Saint Patrick’s FireAlive O2 T2 L7

The High King of Ireland was called Laoire

King Laoire lived on the Hill of Tara

• Every year, the law stated , that the first fire, a huge bonfire must be lit on the Hill of Tara.

• This fire marked the beginning of Spring.

Patrick and the Kingby Christy Kenneally

By Christy Kenneally

The king held upthe glowing torchTo light the sacred fire.

The people watched with shining eyes

To see the flames grow higher.

But wait, the king has stopped to look,

The people stand amazed.

See there, upon another hillAnother fire has blazed.

Oh see, the king is full of rage,

Oh see the soldiers fly To catch the man who

broke the law,That man will surely die.

‘I lit the fire’, the stranger said

‘So all would see and know

That Jesus warmed the hearts of men

So many years ago.

‘So all who see my little fire

Upon that little hillWould know the one who

loved us thenIs here to love us still.’

The king was glad to hear his words,He took him by the hand.

And soon, the fire that Patrick litWould blaze throughout the land.