Keep the Beat of Galway Playing
#street #music from @gstreetclub again today… #thisisgalway #wildatlanticway #culture A post shared by Thomas Carty (@tomjcarty) on Apr 21, 2017 at 3:15pm …
Cutting Old Burkes Roses
While out walking near Salthill a few days back, a man cutting roses from a bush outside a derelict house talked to …
This Far and No Farther
World War One was a savage conflict, and long before the invention and application of Blitzkrieg the Germans were “masters of shell …
Longford Folk Speak of the Pashtun
Willie Carty worked for the Dopping Hepenstal family, and heard stories of their relative who was in the British Army in Waziristan …
On Beauty and Hatred
Words of form fashioned in beauty Often placed in ordered lines and ranks By those whose order of their desiring Is founded …
Hilltops Adorned By Man
Cairns of stone, for our dead Hilltops adorned Prayed to and turned to Communicate with the spirits Crosses of stone and iron, …
Long Walk in Edenmore Bog
Walking the bog in Longford brought this reflection on life to mind – a rare nonrhyming poem from me! Walking the long …
Willie Rimes Was Off the Drink For Lent
Willie Rimes gave up the drink Not forever as one would think But before in disbelief you blink It was only for …
She A Son Bore to the World
She a son bore to the world A prophet it would reject Persecute and crucify And show to him no respect… After …
Being Easter Sunday, Will the Sun Dance in the Morning?
It being Easter Sunday, At the dawn, will the sun dance? Should the clouds chance to be clear This year to see …
Stations of the Cross While Walking Home From Work on Good Friday Morning
A reflection on Good Friday, contrition, the death of Christ, the arrogance and sins of the church, the current hope of lasting …
Fifteen Minutes of Sunshine
Dedicated to the Dardis family on the passing of their father Tony, and to all families on that final journey with a …
The Actor Quits The Stage
This was not part of the script The actor ended the play Told the audience its over He is the actor and …
Never Say the Woman Is Not a Lady
You could break down in a worse place Even if you were not like His Grace There is in it no disgrace …
Willie Rimes Wrecks Christmas
This verse is dedicated to Ray, a.k.a. Bildoar over at the Jesters Castel at Disqus , who recently passed away. He was …
Fixed Bayonets Against Our Own
Needless to say I think the Irish army should have gone across the border in 1969, and was angered at Keelin Shanleys …
They Were Lovers Once
The bitter bickering old couple often seen as much as the loving couples… yet they too were lovers once… an old verse …
Living the Faith of our Fathers and Mothers Today
When the dusk falls on a winters evening Pealing is heard the Angelous bell The old man blesses himself who is leaning …
That Ireland That He Dreamed Of
That Ireland that he dreamed of For which so many died Was to be the nightmare we now think of From which …
They Are Dancing Tonight
They are dancing tonight, the fine women Loud is the music, beyond thinking They are out upon the mountain Vodka, by the …