School: Baile na Martra (C.) (roll number 13651)

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1. A Song - To the Old Chapel at Mogeely (continued)

   

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   Oh! how solemn sound the numbers!
   And what memories are here
   Memories by the past made sacred,
   By the mourned dead made dear.
   …………………………..
   Ruins where our fathers worshipped!
   Faint and fainter tolls the bell;
   Sounds like sweetest music whispering
   Sacred Abbey fare thee well.
   …………………………..
   O'er the grave yard to the Chapel
   Sweetly steal the silvery chimes
   Mingling in the hour of parting
   Buried past and present times.
   …………………………..
   Olden Chapel of Mogeely!
   Quaint high galleries and nave.
   Holy ground where loved ones worshipped
   From the cradle to the grave.
   …………………………..
   How the dear familiar places
   Bring the hour of childhood near
   Happy days of First Communion,
   Childrens' voices singing clear.
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   History Edit

   Topics

   1. genre
      1. poetry
         1. folk poetry (~9,504)

   Language

   English

   Collector

   Thérèse Begley

   Gender

   Female

   Address

   Castlemartyr, Co. Cork

   Informant

   Mrs Margaret Begley

   Relation

   Parent

   Gender

   Female

   Address

   Castlemartyr, Co. Cork