School: Dubh Achadh/Dooagh (B.)
- Location:
- Dooagh, Co. Mayo
- Teacher: S. Ó Gallchobhair
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- Clann Mhailli of the sea-sent treasure
A tribe of friendship and of brotherhood.We that were Irish before the Gael,
Fighting the sea since the world was young,
Sing of our longing for Inisfail,
Under alien skies, in an alien tongue.Her redgold hair against the west
With a horred moon alone is crowned,
A pipe slants out beneath her breast,
Leashed to her skea-belt [?] a white-fanged houndThe heather beneath her bruised feet
With a trail of blood forever drips;
But the joys of countless aeons meet
In the chant that clangs from her tameless lipsSmooth is her brow for all her pain,(continues on next page)- Collector
- Seán Ó Máille
- Gender
- Male