School: Coiscéim (C.), Átha Treasna (roll number 10079)
- Location:
- Newmarket, Co. Cork
- Teacher: Máire Bean Uí Nialláin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0356, Page 264
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- I have wandered by far famed Killarney
With its scenery splendid and fine.
But its lakes and its mountains can ne'er
Be compared to that dear home of mine
That home I am leaving in sorrow
For never a country will seem.
So fair as those haunts of my childhood
By the banks of the Araglin streamHow often have I roamed in my childhood
Through the streets of old storied Kiskeam
And twenty short years have lived happy
On the banks of the Araglin stream
And now farewell friends and companions
For both I am leaving behind
But no matter wherever I wander
Old mem'ries are dear to my mind.
Yes, thoughts of thee ever shall haunt me
And the scenes around dear old Kiskeam
Where Desmond's green banners once waved
Oe'r the banks of the Araglen stream.
