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School: Creathlach, Mainistir na Féile (roll number 16371)

Location:
Crataloe West, Co. Limerick
Teacher:
Dáithí Mac an Bháird
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0485, Page 036

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    Farewell, Farewell my native land
    Farewell for ever more.
    I now must leave you far behind
    And seek a foreign shore.
    And very soon the ocean wide
    And me shall intervene.
    From that dear old home no more my own,
    In the Vales of New Dirreen.
    Those sandown seas I've crossed before.
    And sought a foreign strand.
    And then I hoped I soon would see
    My own dear native land,
    But like John Mitchell in his cell
    There is something tells to me,
    Which makes me roam far away from home,
    And the vales of New Dirreen.
    Those parties that betrayed us,
    To obtain their best design,
    The life of one they blighted,
    And they surely blasted mine,
    (continues on next page)
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. genre
      1. poetry
        1. folk poetry (~9,504)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    May O' Connor
    Gender
    Female
    Informant
    Mrs Catherine O' Connor
    Relation
    Grandparent
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Crataloe East, Co. Limerick