Long's gourgling barral

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  • long barrow: a prehistoric monument dating to the Neolithic period. They are rectangular or trapezoidal earth mounds traditionally interpreted as collective tombs. Around 300 are known from Scotland and England.
  • gurgling: a hollow bubbling sound like that made by water running out of a bottle
  • "There is a green island in lone Gougane Barra": a pom/song by J. J. Callanan (1795 – 1829), It begins:
    There is a green island in lone Gougane Barra,
    Where Allua of songs rushes forth as an arrow;
    In deep-valley'd Desmond - a thousand wild fountains 
    Come down to that lake from their homes in the mountains.
  • Gougane Barra: a settlement, now in ruins, west of Macroom in County Cork, Ireland. It was named by Saint Finbarr, who is said to have built a monastery on an island in the lake nearby during the 6th century.
  • gurgling barrel: of alcohol