A crowd of rustics in the home of Saints
They find no sweetness in devotion to poetry,
nor in the ancient generations of their forefathers.
The vengeance of God is the reason for it.
The men of Scotland have settled in their place.
Where have the Gaels gone?
Ulster poem c.1650
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📖 Ancient Restoration Franciscan church of San Pietro in Montorio, Rome where the great earl of Tyrone, Hugh O'Neill is buried; one of the leading figures in the Catholic war (Nine Years War 1594-1603) against Queen Elizabeth.
