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But tell me first, my kind lassy, for I see you are a kind lassy, tell me, has not this house had a change of fortune, and fallen to decay of late? for the inn at Bannow was pictured to me as a bra' neat place. Biddy. Ah! that was, may-be, the time the Larkens had it? Mr. H. The Larkens! that was the very name: it warms my heart to hear the sound of it. Biddy.
A man with a strange name or a name that will sound strange to your English ears Christy Gallagher. Sir W. A rogue and a drunken dog, I understand: but he is a poet, and knows how to flatter the heiress of Bannow. Clara.
The following spring, in the month of May, the first instalment of the invaders arrived under Robert FitzStephen, a small fleet of Welsh boats landing them in a creek of the bay of Bannow, where a chasm between the rocks was long known as "FitzStephen's stride."
The force that had marched from Bannow consisted, as we have seen, of 500 Irish horse under his son Donald, surnamed Kavanagh; 30 knights, 60 esquires, and 300 men-at-arms under Fitzstephen; 10 knights and 60 archers under Prendergast; in all, nobles or servitors, not exceeding 1,000 men.
A large Apartment in Bannow Castle, ornamented with the Rose, Thistle, and Shamrock. The hall opens into a lawn, where the country-people are seen dancing. Enter CLARA, Sir WILLIAM HAMDEN, and a train of dancers. Clara. Now, sir, as we have here English, Scotch, and Irish dancers, we can have the English country-dance, the Scotch reel, and the Irish jig.
Ay, and quite another sort of an inn this was, I hear talk, in their time, and quite another guess sort, the Larkens from these Gallaghers. Mr. H. And what has become of the Larkens, I pray? Biddy. They are still living up yonder, by the bush of Bannow, in a snug little place of a cabin that is, the Widow Kelly. Mr. H. Kelly! but I am looking for Larken. Biddy.
The force that had marched from Bannow consisted, as we have seen, of 500 Irish horse under his son Donald, surnamed Kavanagh; 30 knights, 60 esquires, and 300 men-at-arms under Fitzstephen; 10 knights and 60 archers under Prendergast; in all, nobles or servitors, not exceeding 1,000 men.
Through this singular district lay the road towards Duncannon fort, on Waterford harbour, with branches running off to Bannow, Ballyhack, and Dunbrody. We shall, therefore, speak of all the localities we may have occasion to mention as on or near one of the four main roads of the county, the Dublin, Carlow, Boss, and Waterford roads.
A gunboat fleet lined the coast from Bannow round to Wicklow, which soon after appeared off Wexford bar, and forced an entrance into the harbour.
Sir W. Then pray go down to the inn here, and inquire if any of the Scotch officers are there. Gilb. I will, sir. I heard say the officers went off this morning. Sir W. Then you need not go to inquire for them. Gilb. No, sir. Only as I heard say, the drum-major and band is to stay a few days in Bannow, on account of their wanting to enlist a new bugle-boy.
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