School: Tervoe (C.) (roll number 5932)
- Location:
- Tervoe, Co. Limerick
- Teacher: Máire Ní Stiopháin
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- On the twenty first of April,
In the year of eighty - three,
We left our own our native land,
Our friends no more to see.
They escorted us to Limerick,
Where the train for us fell due,
And as we stepped in,
The train steamed off,
And we bid our friends Adieu.
II
We next came on for Patrickswell,
For Croom and sweet Bruree,
We had in the train McCormack,
And a jolly soul was he.
We next moved on for Charleville,
By Cork and Mallow town
The River Lee came next in view
Ships sailing up and down.
III
For fourteen miles we travelled on
By the banks of the river Lee,
Spike Island next came in our view
And convicts there to see.
We soon arrived at Queenstown,
A pretty place to view,
But it couldn't compare with Limerick,
Where we bid our friends Adieu.(continues on next page)- Collector
- Teresa Mc Namara
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Newtown, Co. Limerick
- Informant
- Mr John Mc Namara
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Creggaun, Co. Limerick