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1. O'Connellans - James Mac Curtain (continued)

   

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   The sloe tree, the laurel and the holly fair shines.
   With honey crowned thickets and vistas perfuming
   Sweet glades fairy rills and shady cliffs blooming.
   7. The taste where the owner with nature conduces
   To render those scenes a fair field for the muses.
   His travels availed him a taste for enjoyment,
   Hence culture and care are his greatest employment.
   8. And Bonnellan shares of the gentleman's train,
   In the tactics of breeding he lacks not a vein.
   His demeanour on horseback excites admiration,
   and warrants in sooth he is a true bred Milesian.
   9. On the west road to Inagh at his mild occupation
   A tradesman resides of a high reputation
   A branch of the right sort most high at his labour
   And justly admired by his kind hearted neighbours.
   10. There is fairness and friendship inflaming his mind
   and skill in his art that I really can find
   Were I to pursue my review to Lough Erne
   This excellent cooper has few to compare him.
   Clune in unrivalled for fine working fairly,
   The cottagers wife he delights at the dairy
   His casks are so fine that she prides as she rates them,

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   History Edit

   Language

   English

   Informant

   Thady Marrinan

   Gender

   Male

   Address

   Mooghna, Co. Clare