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Poems

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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A son in Amerikay

June 6, 2020April 26, 2007 by John McCullagh
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‘To my son in Amerikay’.

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Country People

June 6, 2020March 10, 2007 by John McCullagh
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O country people, you of the hill farms,

Huddled so in darkness I cannot tell

Whether the light across the glen is a star ..

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The End

June 7, 2020February 24, 2007 by John McCullagh
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My dear spouse died – a tumour of the brain –

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Why

June 7, 2020February 20, 2007 by John McCullagh
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Willie you were just a child



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