It is a changed Ireland the Ireland of today <br />Going by what i do read and of it what others say <br />For it has been two decades since I've seen Erin's shore <br />And heard the birds singing in old Claramore. <br /> <br />One of Europe's poor Nations in the recent past <br />But most things do change and few things seem to last <br />And Ireland has changed for the better it does seem <br />And a future at home for young Irish people is no longer a dream. <br /> <br />It is a changed Ireland from the Ireland I've known <br />Since I've lived there the Irish economy has grown <br />But poverty still exists in Ireland as it does Worldwide <br />And the gap keeps on widening in the social divide. <br /> <br />It is a changed Ireland and for the better i hear <br />And the Irish economy is growing by the year <br />And two decades of Summers and in time have gone by <br />Since I've last heard the lark in the grey Irish sky.<br /><br />Francis Duggan<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/it-is-a-changed-ireland/
