Gerard Fanning - Asylum Harbour - Dun Laoghaire, IE
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haggaeus
N 53° 17.673 W 006° 08.002
29U E 691046 N 5908870
During the reconstructions of Dun Laoghaire harbour in May 2003, a granite plaque with a poem about it has been placed at the promenade.
Waymark Code: WMFGJB
Location: Leinster, Ireland
Date Posted: 10/17/2012
Views: 3
The poem was written by Dublin poet Gerard Fanning and it is called Asylum Harbour (the original name of the Dun Laoghaire harbour):
When I hauled myself on our roof
To settle a silver-speared cowl
your arms and my arms aligned
With Pigeon House, Nailey and Kish.
And as for that refugee, I recall
A funicular with its mercury tilt,
Ribbons of brine on a tattered hull,
Stone men singing shanty songs.
And if their wagons of Dalkey stone
Are all preserved in this box of light,
The sonar of dying ships
The sirens in faded livery
Are in every block that groans and strains
As foghorns bow to memory.
Gerard Fanning was born in Dublin in 1952. In 1993 he received Rooney Prize for Irish Literature. The poem is dedicated to the harbour builders and it was commissioned by Dun Laoghaire Harbour company to be displayed at the reconstructed harbour.
Address:
Harbor Road (SE end)
Dun Laoghaire
Ireland
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