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Jump To Comment: 7 6 5 4 3 2 1the IRSP?I thought you people were put out of business because of your INLA buddies dealing drugs .... if you say you believe in something you can guarantee i'll take the opposite view....what does it mean to be a repubican socialist as opposed to a socialist republican - your party is made of criminals and people who are anti-society - though it seems your're at home here where nnot only do we have former republican/criminals but any other umbrella group who can't contribute anything to society and therefore attempt to wreck it....good luck with the book.
Lets Remember Frank. By Kevin Raymond
As I sat down by the River Lee
Deep in passing thought
A gentleman went passing by
Towards Tivoli on his walk
He looked so old and elegant
In a pale suit of almost white
With a stout leather pair of walking boots
He sucked on an old clay pipe
I knew this man from pictures I’d seen
This was indeed an honour
Your man was Michael O’Donovan
More famous as Frank O’Connor
This was a man of great writing
Who’d only had four years in school?
He was self taught in Irish, French and German
He was clearly nobody’s fool
I’m told he came from the north side
But that is pure speculation
In fact he hails from the south side of Cork
In Douglas Street just near the station
Some tourists came up to say hello
He doffed his hat to reply
This dignified man with his grey moustache
Looked them straight in the eye
He told them of his stories
Of people who came from the lanes
Of his alter ego Larry Delaney
And his love of children’s games
The tourists thanked him graciously
Then went off on their walk
Frank tapped his pipe on the railings nearby
He loved the oul small talk
I looked out over St Patrick’s Bridge
I’m sure I heard a song
I looked back to where I was looking before
Frank O’Connor was gone
I must have imagined this vision
I had of Frank the man
In truth he died in 66
In Shandon the bells rang
Will we ever hear such short stories again?
Written in nostalgic detail
Larry Delaney where are you now
To America did you sail?
We hear these stories of great Irish writers
On whom the Dublin literati heap honour
But what about that great writer from Cork
That working class hero Frank O’Connor!!!
His stories are all about normal folk
With whom you can identify
That’s the attraction as I see it
People like you or I
As books become more popular
And writers get great fame
Frank wonderful stories are right up there
In the short story hall of fame
As the year 2005 is here now
The European city of culture is Cork
Frank O’Connor would be thrilled to bits
As he went on his Lee side walk
Make sure you don't forget him this year
He deserves a standing ovation
To that famous Corkman Frank O'Connor
From Douglas Street there by the station
peace.
copyright 2005
kev.
Cork has as much culture as any European city on offer. Dublin's Fair Shitty D4 radicals should come down to us and see the real capital.
Have a look at the festivities before you criticise whats going on in "the provinces".
and what about the muralismo activity @ mayfield
hopefully that will spark a whole lot more color
http://www.indymedia.ie/newswire.php?story_id=66365&search_text=muralismo#comment101546
Just a few wee words,
I'm glad to hear IRSP speak out against all this middle class shit.
I for one know, like most working class people in Cork city and county that all the gloss painted by the politicians and their cohorts over Cork 2005 is nothing but that, GLOSS and alot of hot air!!!
Dave
im sure there were plenty of working class corkonians amongst the 1000s who thronged the quays and watched the fire works last january and had a great time,stop being spoilsports irsp, cork people are proud of their city and are proud that its capital of culture
With a few dozen on the dole or hidden on government schemes and meeting up in Cork for couple of pints every now and again Dave D says that:
THE IRSP IS NOTHING BUT A FARCE!