The land of Owen Roe O Neill and Red Hugh O Donnell <br />And of bold Robert Emmett and Daniel O Connell <br />And of King Brian Boru his is a great story <br />He led a great army and theirs was the glory. <br /> <br />The myths and the legends of Ireland amazes <br />The land of Fionnuala 'Tom Moore sung her praises' <br />The warriors Fionn MacChumaill and CuChulainn and the bards and the sages <br />The tales of old Ireland live on through the ages. <br /> <br />The Land of bracken mountain and green grassy valley <br />And of Kathleen Ni Houlahain and Grace O Malley, <br />The Fir Bolg and De Danaan and the Celts who came later <br />The legends of Ireland they keep getting greater. <br /> <br />Though not before time and though somewhat belated <br />The migrants of Ireland are now celebrated <br />In Canada Thomas Darcy McGee still a heroic figure <br />His fame may be great but his legend is bigger. <br /> <br />The home of the high kings in Royal Meath in Tara <br />And I still hear the harp played by Mary O Hara <br />The Land of the Shannon and the high peaks of Kerry, <br />The Liffey, the Lee and the Foyle flowing through Derry. <br /> <br />The Land of the brown bog and the brave freedom fighter <br />And of the musician and the gaelic writer <br />Oh Ireland my Ireland I love you forever <br />And the ties I have to you I never could sever.<br /><br />Francis Duggan<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/to-ireland/
