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School: Caisleán Ó gConaing (C.) (roll number 9686)

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Castleconnell, Co. Limerick
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Bean Uí Uallacháin
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    “Farewell to Castleconnell”

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    Authority Noreen O’Carroll Castleconnell
    Many songs are written about Castleconnell. Here is one which was written about one hundred years ago by a schoolmaster named John O’Kelly. He wrote it as a farewell to Castleconnell before he left Ireland for a foreign land. It is sung to the air of a Scotch song named “Annie Laurie”.
    I
    Farewell to Castleconnell,
    That merry place of yore,
    So famous for its waters
    And beauty haunted shore!
    Sweet village, fare thee well!
    To Shannons banks adieu
    Its pleasant streams and greenwoods
    I never more may view.
    II
    In boyhood’s happy moments
    When I was free from care,
    (continues on next page)
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. genre
      1. poetry
        1. folk poetry (~9,504)
    Language
    English
    Informant
    Noreen O' Carroll
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Castleconnell, Co. Limerick