School: Cill Eirc
- Location:
- Killark, Co. Monaghan
- Teacher: S. Mac Druaidhe
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See Ardagh's Rocky summit
As in olden dys its stood
Like a giant of the fabled days
Reclining oer the flood
And the little Church that stands above
Is mirrored far blon
In the Blue And placid waters
of the lake of Ballyhoe.
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The islets fair that stud its breast
With natures f(l)oliage crowned
The sloping hills and white-washed homes
Stand sentinel around
O 'tis a scene that not on earth
Would tempt me to far go
'Tis love itself to look upon
The Lake of Ballyhoe
VI
Its gladsome when God's glory
Beams down upon the earth
And gives the lovely flowers of Spring
Their budding and their birth
O loveliest flower on mead or mound(continues on next page)
