Richard LOVETT, an English traveller to Ireland in 1888 penned -- One of the Queen's Colleges is situated in Cork. In the churchyard of St. Anne's at Shandon, lie the remains of Father Prout, near the spot he loved, and within sound of those bells of which he wrote: With deep affection And recollection I often think of These Shandon bells, Whose sound so wild would, In the days of childhood, Fling round my cradle Their magic spells. On this I ponder Where'er I wander, And thus grow fonder, Sweet Cork, of thee; With thy bells of Shandon That sound so grand on The pleasant waters Of the River Lee I've heard bells chiming Full many a clime in, Tolling sublime in Cathedral shrine, While at a glib rate Brass tongues would vibrate - But all their music Spoke naught like thine; For memory dwelling On each proud swellng Of thy belfry kneeling Its bold notes free, Made the bells of Shandon Sound far more grand on The pleasant waters Of the River Lee. -- Father Prout (Francis S. Mahony) - 1804-1866