School: Gleann Mór
- Location:
- Attishane, Co. Mayo
- Teacher: A. de Brún
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- (continued from previous page)was the theme of every tongue
While in a tower ninty feet
a sweetened bell was hung.The Bishop of Killala then,
O'Connor journeyed there
In 1462 to consecrate the place to prayer
From that for o'er a hundred years
Moyne was a famous school,
Where priests and scholars came to learn
and Abbots rose to rule
A home where weary strangers found rest food and comfort warm.
And ships within the "Pool of Moyne" might shelter from the storm. Alas! in 1581 the dissolution came
When monasteries far and wide
went up in smoke and flame.
And Moyne the fate of others, shared its greatness could not save
What cared the English how much good it to the country gave.(continues on next page)
