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1. Local Poets

   

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   There are not many old poets to be found in this district at the present time. But many years ago tradition tells us that a man named Patrick Owens was noted for all the songs and poems he composed about different places and different people. This man resided at Cloonfad, County Roscommon.
   He composed a poem named Rememberance of Home and in this poem he tells about his home and all he remembers. The poem is as follows:-

   Rememberance of Home.
   To the home of my childhood my blessing I give
   I hope to behold it, again should I live.
   I know where it stands, I remember the trees,
   As they swayed to and fro at the will of the breeze,
   And well I remember a small patch of flowers,
   That I planted and trimmed in the long evening hours,
   And the old spring well on the side of the hill,
   Bright, bubbling, and clear, I remember it still.

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   Topics

   1. genre
      1. poetry
         1. folk poetry (~9,504)

   Language

   English

   Collector

   Maura Mc Namara

   Gender

   Female