School: An Bóthar Buí (B.), Áth Treasna (roll number 16396)
- Location:
- Boherboy, Co. Cork
- Teacher: Seán Ó Gealbháin
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- It sits on the lap of Duhallow
By the bank of young winding Brogeen
'Twixt the Araglen stream and the Allow,
'Midst verdure of emerald green;
Caressed by the sunlight and shadow
(The pure Kerry breeze blowing free)
Waiting a brighter to-morrow,
This neat little town Boherbue.
II
The cream of the youth of our nation
May claim this fair prospect as home;
Whose every mute aspiration
Breathes the holy aroma of Rome,
The God of the Gael e'er protect it
In racial sweet unity!
And may nothing unChristian affect it
This clean little town of Boherbue
III
With truth and pretence (as a mixture)
This worlds a puzzle profound
But with one that I know "in the picture"
(The grand Kerry Hills for background)
We'd "jump" all the problems to follow
And calm and contented we would be
Lulled to rest on the lap of Duhallow
Our own lovely home Boherbue.- Informant
- David Murphy
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Islandbrack, Co. Cork