#SilentSunday #IrishPhilosophy

A stained glass window in memory of #OliverGoldsmith, depicting one of the characters from "The Deserted Village", the devoted clergyman. From
St Munis CoI, #Forgney Co. Longford, which lies south of #NewcastleWood.

Goldsmith is believed to have been born in the townland of #Pallas, just north of Newcastle Wood (best know as the home of #CenterParcsLongford).

The poem: https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/44292/the-deserted-village

Link to the original image https://www.gloine.ie/search/window/14994/w03?i=1

The Deserted Village by Oliver Goldsmith | Poetry Foundation

Sweet Auburn, loveliest village of the plain,

Poetry Foundation