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  • February 21, 2022
  • Gabriel Fitzmaurice
Silver Light, Cliffs of Moher, Co Clare by Maurice C. Wilks RUA ARHA (1910 – 1984)
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Gaeltacht
Here, for once, I didn't pine for home:
This was a world where language altered all;
Here Irish fitted like a poem - 
In school, 'twas just a subject; here you'd fall
In love with being Irish: you were free
To learn the words of love not taught in school;
Oh! Irish was that girl at the Céilí - 
If you could only ask her out, not make a fool
Of yourself, and dance with her all night,
You'd learn the moods of Irish on her tongue;
She smiled at you, and oh! your head was light.
You danced with her and wheeled and waltzed and swung.
We danced all night, we didn't even kiss, 
But this was love, was Irish, and was bliss.

 

Gaeltacht: (Irish) an Irish speaking district; the state of being Irish

Céilí: (Irish) an Irish dancing session

Verses from A Farewell to Poetry: Selected Poems and Translations by Gabriel Fitzmaurice

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Gabriel Fitzmaurice
Gabriel Fitzmaurice

Gabriel Fitzmaurice is from the small village of Moyvane in Co. Kerry. He taught in the local primary school there, from which he retired as principal in 2007, over 30 years . He is author of more than 60 books, including collections of poetry in English and Irish, as well as several collections of verse for children. His book A Farewell to Poetry (Currach Books) featured a collection of his best works over the decades, as selected by him. He frequently broadcasts on radio and television on the topic of culture and the arts.

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