School: Guaire (Xtian Bros.) (roll number 12772)

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   Its the wish of every one of us that when we get the call,
   Kilnahue is the harbour where we'll rest.

   IV
   Though each "Patron" takes us nearer by the measure of a year
   and some of us are bent beneath its load
   There is joy as well as sorrow, in the urge that brings us here
   For we have sensed our loved ones' spirits on the road
   V
   Not a tiny sting of conscience touch the pilgrim here today
   No memory of our dead ones cause us pain, as we kneel and pray
   And with tender thoughts commune with them again.
   VI
   To our emigrants our sympathy, may kind fate their wish fulfil
   To be laid beside their loved ones,
   'Tis a cursed racial destiny that pursues our peoples still,
   That our children find their graves across the foam.

   Collected by : Patrick Lancaster, Kilnahue
   From : Mr D. Lancaster, Kilrush, Ferns

   

   Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.

   History Edit

   Language

   English

   Collector

   Patrick Lancaster

   Gender

   Male

   Address

   Kilnahue, Co. Wexford

   Informant

   Mr D. Lancaster

   Gender

   Male

   Address

   Kilrush, Co. Wexford