Revisiting Limavady Poem by Liam ó Comáin

Revisiting Limavady
I recall most vividly
My childhood in
Josephine Avenue:
A neighbourhood
Extending between
Upper Roemill and
Kennaught Street,
Mainly Catholic in
Composition centered
Around grey St. Mary's.

Educated in the a, b, c's
At the Roemill National
Near a Disneyland-
'The Marshfield' and the
Woods around Kane's
Rock.

Nearby, the Mullagh was
An Everest when one
Was a six year old, with a
Tradition dating back to
The Bards and Colm Cille;
But the sight from its summit
Extended throughout the
Roevale, especially at mid-
Summer when the attire
Was at its best.

Today, from where I live
And from wherever I
Wander my roots are
Forever calling from
Within, and in revisiting
Limavady I savour the past
For in lacking roots I would not exist.