New Dawn

by Paddy Donoghue

Woken with gunfire
hard footfall on Sackville Street
Easter day dawning.

Reproduced with kind permission of the author. This poem was composed in a Poetry as Commemoration workshop held at Sligo County Library in October 2023.  The workshop was led by writer Terry McDonagh.

Themes

1916 , 1916 Rising , Dublin , English Language , Sligo , Urban , Violence , War of Independence , Workshop Poem