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The Wreck

The Bunbeg shipwreck is located in the small village of Bunbeg on the west coast of Co Donegal 'Bád Eddie'(Eddie's Boat), a shipwreck which has been situated on Magherclogher beach since the early 70s where it had run ashore due to rough seas.

 

 

 

The Wreck

by my Mum.

 

Once she ploughed

The wild Atlantic waves.

Weather-beaten men

Hauling in the nets.

As her pristine hull

Braved the savage ocean

Year after year

 

Now her broken body

Lies embedded

On a Donegal strand.

Winter gales lash

As she clings

To the last

Remmants of life.

 

Masts hang broken

Crabs scuttle through

Decaying decks.

Gawping Tourists,

Cameras clicking

Record her Sad demise.

 

Lauri Mc Aleenan ©

 

 

© Yvonne Mc

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Uploaded on December 1, 2009
Taken on August 12, 2008