ALONG THE COAST OF DONEGAL BAY

Story ID:	3828
Written by:	Veronica Breen Hogle (bio, contact, other stories)
Organization:	Irish Cultural Events
Story type:	In Memory
Location:	Ardaghy Donegal Ireland
Year:	2006
Person:	Eileen Josephine Earls Breen

ALONG THE COAST OF DONEGAL BAY
By Veronica Breen Hogle

Dearest Mother,
It was two years ago today
a sunny Saturday in May
in sweet Ardaghy
Along the coast of Donegal Bay
With heavy hearts
We tucked you in beneath the clay

It was there on the west coast of Ireland
with rain and wind against your face
you loved to be in this isolated place
to gather sea shells and rake seaweed
and watch men unload fish from trawlers
that swayed on wavy waters
then home you came and filled the house
with the smell of the sea
while you fried silver herrings for tea

I often picture you
in that rugged place
Where twice a day the
wild ocean comes and goes
and overhead the falcons soar
and seagulls wheel and scream
while you sleep peacefully
in death’s last dream.

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