St Patrick's Alphabet

St Patrick’s Alphabet

A is America land of the free

B is for Beatles as Irish as me

C is the great Cliffs of Moher so pretty

D is for Dublin the capital city

E is for Eire – true name of my land

F is for Fionn and the Fianna his band

G is for Guinness a world-famous name

H is for Hurling a rather rough game

I is my Island and what it creates

J is for Joyce, Stephens, Swift and Jack Yeats

K is King Niall and the old kings at Tara

L is a leprechaun called MacNamara

M is for mise, me fein and me too

N is for Nuala, Naoimh, Nora and crew

O is O’Reilly O’Keefe and their worth

P -  Patrick saint in the land of my birth

Q is for quiz, gob, cailin and the rest

R is the River Shannon in the west

S is for Shamrock a flower of three

T is Tramore, Tullamore and Tralee 

U is U2 who are still going strong

V is from Ulster – he’s Van Morrison

W – whiskey a very strong drink

X is eXcuse me no word can I think

Y is for You when like me you agree,

Z ’s not in Ireland there no last can be
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Deo Avatar
May 27, 2020 at 5:10 AM
Creative and fun poem on Ireland. Loved G, J and why not All Trinity as in shamrock, too: X, Y, Z.
Barry Avatar
May 27, 2020 at 9:32 AM
Thanks Anil - falite romhat :)
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