Tuesday, June 14, 2016
The Little Waves of Breffny Comments
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The grand road from the mountain goes shining to the sea,
And there is traffic in it and many a horse and cart,
But the little roads of Cloonagh are dearer far to me,
And the little roads of Cloonagh go rambling through my heart.
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2/20/2026 11:12:01 PM # 1.0.0
I learned this poem in school maybe 60 years ago and I have always loved it. I wonder what waves in Breffny the poet is talking about - the waves on some little lake in Breffny, perhaps I have not found much material on the background of this poem although of course there is much on the poet herself.
Does it refer to Breaffy an area in north Sligo adjacent to Cloonagh or is it the fact that Cloonagh and it sheltered beach was at the extremity of the ancient O'Rourke Kingdom of Breffni which extended from ‘Kells to Drumcliffe'.