“A city built upon mud; A culture built upon profit; Free speech nipped in the bud, The minority always guilty. Why should I want to go back To you, Ireland, my Ireland?” WantShouldCultureCitiesSpeechBuiltProfitGuiltyMinoritiesIrelandFree SpeechShould IMudBudDecadence Book:Collected Poems Source: Collected Poems
“Today I am so at home in Dublin, more than in any other city, that I feel it has always been familiar to me. But, as with Belfast it took me years to penetrate its outer ugliness and dourness, so with Dublin it took me years to see through its soft charm to its bitter prickly kernel - which I quite like too.” FeelsYearsHomeTodayNamesCitiesViolenceFamiliarBitterOur FamilyGloriousCharmAssociationKernelDublin Author:Louis MacNeice
