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Posted By: GUEST,Jim I
21-Feb-08 - 04:47 PM
Thread Name: Lyr Req: Leitrim the Pride of the West
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Leitrim the Pride of the West
A few more words based on what I know of Leitrim:
Verse 3 line 2 = sweet Dromahaire
Verse 4 line 2 Sliabh-an-Iarainn
I'm not sure about line 3 - it sounds like "luminous cross" and a cross was put up in 1954 (Marian Year) at Fivemilebourne but I know no more about it.
Verse 5 line 3; "Go on to Seltan, that hill of renown"
Site of an ambush by British troops during the Wars of Independence
Verse 6 line 2 = St Caillin - founder of Fenagh
Verse 7 line 2 = Lough Allen...Melvin and Bran