Ireland, My Home

 


 

Ireland, My Home

Where There Is Hope

O Ireland isn't it grand you look
Like a bride in her rich adornin?
And with all the pent up love of my heart
I bid you the top o' the mornin!

John Locke "The Exile's Return"

Ireland
It’s the one place on earth
That Heaven has kissed
With melody, mirth
And meadow and mist.

Céad míle fáilte romhait!
("A hundred thousand welcomes")

Whenever I dream, It seems I dream
Of Erin's rolling hills-
Of all its lovely, shimmery lakes
And little babbling rills-
I hear a colleen's lilting laugh
Across a meadow fair
And in my dreams its almost seems
To me that I am there-
O, Ireland! O', Ireland!
We're Never far apart-
For you and all your beauty..
Fill my mind and touch my heart.

There's a dear old land of leprechauns
And wondrous wishing wells;
And no where else on God's green earth,
There be such lakes and dells.

No wonder that the angels love
That shamrock covered shore;
It draws my heart home again,
And I love it more and more.

Have you ever heard the story of
How Ireland got its name?
Well, I'll tell you so you'll understand
From whence old Ireland came.

No wonder that I love
That dear old land across the sea;
For here's the way my dear old father
Told the tale to me:

"A little bit of heaven fell
From out the sky one day;
And it nestled on the ocean
In a spot so far away."

"And when the angels found it
It looked so sweet and fair;
They said, "Suppose we leave it?
For it looks so peaceful there."

"So they sprinkled it with stardust
Just to make the shamrocks grow;
‘Tis the only place you'll find them
No matter where you go."

"And they dotted it with silver
To make the lakes so grand;
And when they had it finished,
They called it ... "IRELAND!"

~Author Unknown~

May the Irish Hills caress you.
May her lakes and rivers bless you.
May the Luck of the Irish enfold you.
May the Blessings of Saint Patrick behold you.

A Little Bit Of Heaven

Sure, a little bit o' Heaven
fell from out of the sky one day,
And nestled on the ocean
in a spot so far away;
And the angels found it,
sure it looked so sweet and fair.
They said suppose we leave it,
for it looks so peaceful there!

So they sprinkled it with star dust
just to make the shamrocks grow;
'Tis the only place you'll find them,
No matter where you go;
Then they dotted it with silver
To make its lakes so grand,
And when they had it finished
Sure they called it IRELAND!

 

 

As Spring arrives,
The Earth turns green,
Just as the Emerald Isle,
So everyone, around the World,
Can be Irish for a while.

May the sun shine all day long,
Everything go right and nothing wrong.
May those you love, bring love back to you,
And may all the wishes you wish, come true!

The Cliffs of Doneen

You may travel far far from your own native land
Far away o'er the mountains, far away o'er the foam
But of all the fine places that I've ever been
Sure there's none can compare with the cliffs of Doneen.

Take a view o'er the mountains, fine sights you'll see there
You'll see the high rocky mountains o'er the west coast of Clare
Oh the town of Kilkee and Kilrush can be seen
From the high rocky slopes round the cliffs of Doneen.

It's a nice place to be on a fine summer's day
Watching all the wild flowers that ne'er do decay
Oh the hares and lofty pheasants are plain to be seen
Making homes for their young round the cliffs of Doneen.

Fare thee well to Doneen, fare thee well for a while
And to all the kind people I'm leaving behind
To the streams and the meadows where late I have been
And the high rocky slopes round the cliffs of Doneen.

Take me home to Shamrock Hill
The glorious place of my birth
Where the glens are green and the
heather grows--
'Tis the prettiest place on earth--
The wind blows free and the air is fresh
And I still hear a rippling rill,
My heart is sad, but it could be glad--
Take me home to Shamrock Hill

Slán go fóill
("Bye for now")

 

 

 


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