School: Carrigbyrne (roll number 4479)
- Location:
- Carrickbyrne, Co. Wexford
- Teacher: Máire Cuirtéis
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0882, Page 408
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- The Rock of Carrigbyrne.
By John Power a native of this place.i
Tis good to think of youthful days
Their follies and their joys
'Tis good to think we're young again
And roving with the boys
But many weary years I've seen
By wind and tempest storm
Since I enjoyed some happy days
At the Rock of Carrigbyrne.ii
One Summer Sundays afternoon
The old rock was a sight
The boys and girls would congregate
With wild unfeigned delight
And pass the hours till milking time
When home they would return
With baskets filled with fraughans
From the Rock of Carrigbyrne.iii
Jim Roche would link his sweetheart(continues on next page)
