School: Ráth Séideóg (roll number 8786)
- Location:
- Rashedoge, Co. Donegal
- Teacher: Brighid Ní Dhomhnaill
Archival Reference
The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1104, Page 77
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- I stand beneath the shadow of an old familiar hill,
And watch the rising harvet moon while the air is deadly still;
And as odour keen assails me from the bosom of the night -
Well I know that baleful odour - 'tis the fell-potato blight.Nature's danger-signal warns me of the wrath that is to come,
And a shadow falls around me like the shadow of a tomb,
Bringing ghastly recollections of the tale of Forty-seven;
Of the death and dire destruction when a nation's heart was rivenI had heard the distant rumbling of disaster(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Ellen Kane
- Gender
- Female
- Age
- 14
- Address
- Killymasny, Co. Donegal
