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   “Tom Moore may write of Avoca bright with its vales so fair and grand”

   

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   Local Song. Tom Moore may write of Avoca bright With its vales so fair and grand Where the waters meet and the woods so sweet Its the pride of Ireland But to my eye there is just close by A spot that is and pure T'is St Patrick's Bridge that grand old ridge Convenient to Kilmore. Killarney's lakes and Blarney grove's Are famed in history The Treaty Stone and Sweet Atlone Where she struggled to be free But though renowned and great they be Still to me they cant be more Than that statly island the great Saltee Just four miles from Kilmore. Go around the quay there is the Bay Called Ballytiegue so grand Where the boys they meet their lassies sweet And stroll along the strand Harmless they talk as away they walk Along the distant shore

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   Topics

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

   Language

   English

   Collector

   Nancy Collier

   Gender

   Female

   Address

   Bridgetown, Co. Wexford

   Informant

   Mary Collier

   Gender

   Female

   Age

   18

   Address

   Bridgetown, Co. Wexford