School: Coillte Críotáin
- Location:
- Erris, Co. Roscommon
- Teacher: Nóra Nic Aodhgáin
Archival Reference
The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0236, Page 423
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A Local Song
“It was on the twenty day of December”
The following song was composed to welcome Canon Coyne to the parish of Boyle.
I
It was on the twenty day of
December.
In ninteen hundred and four.
the scene I witness in this town.
I never had seen before.
The people strolled their way to Boyle.
To bid a welcome home
To the very Rev. Canon Coyne.
From the holy city Rome.
II
Until six o'clock that evening
It was to people quite unknown
That he arrived upon the train.
From the eternal city Rome.
Rockets they were flying up.(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Teresa Toolin
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Kiltycreaghtan, Co. Roscommon