School: Tigh Molaga (C.) (roll number 12457)
- Location:
- Timoleague, Co. Cork
- Teacher: Máire, Bean Uí Shíthigh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0318, Page 298
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“TD Sullivan wrote a poem on Timoleague Abbey when it was sacked by the Cromwellian troops.”
TD Sullivan wrote a poem on Timoleague Abbey when it was sacked by the Cromwellian troops. He describes how the soldiers rode their horses in to the chapel and destroyed its sacred vessels, the gold of the latter they packed into their saddle bags. They were about to leave with their spoil, when the Irish battle-cry was heard and OSullivan Beare and his valiant men confronted them. The brave men from Dunboy fell on the despoilers and slew them in their sin. "Only one was left to tell the tale
and shout the warning in the gale
Beware; the abbey in the vale
By Courtmacsherry bay."There was a poem called "Our Lady of Lislee" written when the present Church in Barryroe was built "Stone upon stone until we see.
The Cross of Fire crown thy tall spire
Dear Lady of Lislee."(continues on next page)
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- Peig Ní Mhuirtille
- Gender
- Female