{"id":635,"date":"2023-05-30T03:36:48","date_gmt":"2023-05-30T03:36:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/galwaycivictrust.ie\/?p=635"},"modified":"2023-06-01T00:35:49","modified_gmt":"2023-06-01T00:35:49","slug":"patrick-j-conneely-sr-the-irish-skipper-on-a-visit-to-galway-civic-trust","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/galwaycivictrust.ie\/index.php\/2023\/05\/30\/patrick-j-conneely-sr-the-irish-skipper-on-a-visit-to-galway-civic-trust\/","title":{"rendered":"Patrick J Conneely Sr., &#8216;The Irish Skipper&#8217;, On a visit to Galway Civic Trust"},"content":{"rendered":"<h5><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"642\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/galwaycivictrust.ie\/index.php\/2023\/05\/30\/patrick-j-conneely-sr-the-irish-skipper-on-a-visit-to-galway-civic-trust\/606_n\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/galwaycivictrust.ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/606_n.jpg?fit=720%2C960&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"720,960\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"606_n\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/galwaycivictrust.ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/606_n.jpg?fit=225%2C300&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/galwaycivictrust.ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/606_n.jpg?fit=720%2C960&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/galwaycivictrust.ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/606_n.jpg?resize=225%2C300&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-642 size-medium\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/galwaycivictrust.ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/606_n.jpg?resize=225%2C300&amp;ssl=1 225w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/galwaycivictrust.ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/606_n.jpg?w=720&amp;ssl=1 720w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/>On Wednesday,\u00a0 24th May 2023, we had the pleasure of a visit from Patrick J Conneely Sr., known also as the &#8216;Irish Skipper&#8217;. Patrick spent his life as a merchant mariner, now retired and living in Plymouth, Massachusetts, he writes poetry about his life&#8217;s experiences. Below are four videos showing Patrick reciting some of his poem&#8217;s at our Galway Civic Trust Office on Druid Lane.<\/h5>\n<h5>The four work&#8217;s recited by Patrick here are; <em>An Immigrant&#8217;s Last Farewell<\/em>, <em>Mother England<\/em>, <em>My Island in the Sky<\/em>, and <em>The Visitor<\/em>.<\/h5>\n<h5>You can find more of Patrick&#8217;s poem&#8217;s and writing&#8217;s on his website <em><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/theirishskipper.com\/\">The Irish Skipper<\/a><\/strong><\/em>.<\/h5>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong>An Immigrant&#8217;s Last Farewell, <span>this poem is dedicated to Patrick&#8217;s late wife, Winifred Monaghan.<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Q0-848YqhlE\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong>My Island in the Sky<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/0L71ATFv4A0\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong>Mother England, a poem by Patrick J Conneely Sr<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Nj8T5Q_pi1k\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong>The Visitor, a poem by Patrick J. Conneely Sr.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/fxdNyYdhPnY\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Here are some more of Patrick&#8217;s poem&#8217;s, find all of them on his website\u00a0 <em><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/theirishskipper.com\/\">The Irish Skipper<\/a><\/strong><\/em>.<\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"636\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/galwaycivictrust.ie\/index.php\/2023\/05\/30\/patrick-j-conneely-sr-the-irish-skipper-on-a-visit-to-galway-civic-trust\/an-immigrants-last-farewell\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/galwaycivictrust.ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/An-Immigrants-Last-Farewell.png?fit=2334%2C2604&amp;ssl=1\" 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