Extracts from James Fenton's poem "On Slaimish" at the base of the Alaphabet Angel
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Extracts from James Fenton's poem "On Slaimish" at the base of the Alaphabet Angel
Image: © Eric Jones Taken: 24 Sep 2013
The pathway leading to the Alphabet Angel - the work of the sculptor Ross Wilson - has inlaid a poem in Ulster Scots by the teacher-poet James Fenton. Fenton,was brought up in Drumdarragh and Ballinaloob, County Antrim, townlands where Ulster Scots was the everyday tongue. On the following link James Fenton can be heard reading the extract at the unveilling of the statue in 2005. http://www.bbc.co.uk/ulsterscots/library/unveiling-of-ross-wilsons-alphabet-angel
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