From a Register of Sick Calls – attended to by the Clergy in July and August, 1922 during the Siege of Waterford by Joyce Butler
Above is the link to a personal recording of my poem, From a Register of Sick Calls – attended to by the Clergy in July and August, 1922 during the Siege of Waterford – which was accepted by Poetry As Commemoration for their Dublin City Centre Poetry Jukebox which is currently installed at the Irish Museum of Modern Art in Dublin until April this year. This poem was created during my attendance at the Poetry as Commemoration Workshops held in Waterford City Library in November, 2022.
The poem is about some local Waterford people who were shot during the Siege of Waterford, some of whom died and others recovered from their injuries –
John Doyle from Roches Street, Waterford was shot in the Post Office. He died from his injuries on the 7th of August.
Mary Ann Gaffney – from Upper Grange was accidently shot by her neighour, James Flynn. He had found a gun stashed in his hay shed by armed men. She died from her injuries.
Patrick O’Grady was shot in Kilmachthomas, a bullet lodged in his spine. He recovered from his injuries.
Joyce Butler 