Merlin Woods: Christmas Morning
I did not join they praying crowds In man built temples made of stone I did not go to pray as such …
The Gathering Rush – Richard Brennan Launches Chapbook
Some folk plan for ages to do a book. Talk lots about it. In the meantime, others come and put put books …
Wells of Tara
From Tara, where expanse can be seen, From the Irish sea, to the Shannons water Expanse of the Kingdom of Royal Meath …
Walking Past Adamnans Church in Birr
Its just another ruined church to some, but St Brendans Old Church in Birr is where a little known Irish saint wrote …
Stopped Clocks and All That – The Kildare Street Standoff and Merrion Square Rollover – right2water Dec 10 protests
Beyond the wire A photo posted by Thomas Carty (@tomjcarty) on Dec 12, 2014 at 8:05am PST Kevin Higgins is a writer …
Being the Embarrassing Relations
Embarrassing relations – we all have them ! You put them upstairs, or in a back room So they are not seen, …
Warning to Politicians
Where fear drove comfort out; straw on the floor Was price of conquering security. “A Warning to Conquerors” – Donagh MacDonagh We …
Where God Is and Has Been
“In Nature we see where God has been. In our fellow man, where He still is at work.” – Robert Brault
Sleeping Neath a Nipple
While climbing the Paps in Kerry some years back with writer Derek Fanning, I took a nap under the Cairn on the …
Christmas Card to the Homeless
Every homeless person is something to somebody. This was the Jonathan Corrie story >>> More than a face, you have a name, …
Swans on the Grand Canal at Tullamore
For all that’s wrong in the world, what to worry of we choose Ebola, and Al-Qaeda, all the nonsense in the news …
Santy’s Christmas Party
They had finished all the presents, cleared off all the shelves Wrapped up all the chocolates, Santa and the Elves Someone brought …
No Laughing Matter – Serious Topics Broached at Accents Café Comedy Night
I bought a house for €500,000. Its now worth €250,000 – after 19 years of woking, I now owe quarter of a …
Jumping the Broom
Men of cloth forbidden to love Have of love between others much to say Only a girl and a boy, they think, …
Walking Tara
Where druids walked, I walked it too The footsteps of history Walked by soldiers, rebels, peasants and kings Walked by my poet …
Christ Was Crucified In Dublin
As if once more nailed to a cross In Dublin, Christ was crucified Where on a street beside the Dáil The least …