School: St Brigid's Convent, Goresbridge (roll number 15695)
- Location:
- An Droichead Nua, Co. Chill Chainnigh
- Teacher: Sr. Aibhistín
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0862, Page 009
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- Jerpoint Abbey, in Kilkenny, near Thomastown has the ruins of a splendid abbey founded by Donough Mac Gillapatrick, King of Ossary in the 12th century.I
On a balmy Summer morning when the scented thoin spray
Was still upon the uplands, and the sky all bright and clear;
The lark high in the air, and the cuckoo far away
Sang joyfully O Summer now is here.II
An azure haze of blue-bells hung in every leafy glade
And all among the hill side was the fragrancy of June
The mellow throated blackbird whistled softly in the shade
And the rivulet at Mullion sang a sleepy Summer tune(continues on next page)
