School: Clochar na Trócaire, Drangan (roll number 7232)
- Location:
- Drongán, Co. Thiobraid Árann
- Teacher: An tSr. M. Gráinne
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An old man stood by the gable side
Of a roofless cottage home,
The storm raged and howled around
The wrecked and ruined dome;
"Oh happy days I spent" he cried
Within these naked walls,
No comfort more than mine e'er smiled
In yonder lordly halls
II
The grass now grows about the spot,
Where by a mothers knee
I learned to lisp a prayer to God
In youths simplicity;(continues on next page)