24/06/2021
Killea Boys in the Rare Oul Times (words by Willie Coogan)
Ring a ring a rosie as the lights decline,
We’ll remember Killea Boys in the rare oul times.
Taught great songs and stories, by teachers that were cool,
The sporting tales of glories, that once was Killea School,
The science awards and quizzes, enchanting children's rhymes,
That once was Killea Boys, in the Rare Oul Times.
Ring a ring a rosie as the lights decline,
We’ll remember Killea Boys in the rare oul times.
We’re proud of Killea Boys School, and of its history
Our pupils, Boards, and parents, Eileen our secretary
Book fairs they were super, thanks Amanda and Caroline
New books to peak our interest, we were reading all the time
And we went down to the priests field, to train for many teams,
Athletics, gaelic, hurling, acting out our boyhood dreams.
When we took on the bigger schools in wind and hail and cold
Then we’d go into the RSC, we’d come away with gold.
Ring a ring a rosie as the lights decline,
We’ll remember Killea Boys in the rare oul times.
The years have passed so quickly, like water down a drain
As Dunmore keeps on changing and nothing stays the same.
Amalgamation in September, a new start for everyone,
Réalt na Mara is our new school, a new era has begun.
Ring a ring a rosie as the lights decline,
We’ll remember Killea Boys in the rare oul times.
Fare thee well to Killea Boys School, and our super SNA’s
We’ve had great fun at sports days and the many Christmas plays
Our minds are full of memories, our time has been sublime,
We’re a part of what was Killea, in the Rare Oul Times.
Ring a ring a rosie as the lights declines,
We’’ll remember Killea Boys in the rare oul times.
Ring a ring a rosie as the lights declines,
We’’ll remember Killea Boys in the rare oul times
