St Patricks Day

[Bob Pacey]

Yes I know I posted this in 2011 but have since found a picture of Patrick to go with it and it is St patricks day after all.


I may be Aussie but on St Patricks day I'm Irish.

PAT PACEY THE TAILOR


Patrick Pacey was a tailor he was Irish born and bred.
In the county name of Carlow that was where he lay his head.
Whilst out looking for employment in Carlow one election day.
Pat was caught up in a riot one might call it an affray.

Pat was injured by an officer then charged him with assault.
the case it went to court and trial but not with good result.
Pat had signed a statement he claimed he had read and understood.
but it was found that Patrick could not read the charge of perjury then stood.

The judge he read the verdict not a thing was left to chance.
A simple honest man was Pat caught out by circumstance.
Transported then for seven years upon the "Waverly Star.'
The destination was Brisbane town in Australia oh so far.

Pats wife Ann and seven children left for themselves to fend.
Through many years of hardship they would battle to the end.
Pat served four years and was set free hard times would test his mettle.
To return to Ireland he would not in Brisbane would he settle.

In the year of 1849 Pats family came to start anew.
His poor wife Ann had passed away his oldest son James too.
Pat opened then a tailors shop for his family to provide.
On the Queen and George street corner that was where his trade he plied.

Then in the year of 1860 Patrick Pacey passed away
Found drowned in Brisbane's river while looking for a poddy stray.
They buried Pat at Paddington at a place now called Lang Park.
No headstone to his memory was there his grave to mark.

Pats children then spread far and wide to tame this wide brown land.
To Brookfield and Rockhampton these pioneers would stand.
I sometimes think what might have been had Pat not chose to stay.
For many generations on the Pacey name stands proud today.

Were it possible to meet this man I would call his name out loud
and thank him for my family tree of which I'm so proud..
And Pat will never be forgotten though his feats were not so grand.
He simply helped his family thrive free, in this great land. .

BOB PACEY ( C )

[Glenny Palmer]

That's a great tribute to your ancestor Bob. And how bonza that you actually have his pic. It's quite amazing how many different paths could have been taken but for circumstance, and the impacts it all has on the descendants. Fascinating stuff.

It is croc's birthday today, so I'm a tad nostalgic & sooky. But isn't it fitting that he was born on St Paddy's Day? He surely thought the whole country was celebrating his birthday...

Nice poem Bob...

[Neville Briggs]

Goodonya Bob. You'e Irish today, are you also a saint on St Patrick's Day.