School: Béal an Átha Móir (B.)

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1. Poem by Phil McGoohan (continued)

   

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   III

   There stands the bridge of Aughoo, a grim and stately pile,
   Where tourists seat, and lovers meet, and travellers rest awhile.
   The honey tips the woodbine as the summer sun sinks low,
   And the mid-night twilight veils the arch were Leitrim waters flow.

   IV

   Upon each Sunday evening in the merry month of June,
   When all the feathered warbles are pouring forth their time.
   Upon each towering battlement the boys sit in a row.
   While beneath their feet like amber threads those Leitrim waters flow.

   V

   The angler with his hook and line along those banks do roam.
   Companions of my childhood days alas! now far from home.

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   History Edit

   Topics

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

   Language

   English

   Collector

   Gerard Reynolds

   Gender

   Male

   Address

   Ballinamore, Co. Leitrim

   Informant

   Kitty Scollan

   Gender

   Female

   Address

   Aghoo, Co. Leitrim