School: Conahy (roll number 14364)
- Location:
- Connahy, Co. Kilkenny
- Teacher: Ciarán Ó Riagáin
Archival Reference
The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0865, Page 420
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And, Maureen, dearest tendrest one
With voice so light and thrilling
Leaves down her work, and smiling nods.
Assent that she is willing.
"Ah, Shawn," says she with anxious look
"For a jig or reel I'm pining"
All right Machree we'll go and see.
The Pattern of the Dinan.III
We'll drive through sylvan dales and dells
Through glades of emerald green
Through valleys and over rivulets
The fairest ever seen.
How sweet the pretty violets look.
Along the ditches linin'
The summer's day when all more gay
At the Pattern of the Dinan.IV
Sweet music burst in rhapsody
As near the place we come
And laughter peals betoken.
That the fun has just begun.
Musicians to are turning up
Their pipes "fideog" and violin-(continues on next page)
