School: Skerries (St. Patrick's : Girls) (roll number 16333)
- Location:
- Skerries, Co. Dublin
- Teacher: Caitlín Cadhla
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0784, Page 223
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- (continued from previous page)before I go: and immediately the ground and swallowed him: and if you go up to the Graveyard today you will (you) see where the ground opened and swallowed the man and the plough and the two horses. On a tomb-stone in the Holmpatrick Graveyard, there is written. -Ah lie not down poor mourner
On cold earth in despair
Give the grave the homage due
The spirit moulders not there.
Cling to the cross then lone one
For it hath power to save.
If Christian's hope for sake thee
The is no hope beyond the grave.
There are two families that I know in the district that have buyring ground in Baldungan and Lusk: their names are Mannings and Murthaghs. Here is an old poem that was written over old sailor's tomb-stone.Boreas' blast and Neptune's waves,
Have rocked me to and fro,
In spite of both by God's decree,
I anchor here below
I lay wait here
With many of my crew
In hopes when both set sail,
Our Saviour Christ to meet.(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Maureen Drury
- Gender
- Female
