School: Brúgh Ríogh (C.) (roll number 10229)

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   able to make a living on the land they were evicted and the landlord as Oliver Goldsmith described it “usurped the land and dispossessed the swain and now one master grasps the whole domain”.
   Bruree is mentioned in several songs and poetries One of them is as follows:
   Not late to sing the praises
   Not soon to preach its fame
   The hallowed, the adorned,
   Bruree is its name.
   2
   All midst the clustering woodlands
   The Maigue it passes by
   To join the lordly Shannon
   That flows past Limerick nigh.
   3
   In his poetry Gerald Griffin
   Made famous sweet Adare
   But the stranger here we welcome
   Their beauties to compare.
   4
   The castles of the chieftains
   The famed old Lios O Liam
   In ruined pride they near above
   To Chronicle they seem.
   5
   'Twas said of old that Mahon

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   History Edit

   Topics

   1. place-space-environment
      1. local lore, place-lore (~10,595)

   Language

   English

   Collector

   Mary Jones

   Gender

   Female

   Address

   Bruree, Co. Limerick

   Informant

   Mr M. Jones

   Gender

   Male

   Age

   47

   Address

   Bruree, Co. Limerick