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Coomkeen () is a townland located near Durrus in West Cork, Province of Munster, Ireland.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.logainm.ie/8441.aspx )〕 It is a small valley home to approximately 14 families, it is also the home of the world famous Durrus Cheese. ==History== Home to Reverend Timothy Crowley, Parish Priest, Coomkeen Upper, 1776. Prior to purchase under the Land Acts of the early 1900s, the lands were owned by Lord Bandon and rented by tenant farmers. In the late 1920s a new road to Bantry was built from Coomkeen and was celebrated by local poet Charles Dennis: :''Oh! Durrus, you were often fleeced,'' :''In the good old days gone by'' :''And only for Mr. MacManaway'' :''You should lie down and die'' :''He's out to help industry'' :''Give every man fair play,'' :''His enterprising capitalist'' :''Will surely win the day'' :''His latest stunt is to build a road'' :''Through the fair valley of Coomkeen'' :''It starts at Crocawadra'' :''An ends in Gearameen'' :''We'll make of him a Bishop'' :''And that without a doubt,'' :''And he'll remove the Border,'' :''Between North and South.'' 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Coomkeen」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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