School: Taobh Breac (roll number 15227)
- Location:
- Tievebrack, Co. Donegal
- Teacher: Donnchadh E. Mac Congáile
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- (continued from previous page)5. ‘Twere like in those wanderings at eve he met
At the curve of the valley there
‘Mong the heather bells with dew drops wet,
A maiden surpassing fair.
Whom he loved and brought to his shepherd’s cot,
From her home by the brooklet’s side
To share his hamlet and fleecy flocks
A radiant and happy bride.6. All else is told by this rock, crowned spot:
How the loved one sickened and died
How the shepherd bore her away from the cot
Up the slope of the Crown hillside
And buried her deep ‘mong the startled sheep
That, noting their altered mein,
Stood watching their masters in huddled groups
As though they had strangers been.7. The shepherd often at evening came
To sit and mourn his love
And brought his chair ‘Tis the very same
That is there on the hill above
Near the grave-stone gray: and for many a day
He sat in that lonely seat,
Till the rock below received the print
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- Collector
- Donnachadh E. Mac Congáile
- Gender
- Male
- Occupation
- Múinteoir
- Informant
- James Mc Loughlin
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Tievebrack, Co. Donegal