Francis Duggan Poems

A broadband mast to be placed on Clara's summit with cable suspended on poles all of the way to the top
It may be too late for this E S B and PermaNet venture for to be brought to a full stop
At least they should be forced for to bury the cable than sacrifice such a beautiful view
You Millstreet people who love Clara to save it's beauty is up to you.
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Than Spring it is far more like Summer a summery warmth in the breeze
And sunshine on the old Town and Parkland and sunshine on the bushes and trees
The greeness of Spring all around me such beauty that cannot fail to please
The weather quite warm for September well over the twenty degrees.
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Tis true about hate that it can be love turned upside down
And Big J a classic example the most bitter man in Town
Since Pam his wife she left him and with her took their five year old daughter Sue
One might say a long holiday the man is overdue.
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My mum and dad would not feel proud of me Jim Dottle often say
They would feel disappointed were they alive today
They did have big dreams for me but dreams seldom come true
The sort of life they would not have wished for me I've chosen to pursue,
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What he is about to achieve seems a remarkable thing
To break the Championship games record of Cork's Christy Ring
The hurling goalkeeper Davy Fitzgerald a legend of Clare
Through the length and breadth of Ireland one known everywhere.
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So few people i meet are wise beyond their years
And so few people i know in their hearts can shed tears
For those not so lucky and worse off than they
We can be cold hearted that seems sad to say,
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From the oval at Halls Gap the football and cricket ground
The view it is breathtaking of the wooded hills all around
On a warm and a pleasant evening in September of the year
'Twould seem to me Utopia to Halls Gap is quite near
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Oh you who have kicked doors in and then your bible read
'Tis more than written words of wisdom 'twould seem that you do need
You harbour your small grudges against some in the town
But does your bible tell you to kick one who is down
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Sad to say without Saddam Hussein a far more dangerous Iraq
One could now not walk any street there without fear of a deadly attack
Despite what Bush and his cronies those who deposed the dictator say
Iraq without their former despot a more dangerous place today.
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A tolerant society you we do tolerate
But for as long as you live here you will not be our mate
A tolerant society that and little more
We tell you again what we've told you before.
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