"...I must go down the seas again, to the vagrant gypsy life
To the gull's way and the whale's way, where the wind's like a whetted knife
And all I ask is a merry yarn from a passing fellow rover
And a quiet sleep and a sweet dream when the long trick's over.. "
John Masefield, about 1896

Farraigí na hÉireann (Seas of Ireland)