School: Áth Dúna, Gleann an Phréacháin, Mainistir Fhearmuighe (roll number 12542)

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1. Poem - The Lovely Sweet Banks of the Bride (continued)

   

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   (V)

   And now to conclude with as sure as I began it
   As much in its praises I could say
   Its down to Inamore where the sportsmen cross the ferry
   And along to sweet Ballinatray
   Tis there you would hear the hounds and the sounding of the horn

   The fox close pursued on a fine dewy morn
   The race-horses coursing most beautiful and charming
   By the lovely sweet banks of the Bride

   
   (VI)

   Farwell charming Glenville I never can forget thee
   Where my forefathers lived at their ease
   And the Hon Sir Edward Kinahan he lived in great splendour
   May his offspring be always the same.
   There is a spring well in yonder green isle
   It cures both the lame the dumb and the blind
   They have forgotten their crutches and left them behind
   By the lovely sweet banks of the Bride.

   

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   History Edit

   Topics

   1. genre
      1. poetry
         1. folk poetry (~9,504)

   Language

   English

   Collector

   John Glavin

   Gender

   Male

   Age

   14

   Address

   Inchinanagh, Co. Cork

   Informant

   William Glavin

   Relation

   Parent

   Gender

   Male

   Age

   60

   Address

   Inchinanagh, Co. Cork