Comment by Michael Craig Kasper on September 14, 2014 at 9:30am

Beautiful, Declan.  Thank  you for posting.

Comment by John Drake on October 3, 2014 at 11:00am

So haunting,thanks

Comment by Bit Devine on October 3, 2014 at 4:11pm

This song was based on letters written by the great-great-grandfather of the songwriters, Brian Hunt, to their great-grandfather. Brian, being illiterate, had the help of the local schoolmaster... The schoolmaster, Padraig MacNamara, was a good friend of John's and had promised to look after the elder and keep him informed as much as he could.

The verses span thirty two years of letter writing....

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