Tullamore Rhymers at Mixed Messages
Mixed Messages is a unique poetry event, where there are no intros, no MC, and the run of the night is sporadic, …
Forgive, Forget
“Always forgive your enemies; nothing annoys them so much.” ― Oscar Wilde Those who stand against you, to your face, behind your …
If A Man Has Not His Dreams
Here is an old verse, from when I lived in Birr in 1995 or so! Its about having the confidence to believe …
Curtain falls on the Final Scene of the Rhyme in Joe Lees in Tullamore
The curtain has fallen on Tullamore’s Scene of the Rhyme events in Joe Lees, which from a few short months ago – …
Look to the Heavens Not
Men, wise and foolish, who look for hope With mankind they despise Pray to Gods and spirits unknown The dwell above in …
Walking Away
Music: Guilherme Schroeter Singing: Guilherme Schroeter Lyrics: Tomás Ó Cárthaigh
SLAM in Kilkenny – The All Ireland Poetry Slam in Irelands Quirkiest Pub
The Hole in the Wall pub in Kilkenny has to be one of – if not the – quirkiest pub in Kilkenny. …
Whats the Story with the Ducks? Luan Parle and Clive Barnes play Hugh Lynch’s
In what must be the strangest question ever to be asked by an audience member, Clive Barnes explained the story behind the …
Piecing together the JIGSAW for Mental Health in Offaly
Death walks among us. In every town and village in Ireland, in all communities, even the Irish Traveller community in which it …
Arrived in the post – 2015 Horse Fairs of Ireland Calender
Arrived yesterday in the post was the 2015 Horse Fairs of Ireland calender from Siobhan English, heres a photo of yours truly …
We Are Not the Enemy
We are not the enemy, the folk who pay the bills, Who try to pay their mortgages, who themselves through suicide kills …
Dreams Fled Away
Quote: Dreams fled away, this country bedroom, raw – “Another September” (Kinsella) Dreams, aye, dreams dreamt by dreamers have fled And the …
Thoughts as we approach Christmas – Blog
As we approach Christmas, a few thoughts come to mind as well as a few suggestions for presents for the coming season! …
Morocco Through a Window
A thousand colours, little green These hills, where the Berber rode After him the Arab on steed Then French and Spanish on …
Diur
The oak, strong and mighty, as is the warrior, In the face of the storm found, Fighting adversity, the winds, giving shelter …
Loose Lips
Oh those fools of no schools, all swords and big mouths Who stand as not planned and boast and drunkenly shout It …
Let the People Speak – Irish Water Potential Referendum
Why not also a vote on the property tax issue? I proposed same on Boards.ie some years back to a muted response …
All That Jazz
A video posted by Thomas Carty (@tomjcarty) on Feb 23, 2015 at 5:30pm PST Notes drift to the Dublin night air Soul …
Buy the Book! “The Day the Mirror Called” from Blackwater Poetry Group and Rebel Poetry
“The Day the Mirror Called” the new anthology of poetry from Blackwater Poetry Group, published by Rebel Poetry and edited by Gene …
Babser
My family came to Banagher in 1977 from Ballinalee in North Longford (via Clones, Athlone, Daingean and Moate!) and I grew up …