"The Field Where The Satyrs Danced" by Lord Dunsany!

'The Field Where The Satyrs Danced' by Lord Dunsany. (1878 - 1957)

One of Ireland's most important writers and perhaps a prophet in the literary sense of not being honoured, Lord Dunsany is best known today for his fantasy novels, though he was much more that that and was a poet and dramatist as well with an output that could only be described as prodigious. Recently visited by the An Tobar Poetry Group the estate is now part of the 'Rewilding' program and stretches from Glane near the Trim road to Tara, made up of hills, streams and beautiful woodlands and fields as described above.The castle was built in 1181 by Hugh de Lacy and has been occupied by the Plunkett family ever since. Its sister castle just up the road is now a golf course with the outstanding view from the road obscured by hedges. Dunsany was also the patron of the war poet Francis Ledwidge who was killed at Ypres in 1917 and who was advised by Dunsany not to go to war. I remember reading a piece once, written about a cricket match played against Trinity just before the war and wondering  what happened to those young men. Joseph Mary Plunkett who was one of the 1916 rebellion leaders also had family connections as did Saint Oliver Plunkett who was executed at Tyburn in 1681. Another one of Ireland's great poets, Patrick Kavanagh paid the castle a visit when he was brought there by his dark haired friend Hilda Moriarty but to no success. Much of Dunsany's work is freely available on the internet and Youtube and worth the time. The above post was loaded by 'Ramblingidioms' and with thanks.