School: Ballycullane
- Location:
- Ballycullane, Co. Wexford
- Teacher: Seán Ó Dubhghaill
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0870, Page 337
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- Black midnights storm around the royal barque had gathered
Of Pembroke and fair Isabelle his queen.
Mastless a wreck
unw[crossed out]helmed Saint Davids
frowning head betwee
Roused from blissful sleep down knelt
the Earl marshel then
Round knelt wife and men and in the lightening's glare
He prayed this heartfelt prayer "Oh save
or we perish in tempest tonight
For his sake who uttered the glad words to save His
ship and servants on Galilees wave
Oh save and I will build to Thy glory alone
an altar of gold in an Abbey of stone
An altar and abbey, a church and a shrine.This poem describes how the Earl of Pembroke when crossing from his home in Wales to Ireland was caught in a storm. He promised that if he were saved he would build a monastery where he landed exactly like the one in Tintern in Wales. He landed safely and built the monastery. From it the parish got its name in later years.
Written by K. Caulfield VII Ballycullane
from her Aunt.
- Collector
- K. Caulfield
- Address
- Ballycullane, Co. Wexford
