School: Áth Eascrach Cuain (roll number 11975/4094)
- Location:
- Ahascragh, Co. Galway
- Teacher: Máire Nic Annaidh
Archival Reference
The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0044, Page 0166
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- I visited Ahascragh though not the first time
I worked in that neat town in my youth and prime.
There the girls and boys were all jovial and free.
I loved them and will, wheresoever I be.
Though thirty long years make a wonderful change
The same happened elsewhere, yet I thought it strange.
But, oh, for the laughter, the dance and the song,
and the harmless jokes of that beautiful throng.
Of the hundreds I knew there remained only seven
Some went out foreign the rest went to heaven.
Old John McDermott was hearty and grand.
It was pleasing to take Willie(continues on next page)
