A Round for Dublin

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A Round for Dublin


for when ancient cities were small,...............................as lizziep says, dropping the 'for' might help. It's not as if any causality is being proposed. To preserve the metre, perhaps you'd need to change it to 'in antiquity, when cities' etc.
and most modern cities, not cities at all, ....................................three 'cities' in 2 lines
you were the smallest: a model

by which our country should grow ...............I understand that your argument towards the end is that Dublins is standing as a model for a city growing out of its messy foundation, but the relevance of size to this is not clear.
out of this putrid mess of snow
that is Pinatubo's discharge. Know ...........snow - ice - drugs - Duterte's mess? nice

that you're well and truly loved, e'en
by those who'd rather have seen
all those damn Nationalists hanged on a tree, ............didn't get this one. The Ulster nationalists? Or Filipino ones?

at least with Ni Houlihan having proved
not only that she could win on the road
but also produce U2.

just saw that it's for fun, so you aren't after crit...but too late