"Three boatloads of Dublin’s unemployed came in"
Dublin Core
Title
"Three boatloads of Dublin’s unemployed came in"
Subject
Poetry--Twentieth Century--Patrick Kavanagh--Lough Derg
Description
The poetry of Patrick Kavanagh's 'Lough Derg', detailing a visit in 1941
Creator
Patrick Kavanagh, 1904-1967
Source
Kavanagh, Patrick, Lough Derg, p. 32
Publisher
Goldsmith Press, The Curragh, Ireland
Date
1978
Rights
Citation for the purposes of criticism
Format
Published poem
Language
English
Type
Poetry chapbook
Identifier
DD_0256
Coverage
53.349804, -6.260310
Text Item Type Metadata
Text
“Time passed
Three boatloads of Dublin’s unemployed came in
At three o’clock led by a priest from Thomas Street
To glutton over the peat-filled water
And sit back drunk when jobs are found
In the eternal factory where the boss
Himself must punch the clock.”
Original Format
Poems