School: Glanworth (C.) (roll number 4838)
- Location:
- Glanworth, Co. Cork
- Teacher: Máire, Bean Uí Fhiachra
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0373, Page 184
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- (continued from previous page)The image of our loving Lord reflected from thy brow
A saint, a priest, a trusted friend, Thou wert all three in one
Thy heavenly toils are over now
Thy heavenly crown is won
Few priests have graced the altar steps
As worthily as thee
Thou has followed thy Saviours footsteps
To the Hill of Calvary
But oh, to think that thou art gone
That on this earth no more
That smiling face and laughing brow
We never can see more.Written by Miss Annie M. Daly Corbally. She was born in the parish 71 years ago about 1867, and at an early age emigrated to Australia returning to Ireland in 1907.
She was a Captain of Cumann na mBan in this area and did grand work for Ireland in the Anglo Irish and Civil Wars. She still lives in Corbally.
The late Very Rev. Canon Cahill was also a great lover of Ireland, and compiled the History of Glanworth, but what happened(continues on next page)
