Culture Night in Cafe 45 – Longford Leads in Literature and Arts
This Culture Night I was in Longford reading with Longford Writers Group who I joined lately, in Cafe 45, after which I …
The Famine Cross
At the back of St Josephs Hospital in Longford, there is the local famine graveyard. This poem is dedicated to those interred …
Vampire Killed By Love
I have a friend who is big into all Vampire stories, and we were discussing the saying about who loves the flower …
Whats in a Name
By Mac and O the rhyme does go An Irishman can be known Through this rhyme and a little time The truth …
1798 Thinking
“Thats 1798 thinking” ~ Longford phrase meaning its an old fashioned notion and idealist, unlike modern reality To think like we did, …
Tom Moran Remembered at 2017 Banagher Horse Fair
The Banagher Horse Fair of 2017 as expected was a great success, with one of the largest turn outs seen in recent …
The Tithe Child of Romsey
One tenth of all – the parsons share From cows in pasture to poultry flock From grain blowing in the breeze To …
Unborn Child Drawn by Da Vinci
We are never as pure as when before we are born, when we truly are faultless, but again, he who walks through …
Pride Blinds Men That See
In the Trumpian age, this verse of mine from seven years back or more is apt… Blind men with eyes that see …
Weekend of Hit and Miss in Banagher and Longford
I made the Readings at the Pallet this year, and found that its ten years since I was in at the first …
Defense of a Church Mouse
Some sculptor scoundrel, storytellers and the sort Have slandered by folk, questioned our worth Made our reputation dirt, who in the church …
After Touring St. Mels Cathederal
Where the fire burned… its smell intimately familiar One statue survived, mere damage and dust of smoke Pictured on the walls: the …
Reading the works of the Poets Higgins
I have recently become the happy owner of the book on Cloncoose poet Pat Higgins, a folk poet of the time when …
The Lady of Culray
She was a landlords daughter Her lover not so grand It was illegal to be a Catholic You could not own your …