Lavey Parish Videos and Photos

Vintage Threshing in Mayogall

October 12th 2002 AD, in aid of Parish Funds.
Organised by Tony O'Kane and Brian McKenna.

Previous threshing events

The Chapel Pad.

One bright and frosty morning
O'er the grazings I chanced to stray
To find the cause of the awful noise
Coming from the Chapel Bray

On my hands and knees out of Baldy's trees
I fearlessly did creep
When into view came a motley crew
On the back of an open jeep

It then became apparent
The cause of all the noise
Twas Paddy, Joe and Eugene
And another of the boys

And suddenly it dawned on me
The cause of all their haste
In their sights they had, the Chapel pad
There was no time to waste

Its happened fast, three weeks have past
The Chapel pads completed
The bridges on, the gates been hung
Everyone's elated

hey said it wouldn't happen
That it just could not be done
But there it is, its finished now
The battles fought and won

Through the years, our faithful peers
Along the path did walk
To hear the mass or just to pass
The time in quiet talk

From Labish Well the sound of a bell
Can oft at night be heard
Or is it a breeze ringing down through the trees
Calling the faithful to prayer

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