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School: Scoil Áine Naomhtha, Ráth gCaola (roll number 6569)

Location:
Rathkeale, Co. Limerick
Teacher:
An tSr. M. Assidium
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  1. A Song - Rathkeale

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    1.
    Oh sweet Rathkeale, oh place beloved,
    Thy charm and beauty still I feel,
    Though years have rolled since last I viewed,
    My childhood's home beside the Deel.
    2.
    Sweet winding Deel how oft I've strayed,
    Beside thy rippling waters bright,
    How oft with fishing rod essayed,
    To catch the trout that would not bite.
    3.
    No pen could paint a lovelier spot,
    Green wood and river, vale and hill,
    Tho, far away I've ne'er forgot
    And oft in dreams I see it still.
    4.
    When spring waved her magic,
    Wand o'er Castle Matrix's Meadow green,
    When primrose stars strewed all the land,
    (continues on next page)
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. genre
      1. poetry
        1. folk poetry (~9,504)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Violet Hudson
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Rathkeale, Co. Limerick