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Gortnamona House |
Gortnamona, which is in the heart of the parish, is owned by the Salmon family. Originally, it was the Blake Estate. A Captain Cowan lived there in the early years of the 19th century. Subsequently, it was purchased by Edward W. Lynam, a Board of Works engineer who was a close, personal friend of Percy French. French was a frequent visitor at Gortnamona and on one of these occasions, he wrote the well known song, 'The Woods of Gortnamona'. The estate was purchased by the Salmon family in 1915. And the Salmon family continue to live there to this very day.
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The Woods of
Gortnamona
By Percy French
Long, long ago in the woods of Gortnamona,
I thought the birds were singing in the blackthorn tree;
But oh, it was my heart that was ringing, ringing, ringing,
With the joy that you were bringing, oh my love, to me
Long, long ago in the woods of Gortnamona,
I thought the wind was sighing round the blackthorn tree;
But oh, it was the banshee that was crying, crying, crying,
And I knew my love was dying far across the sea.
Now if you go through the woods of Gortnamona,
You hear the raindrops creeping through the blackthorn tree;
But oh, it is the tears I am weeping, weeping, weeping,
For the loved one that is sleeping far away from me.
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