Christopher Gray and the poet F. R. Higgins (1896 - 1941)
Recorded by Paddy Smith of the Boyne Writers Group to mark All Ireland Poetry Day in 2013, Auction by F. R. Higgins is easily one of the finest poems ever to come out of this county. Recited here by Christopher Gray and with the last verse by Michael Farry it was originally posted on this site back in 2014. I came across it again a few days ago and said why not. This poem will hang there with Yeats or Kavanagh no trouble. There are many anthologies of Irish poetry out there but I've yet to come across one where it is included. Perhaps I don't read enough of them. If you should come across our magazine from 2018, there it is.
F. R. Higgins was born in Foxford Co. Mayo spending summers in Meath at his beloved Higginsbrook.
He is buried in the churchyard at Laracor, Trim Co. Meath. Once the parish church of Jonathan Swift.
With thanks to Paddy Smith, Michael Farry and of course Christopher Gray and all who were there.
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