MEMORY OF MY FATHER

Every old man I see
Reminds me of my father
When he had fallen in love with death
One time when sheaves were gathered.

That man I saw in Gardiner Street
Stumble on the kerb was one,
He stared at me half-eyed,
I might have been his son.

And I remember the musician
Faltering over his fiddle
In Bayswater, London.
He too set me the riddle.

Every old man I see
In October-coloured weather
Seems to say to me:
"I was once your father."

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INDEX of Irish Art - Paintings and Prints of Ireland by Barrie Maguire:

IRISH WRITERS - James Joyce  - W.B. Yeats - Oscar Wilde - John B. Keane - Samuel Beckett
- Michael Hartnett - J. M. Synge - George Bernard Shaw - Brendan Behan - Lady Gregory
- Sean O'Casey  - Seamus Heaney - Patrick Kavanagh

IRISH QUILTS: Céide Fields - The Way Home - I Will Give You Ireland - Marin's Quilt - Brigid's Cloak - Patrick's Quilt - Desmond's Quilt

HORSES:  Listowel Trader - Connemara Lady - The Negotiation - White Foal - The Tackled Pony - Piebald-soul - Listowel Pony - Connemara Pony - Mulranny Pony - Cooling Down - A Unicorn in Clare - Travelers - Balleyclare #1 - Balleyclare #2 -Whitethorn Mare

MUSICIANS - Grafton Street - Fiddler Joe - Joe Murphy - Patsy Whelan - Bodhran Player - Galway Street Musician - After the Aire - Martin Hayes - The Unfinished Violin

GOLF: Celtic Golf - Celtic Links

RUST:  Westerlea: Dingle - Draioght Na Mara: Dingle - Yeoman Bontrup: Loch Linnhe
- Okie - The Barn - St. Brendan's Cove