Social Commentary

"The middle of the island looked like the memory Of some village evicted by the Famine"

"Three boatloads of Dublin’s unemployed came in"

"Water withers from the oars"

"For this is Lough Derg, St. Patrick’s Purgatory"

"Their hands push closed the doors that God holds open"

"They come to Lough Derg to fast and pray and beg"