PATRICK DINNIE

Padric Mac Phaidin

Patrick Dinnie ( Pat McFadden) Roscad, Creeslough, Co. Donegal and Parmerstown Dublin.
Patrick was born in Roscad one of twelve children to Dinnie and Gracie McFadden he worked for a time in Scotland before becoming a Board of Works man in Dublin.

 Patrick has dedicated this Pome to his parents

My Own Creeslough Home

In a far off land I fell asleep
And traveled back in time
I saw my Creeslough town again
And the fields of yellow corn

I heard McSwines gun loud and clear
I saw Sheephaven Bay
McSweeney;s Castle on the shore
Where the grate O'Neills held sway

I traveled up Dutally Brae
The well known sights to see
And from the heart of Ferries Wood
I heart the old banshee

I saw my parents once again
In the fields where they worked hard
To raise a family twelve in all
In the homestead in Roscad

But alas their daily work in done
No longer shall they toil
They rest with God in peace
In Canleys English soil

The Creeslough fair was in full swing
With large crowds in the street
And the corner of the garden packed
With cattle pigs and sheep

I met my boyhood friends again
In the good time we had
Where the Abhain Buidhe river winds course
Through the fields around Roscad

Alas twa's but a dream I had
As I travelled back in time
To cherish long lost memories
Of my own Creeslough town.