The storm battered
the length of the coast
unearthing oak, pine and birch.
Tree stumps preserved in
the thick of the muck
staring straight at the sea’s approach.
A fast rising sea first raged
over five thousand years ago;
taking forest and sands to dig,
the shores that formed Galway Bay.
The forest rooted
undisturbed in time
holding firm to Western sky.
A carpet of mire
exposed in the depths
built of the settlers’ lives.
A fast rising sea first raged
over five thousand years ago;
taking forest and sands to dig
the shores that formed Galway Bay.
The rocky cladach built
sat on the river’s mouth
men fished and bears roamed.
Legend has a young lass
drowned in the Gaillimh
Himself the chief of the town.
A fast rising sea first raged
over five thousand years ago;
taking forest and sands to dig
the shores that formed Galway Bay.
The first Galway was known
as the city of tribes
fourteen who were the law.
Akin to the crown
‘til the pride flamed up
the men let the Union Jack fall.
A fast rising sea first raged
over five thousand years ago;
taking forest and sands to dig
the shore that formed Galway Bay.
The storm battered
the length of the coast
unearthing oak, pine and birch.
The story of old Galway
was found in the storm
sure as the tale’s been told.
A fast rising sea first raged
over five thousand years ago;
taking forest and sands to dig
the shore that formed Galway Bay.
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