School: Finiskill (roll number 13075)
- Location:
- Finiskil, Co. Leitrim
- Teacher: Cathal Ó Floinn
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0219, Page 349
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I know a spot beyond the wave, not far from Shannon's side,
Where I have spent some happy hours, where still my thoughts abide;
'Tis only an humble country place beside a murmuring rill,
'Tis the home that I was born in, my own loved Finiskill.Though unworthy of a bardie's scroll its charms has for me,
I's like to view those crystal brooks that flow on to the sea,
I,d like to roam through those green vales not far from O Logan's
Tis the idol of my nightly dreams, my own loved Finiskill
Fond memories now brings to me some thoughts of bygone days,
When with schoolmates gay I used to stray along those shady bowers;
As the fleeting wind we were free from care to roam we had a will,
While our dreams were all of Erin and our own loved FiniskillLike schoolboys we were wayward, then for learning we were not bent,(continues on next page)
