Paul Ryan, a resident of Louth, with a poem from his collection.

A Nation's Shame


Unveiled by the light
Of a pale faced moon
Our nation’s shame
Exposed in Tuam

* *

Ground prised open
With bible and spade
Eight hundred innocents
Gracelessly laid

* *

Empty stomachs
Cages of bone
A septic tank
Their final home

* *

Crimes of the cloth
Through stained glass panes
Hold hands with the past
‘Neath rural plains.

* *

A state with no alibi
Awaits its fate
For mothers and babies
It’s way too late.

A Nation's Shame

Paul Ryan, a resident of Louth, with a poem from his collection.

A Nation's Shame


Unveiled by the light
Of a pale faced moon
Our nation’s shame
Exposed in Tuam

* *

Ground prised open
With bible and spade
Eight hundred innocents
Gracelessly laid

* *

Empty stomachs
Cages of bone
A septic tank
Their final home

* *

Crimes of the cloth
Through stained glass panes
Hold hands with the past
‘Neath rural plains.

* *

A state with no alibi
Awaits its fate
For mothers and babies
It’s way too late.

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