Tag: Boreen

• You Can Guess

  

  THERE are grottos in Wicklow, and groves in Kildare, And the loveliest glens robed with shamrock in Clare, And in fairy Killarney ’tis easy to find Sweet retreats where a swain can unburden his mind; But of all the dear spots in our emerald isle, Where verdure and sunshine crown life with a smile, There’s […]

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  February 9, 2021

  Factual, Ireland, Poem, Update

  Beauty, Boreen, Fate, Ireland, Landscape, Poem

• Rat Poison

  

  An Odd Case He had arrived at the spot where the narrow country lane forked, with one lane taking the traveller over by the edge of the old granite quarry and the other lane taking you past the ‘Fairy Tree’. ‘Banjo’ decided that he should rest for a moment, for the late summer sun was […]

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  November 25, 2020

  Fairy Story, Fiction, History, Ireland, Legend, Short Story, Update

  Bats, Boreen, Fairy Trees, Ireland, Murder, Old Churchyard, Poison

• THE OLD BOREEN.

  

  By Arthur M. Forrester. (1890) Embroidered with shamrocks and spangled with daisies, Tall foxgloves like sentinels guarding the way, The squirrel and hare played bo-peep in its mazes, The green hedgerows wooed it with odorous spray; The thrush and the linnet piped overtures in it, The sun’s golden rays bathed its bosom of green. Bright […]

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  November 18, 2020

  Article Series, Factual, History, Ireland, Poem

  Boreen, Hedges, Ireland, Laneway, Rural