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Blackbird in Dun Laoghaire – a poem by Joseph O’Connor
Blackbird in Dun Laoghaire was read by Joseph O’Connor at the funeral of his sister Sinéad O’Connor ::
There’s a blackbird in Dun Laoghaire
When I’m walking with my sons
Through the laneways
Called ‘The Metals’
By the train-tracks.
And he sings among the dandelions
And bottle-tops and stones,
Serenading purple ivy,
Weary tree-trunks.
And I have it in my head
That I can recognise his song,
Pick him out,
I mean distinct
From all his flock-mates.
Impossible, I know.
Heard one blackbird, heard them all.
But there are times
He whistles up a recollection.
There’s a blackbird in Dun Laoghaire –
And I’m suddenly a kid,
Asking where from here to Sandycove
My youngest sister hid.
I’m fourteen this Easter.
My job to mind her.
Good Friday on the pier –
And I suddenly can’t find her.
The sky like a bruise
By the lighthouse wall.
We were playing hide-and-seek.
Is she lost? Did she fall?
There’s a blackbird in Dun Laoghaire
And the terror’s like a wave
Breaking hard on a hull,
And the peoples’ faces grave
As Yeats on a banknote.
Stern as the mansions
Of Killiney in the distance,
As the pier’s granite stanchions,
And Howth is a drowned child
Slumped in Dublin Bay,
And my heart is a drum
And the breakers gull-grey.
The baths. It starts raining.
The People’s Park.
And my tears and the terns,
And the dogs’ bitter bark.
There’s a blackbird in Dun Laoghaire,
And I pray to him, then,
For God isn’t here,
In a sobbed Amen.
And she waves from the bandstand,
Her hair in damp strings,
And the blackbird arises
With a clatter of wings
From the shrubs by the teahouse,
Where old ladies dream
Of sailors and Kingstown
And Teddy’s ice-cream.
And we don’t say a word
But cling in the mizzle,
And the whistle of the bird
Getting lost in the drizzle.
Mercy weaves her nest
In the wildflowers and the leaves,
There are stranger things in heaven
Than a blackbird believes.
– Joseph O’Connor, 2010
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Peter O'Toole as Cardinal Maffeo Barberini, later Pope Urban VIII and Joseph O'Connor as Galileo Galilei
Lamp at Midnight
Bristol Old Vic
Tuesday, October 16th, 1956 / For Three Weeks directed by John Moody
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There’s a blackbird in Dun Laoghaire
When I’m walking with my sons
Through the laneways
Called ‘The Metals’
By the train-tracks.
And he sings among the dandelions
And bottle-tops and stones,
Serenading purple ivy,
Weary tree-trunks.
And I have it in my head
That I can recognise his song,
Pick him out,
I mean distinct
From all his flock-mates.
Impossible, I know.
Heard one blackbird, heard them all.
But there are times
He whistles up a recollection.
There’s a blackbird in Dun Laoghaire –
And I’m suddenly a kid,
Asking where from here to Sandycove
My youngest sister hid.
I’m fourteen this Easter.
My job to mind her.
Good Friday on the pier –
And I suddenly can’t find her.
The sky like a bruise
By the lighthouse wall.
We were playing hide-and-seek.
Is she lost? Did she fall?
There’s a blackbird in Dun Laoghaire
And the terror’s like a wave
Breaking hard on a hull,
And the peoples’ faces grave
As Yeats on a banknote.
Stern as the mansions
Of Killiney in the distance,
As the pier’s granite stanchions,
And Howth is a drowned child
Slumped in Dublin Bay,
And my heart is a drum
And the breakers gull-grey.
The baths. It starts raining.
The People’s Park.
And my tears and the terns,
And the dogs’ bitter bark.
There’s a blackbird in Dun Laoghaire,
And I pray to him, then,
For God isn’t here,
In a sobbed Amen.
And she waves from the bandstand,
Her hair in damp strings,
And the blackbird arises
With a clatter of wings
From the shrubs by the teahouse,
Where old ladies dream
Of sailors and Kingstown
And Teddy’s ice-cream.
And we don’t say a word
But cling in the mizzle,
And the whistle of the bird
Getting lost in the drizzle.
Mercy weaves her nest
In the wildflowers and the leaves,
There are stranger things in heaven
Than a blackbird believes.
– Joseph O’Connor, 2010
Read at Sinead O'Connor's funeral, August 2023
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The Railway Children - BBC - May 12, 1968 - June 23, 1968
Drama (7 Episodes)
Running Time: 30 minutes
Stars:
Ann Castle as Mother
Frederick Treves as Father
Jenny Agutter as Roberta "Bobbie" Faraday
Neil MacDermott as Peter Faraday
Gillian Bailey as Phyllis Faraday
Mary Healey as Ruth
Roy Denton as Valuer
Gordon Gostelow as Perks
Brian Hayes as Stationmaster
John Ringham as Dr. Forrest
Joseph O'Conor as Old Gentleman
Christopher Witty as Jim
John Dunbar as Mr. Willis
Colin Douglas as Farmer
Bart Alison as Signalman
Will Stampe as Engineer
#The Railway Children#TV#BBC#Drama#l968#1960's#Jenny Agutter#Neil MacDermott#Gillian Bailey#Frederickj threves#Ann Castle#Joseph O'Connor#Gordon Gostelow
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Let's talk about books! The first novel I read from Joseph O'Connor back in 2001. (Didn't know at that time that he is the brother of Sinéad.) The first novel to introduce me to most of the shared traumas of the Irish. A real page turner with great and memorable characters. I am also happy to mention that most of the places mentioned in the novel now are very familiar to me 😏
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"There was something tomboyish in how she held herself but also a strange grace. She seemed at ease in her body, was fluent in quiet laughter, and she moved through the shadows as one born in them."
-Joseph O'Connor, Shadowplay
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Joseph O'Connor
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This book is getting gay as hell.
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ENJOLRAS + MARIUS: BEHIND THE SCENES
JOSEPH QUINN | BBC LES MISÉRABLES (2019)
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Love seeing them looking relaxed in this interview 🥹 Sid’s laugh is 😍
https://x.com/snpittsburgh/status/1771694904160239942?s=46&t=7mWRMBdOvy4EbVRvlFb07Q
#sidney crosby#pittsburgh penguins#alex nedeljkovic#drew o'connor#po joseph#noel acciari#reilly smith
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Still can’t believe I got to meet so many of the Pens at the Night of Assists! All such sweet men!
#hockey#pittsburgh penguins#pittsburgh penguins foundation#sidney crosby#evgeni malkin#geno#jake guentzel#bryan rust#erik karlsson#rickard rakell#chad ruhwedel#tristan jarry#valtteri puustinen#mike sullivan#dan potash#jeff carter#po joseph#ryan shea#drew o'connor#reilly smith#ryan graves#lars eller#alex nedeljkovic#john ludvig#matt nieto#marcus pettersson
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Pens dropped their Valentines
#pls check the notes for the post with all of them#valentines#pittsburgh penguins#sidney crosby#evgeni malkin#kris letang#erik karlsson#jake guentzel#bryan rust#tristan jarry#alex nedeljkovic#po joseph#drew o'connor#penguins hockey#will reblog this with the rest of them but I’m at mobile image limit#Crosby#geno#Tanger#Karlsson#jakenbake#rusty#mouse boy#ned#poj#doc#but mother I love him#I just think he’s neat#the best smile in the nhl
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Thank you taylor!!
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Looking fine as hell
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