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An ancient Abbey, abandoned and alone

from National Library of Ireland on The Commons

  • 37 older comments, and then…
  • Suck Diesel said:


    “The golden sun is sinking far
    Beyond Kilcummin shore,
    The pale faced moon of rosy June
    Doth rise to waken lore;
    The evening star illumines far
    Around old Nephin’s crown,
    And muffled roar of Rosses shore
    Doth swell these valleys round;
    This silent strand, these waters grand,
    So deep, so lone, so blue;
    This Abbey Moyne whereon I stand,
    This prospect of Moyview,
    The calm repose of evenings close
    That wraps this pool of Moyne,
    And wailing cry of seabirds high
    Deep silence all enjoin.”
    (Rev. James Greer)
  • beachcomber australia said:
    HNY 2026 - Trifecta Time !

    catalogue.nli.ie/Record/vtls000320969 ROY (this photo)
    catalogue.nli.ie/Record/vtls000333039 CAB
    catalogue.nli.ie/Record/vtls000326982 IMP
  • Niall McAuley said:
    beachcomber australia A low ROY, a medium CAB and a huge IMP catalogue number. I think a date is unlikely from catalogue neighbours!

    Happy new year, all.

    EDIT: Wait, it is not a low ROY number 607 as indicated in the link, it should be 6072 - hope for a nearby dated shot after all.
  • beachcomber australia said:
    There is another photo - L_ROY_06075 - which shows a newish grave stone with "1898" (or possibly 1888) see - catalogue.nli.ie/Record/vtls000320972
  • Niall McAuley said:
    ɹǝqɯoɔɥɔɐǝq 1898, definitely

    findagrave says its Rev Nolan, P. P.

Parasols, bare feet and pinafores

from National Library of Ireland on The Commons

The Four Comely Saints

from National Library of Ireland on The Commons

  • 1 older comment, and then…
  • Suck Diesel said:
    Church of the Four Beautiful Ones

    “St Fursey, Brendan of Birr, Conal and Bearchan are the 4 saints in question

    The Church is 11-12C with modifications but their graves (and a 5th) are said to lie just outside the church behind the altar. There is also a Holy Well to which healings are attributed.”

    OS: 51 852 102 marked
  • Suck Diesel said:
    Also ‘Teampall an Ceathrar Álainn’
    The adjacent Well of the four beauties was the inspiration for Synge’s Well of the Saints
  • beachcomber australia said:
    TIMMY.
    Did ever you hear tell of a place across a bit of the sea, where there is an island, and the grave of the four beautiful saints?

    MARY DOUL.
    I’ve heard people have walked round from the west and they speaking of that.

    TIMMY.
    [impressively.] — There’s a green ferny well, I’m told, behind of that place, and if you put a drop of the water out of it on the eyes of a blind man, you’ll make him see as well as any person is walking the world.

    MARTIN DOUL.
    [with excitement.] — Is that the truth, Timmy? I’m thinking you’re telling a lie.

    TIMMY.
    [gruffly.] — That’s the truth, Martin Doul, and you may believe it now, for you’re after believing a power of things weren’t as likely at all. ... ...

    From - www.gutenberg.org/files/1241/1241-h/1241-h.htm

    "THE WELL OF THE SAINTS was first produced in the Abbey Theatre in February, 1905, by the Irish National Theatre Society."
  • Carol Maddock said:
    beachcomber australia And here's the poster for that "new play in three acts"...
  • beachcomber australia said:
    Carol Maddock The NLI is always amazing!

    What about the 'Dripping Well' ? And all those shells ? ... ...