Tá Siad ag Damhsa Anocht
Tá siad ag damhsa anocht, na cailíní áileann, Níos faide ná smaointeoireacht , is ard ‘gus mór atá an ceol, Tá siad …
Suffer Little Children
Many will say to Me on that day, ‘Lord, Lord, did we not prophesy in Your name, and in Your name drive …
Final Whistle Blown
The match is over, over early, the final whistle has blown Its back to the dressing room, where he is among his …
The Novena, some Drama and Midge Ure in Galway
#midgeure of #ultravox and #visage fame sings #fadetogrey at the #tht in #galway last night… #galway2020 is off to a grear start …
The Enchanted Library
The dead do not talk Silent: lips sealed, unspeaking Conversation ended. But from these pages of books They speak from the library …
My Ireland
Stephen James Smith, the founder of the once epic Glór Sessions in the International Bar did a verse for the St. Patricks …
Busker of Longford Town
There he sits as folk pass by His music fills the air around Some walk past fast lost in their own world …
Beauty and Blindness
The blind are poor Such beauty not to be able to see The lips, the hair, the eyes, the skin What a …
The Turn Oot Remembered By Both Sides
Men of Eireann, forbidden oaths swearing Blood to shed for freedoms cause Bards songs sung of brave rebels from cart handles hung …
Cursed Crossbreakers of Ballinalee
A tale of sectarian attack by Orange Order members on a grave of a sister of Thomas Newcomen Edgeworth as it was …
Edgeworthstown exhibition aids Pieta House – Fighting against suicide and depression and for urban horses and horse fairs
The fight against depression and suicide has many armies, one of the most prominent of late being PIETA House, and at a …
Padraic Colum : Longford Writer and Riot Inciter
Padraic Colum was one of Longfords most famous modern literary figures. The son of a workhouse master, he grew up in the …
May the Lord In His Mercy Save Us From the Worst of Mac Leod
Im sure some are good people From the shadows of Tong steeple But the one the world does know Contempt for all …
A Land Worth Fighting For
This is a land worth fighting for” William of Orange – attrib. “I fought to liberate the Protestants, not oppress the Catholics” …
Pendulum Swings
The laws changed, but not the peoples thinking Their power waned, they bit their lip But then recession took their money They …
Shin Rin Yoku
The only “Bards in the Woods” I managed to attend was a few years back, in Mullinaleaghta in Longford, where John Wilmott …
Salmon of Knowledge
Tobar Segais by hazel trees nine Shed each a nut to the waters still And a salmon hungry there was swimming And …
To Follow An Eagle in Flight – the Flight of Peltier
In flight they free their captors Who are in hot pursuit Who seek only vengeance And do not care for the truth …
No Horse Sense in Galway
The furore being kicked up over urban horses by supporters of Mike Cubbard a city council member rumbles on. Something of a …
Seven Deadly Sins of Donald Trump
Grab em by the pussy ~ Will this make the inaugural speech of Donald Trump? As Donald Trump is set to be …