No. 478791, Vol. 698, p.50 Registry of Deeds, Dublin
On 1 November 1815, Lease and Release between Francis Dickson of Belfast Co. Antrim and Jane his wife of the first part; Thomas Dickey of Hill Road, Co. Antrim Esq., of the second part; Michael Harrison of Ballymena of the third part; Mary Jones of Canada, widow, of the fourth part. Mary Jones paid Francis Dickson 950 pounds sterling and for other considerartion mentioned. They, Francis Dickson and Jane his wife, and Thomas Dickey, granted, released and confirmed, according to their respective interests, to Michael Harrison, attorney (see No. 407045), to hold forever in trust for the sole benefit, use and behoof of Mary Jones, property now in the hands of Mr. John Tracy, collector of taxes, property lying on the Ballymena road to Brog- shane, and adjoining the town of Ballymena, called Farm odge, containing 8 acres of woodland, with dwelling house, offices and gardens. Jane Dickson released Michael Harrison from paying her dower in case she should survive Francis Dickson. Witnesses: John Tracy of Ballymena; Thomas Mercer of Birnie, of Dunminning, Co. Antrim; Alex Stewart and Richard Davison of Belfast.
Irish and Scotch-Irish Ancestral
Research: A Guide to the Genealogical Records, Methods, and ...
Her [Elizabeth
Willoughby] mother Anne Treacy had been married twice, firstly to John Love who
died in 1812, and then to John Treacy of Brigadie House, Ballymena in 1816. When he
died in 1843, his four surviving children, William Angustus,
Elizabeth Willoughby, Anne Beccles and Catherine
Hyndman were all over twenty one, and received two-thirds of his personal
papers.
Coming into the light: the work, politics, and religion
of women in Ulster ... By Janice Holmes, Diane Urquhart, Queen's
University of Belfast. Institute of Irish Studies
1. John Treacy (c.1779-1843) & Ann ???
(d. 1876)
1.2 Anne b. 3 June
1821 Ballymena (LDS)
1.3 Elizabeth Willoughby Treacy
(1821-1896) [see below]
John Treacy, Esq of Antrim
(his youngest daughter)
1.4 Catherine Hyndman
Treacy b. about 1830 Antrim m. Robert Ball Steele (b.
24 May 1826) 1858
Kate Hyndman Treacy (d. of
John Treacy) m. Robert Ball Steele (s. of Robert Ball
Steele) 24 Nov 1858 Kilconriola, Antrim, Ireland
Robert
Lawrence Ball Steele b. 30 September 1859 Rathbride
Kildare (LDS)
Catherine
Treacy Steele A Genealogical and Heraldic
Dictionary of the Landed Gentry of Great Britain and Ireland)
John Treacy Steele b. about
1861 Rathbride Kildare (LDS)
Anne Treacy Steele b. about
1864 Rathbride Kildare (LDS)
British Army Service Records
William Tracey, b. 1838 Ballymena, Antrim
William Tracy, b. 1841 Ballymena, Antrim
November 7, 1843
(BL) Death
On the 31st ult.
John Treacey, Esq. of Brigadie
House aged 64.
August 7, 1852 (FJ) Marriages
August 3, at Rathclarin, William A Treacy, Esq, Surveyor of the West Riding of Cork, to Agnes
Johnston, second daughter of JJ Thomson Esq, Manager
of the Provincial Bank of Ireland, Bandon.
Born to William Augustine Treacy & Agnes Thomson, Margaret Afflick b. June 20 1865 County Surveyor of Maps, Balla Parish Co. Mayo. (State Registration: Treacy, Margaret Affleck Thomson, Westport, 9 572)
November 26 1858
On the 24th inst., In Ballymena Church, by the
Rev. Daniel Mooney, Robert Ball Steele, Esq., Jun., eldest son of Robert Ball
Steele, Esq., of Rathbride, county Kildare, and Rossylongan, Donegal, to Kate, daughter of the late John Treacy, Esq., Brigadie House,
Ballymena, county Antrim
23 November
1858 Marriage Settlement of 1st and 2nd parties. Catherine H. Treacy, Brigadee House, Ballymena, Co. Antrim, 1st pt, Robert Ball Steele, Rossylougan, Co. Donegal, 2nd pt, William Harte, Magherabeg, Co. Donegal, 3rd pt. PRONI D366/787
23 November
1858 Catherine Hyndman Treacy, Brigadee
House, Co. Ant. 1st pt. Robert Ball Steele, Rossylougan,
Co. Dgl. 2nd pt. William Harte Magherabeg,
Co. Dgl. 3rd pt. Marriage Settlement T662/232
21 August
1859 Anne Treacy 1st pt. Elizabeth W. Treacy both of Brigadee Ho. Co.
Ant. William & Anne Hart Magherabeg, Co. Dgl. & Robert Ball Steele & Catherine Hyndman
Steele, Rossylougan, Co. Dgl.
2nd pt. Wm. Augustus Treacy Mt Desert, Co. Cork &
William Taylor Ballymena, Co. Ant. 3rd pt. George C.
Hyndman Belfast & Andrew Todd Dickey Ballymena,
Co. Ant. 4th pt. Appointment of 4th parties as Trustees in place of 3rd parties
and assignment by latter to former of Trust Estate
T662/234A
28 May 1873
Release of 3rd parties in respect of trust estate. Anne Treacy,
Brigadie House, Co. Antrim, 1st pt, Ralph Varian and
Elizabeth Willoughby Varian (orse Treacy),
Blackrock, Co. Cork, William Harte and Anne Beccles
Harte (orse Treacy), Buncrana, Co. Donegal, and Robert Ball Steele and Catherine
Hyndman Steele (orse Treacy),
Rossylougan, Co. Donegal, 2nd pt, Margaret and Helena
Bell Hyndman, Brantryville, Co. Down, and Hugh
Hyndman, Belfast, 3rd pt. D366/960 PRONI
Anne Treacy: The Will of Anne Treacy
late of Brigadie House County Antrim Widow deceased
who died 4 July 1876 at same place was proved at Belfast by the oath of
John Hyndman Love of Rathmines-road Rathmines County Dublin Gentleman and Andrew Currell of Ballygarvey County
Antrim Justice of the Peace the Executors. Date Of
Grant: 25/08/1876 Effects: Effects under £600
Steele of Rathbride
- Drogheda, Droichead Atha
Looking for information regarding this family. Laurence
Steele, William Edward Steele MD, Robert Ball Steele, John Treacy
Steele, Arthur Maule Steele and William Steele are some of the family. They
came to Ireland about 1640 and were known to be there as late as 1906. Were in Counties Kildare, Dublin, Louth, Donegal and Antrim to name
a few.
Steele Family - Drogheda, Droichead Atha
Looking for information regarding
Steele family members Robert Ball Steele, John Treacy
Steele, Catherine Steele, Jane West Steele, Arthur Litchfield Steele and Thomas
Steele. Are there any Steele's Still living in the
County of Louth.
Other Records
11 title deeds relating to land and property in Ballymena, County Antrim.
Treacy property, Stone Park,
Ballymena Co. Antrim, Abstract
of title, 1821
- 1843, T 3728
Tracey/Tracy/Treacy, Ballymena Co.
Antrim, Leases, 1824 - 1830, T 3728
PRONI (Public Record
Office of Northern Ireland).
14 August 1821
Conveyance of parcel of land called Strone park, Ballymena, Co. Antrim, from James McIlroy, Ballymena, Co. Antrim, to John Treacy,
Ballymena; abstract of title of John Treacy to the
above-mentioned Strone park. T3728/1
1 November 1824
Lease of tenement on the west side of the
Great Road, Ballymena. John Treacy,
Brigadee, Ballymena, Co. Antrim, to Robert Cathcart,
merchant, Ballymena, Co. Antrim. Yearly rent: £1.10s.10d. T3728/2
1 January 1826
Lease of a plot of ground in Church St.,
Ballymena, Co. Antrim. John Treacy, Brigadee, Ballymena, to Thomas Alexander, woollendraper, Ballymena. Yearly rent: £2. 5s. 81/2d. T3728/3
10 October 1826
Lease of a plot of ground in Broughshane St., Ballymena. John Treacy,
Brigadee, Ballymena, to William Kenny, stonemason,
Ballymena. Yearly rent: £2.12s.11d. T3728/4
10 October 1826
Lease of a plot of ground in Broughshane St., Ballymena. John Treacy,
Brigadee, Ballymena, to John Mollaghan,
carter, Ballymena. Yearly rent: £3.16s.71/4d. T3728/5
2 July 1827
Lease of a tenement and plot of ground in Broughshane St., Ballymena. John Treacy, Brigadee, Ballymena, to
Hugh Moore, merchant, Ballymena. Yearly rent: £2.12s. T3728/6
13 September 1828
Lease of a tenement in Broughshane
St., Ballymena. John Treacy, Brigadee,
Ballymena, to James Knowls, stonemason, Ballymena.
Yearly rent: £1. 9s. 1d. T3728/7
29 September 1829
Lease of plot of ground in Broughshane St., Ballymena. John Treacy,
Brigadee, Ballymena, to Andrew Lagan, car man,
Ballymena. Yearly rent: £2.15s. T3728/8
15 January 1830
Lease of plot of ground in Church St.,
Ballymena. John Treacy, Brigadee,
Ballymena, to Thomas Alexander, woollendraper,
Ballymena. Yearly rent: £6. 6s. 7d. T3728/9
20 January 1830
Lease of tenement and plot of ground in
Church St., Ballymena. John Treacy, Brigadee, to William Wilson, Ballymena. Yearly rent:
£3.12s. 2d. T3728/10
1823-1838 Tithe Applotment
Books
Jno Tracy, Bottom, Kirkinriola,
Antrim, 1833
28 August 1826
William Adair to John
Tracy both of Ballymena, Co. Ant. Lease of 24a. 22per. for one life
or 61 years from 1 Nov.1825 Rent: £46 p.a. Bottom, Co.
Ant. T662/107
7 April 1827 (FJ) Signatures
To the Anti-Catholic Petition of the
Protestant Noblemen, Gentelemen and landed
Proprietors, resident in Ireland
County Antrim...J. Treacy,
Landed Proprietor, Ballymena...
29 October 1828 (FJ) Ballymena Brunswick Club
...Orangemen...No Surrender...The sergents, corporals drummers and
fifers, of this army of the Lord, were to be found in...John Tracy...-Northern
Whig
May 26, 1829 (BL) County of Antrim
List of persons
applying to register their freeholds...No. 1549 John Tracy, Bottom, Houses, tenements & premises, Lower Toome, townland of Ballymena,
£20...
July 31, 1829 (BL) New Presbyteruian
Meeting-House, Ballymena
...The following
gentlemen officiated as collectors...John Tracey, Brigadie...
1829-1833 Juvenile association for promoting
the education of the deaf and dumb poor of Ireland
Mrs. Treacey, 2s 6d, Diocesan School, Ballymena
Mrs. Tracey, 1s 6d,
Mrs C and Mrs Montgomereys Card, Ballymena
Parish of Kirkinriola
Brigadie, John Treacy Esquire
1836 Transactions of the Institution of Civil
Engineers
Associates...William A Treacy,
St. Martin's Place, Westminister.
Kirkinriola or Kirconriola and Ballymena
The principal seats are…Brigadie
of J. Tracey Esq.
1846 Slater’s
Directory
Ballymena – Gentry & Clergy
Mrs Tracy, Brigadie
7 June 1847 Holograph letter from Elizabeth Tracy, Ballymena, to Cullen: Looking
for Pope’s autograph.
Papers of Paul Cullen (Rome, Armagh, Dublin) Irish
College Rome
19 June 1852 William
Augustus Treacy Bandon, Co. Cork to Anne Treacy, Brigadie House, Co. Ant.
Lease of tenement and 24ac. 22per. for one life Rent: £33:13:4 p.a. Bottom, Co.
Antrim. T662/198
1855 Miss Treacy, Brigadie House, Ballymena, Co. Antrim
Subscriber to: D’Alton John
(1855) King James Irish Army List (1689). Dublin.
Ballymena, is a stirring, business and thronged market inland town, in the County of Antrim
Mrs. Treacey, Brigadie.
Anne Tracy, Bottom Kirkinriola
Antrim
17 November 1866 William Augustus Treacy
Westport, Co. Mayo to John Busteed Crosshaven, Co. Cork Lease of 78 ac. for 31 years from 25
Mar. 1865Rent: £105 p.a. Ballykennefick, Co. Cork
T662/302
20 February 1869 (N)
Songs of the Rising Nation
...subscribers...Elizabeth W Tracy (Finola)...
1 June 1871
Brief on behalf of Deft. John Speer Girvan and Samuel Speer Girvan Plfs,
William A. Tracey, Deft. D366/924
1 Feb 1873 (BL) Notices
In the Matter of the Estate of William Augustus Treacy,
Owner and Petitioner. THE COURT HAVING ORDERED A SALE of that part of the, Townland of Bottom known as Brigadie
containing Thirty Acres, Two Roods, and Thirty-Two Perches Statute measure, or
thereabouts, situate in the Lower Half-Barony of Toome
in the county of Antrim...lease dated 28 August 1825 endorsed 16 august
1828...for one life and 91 years...
4 January 1875 Hugh Hyndman Belfast. Plf. William A. Treacy,
Brigadie House, Ballymena,
Co. Ant. Deft. Excheq. Summons and Plaint. T662/471
17 Jul 1886 (BL) Notice
to Creditors
In the goods of William Augustus Treacy
[deceased 18 February 1886], late of Ballymena, in the County of, Antrim,
Esquire...undersigned solicitors for James Matthew Tracey of 112 Fenchurch
Street, in the City of London, Esquire, the Administer of the Diseased...grant
probate...High Court of Justice in Ireland...
William
Augustus Treacy (circa 1818 – 1886)
William Treacy was the only
son of John Treacy of Brigadie
House, Ballymena, Co. Antrim. He was living in Highgate, London in 1835, when
he was elected an associate member of the Institution of Civil Engineers,
having been proposed by Sir John MacNeill. While he
was still in his twenties, he set up in practice as an engineer in Cork; he
is described as 'engineer and Cork Corporation Engineer' of 51 Grand Parade,
Cork, in Slater's National Commercial Directory of Ireland in 1846. In March 9, 1846 for the Mallow and Fermoy Railway, he is named as .Engineer. In April 1846, following the
resignation of Edmund Leahy, he was appointed county engineer and county
surveyor for the West Riding of Co. Cork, based in Bandon. He was transferred
to the East Riding in March 1855 in succession to John Benson. He married
Agnes Johnston, second daughter of John J. Thompson, manager of the
Provincial Bank of Ireland in Bandon, at Rathclarin,
Co. Cork on 3 August 1852 (State Registration: William Augustis Treacy, Bandon, 1852 2
716) In October 1858, at a Tenant Right meeting
at Millstreet, Co. Cork, the speaker Mr. Maguire in
denouncing the Court of Incumbered Estates, used him as an example. “The farmer to whom I
refer is Mr Michael Sisk, whose family have held the farm in question for a
period of 170 years under the Marquis of Thomand...77
acres...outbid by County Surveyor, Mr. Treacy,
using a Mr. Johnson.” Mr. Maguire held up the notice, which was served upon
Michael Sisk, of Ballykenefick, in the Barony of Imokilly, and signed 'W R Treacy,
Mount Desert Cork'. He further stated that Mr Treacy
offered Mr. Sisk a sum of £150, if he gave up possession at once, which offer
Mr. Sisk very properly rejected. It is thought that William Treacy used the farm as his residence. At the end of 1861 he was transferred to
the southern division of Co. Mayo, changing places with Frederick George Deverell. He is recorded as leasing the lands in Ballykennefick, Co. Cork, to John Busteed
of Crosshaven, Co. Cork, on 17 November 1866. Born to William Augustine Treacy & Agnes Thomson, Margaret Afflick b. June 20 1865 County Surveyor of Maps, Balla Parish Co. Mayo. (State Registration: Treacy, Margaret Affleck Thomson, Westport, 9 572) 15 February 1868 (TH) Lough Mask and River Robe
Drainage The
Superintendent, Mr Tracy, County Surveyor of South Mayo read his report...The
report and estimate was passed...Mr Tracy, tendered his resignation of the
office of Superintendent, stating that having regard to his other duties in
the county, it was impossible for him to discharge the duties of the office
satisfactorily. Mr Tracy's resignation been accepted, it was proposed...that Murtagh Farragher, Esq, CE., of Gardenfield
be appointed... In July 1868 he was transferred to the
southern division of Co. Tyrone - this time changing places with William
Henry Deane, but was dismissed only a year later. As O'Donoghue
shows, opinions of his competence seemed to vary from county to county. The
Grand Juries of the West Riding of Co. Cork, and Co. Mayo seem to have been
perfectly satisfied with his work, while he came close to dismissal in the
East Riding of Co. Cork, and actually was dismissed from the Co. Tyrone post.
After his dismissal he continued to apply for further county surveyorships but without success. He was the owner of
seventy-eight acres of land in Cork in 1876. Court
of Chancery - Cause number: 1868 T47. Short
title: Treacy v Hill. Documents:
Bill and interrogatories. Plaintiffs:
William Augustus Treacy and others. Defendants:
Thomas Hill, Charles Baker, John Hyndman Love, Mary Love his wife and Eliza
Hill. http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/displaycataloguedetails.asp?CATLN=7&CATID=-2982672 He died at the age of sixty-eight on 18
February 1886 at Ballymena Co. Antrim.
1881 English Census (LDS) [Maybe his
children?] James M Tracey, 23 years, born Cork, single, Commercial Clerk
(Ship Owner), 9 Berkley Gard London Middlesex RG11/0025 Folio 19 Page 31 Agnes G Tracey, 19 years, born Westport, single, scholar, 9
Berkeley Gard London Middlesex RG11/0025 Folio 19 Page 31 (Relation to James M Tracey?,
same address)
Cork City William A Treacy, Civil engineer & Cork
Corporation Engineer, 51 Grand Parade 1846 Mallow and Fermoy Railway W.A. Tracey, Esq., Engineer Glynn, Henry (1847) A reference book to the Incorporated Railway Companies
of Ireland. John Weale,
London. 1846-1847 Index to correspondence on measures for relief of distress
in Ireland Cork: W.A. Treacey C.E. Engineer in
charge Mr. William A. Treacy, County Cork. Baronies
of West Division of East Carbury, Kiltartan, Courceys, Division
of East Carbury, Kinalmeaky,
Ibane and Barryroe - No compliants made by labourers in these baronies. 1847 Index to correspondence on measures for relief of distress Tracy, Mr. Letter from Mr. Tracy to Mr. Walker respecting an alleged death
by starvation on the works at Skibbereen,
149Lieut.Col. Jones to Mr. Trevelyan, Office of Public Works, January 6 1847 ...six deaths at Clonakilty...Signed W.
Tracey Bandon January 4 1847 http://www.eppi.ac.uk/eppi/digbib/view?did=c1:203084&p=493&sdid=c1:203577 Treacy, William A. Extract from the
report of William A. Treacy, conducting engineer of
the relief works in the county of Cork, 207. Mr. Treacy forwards report of Mr. Gibbings, pay clerk, attacked by labourers to compel an increse of wages at works on Killarney-road, Clonakilty 23rd October 1844. Referred to Captain Hill,
who (Nov. 8) states arrangements have been made to prevent a recurrence. ...alleged death by starvation of alabourer
on the works at Skibbereen, 149 Letter from Colonel
Jones in reply, enclosing a letter from Mr. Treacy
thereupon... 1855- 1861 Cork - East Riding (Return of Names of County Surveyors) County Surveyor William A. Treacy £300
salary ...It is also to be observed that the East Riding of the county of
Cork has been divided, and that the two County Surveyors now fulfil the
duties hitherto discharged by William A. Treacy at
salaries of 300 l. each namely, A.O. Lyons for the Northern Division, and
F.G. Deverill for the Southern Division. December 13, 1846 Extract from the Journal of Captain Huband, Co. Cork ...Mr. Treacey had gone down to Glandore about this..[the
overseer had withdrawn over a quarrel between a quarrel between the chlergy of rival persuasions] 9 December 1841 Persons certified to be qualified by return to the
Lord Lieutenant W.A. Tracy, Cork county East Riding, 31 mar 1855, Vice Benson (John
Benson, Cork county East Riding, 26 mar 1846) 1850 Thoms
Directory of Ireland County Officers County Surveyors: W.R. – W.A. Tracey. Esq., Bandon 1851-1853 Griffiths Valuation
Cork - West Cork William A. Tracey Esq., Kilbrogan St,
Bandon, Kilbrogan, Cork The Cork Examiner, 6 August 1852 or 1862 Marriages. At Rathclarin Church, on the 3d inst., by
the Rev. John Pratt, William A. Treacy, Esq.,
Surveyor to the West Riding of Cork, to Agnes Johnston, second daughter of
John J. Thompson, Esq., Manager of the Provincial Bank of Ireland,
Bandon. 1856 Slater's National
Commercial Directory of Ireland Cork City William A Treacy, Civil engineer & Cork
Corporation Engineer, 51 Grand Parade Dec 31, 1859 Freemasons and
Masonic Mirror Laying the foundation stone of St. Patricks Bridge …W.A. Tracy, county surveyor East Riding;… 1862 Cork County Directory County Surveyors, East Riding: W.A. Treacy,
esq., Cork 1866 Nov 17th Lease of lands in Ballykennefick Co. Cork by
William Agustus Treacy
of Westport Co. Mayo to John Busteed of Crosshaven Co. Cork. (Belfast Public Record Off T662
(302) County of Mayo (South Division) 23 May 1868 W.A. Treacy County
Division 1876 Landowners in Ireland (over 1 acre) William A. Treacy,
78a/1r/15p. £71.10.0 1877 County Surveyors William Treacy, dismissed, 4 assistants
salaries £80 W.A. Treacy...Mr.Treacy
exchanged to County Mayo and Mr. Deverell came from
Mayo...1863, the county surveyor had one bridge to construct... |
Elizabeth
Willoughby Treacy (1821-1896)
Elizabeth Willoughby Treacy came
from Brigadee, Ballymena, County
Antrim. She came from a Protestant landowning family. Whereas her two sisters
married between 1848 and 1859, Elizabeth remained better known in Young
Ireland circles as ‘Finola’. She was often
published in The Nation, and also published work in the Belfast Vindictor. Her first publication, Poems by Finola, a small volume of patriotic poems was
published in Belfast in 1851. Her poem “The Irish Mother’s Lament” was
published in ‘Street Ballads etc’ in 1865. Ralph Varian of Cork also had
numerous poems published in that volume. In 1869, he published ‘The Harp of
Erin: A Book of Ballad-poetry and of Native Song’ in which she was included. In 1871, she married Ralph Varian and he also edited her second volume of poems
in 1874, ‘Never forsake the
ship and other poems’ Dublin: McGlashan & Gill. 30 May 1871 (BL) Marriage Varian - Treacy May 25, by special licence, at Brigadier House, by
the Rev. John W. Murray, I.L.D., Ralph Varian, Esq., Glanmire
View. Blackrock, Co. Cork, to Elizabeth Willoughby (Finola),
daughter of the late John Treacy, Esq., Brigadier
House, Co. Antrim. [State Marriage
Registration: Elizabeth Willoughby Treacy,
Ballymena, 1871 6 117] Coming into the light: the work, politics, and
religion of women in Ulster ... By Janice Holmes, Diane Urquhart, Queen's
University of Belfast. Institute of Irish Studies |
THE IRISH MOTHER'S LAMENT. I’m kneeling by your grave, aroon! the autumn sun shines bright, Flinging upon the grassy mound a flood of golden light; The flowers I tended for your sake are drooping one by one, While I must weep in hopeless grief above your grave, my son. The withered leaves are showering down; they cannot break your rest; And fair and bright the gorgeous pall they've flung upon your breast: I saw them bud and blossom forth beneath the soft spring sky, But little dreamed that you, my son, should be the first to die! I knew that want had paled your cheek, that hunger cast its blight Upon the crimson lip, and eye, whose very glance was light! I knew the powerful arm grew weak, the sweet voice lost its tone; Yet still watched on, in trembling fear, till death the struggle won. I longed to yield with cheerfulness the treasure lent to me, But vainly strove to bow the will, although I bent the knee! Oh! terrible the inward strife that rends the mother's heart; They only know, who've felt the pang,
how hard it is to part. |
Was there not plenty in the land? The earth gave forth her
store- The glad and fruitful mother earth, with riches brimming o'er. Not for the slave who tilled the soil the garnered wealth was won; Our tyrant masters gorged their fill, and murdered thee, my son 1 Were there not stately homes enough, that our roof tree must fall? On the forsaken green hill-side I see the blackened wall. Be calm, my heart; in faith abide; God will not still endure That tyrant hands shall desecrate the dwellings of the poor. The dwellings of the virtuous poor, the homes of poverty, Are sacred in the sight of God, though humble they may be; Beneath the lowly cabin roof the truest prayers may rise, And any a suffering spirit there is fashioned for the skies. Mavourneen! hark, the bitter winds are howling round your home, Seep on in peace, my own one, sleep, -your mother soon will come; The autumn leaves are showering down upon your place of rest, And bright and beautiful the pall that wraps your Gentle
breast. |
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