Lady of Lough Gowna
An eerie cry echos the evening air The mermaids plaintive song The saying among the folk that know Is there will be …
Pretty Smiles and Pigtails – The Mary Boyle Mystery
Watching Gemma O’Doherty’s documentary on the missing child Mary Boyle nearly forty years ago is chilling, with interference at a political level …
Willie Rimes Heads to Moneygall for the 4th of July
It was the one development that everyone had dreaded To Moneygall for the fourth of July Willie Rimes was headed He was …
Blog – Nashville Comes to Galway at Monroes Live
Offaly singer songwriter Pete Kennedy has been making a name for himself in America the past few years, and is now bringing …
Faction Fight of Banagher Town
For fun folk with sticks each other set to fight It was the fashion of the peasantry of the time The …
Nineteen Thirty Nine
“This could be 1939 again” ~ Told to be by a Czech Roma freind of mine, now alas deceased, long before the …
Lillith of the Darkness
Lillith is the legendary first wife of Adam, who escaped Eden using the ineffable name of God. She is said to be …
Us Men May Be Swine After All
Hes a sexist one, ignorant one or dirty one As he “admire” women on calendars as beer he swigs… Ah yes, the …
Dark Ages Return to Earth
Trump getting into power in America on the back of hate, Boris Johnson and Nigel Farange gaining a foothold in the UK …
Ghost at the Gate at Willie Carty’s
This is a story I heard as a child about a gate at Willie Cartys in Aughagreagh. My own father often could …
Black Irish
Donald Trump has a massive Irish following, a large element who hate Obama and call him Muslim, and that he cannot be …
Willie Rimes Gets Married
Willie Rimes fled to London, of the guards he was afraid He might we arrested after his antics at the St Patricks …
The Bright Star of Ireland – The Jealous Queen
From a folktale recorded by a Longford schoolboy who was told it by a Louthman who was travelling the area looking for …
Abduction at Legan Bridge
Bride abduction is thankfully very rare in Western Europe now, apart from Albania and Montenegro, and most commonly heard of from Kyrgistan …
Her Voice Silenced, Her Song in Chorus Louder We Will Sing – Jo Cox tribute
“These children have been exposed to things no child should ever witness and I know I personally would risk life and limb …
Rainbow Gone Red
In memory of and in solidarity with the victims of the PULSE nightclub shooting in Orlando. While its probably a lone wolf …
Bodies and Balls, Both in the Nets
The crowd roars in excitement, in stadium, on television In bars and in streets, oblivious to the division Between the balls and …
Whisht Held Well
“Hoult yer whisht” ~ keep quiet about that A whisht held well, held for too long So none could tell of the …
On The Border Run
The line that Craig the clever chap Carving Ulster in three, drew on a map The maximum area the minority could hold …
Aughnacliffe Dolmen for the Lovers for One Night is Their Bed
A bed hard of stone neath the sky starry above Is good enough, soft enough, for a couple in love He who …