A discarded guitar string evokes memories …
Poems
Ballymacdermot Court Cairn
Every stone retains its memories
Of hands that gripped and heaved,
Of beads of perspiration,
Of whispered secrets,
And gossipy conversation.
Returned Emigrant
Paler and thinner the morning moon grew
Colder and sterner the rising wind blew;
The pole-star had ser in a forest of cloud,
And the icicles crackled on spar and on shroud,
Cashing in our Chips
Satellite winter of ’64:
“Baby Please Don’t Go”,
Jukebox choice with our fish and chips,
“You know I love you so.”
Man of the North Countrie
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
