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School: Clochar San Pól, Cill Fhíonáin (roll number 13026)

Location:
Kilfinane, Co. Limerick
Teacher:
An tSr. Bernadette
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  1. Old Ruins (continued)

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    that a widow would never marry in the parish or a priest ever die there. Up to the present time the people do not know whether that was a blessing or a curse. It is said the soldiers destroyed and robbed the monastery. The walls are standing still and the grounds are used as a burying ground.
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  2. Mr Townland's Return

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    Mr Townland was an old Landkord who resided in Spa Hill House, Kilfinane.
    Come rest in our bosom my own stricken dear
    Tho the laws have fled from thee thy home is still here
    Here still is a a smile which no cloud cannot broadcast
    And the hand and the heart all thine own tho the last
    II
    What was land made for if it not the same
    To every good citizen who had his just claim
    (continues on next page)
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    Topics
    1. genre
      1. poetry
        1. folk poetry (~9,504)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Breeda Thornhill
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Kilfinane, Co. Limerick
    Informant
    Charles O' Shaughnessy
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Kilfinane, Co. Limerick