'Champagne Sorbet', Dedicated to my friend @MichaelJWhelan1. As kindly published by @marculyseas in @MagEncounters Dec '21.
'On the day in summer when the old man warms his bones...'
#Poetry#Tallaght#Dublin#Ireland
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Little better than getting a book in the post! 'Blood Red Steel', the 3rd of the @Damo_Dangerman#MilSciFi series had landed! Cheer Damo, that's my long weekend reading sorted! Join the MOF at https://t.co/DbaaFkhtex
#WeHaveAlwaysBeenThere#BigRed https://t.co/cAvHJLqVF3
#OTD in 1982 three Irish soldiers were murdered while with @UNIFIL_ on @UNPeacekeeping.
Hope you might take a moment to remember them today.
#Cuimhnímis
This poem is now kept on display in their memorial in the museum of the Irish UN Vets @NationsIrish
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Two historic cranes which loomed large over #Lee at #Rushbrooke#CorkHarbour for six decades were dismantled in 2018. Used for shipbuilding in #Verolme#Dockyard, which closed in 1984. LÉ Eithne was the final ship built there, I spent 4 years onboard her.
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On our National Day of Commemoration, I often share this. I think everyone who wore our uniform thinks of their lost comrades today.
"One fell at Derrada Wood, so earned his star, one borne away on Scuabtuinne, lost far out on the unforgiving sea..."
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The island of #Haulbowline is filled with history. Each stone & step, every nook and cranny, from the lowest ebb of the tide of now silent slips, to the lofty reaches of the visual signaling tower. This rich history can fade into the background...
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