Mise Raifteirí an file - Forget-me-not

Connemara Pressed Flower Card
Literary Ireland
This is a famous poem written in the late 1700s in the west of Ireland.It will have been learnt by many children while at school. It is about the poet himself, telling how poor he was and how hard life was but he brought joy with his music.
This section of The Owl Tree will feature many Irish poets such as W.B.Yeats, Padraic Colum and Patrick Kavanagh to list a few. many of thes poets were inspired by the wild flowers which have been picked and pressed to create these unique cards.