クロンマクノイズの修道院の上に、船が現れた

シェイマス・ヒーニーの詩の一節より。
クロンマクノイズの修道院の上に、船が現れた。
錨が引っ掛かってしまったので、船が動けなくなってしまった。
船員がロープをつたって錨をはずそうとし、修道院の人々も手伝って船は再び動き出した。
という話。

The annals say: when the monks of Clonmacnoise
Were all at prayers inside the oratory
A ship appeared above them in the air.

The anchor dragged along behind so deep
It hooked itself into the altar rails
And then, as the big hull rocked to a standstill,

A crewman shinned and grappled down the rope
And struggled to release it. But in vain.
'This man can't bear our life here and will drown,'

The abbot said, 'unless we help him.' So
They did, the freed ship sailed, and the man climbed back
Out of the marvellous as he had known it.