School: Coolroebeg, Thomastown (roll number 12487)
- Location:
- Coolroebeg, Co. Kilkenny
- Teacher: Bean Mhic Eochagáin
Archival Reference
The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0848, Page 343
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Where the hills of Ballyreddy
Look along the winding Nore,
Lurks a well of crystal water
Springing 'neath a hawthorn hoar;
There the daisy soonest glistens-
There all early buds of spring,
Intermingled with the lichens
Round its margin fondly cling.
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Purely gushes up the water-
Sparkling in the noonday light,
Brilliant in the morning sunshine,
Dreamy 'neath the moonbeams bright-
Pure and clear, and unpolluted
As when new from earth it burst;
Yet the place is stained by murder-
Foul, unnatural, accurst!
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Where the hills of Ballyreddy
Rise above the bending Nore,
Stood a stately feudal mansion-
Famous in the days of yore,
Not one pile of broken ruin,
Not one tree of that domain,
Tells that there once stood the castle,
And the woods of De La Frene.(continues on next page)
