Garngad Irish Poems & Songs
December 5, 2009 · Print This Article
The following ‘Garngad-Irish Poems and Songs’ were either written about or by people from and/or events related to Garngad with a connection to Ireland:
By Michael ‘Mick Garngad’ McLaughlin, RIP:
‘The Ballad of James Connolly’
‘The Smashing of the Van’
This Poem was written by John P Sweeney, founding member, first Chairman and current Secretary of GIHG. John is currently studying Theology at Scotus College, The National Seminary in Scotland for the training of priests.
The Mass Rock in The Glen
- By Sean O’Brien
- Published 11/25/2008
- Garngad-Irish Poems and Songs
- Unrated
(Felix Kearney)
In a lonely mountain valley
In the mountains of Tyrone
Lies one of Ireland’s hallowed spots
Deserted and unknown
But few who write historic tales
Or wield the poet’s pen
Can say with pride – they knelt beside
The Mass Rock in the glen
Our priests like wolves were hunted down
O God ’twas surely hard
That from the right to worship Thee
Thy children were debarred
But still they proudly bore
Thy cross Those simple mountain men
Were proud to share Thy Calvary
By the Mass Rock in the glen
No more on top of Croagh Hill
The sentinel stands guard
Our ancient foes, the foreign yoghs
Have gone to their reward
And he who worships God in peace
May bless the fearless men
Who held the faith for Ireland
By the Mass Rock in the glen
God Bless the glens of Ireland
Every rock and mountain pass
’twas those game glens that under God
Preserved for us, the Mass
And if the day should come again
When Ireland calls for men
She will not find them wanting
By the Mass Rock in the glen
It is written by a man named Jim Scott who had come from Donegal to Garngad. He wrote this Poem after retiring to Drogheda, Co Louth.
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