School: Airgneach Uachtarach (roll number 7348)
- Location:
- An Gleann, Co. Shligigh
- Teacher: Máire Ní Ruairc
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0181, Page 323
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- When St. Patrick crossed the Shannon,
He came from the Eastern Side;
Where'er he trod the Word of God.
he carried far and wide.
The legends tell of Elive's Well, where rare wild flowers grow.
How Patrick paid a visit there in ages long ago.'Twas in the harvest time of year,
The meadows hummed with bees;
All nature seemed to welcome him
The birds sang in the trees.The ferney glens were lovely then,
Bedecked with holly green,
And fishes leapt where sun rays crept
Across each purling streem.When his feet found rest within the West,
He blest it o'er and o'er,
The hills seemed greener and more fair,
Than e'er they were before.He blest Arigna, rude and wide,
And the Glen of the Cille(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Florrie Leydon
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- An Gleann, Co. Shligigh
- Informant
- Mrs Daly
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- An Gleann, Co. Shligigh
