School: Caonach (roll number 14923)
- Location:
- Keenagh Beg, Co. Mayo
- Teacher: Bean Mhic Eachmharcaigh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0151, Page 253
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Goodbye, adieu to Keenagh, and the people who live therein
And all around its borders where the small birds sweetly sing
Goodbye adieu to comrades true, for them I often feel
And the lovely maids who lived in my days
Down by the River Deel. II
Around the foot of Nephin Hill 'twas easy find some game
The partridge, pheasant, hare and duck, and plenty of that same
The streams are thick with speckled fish, but there's
none for them that's there
For the landlord keeps them in his charge
To treat some English peer.III
A dog or gun you could not own or
keep around your home(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Mairéad M. Nic Eachmharcaigh
- Gender
- Female
- Occupation
- Múinteoir
