School: Árd Ailinne (Mount Allen) (roll number 13143)
- Location:
- Mountallen, Co. Roscommon
- Teacher: Áine, Bean Uí Loingsigh
Archival Reference
The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0231, Page 048
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- There is a prayer that's breathed alone
In dear old Erin's land;
'Tis uttered on threshold-stone
With smiles and clasping hand;
And oft perchance 'tis murmured low,
With sigh and falling tear,
The grandest greeting man may know,
The prayer "God save all here".
II
In other lands they know not well
How priceless is the lore
That hedges with a sacred spell
Old Irelands cabin door:
To those it is no empty sound,
Who think with many a tear
Of long-loved memories wreathed round
The prayer "God save all here".
III
Live on, O Prayer, in Ireland still,
Live on for evermore,
The echoes of her home to fill
When uttered at her door,
And guarding by his holy spell
The soul and conscience clear
Be graven on each heart as well
The prayer "God save all here".(continues on next page)
- Informant
- Pádraic Ó Maoilchiaráin
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 84
