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School: Carniara (roll number 15343)

Location:
Carnyara, Co. Sligo
Teacher:
Pádhraic Ó Gríobhtha
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0172, Page 196

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  1. Songs - The Hill of Knocknashee

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    Dear friends we meet in love to-night on Columbia's lovely shore.
    Three thousand miles from Ireland's hills we might not see any more.
    Far dearer still is the fairy hill than any other to me.
    In our own dear native mother tongue they call it Knocknashee.
    II
    Far dear to me the memory sweet recollection bring
    How I listen the live-long day to the thrush and blackbird sing,
    How softly would the Cuckoo call from off the willow tree,
    How sweet her sound re-echoed round the hill of Knocknashee.
    III
    How deeply pictured in my mind the places for there I've seen.
    There are Kesh and Geevagh Ballymote and the hills round sweet Gurteen,
    The groves and lakes round Templehouse and
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    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. genre
      1. poetry
        1. folk poetry (~9,504)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Nora Foye
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Carnyara, Co. Sligo
    Informant
    Mrs Foye
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Carnyara, Co. Sligo