"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.”
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.