School: Clochar na Trócaire, Maghcromtha
- Location:
- Macroom, Co. Cork
- Teacher: Na Siúracha
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- (continued from previous page)"Pal goddess, by thy ray serene
I fondly tread the level green
Where Lee serenely rolls
His smooth and ample tide,
'Mid fields in flowers profuse
And woody knolls,
Thy silver lamp my guide."
The following is a verse from a poem on the river Lee translated from the Irish of Eoghan McCarth, written in 1746, and in reply to one which claimed superiority in beauty for the river Tweed
"Ye bards who together agreed
To laud the small riverlet Tweet,
Had you lavished your praise on the Lee,
You had merited poetry's muse
Its winding and silvery(continues on next page)- Collector
- Nora White
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Dromduff, Co. Cork
- Informant
- Josie Ryan
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Macroom, Co. Cork