Passing Ballybrit Castle
By force won from the feirce O’Flahertys Held by Burke for the English Crown On the wrong side of the Wars of …
Beyond the Crest of the Hill
Genes current battle is a struggle for him and Margo as it is for all couples who go through this, or who …
Flying a Drone in Merlin Woods
Flying a drone in the Merlin Woods in Galway today, I thought of when I watched the movie “Eye in the Sky” …
High Cost of Cheap Beef From Brazil
The powers that be tell you that we Should be happy with beef from Brazil They suppose its racist to oppose What …
The Buck , The Nyeuck
Recently a friend from the Blackwater Poets was diagnosed with Cancer, which we rarely refer to by name, preferring euphemisms such as …
There Are Many Roads to Dublin
There are many roads to Dublin, but some will tell you no They will tell you the one true road, if to …
Are the Fairies Against the Fair?
The locals they were wondering They were trying to make sense Why the Sergeant wants to stop Banagher Fair Or away in …
Holy Waters of Saint Bridget at Ballycumber
This story I first heard from a poem read by Rosemary Porter at Banaghers “Readings from the Pallet” festival some years back. …
War with the Whin
“Whin” is the word for furze in Hiberno English and Ulster Scots in the northern half of Ireland (North Leinster and Connacht, …
Three Magpies a Wedding Watched
To Geraldine & Joe, on the occasion of their wedding! There is an old Irish tradition that three magpies at a wedding …
Blog – Walking into the Light – Darkness In Light in Galway 2016
This has been a year where the loss of folk before their time has been all too common and public. I also …