School: Derreenargan

Location:
Derreenargan, Co. Roscommon
Teacher:
Pádhraic Ó Fionnáin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0232, Page 243

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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0232, Page 243

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  1. I
    Attend you Roman Catholics
    In truth, those lines I will pen down
    Concerning this grand chapel
    Built near Ballyfarnon town
    It has grown up then, month by month
    And towering towards the sky
    In (known) honour of Almighty God
    And the lord that rules on high
    I was from the best of quarries
    That the stones came great and
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