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1. Dunmanway (continued)

   

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   (2)
   Midst mountains hoary all famed in story
   Great Carbery's glory Dunmanway lies
   With the Bandon flowing its streams bestowing
   That in Mount NEOWN doth take its rise
   'Tis there the lake is where the duck and drake is
   And the crane can take his sweet feast of frogs
   But when night falls round it the spirits surround it
   Since there was drownded Sir Richard Cox.
   (3)
   And quite adjacent both clane and dacent
   With railings facing it the chapel stands
   With the cross high o'er it and the lawn before it
   You'ld most adore it 'tis so mighty grand
   [?]Sure in Cork
   ... Father Doheny he's not to be found
   'Tis by him we benefits for out of that head of his
   He raised the vast edifice up from the ground.
   (4)
   Black turf spontaneous from distant ages
   Grows quite contagious unto the town
   Likewise are bushes growing most beautious
   And quite profusions (sic) much further down.
   'Tis mighty plazin' to see them blazin'
   And the natives fastin' with a happy smile
   With their sons and daughters on the birds they slaughter
   And their hugh beef quarters so juvenile.

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   Topics

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

   Language

   English

   Informant

   Seamus Mac Cárthaigh

   Gender

   Male

   Age

   70

   Occupation

   Saor adhmaid

   Address

   Ballineen, Co. Cork