A poem preformed for us by Na Seamróga, Co Offaly at the Feile
Sunday, June 28, 2015
Muintir an Chreagáin Abú.
Hi there everyone/In Kickhams Creggan GAC
You've bent over backways to welcome us / - Na Seamróga from Offaly.
We heard we were headin' for Creggan /
Well it might as well have been The Isle of Wight /
But soon we were trawling your / Most informative website.
'Tis near Randalstown / On the shores of the Great Lough Neagh /
And Tony McCollum is king o' the place / We found on that first day.
You were old hands at the hosting lark / Hosting at least twice /
And we kept in constant contact / With the main man, Joseph Rice.
Whitehill are deadly rivals / And Ye have St Olcan's Well /
And the Cregganbury Music Festival / Is big here you can tell.
Watty Grahams won your Under 21 Tournament / Early in the spring
But when it comes to the end of June / The Summer Barbecue is the thing.
'Tis around the same time / As Féile Naomh Olcáin
Alas the other Féile'll be over / And us Shamrocks will be gone.
Your informal workshop on 'Mindfulness' / Also looks impressive
And if we could only have stayed another week / We'd have left with more mindfulness and not with considerably less off.
You've a fundamental coaching course / That every club should do
And your great array of pictures / Were liked by Henry Hughes.
When our neighbours won the Leinster Junior / But lost to Fullan Gaels, it was bizarre
Twas a crowd called Creggan Kickhams / Won that All-Ireland in Mullingar.
The more we heard, the more we liked / To come to Creggan we were itchin'
Knowing Alison McNally and Agnes McEldowney / Would be cooking in the kitchen.
We're learning 'bout your history / Ever since we came up here
God ye have a great Cultural Officer / In Paddy McAteer.
We love your townlands item, Paddy / An Grianán, Liatrom, Creeve
That Achcdh a' Locháin and Raithneachán are history / Many must surely grieve.
We haven't many McConvilles / McLarnons or McIlroys
But we've old churches just like Cranfield / Similar in shape and size.
McAuleys, Batesons, Tottens, Denvirs / Are thin on the ground too
To us Dougan, Morgan, Devlin, Marrion / Are names that are pretty new.
And mothers and others can play footie / As your Youtube snippets prove
And the women of Cois Locha / Can really get into the singing groove.
So we salute your vibrant community / And all the things you do
And we'll still be reminiscing about Creggan / In the year 2032.
By Jackie Hennessy
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