How many people would remember it if not for the poem? By that standard the poem was a success. "If the events of the 28th December 1879 have indeed been long

How many people would remember it if not for the poem? By that standard the poem was a success. "If the events of the 28th December 1879 have indeed been long remembered outside the ranks of civil engineers and Dundonian rail passengers it is thanks to McGonagall’s poem."