I tend to agree with McGrath, Liland. With a melody of this age, it becomes very hard to know what melody goes with what text or if the melody came first or the text. Look at this thread:BE THOU MY VISION for a discussion which prompted me to start this thread. Of course the melody, SLANE is associated with Patrick, and I could see similarities in the text, but I can find no connection. I know the melody was added to BE THOU MY VISION a lot later. Its just the sort of puzzle I would like to crack, no matter how long it takes.

Brían.