Volume: CBÉ 0460 (Part 1)

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1. An Ancient Pottery (continued)

   

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   Old Wexford's towers and lofty spires that look towards the East
   The sands that hide the buried town of Bannow in the West.

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   The sculptured forms and epitaphs that on the tombs are found
   Of Strongbow's mail-clad followers in Bannow's church yard ground,
   The ancient Culdee temple, the church of old Saint Nogh
   The roaring of the rough seas across the Bar of Lough.

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   These names are rough to polished ears , nor suit the stately line
   But they call up thoughts of happy days within the heart of mine
   Bright visions of the youthful hours which I spent there together
   With one whom as a friend I loved and reverenced as a father.

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   His cheerful talk, his frequent sigh his looks both mild and holy

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   Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.

   History Edit

   Date

   31 July 1937

   Item type

   Lore

   Language

   English

   Writing mode

   Handwritten

   Writing script

   Gaelic script

   Collector

   • Domhnall de Buitléir

   Informant

   • Tomás Ó Ciaráin