Hollyfort Village

Hollyfort (Irish: Ráth an Chuilinn, meaning "ringfort of the holly") is a village in north County Wexford, Ireland. It lies within the townland of Mangan (Irish: an Mongán, meaning "the little swamp") in the valley of the River Bann, 5 km northwest of Gorey.

Historically it was called Rahincullin, which is an anglicisation of its Irish name.

Saturday, April 19, 2014

Hollyfort Village poem on Dublin South fm

The first poem read by Carol Boland in her interivew with Dublin South fm Rhyme and Reason, was on Hollyfort Village.
Check the site out here.
Click R&R 280214 Carol Boland.mp3 
to start the interview.

Hopefully this poem will be out of date very soon!





A Winter Village

They drive
through unmarked
crossroads

blind to our ancient church
and tombstones
shivering below the road

deaf to metal on metal
in the heat of the old forge
roofless and silent now.

Where is our village pump
the mill in the grove
the standing stones at Ballintlea.

Where are our paths by river
through woodland
that keep the soul
from wandering
off the beaten track.

I have heard the heron’s call
fly across the Moor
and in the waters of the Bann
I have seen the salmon leap.



Carol Boland



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