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1. Unpublished Songs - Grenagh the Land of the Sun (continued)

   

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   Now, I will tell you the story, before I am done.
   Why they called it Grenagh or the "Land of the Sun

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   As the bees were a humming[?] one bright Summer's day.
   When that great Clan McCarthy over Desmond held sway,
   From Blarney they started by the Martin's long glen
   And along by that valley marched Desmond's proud men
   When they came to that spot, where they took their first glass
   'Tis now know to all as our own Grenagh Cross
   From the burning sun's

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   Topics

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

   Language

   English

   Informant

   John Murphy

   Gender

   Male

   Address

   Lyradane, Co. Cork