Further to my last, Dickie's son Mickser was given the fare to England because the authorities were about to try and lock him up in the Artane boys home Not for anything criminal, but because they had decided to put him in care, which is what they did in those days for no other reason than the church dictated it so. But I digress, because I was speaking to my mam today, and she informed me of what the Auld Triangle actually was. It was in fact the sound made by the warning triangle on one of the working boats that used to deliver to the warehouses near the prison, as an alert to the lock keeper of an incoming delivery. They would deliver at six in the morning and six in the evening, so the men would use it as a type of clock. It was the regular method of telling the time inside the Walls of "The Joy". And more importantly, was a direct link with the normality of the outside world. It was also interesting to find out that Dickie and Brendan first met as kids, and remained friends up until Brendans death. Dickie worked as a labourer for Brendans dad, when he was a painter and decorator. So in one way or another they were always together. An example of their friendship, was highlighted when Dickie's daughter Annie drowned in the Liffey. Brendan was at the funeral and sang a lament for her and the family. A small act of friendship, but something grandad never forgot. On a happier note, Brendan turned up at the Rotunda when Dickie's wife Mary gave birth to the twins my aunt Lilly and uncle Dickyboy. Of course the porter flowed very freely as they wet the babies heads (LOL). Mam became quite animated as she pointed out that many of the great Irish writers had been forced out of Dublin, because they had the temerity to write about the place in all it's raw degradation. Brendan was a man the authorities could never have kowed or forced out because Dublin was his city plain and simple, and they knew it! It is probably this factor that explains why it took so long for a statue to be erected in his honour? Perhaps Dublin's elite were ashamed of him and his so called infamy, but the common people were proud of him and his achievements, which to Brendan's mind would have been all that mattered. Hopefully the above has cleared up one or two queries about the song and it's content.