Sailing Up The Erne Towards Gowna
I turn into historic waters As I emerge from Foleys Cut and turn right That came from where my people are from …
I turn into historic waters As I emerge from Foleys Cut and turn right That came from where my people are from …
From the well the calf it leaped As unwisely the widow chose For ease her load not too long to carry In …
Where once a torrent in the rain The water gently flows… All the moods and weathers of life That a river or …
Background – my mother worked with a Polish man Mikail Jaszczyn from the Polish part of Ukraine, from which they fled during …
In memory of Vitaly Volodymyrovych – the Sgt Custume of out times. The Irishman who gave his life in Williamite War in …
Dad would have been one hundred today, if still alive. He would have enjoyed cashing the cheque from the President he often …
Dad would have been 100 if alive today. While he always said his date of birth was the 22nd as the “all …
The lady deep in her slumbers Was woken by her dear Whose reasons for wakind his beloved was not as romantic as …
The music lives on that Aisling played She lives on in the hearts she touched, the friends she made The children she …
“May you be the mother of a bishop!” An Irish “blessing”, depending on the context of the utterer At the well she …
When I was walking the Slieve Blooms a decade back, I was a lot fitter than now – though far from fit!!! – and the hair was black with grey. Time passes, and its now white with black!!!
Every so often a book I see That once I had upon my shelf Opposite the fireplace that would never draw Smoking …
Once upon a time in the Garden of Eden God gave Adam and Eve a PC But banned them from the Apple …
The vicar of Carnmoney was a greedy sort for money So the histories of the time of him tell The Devil spotted …
Its a long way to Australia from old Aughagreagh, Where his family left from decades before And the ladies he laughed with …
In learning to live she nearly lost her life Taught to world to love to learn Which is ignorant of a global …
A nice time of year to go – So long ago, like yesterday – When the veil of life was at its …
A cautionary tale of love, loans, and a mermaids revenge from the Carribean!!! Once upon a time in Friedensborg There lived a …
They echo still, the talking drums: Through time they echo down… To those who listen they shall hear The screams of the …
Background: I grew up with stories of my father on his honeymoon on the west coast describing it as “a great place …