School: Listerlin (roll number 5776)

Location:
Listerlin, Co. Kilkenny
Teacher:
Ml. Ó Murchadha
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0846, Page 037

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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0846, Page 037

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  1. I
    Where the hills of Ballyreddy
    Rise above the winding Nore
    Lurks a well of crystal water
    Springing neath the hawthorn hoar
    There the daisies soonest glisten
    There all early buds of spring
    Intirmingled with the lichen
    Round its margin fondly cling
    II
    Purely gushes up the water
    In the sparkling noonday light
    Brilliant in the morning sunshine
    Dreaming 'neath the moonbeams bright
    Pure and clear and unpolluted
    As when first from earth it burst
    But the place is stained with murder
    Foul unnatural and accursed
    III
    Where the hills of Ballyreddy
    Rise above the winding Nore
    Once there stood a fuedal mansion
    Famous in the days of yore
    Not one pile of broken ruins
    Not one tree in that domain
    Tells that there once stood a castle
    Or the wood of De La Freyne
    (continues on next page)
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Denis Hogan
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Ballymackillagill, Co. Kilkenny
    Informant
    Patrick Cody
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Ballyreddy, Co. Kilkenny