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School: Clochar na Trócaire, Maghcromtha

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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0341, Page 548

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  1. The Church of Saint Abbey

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    St Abbey is the patron saint of Ballyvourney and the ruins of her church may still be seen with the mysterious "bowl" firmly embedded in its aperture on the western wall of the church because its curative properties were adused.
    Thomas Boyd wrote a lovely poem of some exile from Ballyvourney who died far from home:-

    "He came from Ballyvourney, from the town set in the morning
    That has caught the lights of dawn we have waited for so long,
    And he was Ballyvourney, the child of Erin's morning,
    In his hope that shone before him, in his speech more sweet than song.
    (continues on next page)
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. genre
      1. poetry
        1. folk poetry (~9,504)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Frances O' Riordan
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Macroom, Co. Cork
    Informant
    Peggy Twomey
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Magh Réidh, Co. Cork