School: Emly (B.) (roll number 16059)

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   V
   God's speed to the past, I must now modernise.
   There's the good Canon Power I have seen with my eyes
   Will raise a new Church in Emly in God's Sacred name
   To rekindle the smouldering of antiquity's flame.

   VI
   Its fine marble altars will be unsurpassed
   Still hard is the labour this new Church will cost
   Yet 'twill tell to each heart when its loud tocsan [sic] tolls
   How the sweet bells of heaven will ring in our souls.

   VII
   I'll remember old Emly wherever I go
   For it raises its head where once reigned our foe:
   "Yea" the faith of St Ailbe retained its old style
   Despite heretic snare and satanical wile.

   VIII
   I'm proud of old Emly, and its fine Classic lore,
   Of its bishops and pastors I need say no more:
   That God's choicest blessings in plenty may shower,
   On the people of Emly and the good Canon Power.

   

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   Language

   English

   Collector

   Daniel Barry

   Gender

   Male

   Address

   Gorteen, Co. Tipperary

   Informant

   Mrs Barry

   Gender

   Female

   Address

   Gorteen, Co. Tipperary