From a green, beautiful troubled land, <br />Arrived on the shores, an Irishman, <br />A hitched ride to the cobbled streets of Glasgow <br />Were a job could fill a lonely soul. <br /> <br />A labourer in the shipbuilders by the Clyde <br />With religious bigotry by his side, <br />A sanctuary was found within Celtic Park <br />As he stood with men from Donegal and Cork. <br /> <br />He travelled Scotland far and wide <br />With the brake clubs to watch the green & white, <br />Only once did he return o’er the Irish Ocean <br />As we buried him by his Belfast home. <br /> <br />March 1989<br /><br />Daniel McDonagh<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/the-irishman/
