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School: Cluain Tuirc (C.)

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Cloonturk, Co. Leitrim
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Máire Ní Gharaidh
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    III
    A watcher stands on the hilltop lonely.
    And gazes round him with eager eye.
    To see if near the dark glen or river.
    The lurking foemen he could espy.
    IV
    A light gleams upon the valley's bosom.
    By the rugged altar moss grown and grey.
    And in the snow on that solemn midnight.
    The priest and people knelt down to pray.
    V
    As the Gloria in Excelsia rises
    The white robed priest with his hands upraised
    And from the voice of 1,000 people
    Was the name of God and the Virgin praised
    (continues on next page)
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. time
      1. historical periods by name (~25)
        1. penal times (~4,335)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Una Mc Keon
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    14
    Address
    Drumard (Jones), Co. Leitrim
    Informant
    Mary Mc Keon
    Relation
    Parent
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    46
    Address
    Drumard (Jones), Co. Leitrim