School: Páirc na Coille
- Location:
- Woodfield, Co. Roscommon
- Teacher: Énrí Ó Maolagáin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0233, Page 310
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- "A tiny Spray of Shamrock"
A tiny spray of shamrock
but it holds a world of dreams
Of blessed Irish laughter, of
memories and of joy.
The music of the pipes in
the freshness of the dawning
The dreams and hopes and gaity
That moved me when a boy.
(II)
A tiny spray of shamrock,
how it lights the past with glory
With the magic of a memory
and a song that never dies.
The greeness of the sod in the
dew wet fields of Ireland.
The shadow of the Irish hills
That stir our hearts to sigh(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Maureen Mc Keon
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Derreenaseer, Co. Roscommon
