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Meaning of "Bawn"

By ROBERT SNOW.

The poet Campbell uses the word *bawn* as follows:— "And fast and far, before the star Of day-spring, rush'd we through the glade, And saw at dawn the lofty *bawn* Of Castle-Connor fade." *O'Connor's Child*.

Topics: Poetry, Literature

Locations: Castle-Connor