School: Mainistir Ó dTórna
- Location:
- Abbeydorney, Co. Kerry
- Teacher: Mícheál Ó Ríoghbhardáin
Archival Reference
The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0413, Page 156
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- My heart is like a feather an I mowin in the meadow
Thinking only of the hurling an' the dance Ballinrea,
When she tripped adown the mountain lookin brighter than a sunbeam,
Than a little dancin sun-beam of a mornin' in the May,
The sweet face of the cailin had the pink an' white of roses,
An' her eyes a softly lurin light I ever saw before,
Sure, the sorra use in talkin there was witchery about her,
An my heart swift surrendered to the Lass from Laccamore.The next time that I met her it was at Feis in Fenit,
An' the people listened spell-bound(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Margaret Egan
- Gender
- Female
- Informant
- Mr Gleasure
- Gender
- Male
