School: Gleannóg, Malla (roll number 9448)
- Location:
- Glannoge, Co. Cork
- Teacher: Mrs K. Barrow
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0363, Page 131
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- A poem written by W. Ins[?] and recited in this district. From where Blackwater draws its fountains
From out Duhallows western mountains
To where the Lee in streamlet narrow,
Forth issues from lone "Gougane Bara",
Then eastward to Cork City stretches,
Until Lough Mahon's shore it reaches
How quiet she grazed, or slept secure
That cow which long had served the poor,
Or stood to ease and took a pleasure
In filling up the poor man's measure,
But whence she came no mortal knew,
Or if up from a calf she grew(continues on next page)
