School: An Clochar, Cathair Saidhbhín (roll number 13542)

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   “In the old house at home where I first saw the light ...”

   

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   [Fifth verse of a poem started on the following page, page 331.] V They may push past the weak, they may grasp what they seek To find when their labours are o'er That for all they have done the prize they have won Is an apple decayed at the core. (Lines taken from Michael Sugrue on the eve of his retirement from the Observatory in Caherciveen after fifty two years of faithful service.)

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   Topics

   1. genre
      1. poetry
         1. folk poetry (~9,504)

   Language

   English

   Informant

   Michael Sugrue

   Gender

   Male