School: Killummod
- Location:
- Killummod, Co. Roscommon
- Teacher: Tadhg Ó Bhioscáin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0237, Page 319
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- (continued from previous page)And sycamores so green
In search of nuts and nests
Of plants blackberries and sloes
Ah will I ever see again
Such happy days as those.
IV
Farewell to Barnacliagh
A summit at our command
A rich and smiling prospect
As any in the land
It over looks the Curries
Cursiff and Thangnabo
I'll ever recollect of it
No matter where I go.
V
And there are men in other lands
who recollect it still
The fort big hedge and dance pit
That top the very hill
I know that when I see those men
Their hearts will nearly break
They'll shed some tears for boyhood years
On the banks of Balla Lake.
VI
On many a Summer's evening
When the hard days work was oer
Away we went to fish or swim(continues on next page)
