School: Virginia (B)
- Location:
- Achadh an Iúir, Co. an Chabháin
- Teacher: E. Ó Raghallaigh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1001, Page 127
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- (continued from previous page)brings him to town,
To see him on a Sunday stripped out on the field.
You'd think it was a macot they brought with the team,
Matt McName was there with his hand by his side
He said to McGeogh to pull on the ball,
You're feet are too big, and you're also too tall
And I know you weren't selected to play football at all.
- There are not very many poets at the present day. There was a family of poets in the O'Dalys. The way they got to be poets is from their learned ancestors. They slept in a field in the Summer and dreamt about writing poetry. The name of the poem he wrote is called "The Land Far Away".
James Daly,
Rahardrum
Terry Dunne
Ath-na-Druim - Collector
- James Duffy
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Ráth Ard-droma, Co. an Chabháin
- Informant
- Terry Dunne
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Achadh na nDrong, Co. an Chabháin
