School: Latnamard (roll number 16769)
- Location:
- Leacht na mBard, Co. Mhuineacháin
- Teacher: Mary Duffy
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Song
“I'll sing to night of a fairy land”
I'll sing to night of a fairy land
In the lap of the ocean set
And of the lands I have traviled
It's the fairest I have met
Where the willows weep -
And the roses sleep
And the balmy breezes blow
In that good old land
That sweet old land
Where the beautiful Shamrocks grow.But oh! alas! how I can sing
Tis an exile breeze the strain
And the dear old land of my youthful love
I may never see again
And the very joy that filled my breast
Must ever change to woe
For that good old land
That sweet old land
Where the beautiful shamrocks grow.But I'll sing of the lonely old churchyard
Where our fathers bones are laid
Where the cloisters stand
Those ruins grand(continues on next page)- Collector
- Mary Ward
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Na Cairn, Co. Mhuineacháin
- Informant
- Mrs Ward
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- An Chailleach, Co. Mhuineacháin