School: Ráth Coille (roll number 15705)
- Location:
- Ráth Coill, Co. Mhaigh Eo
- Teacher: Aindrias Ó Mórdha
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0149, Page 304
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A Song (continued)
“Goodbye, goodbye, my dear old friends”
(continued from previous page)To the hills of the free
We may some day return,
And strike every tyrant
with sorrow and woe.
Leena's fair valleys ne'er again
mourn for those that once
rambled through the
Co Mayo.
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------THIS SONG WAS COMPOSED BY BRIAN GILDEA WHO WAS BORN IN DERVIN, THE PARISH OF LAHARDANE. HIS FATHER HAD A HOUSE THERE, AND OWNED ALL THE LAND THAT IS DIVIDED NOW AMONG THE PEOPLE OF DERVIN. THE GILDEAS WERE RICH ONE TIME BUT THE TIMES GOT BAD AND THEY ALL HAD TO EMIGRATE TO AMERICA.(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Mary L. Judge
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Srath na Leachta Theas, Co. Mhaigh Eo
- Informant
- Francis Judge
- Relation
- Parent
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Srath na Leachta Theas, Co. Mhaigh Eo