School: Baile an Gharrdha (B.) (roll number 2909)
- Location:
- Ballingarry, Co. Limerick
- Teacher: Dll. Ó Conaill
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“May health and grace be ever thine.”
(continued from previous page)And gaze again on her sweet face
Our hearts and souls are undefield
And worthy to be called her child.Among many other poems he wrote
was the following which was written for a St Patrick's Day parade in Washington. it was set to music as given overleaf. I got the poem and music from his sister - in -law.
Miss K. Blake Ballingorry.The Shamrock
In every mile of Erin's Isle.
A million shamrocks grow.
And everyone will bring a smile
To faces all aglow
With pure love, for the Saint above
Who blessed this floweret here,
The symbol of the Trinity
The little shamrock dear.The pagan Chief quit his belief
Then Patrick showed to him
The trefoil of the sainted sod' -
Three leaves, upon one stem
His head he bowed before the crowd(continues on next page)