November 24, 1938
Gorey, Wexford, Ireland
Sunset
February 5, 2017
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Thomas Sinnott
Loving husband to Maureen Sinnott for nearly 45 years
Loving father to Dorinda Sinnott, Stephen Sinnott and his wife Melanie
Loving brother to Martin Sinnott, his wife Mary, and Margaret Sinnott
Loving uncle to Marie, Ned, Declan, Jack, Eamonn, Michael, Stella, Catherine,
Paula, Eithnne, Carol, Martin, Marcella and Elizabeth
Recently predeceased by his brother Patrick Sinnott
Everything is Going to be All Right
How should I not be glad to contemplate
the clouds clearing beyond the dormer window
and a high tide reflected on the ceiling?
There will be dying, there will be dying,
but there is no need to go into that.
The poems flow from the hand unbidden
and the hidden source is the watchful heart.
The sun rises in spite of everything
and the far cities are beautiful and bright.
I lie here in a riot of sunlight
watching the day break and the clouds flying.
Everything is going to be all right.
Derek Mahon,
