ballywhacmacrew

Updated: September 24, 2025

Don't talk to me of London dames, Nor rave about your foreign flames, That never lived, except in drames, Nor shone, except on paper; I'll sing you 'bout a girl I knew, Who lived in Ballywhacmacrew, And let me tell you, mighty few Could equal Mary Draper.

Charles James Lever - Charles O'Malley, The Irish Dragoon, Volume 2