"The middle of the island looked like the memory Of some village evicted by the Famine"

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Title

"The middle of the island looked like the memory Of some village evicted by the Famine"

Subject

Poetry--Twentieth Century--Patrick Kavanagh--Lough Derg

Description

The poetry of Patrick Kavanagh's 'Lough Derg', detailing a visit in 1941

Creator

Patrick Kavanagh, 1904-1967

Source

Kavanagh, Patrick, Lough Derg, pp. 14-15

Publisher

Goldsmith Press, The Curragh, Ireland

Date

1978

Rights

Citation for the purposes of criticism

Format

Published poem

Language

English

Type

Poetry chapbook

Identifier

DD_0250

Coverage

54.608913,-7.870977

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Text

“The middle of the island looked like the memory
Of some village evicted by the Famine,
Some corner of a field beside a well
Old stumps of walls where a stunted boortree is growing.
These were the holy cells of saintly men—
O that was the place where Mikey Fehan lived
And the Reillys before they went to America in the Fifties.
No, this is Lough Derg in County Donegal—
So much alike is our historical
And spiritual pattern, a heap
Of stones anywhere is consecrated
By love’s terrible need.”

Original Format

Poems

Citation

Patrick Kavanagh, 1904-1967, “"The middle of the island looked like the memory Of some village evicted by the Famine",” Digital Derg: A Deep Map, accessed March 29, 2024, https://digitalderg.eu/items/show/269.

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