School: Mainistir Ó dTórna
- Location:
- Abbeydorney, Co. Kerry
- Teacher: Mícheál Ó Ríoghbhardáin
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A Song (continued)
“There was a man there one time,”
(continued from previous page)In dear old Abbeydorney
That lies near sweet Tralee.Many is the pleasant dance we had
On the hills of Lackamore
Dancing with the collens that made
My feet feel sore
A ball, a dance, or a wedding was
Never held without me
In dear old Abbeyorney
That lies near sweet Tralee.On Sundays I would roam about
Through the plains of Ballysheen
Hunting for the hare that strayed
From distant preserved breveen.By Aulane's green fields and Shannow's
sedgy banks
Where the trout runs too and fro
Around by the bogs of Derverin
And through the Bohevroe
All those places I have roamed
hoping again to see
You peaceful Abbeydorney
That lies near sweet Tralee
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- Nóra Ní Mhórdha
- Gender
- Female