1. dúchas.ie
  2. The Schools' Collection
  3. An Clochar, Roscrea

School: An Clochar, Roscrea

Location:
Roscrea, Co. Tipperary
Teacher:
An Mháthair M. Ní Thuathaigh
Browse
Mode:
The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0549, Page 139

Archival Reference

The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0549, Page 139

Image and data © National Folklore Collection, UCD.

See copyright details.

Download

Open data

Available under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)

  1. XML School: An Clochar, Roscrea
  2. XML Page 139
  3. XML “Ballad - The Ruins of the Old Monastery”

Note: We will soon deprecate our XML Application Programming Interface and a new, comprehensive JSON API will be made available. Keep an eye on our website for further details.

On this page

  1. Ballad - The Ruins of the Old Monastery (continued)

    Share Share Post
    (continued from previous page)
    sleep on the night sir
    And coming away at the close of the day
    Those words I did say with vexitation,
    Farewell Holy pile that illumied our Isle,
    And sainted he soil of our nation,
    13
    The structure then said friend dont be dismayed,
    The church which will be Christ made will be victor.
    Hells gates cant prevail though the do her assaile
    Persue will my tale in the scripture
    St Matthew explore the 16th chapter oer
    The 18th verse in its station
    Will prove that she will
    (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
    Eileen Fletcher
    Gender
    Female
    Informant
    Mr John Delaney
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    70