Rowlock Rhymes – ‘The battle of Runkerry’

Rowlock Rhymes – ‘The battle of Runkerry’

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Typed poem 'The battle of Runkerry', affixed to page - appears to be newspaper cutting. Mentions Portballintrae, Dunluce, Portrush, Germans, Kaiser. Page from loose manuscript of Rowlock Rhymes and Songs of Exile- a book of verse edited by Sam Henry. The author, Robert McMullan from Portballintrae, had the pen name 'North Antrim' and was "imbued with the Celtic spirit" and interested in the fishermen of the north coast of Antrim

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