School: Lisvernane, Glen of Aherlow (roll number 15677)

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   IIII
   Through many long years have elapsed since I parted
   From the old haunts of my youth;
   Through life's rugged pathway I roam heavy-hearted
   My guide stars are honour and truth.
   Do the men of to-day ever kindly remember
   My name since those haunts I forsook?
   Of fires that once glowed, is there left one bright ember
   By Fionn's famous hill - Slievenamuck
   V
   There are ravishing sights in the land of the stranger
   Of beauty and grandeur sublime;
   But none fills the void in the breast of the ranger,
   Like those in his own native clime.
   Through wild rocky gorges and splendid Sierras,
   My wayward way often I took,
   But nought on this earth is to me half as dear as
   Old Fionn's famous hill - Slievenamuck.
   VI
   Farewell, ancient hill, scalding tears fall and blind me.
   Farewell to the haunts of the brave;
   Adieu, faithful friends, that I long left behind me,
   And rest to the dead in the grave,
   It was fate, cruel fate, that compelled us to sever
   A withering blast of ill-luck;
   But God's Holy Blessing be with you for ever,

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   History Edit

   Topics

   1. genre
      1. poetry
         1. folk poetry (~9,504)

   Language

   English

   Location

   Slievenamuck, Co. Tipperary

   Collector

   J. Finnan

   Informant

   Mr T. Frewen

   Gender

   Male

   Address

   Gortavoher West, Co. Tipperary