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13th Lock Haunting

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Colin Becker

13th Lock Haunting
09 August, 2012 09:02

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Greetings,

Has anyone come across a poem by Arthur Griffith about the haunting of the 13th Lock on the Royal Canal ?
If so, can you send me a reference to where it can be found ?

A bit of Googling brings up a few mentions but not the actual text.

Best Wishes,

Colin
GMY Chang Sha

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titchreilly1

Re: 13th Lock Haunting
10 August, 2012 23:46

Registered: 1 year ago
Posts: 9

Hi Colin

I wonder is this any good to you in your search, I came across it on a kildare heritage site.

It is a few lines from the poem, maybe you can take it from there ?

"Then the skipper quick made a mighty kick and
the mariner felt the shock, and the crew found a grave
'neath the deep blue wave on the way to the thirteenth lock..."

sandra

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Colin Becker

Re: 13th Lock Haunting
13 August, 2012 09:20

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Hi Sandra,

I've actually turned up two poems with the same name and as soon as I track down a bit more information (specially about copyright stuff) about them I'll post them here. Your lines seem to come from one called "The Thirteenth Lock" that appeared in a a book called "Ireland's Other Poetry - Anonymous to Zozimous" compiled by Jackson & McDonnell published by Lilliput Press. That one is definitely credited to Arthur Griffith.

But there is another one. Folks will be aware that there's a band called "The Spook of the Thirteenth Lock" [thirteenthlock.net] who credit their name to the poem but it's a different poem and it begins:

Every night of the year about twelve of the clock,
The spirits and spooks of the dread Thirteenth Lock
Sit swinging their bodies a-this and that way
And singing in chorus "Ri tooril li lay."

Best Wishes,

Colin

GMY Chang Sha

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paul

Re: 13th Lock Haunting
14 August, 2012 10:05

Registered: 1 year ago
Posts: 19

not to hijack your thread but i have spent quite a bit of time there over the summer.it is alovely spot and allmost free of the dope smoking/can drinking brigade that seem to congregate in every harbour on the eastern end of the royal.the spin between the 13th and carton /pike bridge is one of the nicest on the canals.as for the ghost i have not yet seen him/her but sometimes at night when you are taking a leak in the bushes it would make you think.maybe its something to do with poor auld rags the dog who departed for the great kennel inthe sky.

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joe treacy

Re: 13th Lock Haunting
14 August, 2012 12:46

Registered: 4 years ago
Posts: 521

Agree completely with you Paul, the 13th and surrounding tow paths are special places with no visible anti-social evidence. We passed through there on Sunday afternoon and had a chat with some walkers who had come from Spencer Dock that morning. A very picturesque area with the odd walker.

Joe.

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