Don’t Seek Favours from the Good Folk
Some folk are brave and more are not To ask the good folk for what they seek Those spirit folk we called …
Spinning Yarns and Telling Tales at Moth and Butterfly in Katies Cottage in Claddagh
While out for a walk I thought Id catch the Moth & Butterfly event in Katies Cottage in Claddagh… a newly built …
Heading to the Horizon
Written on hearing a talk about doing the Camino, when heading out the walker told us his favourite part was looking at …
Exile Prepares to Walk to Connaught
When Oliver Cromwell took over Ireland, his infamous decree of “to hell or to Connaught” was enacted. Popularly thought to be all …
Sins of the Fathers Shall Be Visited On The Sons
Words to be posted.
When They Stood There For That Photo
When they stood there, for that photo Before my father was even born then Who is now but in a picture a …
The Old Tongue of the Fishermen
Its spoke no more on boggy field By peasants who live under roofs of thatch Who smoke piped tobacco and drink buttermilk …
Dream, Rebellion, Reality, Dream
The Bastille stormed, and those who died On the streets for the cause of freedom… Was it worth it when it was …
Democracy or Meritocracy… that is the Question
As we reflect on the last century, we look with apprehension to the future as Donald Trump shows a lot of the …
Reflections on Orange Day
As the Orange Day celebrations passed off without much incident in the North of Ireland, an unprecedented event happened “in Connaught” as …
Jobstown Not Guilty – There is still justice in an Irish Court
The victory of the Jobstown protesters against the false imprisonment of Joan Burton gives hope that there still is justice for the …
Those Folk in their High Towers
They look down on those below: Who look up at them Who live in their high towers… Blight to the eye Seen …
Black Swan on the Claddagh
The black swan still swims on the Claddagh, showing example to our people as times of heightened tensions have seen attacks on …
Covfefe – If You Don’t Understand You Don’t Matter
Not since Spike Milligans nonsense verse, or James Joyce idiosyncratic language in Finnegans wake, has one persons twist on the English language …
Horsemen Awaited at Bunlahy
Background – Sean Mac Eoin told of a Tracey family related to him that had two brothers in the fight at Granard, …
When Words Fail, Silence Speaks Best
The war hawks screamed “Where are your words Now that ours have fallen?” But silence spoke loudest A simple prayer Of grief …
Walking Among a Host of Faded Daffodils at Lough Atalia
And all at once I saw a crowd / A host of dark yellow wilted daffodils… With apologies to #wordsworth #loughatalia seen …
Enda Exits – Legacy of Lives Lost
Enda Kenny is set to retire as I speak as Fine Gael leader, and as prime minister when a replacement is found, …
Kings of the Sun of Sacred Bloodline
A work in progress reflecting on the death of the Sun King, its relationship to the modern Sangreal legends, and the connections …
Gheluvelt
One of the quirks behind Gheluvelt was not alone was our Donegal freind of Longford extraction in the field, but it was …