School: Clochar na Trócaire, Ceann tSáile (roll number 4572)
- Location:
- Cionn tSáile, Co. Chorcaí
- Teacher: An tSr. De Pazzi
Archival Reference
The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0320, Page 138
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- "As I strolled out one fine evening.
Down by a green shady grove.
I heard a pilgrim talking.
In these expressive words
Adieu! Adieu! Thou faithless world,
Thou wert never made for me.
His eyes were lifted up to heaven.
And his beard reached to his knees
On his shoulders hung a mantle
And a sackcloth shirt he wore
His bed was made of rushes.
That grew down by the shore."The above was composed in honour of Brother Anslem.
Brother Anslem was a hermit, who lived for a time at Poll na Long, and later on he came to Kinsale, and built his little hut on Compass Hill There were stakes found in the ground on the hill and it is believed(continues on next page)
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