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School: Sliabh an Mhadra (B.)

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Sliabh an Mhadra, Co. Chiarraí
Teacher:
Liam Mac Énrí
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0416, Page 055

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  1. Poem on Castle Brown

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    I
    On a leisure hour by a shady bower[?]
    In a rambling tour as I gave a bound
    To those glens so charming
    That gaze each morning on fair Castle Brown
    II
    I walked around it and then I viewed it
    On upon its summit there I had seen
    A crown far greener than the vales of Limerick
    With Erins emblem the Shamrock green
    III
    But as I view its crumbling structure
    By whom the cursed Saxon did on it frown
    I mean Cromwell with his ancestors
    and his predicessors who tore it down
    IV
    It is to day the ruins of a British tyrant
    Who got it torn by an alien crew
    But in former years it belonged to Desmonds
    They were Irish Princes after Brian Boru
    (continues on next page)
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. seánra
      1. filíocht
        1. filíocht na ndaoine (~9,504)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Liam Mac Énrí
    Gender
    Male
    Occupation
    Teacher
    Informant
    Lawrence Barry
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Ard Uachtair, Co. Chiarraí