School: Baile an Chaisleáin
- Location:
- Castletownshend, Co. Cork
- Teacher: Seán Ó Donnabháin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0298, Page 228
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- (continued from previous page)Or Nelson who once ruled the main,
I'd resign all those favours and titles,
For sweet Castletownshend Demesne.
III
Meandering streams from pure fountains,
In cataracts gently do glide.
The pheasant, the woodcock and partridge,
Are abounding by each waterside,
Where the shellfish, the trout and the salmon,
The pikefish, the roach and the bream,
Add beauty to nature's productions,
In sweet Castletownshend Demesne.
IV
The loveliest landscape of Nature,
Mount Eagle most pleasing to rove,
The Valleys romantic and charming,
Surrounded by sweet shady groves,
Where the cry of the hounds and the horn,
Reached each neighbouring plain,
Arousing the deer from their arbour,
In sweet Castletownshend Demesne.
V
To walk on a fine summer's morning,
'Tis pleasant in May or in June,(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Padraig Ó Mathúna
- Gender
- Male
