When I was 10 or 11 I had a short story published in a small Irish anthology. It was launched by Pat Ingoldsby and he was full of kindness and creativity. I knew him then as a children's TV presenter; later I read his poems and loved their fierce honesty and empathy. RIP, Pat
https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/2025/03/01/poet-and-broadcaster-pat-ingoldsby-dies-aged-82/
A couple of Pat Ingoldsby's poems
"Passing…" is from Scandal Sisters (Anna Livia Press, 1990)
"Translating…" is from Half a Hug (Willow Publications, 1998). Gleann na gCaorach is Irish for Glen or Valley of the Sheep
The beautiful photo of Pat is by Seamus Murphy, I think





