School: Bán-Tír (C.) (roll number 2804)
- Location:
- Banteer, Co. Cork
- Teacher: Síle, Bean Uí Dheadaigh
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The friar rose at midnight hour
To toll the Abbey bell,
And ring the joyful tidings down –
Through valley, glen and dell,
That Christ, the Prince of Peace, had come
Upon this blissful day
To cancel Adam’s primal sin
And wipe all stain away.II
The waseen tapers flickered red
Along the dusky aisle
As slowly came the chanting Monks
In solemn stately file,
The carven pillars o’er the floor
Hung shadows weird and lone –
And shook with deep vibrations
To the organ’s thunder-tone.III
The Brother of the Abbey tower
Still tolled the Abbey bell,
That sent the joyful tidings down
Through valley, glen and dell
And many a pious Ave
He slowly muttered there,(continues on next page)- Collector
- J C Deady
- Gender
- Unknown