School: Castleblayney (2) (roll number 10649)
- Location:
- Castleblayney, Co. Monaghan
- Teacher: William Boyd
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- Two poets named William Hughes and A. Stoaps, lived in our district.
They lived in the year 1857 and died in the year 1926 and was buried at Frankford. Amongst some of his poems was one entitled
"Thought After a Visit to The Fane Valley in Spring"Fair Fane! in all the vales
Which mark thy course along.
The fairest is the pleasant dale
Where I locate my song.
'tis here thy youthful, purling stream
Flows through it rocky passes
Round flowing creeks by leafy shrubs
And daisy sprinkled grasses.As down thy patient pebbled bed.
Thy crystal waters glide.
The margin of two counties.
Love the friends, of either side.
The lightly springing speckled trout
Cleave thy tide like a dart.
And safe beneath the hawthorn shade,
defy the angler's art.(continues on next page)- Collector
- Leanor Hughes
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Annyart, Co. Monaghan