THE POET OF CASTLECARY

    The Quiet Visitor Spring came on tiptoe down the bens Of sea-girt Inishowen, And glided through the shady glens Her coming still unknown. But everywhere her gentle tread Impressed the eager soil A creamy primrose raised its head Beside the rippling Foyle. Mabel Rose Stevenson was born in Castlecary in 1875. She was a cousin of the novelist Joyce Cary, who was one of her mentors. The lines above are from her book DAUGHTER OF DONEGAL published in…

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