School: Mainistir Ó dTórna
- Location:
- Abbeydorney, Co. Kerry
- Teacher: Mícheál Ó Ríoghbhardáin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0413, Page 036
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- (continued from previous page)From Botany Bay I sigh over the sea,
To the friends of my heart by the Vale of Tralee.
- Bishop Moriarty was born at Derrivin. This townland is in the parish of Lixnaw but it is nearer to Abbeydorney village than to Lixnaw village.
Father Maurice Slattery still lives. He is Superior General of the African Missionaries. He now lives in Rome.
Dean O'Leary of Tralee and his brother the late Canon O'Leary both attended the O'Dorney school when children.
Their names are in an old Register still preserved in the school.(continues on next page)
