Naas street gets lift with Timmy's poetry
Three Generations of Conway's stand on Basin Street - Timmy Conway with his son Alistair and grandson Aaron Photos: Aishling Conway
NAAS’S Basin St is being woken up from its slumber thanks to the heartening photos and poetry of a former councillor.
Timmy Conway, accountant and retired Labour elected member took inspiration from his late close friend Major John Hubert MC de Burgh who passed away in 2010 when putting together a book several years ago which has now resulted in some of this work being placed along the street.
The photos are snippets from Mr Conway's poetry book, , which is a collection of poems he wrote about De Burgh's Wood in Naas which the Major ensured that members of the public could enjoy and use following his death.
Mr Conway’s son Alastair explained that his father had “a long standing friendship” with Major De Burgh.
Alistair said the firm friends had “many a nature enthused walk around the magnificent grounds and it is an absolute joy to Timmy and indeed to everyone that this wonderful amenity is finally opened to the people of Naas so that they too can experience the wonder of nature and thought inspired contemplative solitude that the woods has to offer".
Basin Street is where Mr Conway has had his offices with his family since 1981 and pointed out Alastair, “it is a slow torturous shame to see this wonderful street falling into what can only be described as unsightly dereliction.”
So, to give this street a well-needed sprucing up, Mr Conway commissioned the incredible and Naas-loving staff of Millbrook Press to print passages and photos from his book that had been written over several years and was published in 2020.
“On page three of his book, there is a note dated 24 February 2004 in which Major de Burgh says that when he is gone he wanted the woods and gardens to be enjoyed by the people of Naas,” Alastair added.
“My father sought permission for the photos he took to be used in his book from Major de Burgh’s family. It’s great to see his poetry and images being brought to life on the street.”
The images on display on Basin Street are actual photos that were taken in De Burghs Wood and Mr Conway published the book to highlight the beauty of these woods for everyone to see to capture their intrigue of what can only be described as, - De Burghs Wood.
