School: Naomh Pádraig, Knockvicar
- Location:
- Knockvicar, Co. Roscommon
- Teacher: Mícheál Ó Ceallaigh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0233, Page 416
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Poetry (continued)
“The night was still. ...”
(continued from previous page)perished
Their souls had gone
Their God to meet
The first I met was a dying rebel
On bending low I heard him say
"God bless my home in Tipperary
God bless the cause for which I die"
The next I met was a fair-haired cailín kneeling by her lover's side
She prayed to God, her Heavenly father
To watch and guard him 'till he died.
The next I met was a grey-haired father
Searching for his only son
I said "Old man there's no use(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Díarmuid Mac Díarmuda
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Crossna, Co. Roscommon