mrdux, My brain is on a pre holiday vacation. Of course-Gogarty!!! I've his memoirs here "It isn't that time of year at all!" -Classic memoirs off the Golden Age of Dublin.

I first heard "Ringsend" on the Long John Nebel radio show (NY)in the '60's. Anyone recall Long John? He was a master interviewer-loved it the night he took apart L. Ron Hubbard - (Dyanetics (sp?) Founder. John uncovered a talking ass! The B.S. flowed freely that night.

Back to Gogarty--A brilliant Irish writer named Ulick O'Connor wrote a bio of Gogarty, and recited in the most mellifluous Dublin accent one would ever hear many of Gogarty's poems. I was in love with that voice!

THanks for steering me back to a pleasant memory.