School: Oldcastle (C.) (roll number 12489)
- Location:
- Oldcastle, Co. Meath
- Teacher: Máire D. Ní Nialláin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0715, Page 524
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- You feeling hearted Christians
I hope you will attend,
And join in lamentation
For a dear departed friend. A brother we might call him,
The best we ever had
His name was Bernard Cumisky
The pride of Cloneyfad.For prudence and sobriety
Admired was he by all,
For at the crowded whiskey shops
He never used to call. With those mobs of private party-men,
One inch he would not go
That was the only reason why(continues on next page)
