School: Cnoc an Choillín, Cootehall
- Location:
- Knockaculleen or Hollymount, Co. Roscommon
- Teacher: Máire Ní Mhártain
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0233, Page 033
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- You exiles all who hail from Boyle, I bid you gather near,
Let us to-night in fond delight recall old places clear.
Driven from our native home in foreign lands to toil
By night and day for you I pray, my native town of Boyle
I never shall forget the day I left my town
Parting with my good old friends my courage breaking down;
They told me to be of good cheer and think of them at home
And, ne'er forget my native town wherever I may roam.
Fond memory brings back to me the bright days of yore
Brings before my loving heart my(continues on next page)
