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Back To Erin

BACK TO ERIN I want to go back to Erin. I want to see that green isle again. I want to drink a pint of the Guiness and a shot of the Jamesons. On that green isle again. I want to pick the lucky shamrock and feel the soft summer rain back, on that green isle again. I want to hear the bodhran thump and the fiddle squeal as I dance another Ceili on that green isle again. I want to hear the tenor croon out Danny Boy and belt out Whiskey in the Jar, on that green isle again. Next year, when I retire, I will board that Aer Lingus Airbus and wing my way back to that green isle again

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Tom Cunningham

Date: 2/8/2019 3:59:00 PM

Enjoyed your verse Oliver, my folks were from Clare on the west coast, not long back from Kerry and yes the Guinness went down well. Tom.

Oliver Mckeithan
Date: 2/8/2019 4:04:00 PM

Thank you Tom. My wife and I did return to Ireland this past summer. Spent time in Northern Ireland and the loop head peninsula and Sligo. The Aran Islands are great as well. The trip leaders grand parents came from County Clare. He still has many relatives there.

Heidi Sands

Date: 12/30/2017 7:30:00 AM

A couple people have been talking to me about Ireland lately. Very nice poem! :)

Vijay Pandit

Date: 9/25/2017 4:57:00 PM

Love for Ireland so movingly depicted--lovely flow to this poem--I've been there, I know why you long to go back!!

Oliver Mckeithan
Date: 9/25/2017 5:01:00 PM

Hello Vijay, Thank you and glad you liked the poem. It is a beautiful country and the people are friendly. Hope you get to go back. Oliver

Jan Allison

Date: 9/25/2017 4:32:00 PM

I adore Ireland Oliver I hope go back to Dublin again next year! Hope you have fun:-) hugs Jan xx

Oliver Mckeithan
Date: 9/25/2017 4:56:00 PM

Hello Jan, A fellow Irishman!! Next year will mark my third trip. Wont get to Dublin as I have been there twice. This nest trip will be 6 nights in Scotland and 6 nights in Northern Ireland and the north of the Republic. Hope you have fun as well :) May the Road Rise to meet you and may a fair wind be at your back. Hugs Oliver