HISTORY OF THE KILDARE HUNT 



Clonmell, Lord Naas, Baron de Robeck, Sir 

 Edward Kennedy, Mr Forbes, Major Mansfield, 

 Colonel Moore, and H. de Robeck, seventy five 

 years, and during all that time with my heart in 

 fox-hunting, I kept my eyes open and my hearing 

 was good, and from what I saw and from what I 

 heard, I can safely say that, taking the state of the 

 coverts into consideration, by far the best sport 

 ever known in Kildare was during Lord Naas's 

 Mastership.'* 



Hunting in Kildare 

 Air, " Old Farmer Giles.'' 



Come join with me in sportive glee 



Diana's daughters fair 

 And Nimrod's sons, ye mighty guns, 



Your tuneful notes prepare. 

 Assist me all who love to call 



On Reynard in his lair 

 And with your lave I'll sing a stave 



On hunting in Kildare. 



At Johnstown Inn our joys begin 



Upon our opening day. 

 If you're not there your friends will swear 



You're dead or gone away. 

 'Tis there we chaff and joke and laugh 



There's many a greeting there 

 ^Mongst those who've hied from far and wide 



For hunting in Kildare. 

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