tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6496460488742488789.post7163058160475466236..comments2024-03-18T10:29:46.055+00:00Comments on Ken Armstrong Writing Stuff: On Beezie's IslandKen Armstronghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07775956557261111127noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6496460488742488789.post-73724366329053740002015-11-07T11:49:22.748+00:002015-11-07T11:49:22.748+00:00W.B.Yeats was one of Beezie's regular visitors...W.B.Yeats was one of Beezie's regular visitors and I believe that his most famous poem <br />, 'The Lake Isle of Inishfree' was inspired by Beezie. It was the only occupied island on Lough Gill but 'Gallagher's Island' was not very poetic so Willie Yeats used the name of the next island on the lake, Inishfree. Beezie's story first came to light when a lady journalist with The Sligo Champion, Gertrude O'Reilly, a Ballina woman, visited Beezie and wrote about her and her life. Gertrude is still very much alive and living in Enniscrone; she also covered the re-interment of the poet's remains back in 1948 when they were brought back from the south of France to Sligo.<br />L.O'R<br />13/06/2015. <br />Liam Ognoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6496460488742488789.post-8148776975569819932015-11-07T11:49:01.487+00:002015-11-07T11:49:01.487+00:00W.B.Yeats was one of Beezie's regular visitors...W.B.Yeats was one of Beezie's regular visitors and I believe that his most famous poem <br />, 'The Lake Isle of Inishfree' was inspired by Beezie. It was the only occupied island on Lough Gill but 'Gallagher's Island' was not very poetic so Willie Yeats used the name of the next island on the lake, Inishfree. Beezie's story first came to light when a lady journalist with The Sligo Champion, Gertrude O'Reilly, a Ballina woman, visited Beezie and wrote about her and her life. Gertrude is still very much alive and living in Enniscrone; she also covered the re-interment of the poet's remains back in 1948 when they were brought back from the south of France to Sligo.<br />L.O'R<br />13/06/2015. <br />O'Raghnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6496460488742488789.post-47583373660312732892014-08-09T15:15:59.196+01:002014-08-09T15:15:59.196+01:00Ken, that brings back so many good memories. We h...Ken, that brings back so many good memories. We had great fun didn't we. Beezie's Island is a special place. If you go for a row indulge yourself in some of those fantastic memories.<br />Nualanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6496460488742488789.post-53113745657474102962013-08-18T15:44:52.966+01:002013-08-18T15:44:52.966+01:00I’m afraid I’ve nothing as … I suppose ‘romantic’ ...I’m afraid I’ve nothing as … I suppose ‘romantic’ is the right word here … to compare this to although I did got through my <i>Swallows and Amazons</i> phase although I lost interest in that by the time I went to secondary school. By then I was discovering the pleasures geekdom had to afford and spent most of my time inside or if I did go out with a mate it was to the railway yard where we’d sit in a brake van and drink whatever alcohol we could lay our hands on. All that’s gone now, replaced by a ruddy great Tesco. But we had the rifle range and the frog pond and the sand pits and stuff like that. And ruins. There were so many ruins to explore when we were kids. Not ruined castles or anything—Dad would take us to see those—but factories and houses and I used to love being in places-where-I-ought-not-to-be. I think it was here that I started to tune into Poetry in its purest form. Never knew what to do with the feelings but enjoyed having them. Museums are all fine and good but they’re too ordered and unnatural. I would’ve gone over to Beezie’s Island if it had been near me. I’d probably have needed to be encouraged into the boat—I’ve only been out in a rowboat once in my life and was terrified (not fond of water, me)—but I’d probably have gone just to satisfy my curiosity. Terribly curious I am and always have been.Jim Murdochhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12786388638146471193noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6496460488742488789.post-43062511323505376302013-08-18T15:09:39.597+01:002013-08-18T15:09:39.597+01:00If you want someone to go with I would love to go ...If you want someone to go with I would love to go i remember going with you and Shane on ascension Thursday 1979. It was a great dayUnknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02828648865602385120noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6496460488742488789.post-73917381078622504122013-08-18T12:33:52.316+01:002013-08-18T12:33:52.316+01:00Hi Ken
A wonderful account of Beezie's Island....Hi Ken<br />A wonderful account of Beezie's Island. It was one of Mum's, your Aunty Mary's, favourite places to visit, sharing lots of lovely memories of trips up the lake. I cannot recall ever having visited, and have now added it to another very good reason to return home to my beloved Sligo, which I miss. The only thing I don't like about Sligo is having to leave.<br />Have a lovely time next week, and give my love to everyone <3 Louise Fallonnoreply@blogger.com