School: Clochar na Trócaire, Carn Domhnaigh (roll number 16821)
- Location:
- Ballylosky, Co. Donegal
- Teacher: An tSr. M. Beirín Ní Bhaoighill
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- A New Year's Song which was composed about a dream which one Irish Exile had during a period of ten years in a foreign country.I
It is ten weary years since I left Ireland's shore.
In a far distant country to roam.
How I long to return to my own native land,
To my friends and the old folks at home
Last night as I slumbered I had a strange dream,
One that seemed to bring distant friends near.
I dreamt of old Ireland, the land of my birth.
To the heart of her sons ever dear.II
I saw the old homestead and faces I love,
I saw Ireland's fair valleys and dells,
I listened with joy as I did when a boy(continues on next page)- Collector
- Sadie Maria Long
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Straruddan, Co. Donegal
- Informant
- Patrick Long
- Relation
- Parent
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 67
- Address
- Straruddan, Co. Donegal