School: Sruth Nua
- Location:
- Ardnacally, Co. Mayo
- Teacher: Tomás de Brún
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0104, Page 444
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“My grandfather's clock was too large for the shelf.”
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That his hour of departure had come
Still the clock kept the time with a soft and muffled
As we silently stood by his side.
But it stopped short never to go again
When the old man died
Bernard Niland,
Newbrook,
Ballyglass,
Co. Mayo
Got from, Patrick Niland, (64)
Newbrook,
Ballyglass,
- Collector
- Bernard Niland
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Newbrook, Co. Mayo
- Informant
- Patrick Niland
- Relation
- Unknown
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 64
- Address
- Newbrook, Co. Mayo