School: Mainistir Ó dTórna
- Location:
- Abbeydorney, Co. Kerry
- Teacher: Mícheál Ó Ríoghbhardáin
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- (continued from previous page)I would hie me to Causeway a visit is due there
But tidings assure me that sorry to say
The friends are all gone and I have not a few there
However my respects I fell I should pay
I would go to Killarney where true men lie sleeping
And brood o'er the changes the long years have made
I would council poor Erin to cease from her weeping
And sigh o'er the the grave where Bill Feris is laidVThe Carrigfoyle I would hastily
And eagerly rest there a long let to pay
To the name and the fame of the Chieftain O'Connor
Whose lordly old castle stands there in decay
Then to where Gerald Griffin lived, loved and indicted(continues on next page)
