A Funeral for an Irish Summer

We are here today

to say goodbye to the Irish Summer

taken from us cruely

far too soon

We will always remember the time we spent together.

Those four days in July

and the two at the start of June.

But in this short time

Summer left its mark on so many of us.

None more so than Martin.

Summer leaves behind

a rusted barbecue,

a set of unused beach toys

and a beach tent,

which will no longer fit back

in its bag.

Although he wasn't always there

when we wanted him to be

when he was, he was great craic

You know, you could be going into work and he'd turn up

and next thing you know

you'd be 16 cans deep

sitting on the side of a canal.

Oh, yeah.

That was just him.

You know

One minute he's there

and the next minute he's gone.

He didn't even say goodbye.

I spent 1300 _____ euro

on decking.

A reading from the book of July,

and the people waded out into the water

without fear.

Pausing for a moment at the genitals

but trusting in the power of the sun

they walked forward

We swam in the sea.

Response.

And it actually wasn't that bad.

A reading from the book of

Irish Barbecue 3:6

And then Peadar said to Pol

Will you have another burger?

I've cooked 16

and there is only three of us here.

A time to apply sunscreen

and a time to just take a chance.

A time to gather at a barbecue

and a time to give everyone

salmonella

We will now recite the Summer Prayer

Irish summer who art not long.

Blessed be thy heat.

Thy sunshine come

Thy sunburn stung

On face as it did on feet

A few tokens will now be presented

to remind us of the Irish Summer.

The warm can of Guinness

the sock

and

the sandal

the cheese sandwich

covered in sand

When sky's are grey

But sunburn will turn to tan

and tan in turn will fade.

And as we head once more into the darkness,

we are reminded that

Ah bollocks

Oh, come on.

It's still July!

Doomdah

We have added two extra shows to Galway

Yes, we're also coming to Cork and Wexford and Dublin.

Two extra chosen Dublin, too.

We'll see you in Canada or in the USA

if you want to come and visit us.

And in the meantime,

The lady in the shop was right. They wilted.

I should have got the fresh ones.

She said so and I

I went against her. Good judgment.

Saved 50cent

I'm really sorry.