School: Kilmore Convent School
- Location:
- Kilmore, Co. Wexford
- Teacher: Sr. Lorcan Ní Riain
Archival Reference
The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0877, Page 141
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- Bishop Wadding wrote a volume of spiritual songs, mostly set to all Irish airs which was published in 1682. and went through numerous edditions.His carols are sung to this day during the Christmas season in the parish church of Kilmore Co Wexford.These carols are sung by the Devereux's and their descendants in the parish of Kilmore for the past hundred years.Certain verses are sung on different feasts beginning on Christmas Day.The following are the famous carols:-
Sung on the feast of the Nativity
(1)The darkest midnight in December
No snow nor hail nor Winter storm
Shall hinder us for to remember
The babe that on this night was born
With shepherds we are come to see
This lovely Infant's glorious charms
Born of a maid as the prophets said.(continues on next page)
