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School: Birr (Mercy Convent)

Location:
Birr or Parsonstown, Co. Offaly
Teacher:
Sr. Flannan
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0821, Page 211

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    Be they fruitful or fallow
    A far dearer old friend
    Is the bog of Clondallagh.
    Fair Birr of the fountains
    Thy forest and river
    And miniature mounts
    Seem around me for ever:
    But they case from the past
    No home memories to hallow
    My heart to the last
    Like the bog of Clondallagh!
    How sweet was my dreaming
    By Brosna's bright water;
    While it dashed away, seeming
    A mountain's young daughter.
    Yet to roam with it's foam,
    By the deep reach or shallow -
    Made but brighter at home
    The turf fires from Clondallagh.
    "If whole days of a childhood
    More mournful than merry,
    I sought thro' the wild wood
    young bird on ripe berry;
    Some odd sprite or quaint knight
    (continues on next page)
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Language
    English
    Informant
    Mr F. Kennedy
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Birr or Parsonstown, Co. Offaly