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School: Cluain (C.) (roll number 15443)

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Cloone, Co. Leitrim
Teacher:
Bean Uí Sholamháin
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  1. A Poem about Fenagh (continued)

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    saintly time.
    Of your founder, good Saint Killian, life devoted, death sublime.
    Far from Breffni, far from Fenagh doth the martyred Killian lie.
    Where Wurzburg Cathedral grandly towers neath the Franconian sky;
    Dust of those who knew and loved him, grieving when he went away
    Lies 'neath forty generations of true Gaelic Breffnian clay.
    Here I place the wreath remembrance o'er each veiled and lifeless breast,
    Husband, wife and brother, lying in their death-uniting rest,
    Sleep, dear kindred, peace be with you, free from earthly woes and fears
    Where your people's dust has mingled for long centuries of years.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. genre
      1. poetry
        1. folk poetry (~9,504)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Kathleen Keegan
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Curraun, Co. Leitrim
    Informant
    Brigid Keegan
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    59
    Address
    Curraun, Co. Leitrim