The Roads Of Duhallow Poem by Francis Duggan

Around Cullen and Kiskeam and old Millstreet Town
The roads of Duhallow do wind up and down
By the Cork Kerry border near Rathmore to Ballydesmond and up to Knocknagree
In a green countryside known for it's great scenery

Kanturk, Banteer, Dromtarriffe, Rathcoole and Derrinagree
Rockchapel, Newmarket and Meelin and around Boherbue
Knockscovane and Glenlara places where time seems to stand still
Birthplaces of many a silver tongued rill

The narrow roads of Duhallow wind on for kilometers by the score
Through Castlemagner, Banteer, Nadd and Kilcorney in view of Musheramore
In Kilbrin and Tullylease undulating and winding around and around
Where the views can be quite breathtaking when on the higher ground

The old roads of Duhallow meander far and wide
Across the border Barony of the green countryside
They have inspired the makers of story, song and rhyme
And have not seemed to change that much through the passage of time.