School: Baile Locha Riabhach (Clochar)
- Location:
- Loughrea, Co. Galway
- Teacher: An tSr. M. Proinnsias
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0060, Page 0255
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- (continued from previous page)after a voyage of seven years, reached the Land of Promise. In picturesque language the sojourn of the Saint and his companions is told in the ancient life of Brendan. "When they had disembarked", writes the chronicler, "they saw a land, extensive and thickly set with trees, laden with fruits, as in the Autumn season. All the times they were traversing that land during their stay in it, no night was there ...... and for forty days, they viewed the land in various directions, they could not find the limits thereof."On their journey across the country they came to a wide river, which they were unable to cross. Then a heavenly messenger - a young man with resplendent features - appeared before Brendan and informed the saint that his mission was ended."This is the land you have sought after for so long a time," said the divine messenger, "but you could not hitherto find it, because Christ Our Lord wishes first to display to you His divers mysteries in this immense ocean. Return now to the land of your birth, bearing with you as much of those fruits and of those precious stones as your boat can carry, for the days of your(continues on next page)
