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   Her lovely hills and valleys,
   Her red and rosy dells,
   While round about on either side the blue Atlantic swells.
   If you look back in history,
   Back to the Penal Days.
   'Tis there you will find the Mizen bold,
   To fill a glorious page.
   'Twas there you would find our Irish boys
   Bedecked in war's array
   And how the French were quartered there
   back in Bantry Bay.
   But mavrone, disaster came.
   Their hearts got as cold as lead,
   Where the gallant French transport was wrecked,
   Here off the Mizen Head
   'Twas there they lost their precious lives
   As you may plainly see,
   Beneath the secret water of Tobar na cláraighe.

   This poem was composed by the late Mr Cornelius Leary, Dunlough

   

   Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.

   History Edit

   Language

   English

   Collector

   Jeremiah Mahony

   Gender

   Male

   Address

   Crookhaven, Co. Cork

   Informant

   Mr Cornelius Leary

   Gender

   Male

   Address

   Dunlough, Co. Cork