School: Cluain Taidhg (Clontead), Achadh Cóiste (roll number 14023)
- Location:
- Clontead More, Co. Cork
- Teacher: Máire, Bean Uí Mhurchadha
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An Old Song (continued)
“I have no mother, for when she died, when I was very young.”
(continued from previous page)I still remember well.
O Mother, Mother in my heart,
Thy Image still shall be.
And I shall hope in heaven,
At last that I may meet with thee.
- I'll sing one song to-night my boys,
About my native home,
Though far from it I've wandered,
Across the raging foam,
There was no living here for me,
And my fortune I should seek,
And thats the reason why I left,
My sweet old home in Peake.
II
I sometimes sit and meditate
When by the fireside glow,
My memory oftimes bring me back,
To the scenes of long ago,
To the days our boys played Evergreen,
And knocked them out complete,
When they won the darling tournament,(continues on next page) - Collector
- Georgina O' Mahony
- Gender
- Female
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- Mrs O' Mahony
- Relation
- Relative (other than parent or grandparent)
- Gender
- Female
