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Monday, 16 June 2008

Raglan Road, Dublin

Raglan Road, Dublin
"On Raglan Road on an autumn day ... "
The nostalgic words of Patrick Kavanagh that prompt "thoughts that do often lie too deep for tears".

Listen to Luke Kelly singing Raglan Road

Patrick Kavanagh Statue

Statue of Patrick Kavanagh
By the Grand Canal, Dublin

This statue of Kavanagh was inspired by his poem 'Lines Written on a Seat on the Grand Canal, Dublin':
"O commemorate me with no hero-courageous
Tomb - just a canal bank seat for the passer-by."