School: Naomh Eoin, Cill Choinnigh (roll number 1301)
- Location:
- Kilkenny, Co. Kilkenny
- Teacher: Bráthair Tomás Mac Binéid
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- (continued from previous page)"Where Slaney's ripples flow;
Oh! could I see the sweet sun shine
My native hills upon
I'd never love my God the less
Nor Mary, nor St. John"But no! Ah no! it cannot be;
Yet, mother, do not mourn,
Come, kneel again and pray to God,
In peace let us return.
The dark girl's doom must ere be mine
But heaven will light me an,
Until I find my way to God,
And Mary and St John.
St. Fiacre's WellSt. Fiacre's well is on the Castle Road beside Sheestown. St. Fiacre was a holy hermit who fasted and prayed there. There is a pattern held there every year on the last Sunday in August.
St Kenny's WellIt is situate near Crokers hill beside Blackmill street. The district all about it is called "Kenny's Well". The well is(continues on next page)
