War Over, Battle Just Begun
Take a Hero Fishing is one of the many campaigns by activists to help the veterans fit back into society. Suffering PTSD, …
Longford during the “Emergency”
Im of Longford extraction and am a Longford man to be when my cottage in Ballinamuck is restored and I move up …
66 Days – A Poor Tribute to Bobby Sands
Just in from watching “66 Days”, the Bobby Sands film, which is a poor tribute to the man, a twisting of history, …
Salmon Fisherman in River Corrib
On taking a picture of salmon fishers at the Salmon Wier in the Corrib a few days ago, I thought of Yeats …
No Tales Out of School
In days of old if you were bold Or not, and got yourself slapped by the rule Your parents you never told …
Looking Back at 1916 – The Horrors of Today – and a Fearful Future – Blog
As a horrific week in Europe comes to a close, with the murder of Fr Jacques in France by ISIS affiliated fanatics, a …
Listen Not to the Song of the Merrow
Men of Erin, and all men, who in Erin you may be Listen not to the Merrow song that sounds with such …
Fr Jacques Hamel – Martyr – RIP
He knelt in his parish church this morning The world knew not his name But God knew him – as strangers On …
On Reading the Verse of Hera Linsday Bird
I got no objection to lewdness in poetry, or the odd swear word or a few, but HLB writes to make the …
Willie Rimes Gone on the Run at the Galway Races
Willie Rimes is back in town In Galway of all places The guards are still looking out for him Hes up at …
Blinded By Pokemon
I went walking with the housemate who never walks a few mornings back… looking for Pokemon. She didnt see the cat running …
Too Electable to Be Elected
Jeremy Corbyn is a real working class hero, who won’t blink unlike America’s Bernie Sanders. But the Tory machine, and their Fabian …
Death of and at Garristown and its Horse Fair
The sad and tragic story of the demise and the cause of the demise of Garristown Horse Fair, and as an apperant …
First Day at School
I can’t remember my first day at school in Saint Rynaghs in Banagher (of the famed Annual Horse Fair). So when folk …
Red Roses Owed
She walks its halls within its walls Red rose in ghostly hands The rent to be paid when grant was made Of …
Galway 2020 Plus Ultra
Galway’s bid to win Capital of Culture is all twenty twenty give the horse plenty. ~ Rita Ann Higgins Galway won the …
Fear the Little People
The business man from America was in Ireland to see the sights In Blarney to see and kiss the stone, in Donegal …
World War One Was the Worlds Bloodiest Family Feud
One aspect of the war… is the close connection among the three principal monarchs of the age, Kaiser Wilhelm II of Germany; …
Gurteen Lake and the Curse of the McCarthys
Verse from another legend from Longford recorded by the Irish Folklore Commission From Clonbroney the priest was travelling Was making his weary …
These Are Not Black Days
Shoot first, ask questions later. Prov. Assume that everyone you encounter is hostile to you.; Take action, even though you do not …