TOWARDS LECANVEY (i.m. Famine Walk 31/3/1849) Stop a moment by the idle wall, look right to the red rusting boathouse, tall trees whispering, sheep bleating. Look left, follow the waves, their bluegreen sheen domed by the sky, bend and dip with the coast road. Long fingered land lingers, to reappear as humpbacked hills dotting Clew Bay. Clouds scud across Croagh Patrick, colour changing as you watch. Four hundred walked to Delphi Lodge in search of food. They lie among potato drills, roofless abbey walls, standing stones, yellow furze. The rise of land dominates, insists that you walk on it, admire it and know your place in the scheme of things. You can listen to Ger Duffy reading her poem by clicking on the file below
Ger Duffy lives in Co. Waterford, Ireland. Her poetry and fiction has been published by Slow Dancer Press, The Women’s Press, The Viking Press and Sheba Press. She holds a PG DIP in Creative Writing from Goldsmiths College, an MA in Screenwriting from University of Westminster, London. National Famine monument at Murrisk/Lecanvey, Co. Mayo, Ireland. The sculpture pays homage to the victims of the Irish Famine (An Gorta Mór) and especially to Irish people who emigrated to the United Sates to escape death, with no guarantee of arriving alive.
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