G'day Pat, Masato & belfast,

Until I read (then read up on) the Irish song of this name, I was severely misled by the fact that there is an Australian poem which has the same title, but uses "lagan" in it's English sense ... opposite to "flotsam" ... meaning wreckage and cargo that sinks when a ship is wrecked.

In that sense the poem deals with old loves as "lagan".

(just a passing insight .. ?)

Bob