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A big welcome to you all who’ve travelled from afar By plane by boat and motor car For a reunion here in Hodson bay It will be I’m sure a memorable day. From across the sea some have come today These are your hometowns and I will say Tamworth, Evesham, Birmingham city Burnley and Colne a town so pretty. Cardiff and Sutton, London too All gathered here for this reunion do Closer to home Dublin Galway and Clare Roscommon and Meath great places I swear. Marriage brought other names into the clan Meaney ,Johnson, Gill, Cunningham and Mann Other names too and united we be All members of the Finucane family. Let’s go back to where it began Where are the roots of the Finucane clan ? It started with Edmund and Mary too Their children had children that’s me and you. In Effernan, County Clare the seed was sown Like a thriving bush we’ve grown and grown But where did they go to that I can tell Ireland England Australia as well. But wherever they went they kept in touch With Ireland their homeland that they loved so much The legacy they left us is like a gold mine We’re all descendents of the Finucane line. Edmund and Mary they’d be so proud Looking down on us here a large happy crowd Fide Et Fortitude is the motto on our crest That sums us all up because we are the best. We’ve sometimes met briefly to say goodbye To our loved ones we lost and to have a cry But today is different, there won’t be tears Just lots of laughter and maybe a few beers. To see you all here is a wonderful sight And we’ll do it again if the price is right Somewhere hot or even back here Or maybe Dromoland if it isn't too dear. I thank each and every one of you For making the journey to come to this do Sadly not everyone could be here today But they’re here in spirit I can honestly say. Written on 29th July 2017.
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