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February 2016

All Is Fair in the War of an Election

Background – James Bannon of Fine Gael in Longford got questioned today by Garda (police) about removing voting leaflets belonging to Sinn …

Not Fit To Fly The Red Flag

Together we fought as Irishmen Against the classes and the Crown Anglo, Scot and Gael together We fought and won, took an …

Cursing the Unlucky Stars

My luck is all right from time to time But crisis I always find Finds me more the more I seek to …

Birds Sing

The birds sing among the boughs The wind blows soft upon the face Life is hard on the best of days Hard …

Civilians Slain – An Empire Saved

The sight of the Dillon family emerging from their house waving a white flag in Moore Street being shot down by snipers …

Lovers of Bazdara

A Pashtun (Afghan) love story, of a couple who fell for each other at first sight, but were destined not to be …

The Camera Steals the Spirit

The elders spoke against the box Covered with the cloth That painted pictures on the glass And they wanted not Their picture …

My Way Is In The Sand Flowing

” My way is like the sand flowing between the shingle and the dune” The sand it flows on the seashore Here …

Fishermens Tales

Castiglione’s advise on this, well known to Yeats, was literally taken to heart. The courtier must create an image of the beloved …