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1. Local Poets - Martin

   

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   There was a poet (man) named Martin once. He lived in Oldcastle. He sang the praises of Lough-Crew. he used to sleep in a fort. He was a dunce, and when he awakened, he found a book and a bottle beside him and it is said he became a poet. This is one of the poems he wrote. -
   As glowing sol his beams withdrew,
   From Erin's Hills of Lough Crew.
   Along I wandered through Lough Crew
   To view each pleasing scene.
   II
   I crossed a cowslip studded plain.
   And thought I saw the queen of love
   The fair unrivilled Jane.

   

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2. Local Poets - Thornton

   

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   There was a Cavan poet named Thornton. The fact is stated by the last of a well known family, named Paddy Carrol of Virginia, who says that he has often heard his father relate that he Thornton often stayed in Paddy's Grand-fathers home. Paddy Carroll

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   Topics

   1. seánra
      1. filíocht
         1. filíocht na ndaoine (~9,504)

   Language

   English

   Collector

   James Duffy

   Gender

   Male

   Address

   Rahardrum, Co. an Chabháin

   Informant

   Terry Dunne

   Gender

   Male

   Address

   Rahardrum, Co. an Chabháin