Scathlan 1

Agus vearsa 6 cheann fada a scriobh Rebecca Scott, Castlefin: The half-heartedprayer suspended Upon th'e dying breath The holy anthem silenced In the deep hush of death Morn rose upon the mountain Most beautiful and fair Eve set upon a sickening scene of ruin and despair On blighted homes, hearts broken, Whose every hope is o'er On sorrowing eyes whose light was quenched In the chapel of Gweedore. Agus 6 linte.a scriobh Clare M. M. Reilly ar James Ferry: So you did rise and in meekness low bending Served at the sacrifice God loveth best Which, with its incense ofprayer sweet ascending, Make ang,9ls wonder that men are so blest. Agus arls ag J. H. R.: The fearful deluge came and went Thus swiftly, messenger of death, To beating hearts that morn, who came, To worship His most holy name, Who gives and takes, our mortal breath, Andmade his glorious firmament. agus mar sin de. COIRIO AN Ti PHOBAIL Ba ran cheist mh6r indiaidh na tuile na caide ba cheart a dheanamh le teach a' phobail. Bhi dochar m6r deanta d6 agus bhi m6ran daoine den bharuil gur cheart e a threigint ar fad agus teach pobail ur a th6gail ar shuiomh ur. Bhi arg6inti laidir i leith an dearcaidh sin agus cuireadh i lathair go laidir iad sa Derry Journal '80 sinithe ag l)nus de Clero Rapotensi agus ceann ar an 10u Deireadh F6mhair ag "Parishioner". Ba e an cas a bhi acu go dtiocfadh leis an rud ceanna tarlu aris, nach raibh se praicticiuil n6 iondeanta a dhath a dhea,namh fa'n abhainn a bhi ag rith faoi theach a' phobail. Agus da socr6fai ar theach pobail ur a dheanamh go muscl6fai cleir na deoise as an neamhshuim a bhf siad a thaispeaint sa chas go dtl seo. Cuireadh in iul narbh e seo an chead uair a thainig an tuile isteach i dteach a phobail. Sa bhliain 1859, nuair nach raibh teach a phobail criochnaithe go hiomlan, d'eirigh tuile go raibh an t-uisce ar an urlar dha throigh ar doimhne agus nll an bhliain agam inar eirigh se an dara huair. Cuireadh an chelst: An dtarl6idh se aris i gceann d~ich mbliana n6 fiche bliain n6 leathchead bliain? Ni fhaca me litir ar bith sa phaipear ata luaite ag cosaint an tseansuimh fein. Agus caithfear smaointiu ar an taobh eile den sceal nach raibh an teach pobail seo ach 38.