School: Cill Mhíde (C.), Caisleán Nua (roll number 7959)
- Location:
- Kilmeedy, Co. Limerick
- Teacher: Eibhlín Ní Bhraonáin
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- I
Oh how I welcome eve's soft glow
For then I think and dream,
Of Heathfields groves where long ago
Young life flowed like a stream
All weary cares fade in a haze,
And memory brings in sight,
My boyhood's home in fancy's gaze,
Neath Heathfields sky's blue light.
II
I stand again on Coran's side,
To view fair hill and plain,
Afar is Shannon's misty tide,
And Galtee's rugged chain.
Knockfiernas mount frowns grimly down
Crowned with its fairy lore,
But oh in dreams I now but see,
Those well loved scenes of yore.
III
The wild wood where wild flowers bloom
Still rings with wee birds lay(continues on next page)- Collector
- Mary Kelleher
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Pallas, Co. Limerick
- Informant
- Mrs Kelleher
- Gender
- Female
- Age
- 50
- Address
- Pallas, Co. Limerick