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May 2016

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 …

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 …