Discusses the background of four poems concerning the city of Cork (text provided): I. Mo dheacairbhroid mo léan le haithris im dhréacht; II. A thearmainn Dé ní léan do loscadh; III. Dá mba acmhainn dom ba chanta liom i mbréithre órdha; IV. Is aoibhinn ren’ áireamh, a fhíorbhanaltra an Uain.