School: Caisleán Ó gConaing (C.) (roll number 9686)
- Location:
- Castleconnell, Co. Limerick
- Teacher: Bean Uí Uallacháin
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Old Songs (continued)
“Farewell to Castleconnell”
(continued from previous page)On Shannons banks for ever
My fondest thoughts shall be.V
And yet when I am roaming
Beneath a foreign sky,
Ill think of old companions
When flowing cups are nigh,
And by the Shannon side,
When such an hour they-
Then ‘round their cheering glasses
They may remember.Old Songs
“On Shannons banks for ever”
Oh lovely Castleconnell
Bright gem of Erin's shore
Oh place of scenic beauty
Sweet village I adore
With the lordly Shannon flowing
Where oft in childhoods days
I played along its pleasant banks
Oh watched its snow white spray(continues on next page)- Informant
- Sheila Mc Cormack
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Castleconnell, Co. Limerick