I don't know the song, but i kmow the area. As Noreen said, "North Cork through Formine(?), be all down by the sea" Should read "North Cork through Fermoy, by Youghal* down by the sea." * Pronounced somewhere between "yawl" and "y'all" "plow the golden veil(?)" Should read "Golden Vale" (Vale = valley) The Golden Vale is a particularly fertile area covering parts of Cork, Tipp. & Limerick. IMHO, the writer is stretching things to bring it quite as far South as the Blackwater, but I guess that's poetic licence
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