The hanging stone sits proud on Arklow’s South beach. Look up – the large stone overhanging the rockface is called ‘The Hanging Stone’. This boulder is so delicately balanced on another rock that it looks like it could topple at any moment. It’s said to have been a place where Irish people were hung in times gone by.

Family art and #poetry affair.
Photo of the hanging stone by me.
Poem by Da and written in fancy script by my sister Karen. #PoemsByMyDa

I'm enjoying #MyOldHardDrive. This is on of Da's poems, written up by my sister Karen. Da used to go out on fishing boats many years after his main job at the copper mine ended. I think the sea was a better work place for him. He saw some horrible things in the mines. #PoemsByMyDa