School: Gort an Iubhair
- Location:
- Gortanure, Co. Roscommon
- Teacher: Donncha Ó Fiachra
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0242, Page 098
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- (continued from previous page)You people all both great and small,
Pray for Jack Donoghue.
- Dear brothers of the Shamrock shore, on a foreign land we roam;
Far far from thee beyond the sea,
Three thousand miles from home,
Tho' exiles in a foreign clime,
Amongst stra["n" interpolated with carat]gers we must stand,
Filled with a hope we will see again,
Old sainted Ireland.
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When parting with my sister dear and loving brothers too,
The tears did fall at the North Wall,
When I bid them all adieu.
And comrades too with whom I played,
Whose hearts were light and bland,
By hill and dale and brook and vale,
I poor old Ireland.
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How sad at heart I felt to leave, old Erins lovely plains,
But still more sad my brothers feel,
To see her bound in chains,
Though exiles banished o'er the main,(continues on next page) - Informant
- Mrs Grady
- Gender
- Female
- Age
- 70
- Address
- Cashelduff, Co. Mayo
