I was just going to confirm the same thing about the deep ravine and St. Teresa's with the statue. That's the way I heard it. My father and mother knew Paddy Kavanagh quite well and he was often in our house. Both my parents are still alive and my father has often told me that that is the meaning of the deep ravine. What a beautiful piece of poetry. That reminds me, I must get him out for a pint soon and discuss this poem again "...oh the cat and the cradle and the silver spoon..."

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