Words Written While Listening to Moonlight Sonata
As if the gods were striking the strings The air the piano plays And I listening am transported Back to former slower …
Its Your Move
It is just a game they say There is nothing to prove A pawn a rook to win or lose It matters …
How the Clan Eoghanacht Got Their Name
From the sea they came open, not sneaking by stealth And they came for to parley, fosterage for wealth As silver was …
Tullamore Rhymers All Set for Body and Soul
It is set to be a fantastic solstice weekend, with the Tullamore Rhymers featuring at Body and Soul in the Bulmers Lounge, …
Cavaliers To Ride Again At Banagher Fair
They will tumble down as Dick did before them To one side will be their self important laws will be thrown We …
Honest Hands Build True
Honest hands build walls true: Work plain for all to see – Stands the test of time, Passed by walkers like me …
The Three Eve’s – Apalai Native American Creation Legend
Western mysticism speaks of the “Seven Daughters of Eve”, in Apalai tradition, there were three women at creation, Three eves so to …
The First Sign (The Hopi Native American Prophecies)
The first sign of the changing of the fourth to the fifth world according to Hopi legend is explored in this poem, …
Magpies
In times of trial once upon a time When lost for direction myself did find While walking away the woes of life …
Seek the Distant Isle
Of which was spoken the sailed to seek Many ships, families and fighting men, As generations had sailed before, They take to …
Breaking the Duck at the Roisin Dubh, some Salsa Dancing and Tai Chi in Galway – Getting through the Bucket List and Early Onset Mid Life Crisis!
Try something new they said. So that was my challenge for this week, and I also got to introduce a Galway audience …
Drinking to the Health of a Crazed Genius
Picasso was a tad mad… and none the worse for that!
The Harp of King Brian Ború
Its a mere 1001 years since the battle of Clontarf, and we understand little of the dynamics of the battle. There was …
For The Corncrakes and Mankinds Sakes
If we put the same resources to saving the hungry and the homeless as we do into one little bird, this would …
The Fall of the Germans of Vrsac
The Banat Germans dispapperaered after WWII. From forced migration to revenge attacks, only a small minority remain, often hiding among repectable minorities …