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School: Clonin, Mountrath (roll number 15932)

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Clonin, Co. Laois
Teacher:
Bean Uí Bhraoin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0825, Page 429

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    Seán Breen pupil, got this poem which was about days of Land League when farmers were prevented from hunting the fox. From John Delaney, Clonin, Age 80 years, who said it was written by Danny Dowling, Castletown, * Blackbird was a nickname.
    No more in Gashin's furze you'll hear.
    The huntsman's horn sound
    No more in Wistfield's hills and vales
    They run the fox to ground.
    On Forest's verdant slope you'll hear,
    The tally-ho no more.
    And sweet Kilowen is silent now,
    And so is Derryfore.
    The echo of the beagles yells.
    Shall never be heard alas!
    Reverted thro' the windy dells;
    Of beateaus Clontyglass.
    The black-bird on his mountain perch
    May sit and sigh all day,
    While Reynard sleeps quite tranquilly
    And the huntsmen are at bay.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. genre
      1. poetry
        1. folk poetry (~9,504)
    2. time
      1. historical periods by name (~25)
        1. the great famine (~4,013)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Seán Breen
    Gender
    Male
    Informant
    John Delaney
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    80
    Address
    Clonin, Co. Laois