School: Headfort
- Location:
- Virginia, Co. Cavan
- Teacher: Miss J.E. Browne
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0999, Page 064
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- Knocktemple I am now going to leave you,
With the stone Church and schools on the hills,
With Hetherington's height just above you,
Looking down on Lough Ramor sleep still.
How oft in the soft summer's evening,
Did I roam where the wild flowers bloom,
By the lakes and the glens of my childhood,
When the grass was all covered with dew. All the ceilidhe when days work was over,
There was Kitty and Bridie and May,
And Michael and Seámus and others,
We all danced till the breaking of day.We sang the bold songs of old Erin,
Of our daughters so pure and so fair,
Of her sons full of value and earning,
And the learning that ever shone there"
This song was composed by Father O'Donoghue Knocktemple, uncle of Hugh O'Donoghue, Virginia, when he was leaving his native home for Australia.
- Collector
- Agatha Lawrence
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Enagh, Co. Cavan
