School: Macha na gClaidhe (roll number 16086)

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   “One fine Summer's day for amusement I strayed, towards a mountain most famous called sweet Sheehy Mór.”

   

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   This is another song not yet in print. Supposed to have been composed by "Farrel the Rake" who lived in Coosane in olden times. Shehy Mór is a high Mt. some few miles east of this school:- (I) One fine Summer's day for amusement I strayed, Towards a mountain most famous called sweet Shehy Mór, To view the grand Plain's all around it I gazed The Prospect from there it was grand to behold. (II) With heartfelt amazement I stood meditating In the fevour (?) indication of the young and the old. Which congregates round this holy plantation That was blessed by a saint who lived there long ago You all know in Penal Days when the Saxon and Danes had oppressed all the natives of Ireland so low. Into woods and to Mountains our Clergy were routed In glens and dark caves Priests took their abode, For they solemnly celebrated devout offerings daily They fasted and prayed for the salvation of souls And to profer it more plainly then memory's are there seen, In solitude places where they used to resort.

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         1. folk poetry (~9,504)

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