Paul Ormsby Ciaran Smith
Two men lost at sea
Two were found and they brought home
Given burial prayer intoned
But two still lost at sea
Erris people walk the shore
And look out for a sign
Two helmets carried on the tide
Tokens of those men and pride
Washed in on the brine
The sea gives up her dead tis said
On resurrection day
Until that time we walk the strand
Hoping to lend a helping hand
And bring them to the clay
The welcome of the Erris folk
Is warm and true and kind
They know the power of wind and weather
How everyone must pull together
Till lost ones we can find
Brian Fahy
9 June 2022
+ The four crew of rescue helicopter R116 lost their lives on a rescue mission off the coast of Erris, County Mayo, on 14th March 2017.
Erris Poetry 