School: Glanworth (C.) (roll number 4838)
- Location:
- Gleannúir, Co. Chorcaí
- Teacher: Máire, Bean Uí Fhiachra
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“Glanworth is a sporting town.”
Glanworth is a sporting town.
And a church without a steeple.
With plenty luck at every door
And a very happy people.
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Glanworth is a sporting town the finest in the nation
Its decked with beauty all around and a spacious fine plantation
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Tis there you'll see the girls so free.
The boys to play in the ball alley.
And a saintly well they call Cronee.
You'll find in Glanworth Harbour.
IV
There there lies a limestone bride and underneath twelve arches
That was never stirred by mountain flood & don't dread wine nor water
The pike and salmon the eel and trout abound in Funcheon's Waters
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There, there lies a Blessed Well, thats blessed by saints and angels
And from experience I can tell it cures all sickly ailments
The blind can see, the lame can walk
By the Blessed Cronee Waters.
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They had six fairs throughout the year
For the supplying of their neighbours.
And buyers came from far and near, disposing of their ware, o.
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Slips and sows and new milch cows, sheep and their fleece,
Were bought and sold at the Fair in Glanworth Harbour.