:
- Cill Dealga, Co. na Mí
- Teacher: Muiris Ó Fearghail
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Local Songs (continued)
“One evening for pleasure I once took a stroll”
(continued from previous page)2.
Each year I'd seen his stanzas among.
Those gifted bards, who did raise the standard of each verse and song.
Sweet soul inspiring lays.
For Meath was rich in classic lore.
Some names with love I'll breathe.
And now their loss We'll long deplore
With Geraghty bard of Meath.3.
In classic Kells McDermotts strains
Were charming terse and true.
And Galligan nigh Cavans plains.
Shone like Martins of Lough Crew.
The essays from great Larkin's pen to cities.
They were a treat.
Yes, what a lot of gifted men lived here in Royal Meath.Told by Patrick Newman,
Wood,
Kildalkey.
Local Songs
“Alas the page of Moore's this is craped in garl of woe.”
One evening for pleasure I once took a stroll
Along by the river that Maren's Mam
Its cohort were gleaming serenly and fine
As it ran in its course to the famed river Boyne.
Moyrath broad lands where yonder stand(continues on next page) - Informant
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