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Tag: Poems about Tuam babies

‘Keep Digging’ by David Atkinson

March 17, 2017March 24, 2023 ~ And Other Poems

We Irish have a reputation for being handy with a spade, digging potatoes and turf; and when the potatoes stopped growing, no matter how much we dug, we planted our children in the ground. When we grew tired of planting our children we left for England, and when we arrived they gave us a spade … Continue reading ‘Keep Digging’ by David Atkinson

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