School: Naomh Pádraig, Carrowmena (roll number 16787)
- Location:
- Ceathrú Meánach, Co. Dhún na nGall
- Teacher: Pádraig S. Ó Cathain
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- (continued from previous page)instead of oatmeal. Some of the potatoes did not rot and were kept for seed for the next year.
- As I roved out one evening in the springtime of the year,
To take a walk by Rudden's Grove my course I chanced to steer,
The bright sun had cast his glittering rays the verdant plains around,
There I saw that virgin the pride of Sligo Town.
II
With courage bold I did advance,
Unto this charming fair,
Said I "thy swain I have become your lover I declare,
My heart will break all for your sake,
If you do not on me frown,
Don't decline but say your mind,(continues on next page)