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School: Baile Uí Bhuaig (C.) (roll number 14817)

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Baile Uí Bhuaigh, Co. Cork
Teacher:
Neans Ní Shúilleabháin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0337, Page 392

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  1. The Kilnamartyra Exile

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    I am a lonely exile who has left his own dear nation
    To seek a situation in a land beyond the farm
    I've sailed across the ocean wide through hardships and through danger
    And for years I've been a stranger in my native Irish home
    There once I lived contentedly, friend I loved surrounded me
    Care or grief never trouble me nor made my heart feel sore
    But now those days are over me and I am parted from my country
    And Kilnamartyras's homely face my eyes shall see no more
    But love of memory tempted me from my poor cabin home to flee
    And go across the raging sea in search of golden store
    So I sailed away from Erin bound for the land of libery
    And bad my friends (and relatives /n Ireland) good by for ever more
    It was there my heart was happy until I took the mind
    To go across the ocean from the Isle that gave me birth
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    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Languages
    Irish
    English
    Collector
    Neans Ní Shúilleabháin
    Gender
    Female
    Informant
    Seán de Brún
    Gender
    Male
    Occupation
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