School: Glassalts (roll number 1239)

Location:
Glasalt or Treanfasy, Co. Donegal
Teacher:
M. P. Ó Dochartaigh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1116, Page 68

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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1116, Page 68

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  3. XML “Slieve Snaght”
  4. XML “Cregnahorna Glen”

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  2. The hills rise steep on either side
    To guard it night and day,
    And fairies in the moonlight ride,
    The old folk used to say,
    The cuckoo, there, in spring-time calls,
    The thrush and linnet when
    The summer sunshine softly falls
    On Cregnahorna glen.
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