This poem was submitted by Patricia Lawler - nee Nolan - daughter of Ballon living in London.  Patricia had this poem published.
The Dolmen is the famous Carlow dolmen - photo soon.
Great granite tombstone, slanted and vast.
Huge tonnage, resting upon three small supporting stones.
Goddesses who carried the weight
of the world upon their shoulders.
Placed here by a people from a distant past.
Children of the Tuathe De Danann.
Momument perhaps to a chieftain.
Whose name and memory which did not last
the passing of nearly four millennia.
What rites?
What prayers were said when first this work was done?
The capstone concentrated perhaps to Dagda, Father of All.
Lord of perfect Knowledge,
Guardian of the Fertility of the Earth.
Whose harp called into existence the seasons
of the Celtic year.
The attendant stones to Danu, Anu and Bridget.
Goddesses of skill, learning, culture and plenty.
And what alignment to the night sky?
Flashing mica sparks catch the sun.
Within a sacred circle, the power and the mystery live on.
Before you go, place your hands upon the Dolmen.
Feel the peace, energy and strength
that lives within this nighty stone.
Take in its strength, fill up with its energy, go in peace.

Browneshill Dolmen, near Carlow town:

One very unmistakable monument dating back to pre-historical times is the great Dolmen at Browneshill to the east of Carlow town. The magnificent capstone has excited the interest of many antiquarians and tourists down through the years. The Dolmen has a granite capstone weighing about 100 tonnes. It is thought that religious rites, possibly even human sacrifice, were performed there for four and a half thousand years (2500 B.C.) and is a testament to the fact that even our ancestors in the mists of pre-history regarded the area as somewhere special.

Taken from Carlow Rural Tourism web site.

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