School: Caisleán Ó gConaing (B.) (roll number 9685)
- Location:
- Castleconnell, Co. Limerick
- Teacher: Donncha Ó Huallacháin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0523, Page 248
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- (continued from previous page)A top the eastern wall, the hawk his habitat hed made,And from his cryptic eerie, the surrounding land surveyed.With eye alert and ready wing, from out his mansion high,He noted every move upon the land and in the sky.
And when below, some little bird, he saw in merry play,He swooped with vicious force upon the unsuspecting prey.Then, towards the pinnacle he soared with shrill (?) triumphant calls,Like conqueror who drags his captives to the Monarch's (?) walls.And day by day, this bird of prey continued there (?) to kill;I've often wondered how he relished such a fiendish thrill.
Concealed behind the creeping vine - from daylight well obscured,(continues on next page)- Informant
- Mr John Hickey
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Derreen, Co. Limerick