School: Fothar (roll number 16903)
- Location:
- Faugher, Co. Donegal
- Teacher: Bláthnaid Ní Fhannghaile
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1077, Page 200
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Amhrán - The Hills of Donegal (continued)
“Oh: Donegal the pride of all my heart still turns to thee”
(continued from previous page)Are faithful signs of christian times, Mid the hills of Donegal.
VII
O grádh mo chroidhe I long to see my native hills again.
On a foreign shore my heart is sore with an exile's longing pain.
Could I but see the mountains free would compensate for all.
And I'd live as my forefather's lived, In the hills of Donegal.
Amhrán
“Long ago when when wind and snow were blowing from the West ¶ Balfour's men rode down the glen ¶ Brave men to arrest ¶ A plan of campaign they did proclaim ¶ Along the Fanad shore”
Long ago when when wind and snow were blowing from the West.
Balfour's men rode down the glen,
Brave men to arrest.
A plan of campaign they did(continues on next page) - Collector
- Patrick Gallagher
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Faugher, Co. Donegal