School: Mullagh (B)
- Location:
- Mullagh, Co. Cavan
- Teacher: James Drury
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Is that Wurtzbyrg's shining towew? do I stand on Celtic soil?
Yonder church was built good minstrel, by the lowly sons of toil;
'Twas the Mullagh peasant sinew raised on high that beauteous pile,
That the bright eyes of St. Kilian on his home might ever smile.
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"Blessings on them", then I answered
"God be thanked the brave old race,
In the pathway of their fathers hold the same unchanging place -
Here St. Kilian's memory dwelleth by Borora's [?] brown - eyed rill,
As if foreign banner never floated on an Irish hill
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Ye who've wandered in my footsteps through his legend brave and old,
Help ye, as a brother helpeth, with your blessing strength and gold:
Help ye those who rear this trophy through the ages to live on,
Telling of the martyr's glory when the minstrel's day is gone.- Collector
- Maureen Drury
- Gender
- Female