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Short Stories

Cashing in our Chips

June 5, 2020July 1, 2007 by John McCullagh
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Satellite winter of ’64:

“Baby Please Don’t Go”,

Jukebox choice with our fish and chips,

“You know I love you so.”

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Man of the North Countrie

June 5, 2020June 28, 2007 by John McCullagh
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Thomas D’Arcy McGee is the most famous former citizen of Carlingford. He is renowned as an outstanding Canadian politician. He was also a poet of some acclaim. The following is his ‘Man of the North Countrie‘.

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To Lilian McArdle

June 5, 2020June 24, 2007 by John McCullagh
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The gift of music seems to soar

Above our cradled town,

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Reverie

June 5, 2020June 21, 2007 by John McCullagh
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‘Twas midnight when I chanced to stray

Along the silent Merchants’ Quay,

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Dutiful Mourner

June 5, 2020June 18, 2007 by John McCullagh
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“Sorry for your troubles.

Words escape me.”

Solace in exchange of sighs.

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Foothills of the Mournes

June 5, 2020June 12, 2007 by John McCullagh
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A single light at Cranfield beams across the sand

In turning guides the ships into the bay


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Clough Mor

June 6, 2020June 5, 2007 by John McCullagh
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Come to this place where I lay

See the beauty of the bay

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Sarah Curran by Thomas Moore

June 6, 2020June 2, 2007 by John McCullagh
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We have been requested to reproduce here in full, the ballad written by the famous Thomas Moore (Moore’s Melodies) about Sarah Curran, Robert Emmet’s love.

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After the Goldrush

June 6, 2020April 29, 2007 by John McCullagh
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I have no better excuse for reproducing the lyrics of this great song from one of the best and most successful albums of our time, than that I love it and it’s currently running through my head.  Do you agree it was one of the all-time greats?

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