School: Clochar na Toirbhirte, Lios Mór
- Location:
- Lismore, Co. Waterford
- Teacher: An tSr M. Cárthach
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A Song
“I'm far away from Ireland, that blessed holy Isle. The Land where I was born and my childhood I did while.”
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I'm far away from Ireland, that blessed holy Isle.
The land where I was born and my childhood I did while,
To-day my heart is with it and all blessings on it pour.
Because I have received with joy the Shamrock from Lismore.II
God bless you, little emblem what thoughts you bring to me,
The happy days of my childhood when a boy I wandered free.
From Knockmeal - down to Bride Side and from Kilbree to Glenmore.
What thoughts of home you bring to me sweet Shamrock from Lismore.III
Me- thinks I hear the chiming of the good old Chapel bell.
Upon St Patricks morning and how solemn is its knell,
The Sagart on the pulpit explaining(continues on next page)- Collector
- Nellie Duggan
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Lismore, Co. Waterford
- Informant
- Sheila Duggan
- Relation
- Relative (other than parent or grandparent)
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Lismore, Co. Waterford