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Dedication

This book is dedicated to the memory of my parents, Bill and Mary Hickey

Acknowledgements

I would sincerely like to thank all who contributed in any way to bringing this booklet of poems to print, especially those who gave their time generously in typing this work.

to those who provided photographs and to my sponsors for their financial support.

Also, thank you to my friends and family to whom I am indebited for their support and encouragement along the way.

- Tom Hickey
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POEMS

List of Poems

The Parish of My Dreams – Banogue
The Bridge in Croom Abu
Our Own Dear Colleen Bawn
The Top of Your Own Tory Hill
The Sweet Glosha Stream
Sweet Curraghchase
Anhid's Glorious Dead
St. Kieran's Church So Fair
My Old Glenasheen
The Old Creamery Yard
Down By The Morning Star
The Slopes of Knockfierna
The Ballyroom of Romance
Tea Time in the Meadow
The Shadow of Death
A Message to Irish Exiles for Easter
A Tribute to a Wandering Minstrel
The Maigue Through Banogue
Lament of “File Na Maighe”

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