School: Drumgossatt (C.)
- Location:
- Drumgoosat, Co. Monaghan
- Teacher: Áine Nic Ghráinne
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0930, Page 071
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- Lovely Laughan Lay.
You may talk of Dublin city and the
Giants Causeway too,
The vale of seet Avoca and the river
Shannon view.
The hills around Killarney and the
scenes around Dublin Bay,
But they are only simple places
compared to Loughan Lay.This glorious elevation, it seems so
awful grand.
To see the hill of Tara, and all
around Leavy strand.
The boats at Dundalk harbour and
them bathing out at Bray.
And the Hills of Connemara from the
lovely Loughan Lay.
On a pleasant evening when youth is at its best
To see the lads and lassies all coming(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Maura Bushey
- Gender
- Female
