School: Tullach (Tullig) (roll number 4451)
- Location:
- Tullig More, Co. Cork
- Teacher: D. Ó Mathúna
Archival Reference
The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0344, Page 140
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Mid a cluster of trees on the hill o'er Kilmurry
Stand the old abbey ruins with it ivy-clad walls
There the elm the limetree the evergreen cherry
Around the old abbey grow shady and tall
All nature wild flowers in perfusion are growing there
O'er graves that are marked with a cross at each head
And the evergreen palms that for ages has stood there
Like a sentinel guarding the homes of the dead.
III
How delightful to stand on the hills of Kilmurry
When the sun from the west sheds its light
The huntsman at evening(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Mary C. Lehane
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Derry, Co. Cork
- Informant
- Mr Edmond Sexton
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- c. 35
- Address
- Knockane, Co. Cork
