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School: Cill Rosanta (B.), Coill Mhic Thomáisín

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Kilmacthomas, Co. Waterford
Teacher:
Seán Ó Donnabháin
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    Riobárd Bheldon : "Poet of the Comeragh's" whose life has been written and poems collected.
    The following poem was written by him in English :
    Glen Mahon
    How pleasant to roam on a fine afternoon
    When heath-bells are dancing and wild thyme in bloom
    Where cascades are falling as loud in their roar
    As first when I saw them in the old days of yore
    O lovliest of valleys none can excel thee
    Where Mahon's dark waters run fiercely and free
    Where the fox and the badger ae wont to play pranks
    It's there I would wander on Mahon's green banks
    In my youth I have loved thee with a fond heart and will
    Dear sunny woodland how I love thee still
    The heath shall be brown and the rocks shall be grey
    When he who would praise thee shall moulder in clay
    (continues on next page)
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. genre
      1. poetry
        1. folk poetry (~9,504)
    Languages
    Irish
    English
    Informant
    James Comyn
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    55
    Occupation
    Labourer
    Address
    Comeragh, Co. Waterford