School: Faughalstown (roll number 9622)
- Location:
- Faughalstown, Co. Westmeath
- Teacher: Bean Mhic Gabhann
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0719, Page 495
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- (continued from previous page)well there. Crowds used to come to Corawell on the first Sunday in August until not many years ago.
A local poet wrote the song Corawell
(I)Sunbeam glance o'er lake and fountain
Wavelets on the pebbles play,
Soft winds blow o'er heathy mountains,
Songbirds sing on every spray
Butterflies are lighty flitting o'er the primrose and bluebell,
Still my heart is sad while sitting
Here alone by Corawell(II)Where are all the lads and lasses
Oft assembled here of yore,
Dancing on the soft green grasses
Far from Derravaragh's Shore
Far away from dear old Ireland
Forced to flee by tyrants fell
From their homes, their friends, and sireland
Lonely now is Corawell(III)
As I sit here entranced I'm listening
To the pipers' merry strains(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Mary Boyhan
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Faughalstown, Co. Westmeath
- Informant
- John Boyhan
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 90
- Address
- Faughalstown, Co. Westmeath
