School: Baile Nua, Tulach an Iarainn (roll number 5093)
- Location:
- Ballynoe, Co. Cork
- Teacher: Risteárd Ó Briain
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0380, Page 160
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“Poem composed in Richampton, Australia...”
Poem composed in Rochampton Australia in memory of the departure of Right Rev. Monsignor Mulcahy P.P. from Rochampton to visit his native land. He had been absent for forty-years. These lines were written by his niece who is a nun in Rochampton. The Monsignor arrived home Easter 1938.I.Angels of God your good barque guide,
Steer you safely to Erin's green shore,
'Neath the tears and smiles of blue Irish skies,
'Neath friends known in days of yore.II
Nigh forty summers have onward rolled,
Since last your native land you trod,
And many a loved of days of old,
Lie still beneath the cold green sod.(continues on next page)