School: Ladhar (C.), Bán-Tír (roll number 8665)
- Location:
- Lyre, Co. Cork
- Teacher: Síle, Bean Uí Chéilleachair
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“Tis now I am bound for a far distant shore”
'Tis now I am bound for a far distant shore
Farewell to the schoolmates I left in Rathmore
And to the Nohovilldaly that was once dear to me
My friends and relations round Knocknagree
Tis on them I'll wonder wherever I'll roam
And my mind it will wander when far from my home
Farewell and adieu unto each smiling lass
With whom I had many a pint and a glass
Farewell to the graves of Sweet Coomlogane
The pone and the castle to the east of Drishane
And charming Mount Leader with its murmuring rill
Where the tapering cedar grows tall o'er the hill.
And now to Killmeedy that romantic place
That stands to attractive to the traveller's gaze.
With its eye on the castle wall that was built in days of yore
By that once proud leader called McCarthy More
The West Clara mountains come next to(continues on next page)
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