tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3682550116445790117.post6714974712698909450..comments2024-03-23T09:59:53.293+00:00Comments on LINEN ON THE HEDGEROW: Halfway between Heaven and Hell - the life of a Celtic hermitRichard Collinshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10826907710570316952noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3682550116445790117.post-62191386430415172182011-12-10T10:20:10.112+00:002011-12-10T10:20:10.112+00:00A lovely post and wonderful photographs, Richard. ...A lovely post and wonderful photographs, Richard. I will try and look further into the Irish antecedents of this saint and see what I can come up with. When I was on holiday in Wales a couple of years ago I came across this poem to Saint Govan:<br /><br />St Govan<br /><br />St Govan, he built him a cell<br />By the side of the Pembroke sea,<br />And there, as the crannied sea-gulls dwell,<br />In a tiny, secret citadel<br />He sighed for eternity.<br /><br />St Govan, he built him a cell<br />Between the wild sky and the sea,<br />Where the sunsets redden the rolling swell<br />And brooding splendour has thrown her spell<br />On valley and moorland lea.<br /><br />St Govan still lies in his cell<br />But his soul, long since is free,<br />And one may wonder - and who can tell-<br />If good St Govan likes Heaven as well<br />As his cell by that sounding sea?<br /><br />A. G. Prys-Jones in D.M. and E. M. Lloyd, eds., A Book of Wales (Collins, 1953), 52.Brigithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10500169174019662556noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3682550116445790117.post-59905447075386815052011-11-20T19:34:01.562+00:002011-11-20T19:34:01.562+00:00Thanks Chris, if you do visit we must have a pint....Thanks Chris, if you do visit we must have a pint.<br /><br />Maire - with a name like that and you've never been to Ireland? You are right of course, any of those cn's would do, I think on that occasion a band of angels sounds about right.Richard Collinshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10826907710570316952noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3682550116445790117.post-69182898447874232532011-11-20T13:01:04.739+00:002011-11-20T13:01:04.739+00:00Lovely. I have never been to Ireland and here'...Lovely. I have never been to Ireland and here's hoping I can visit this spot when I do.<br />As for a group of angels. <br />Host?<br />Flight?<br />Band?Maire Padraiginhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14154901534347250626noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3682550116445790117.post-37696656152628636152011-11-20T11:54:31.625+00:002011-11-20T11:54:31.625+00:00Fascinating, and a beautiful place. Beautifully to...Fascinating, and a beautiful place. Beautifully told, too.<br /><br />Must visit. Thank you.<br /><br />Chris (still on Blogspot, but with the usual problem).Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com