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178 THE GOLDEN TREASURY OF |
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T. CROFTON CROKER
(1798-1854)
CAOINE ON MAURICE FITZGERALD, KNIGHT OF KERRY
The following keen on the death of Maurice Fitzgerald, Knight of Kerry, who was killed in Flanders about the year 1672, contains an allusion to the superstition of the Banshee, common in Irish legend.
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HAD heard lamentations And sad warning cries From the Banshees of many Broad districts arise. I besought thee, O Christ,
To protect me from pain; I prayed, but my prayers They were offered in vain.
Acria from her closely
Hid nest did awake The women of wailing
At Sur's rosy lake. From Glen Fogra of woods
Came a mournful whine, And all Kerry's hags
Wept the lost Geraldine. |
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The Banshees of Youghall And stately Mogeely |
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