School: Kilkea, Mageney (roll number 9123)
- Location:
- Kilkea Lodge Farm, Co. Kildare
- Teacher: Cáit Ní Chába
Archival Reference
The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0781, Page 280
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- (continued from previous page)He there shall reign till seven years
Are seven times told o'er,
And yet will do a greater deed
Than e're he did before;Even the ancient enemies
of Erin to withstand,
And north & south, & east & west,
To drive them from the land.Then Heaven send those silver shoes
May wear away full fast,
If so thereby our native land
May rest in peace at last.-----------------------------
In the castle demesne are two wells bear.ing Irish names. One is by the riverside a short distance above the moat; it is called "Tubberara", probably meaning the well of the Rath.
The other is not far from it, and is now covered over with an arch of masonry; it is known as "Tubbershawn", and also as "the Bohernash Well", from an ancient road of that name which formerly passed beside it. The latter well was in old times considered a holy well, and is said to have been dedicated to St. John.
