Sacrificial Overkill.

Old Croghan Man, currently on display National Museum of Ireland, Kildare Street.

Sacrificial Overkill.

Tanned groom, remains,

Leveled under-world,

Belly full, while his people starved;

Failed kingship, a triple edged sword.

Garroted with a willow noose,

Biceps pierced with Hazel withies,

Slashed, stabbed, blunt forces bashes,

Life crossed over, bronzed brackish waters

Three ways to kill a king,

To be sure, to be sure, to be sure.

By Julie Corcoran.