School: Clochar na Trócaire, Drangan (roll number 7232)
- Location:
- Drangan, Co. Tipperary
- Teacher: An tSr. M. Gráinne
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On this page
- after Davis a long way
(written on the occasion of the second anniversary of his death)By a Drangan Boy.
In the valley of Compsey there is a green grave
Above it the shadows of Slievenamon wave
A pleasing pall o'er the lov'd tenant inside
In the shade of the mountain his "darling and pride"Tipperary stands round it to honour once more
The hero that sleeps there, the pure life that's o'er.(continues on next page)