"A Drover" by Padraic Colum (poetry reading)

Meath Poems.

Searching around  for poems that relate to County Meath in some way I came across the above where it does get a mention, and where would Meath be without its drovers.  It was also included by Tom French in his recent book "A Meath Anthology" if my memory serves me well and I hope it does.  William Bulfin cycling through Meath around the turn of the last century encountered some of these self same gentlemen driving cattle between stations such as The Hill of Down and Enfield to the cattle farms around Trim and Kilmessan and suggested that discretion was the better part and that it was best to let them have the road. The herd instinct, no doubt. Days of the long acre!

 With thanks to youtube and Spoken Verse.
  
Note:  (Boyne Readings)The next Open Mic session at the Knightsbridge Hall Trim is on Thursday the 16th of December at 8pm. Chaired by Paddy Smith of The Boyne Writers, all are welcome and the admission charge is €5 euro which includes tea and biscuits.