Daniel O'Connell's Funeral Cortege 1847: a found poem from the Freeman's Journal - for Sunday Miscellany on RTÉ Radio 1, listen to Who We Were by Grace Wells above.
Once, deep in the National Library, I was researching the death and funeral of Daniel O'Connell and in The Freeman's Journal I found this notice, which for me became a poem - a found poem that I called 'Who We Were: Daniel O'Connell's Funeral Cortege 1847'.
Drawn by six horses and led by mutes,
O'Connell’s Triumphal car in mourning
is to be supported by the Vice-Presidents
and Committee of the Trades Unions...
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