Old Clonbroney
This is a ghost story told to me by my mother, from her grandparents, either Kiernans Mill or Treacys. The roadway mentioned …
The Hungry Grass
A shiver runs up my spine As stories I recall Of people dead in times gone by I was told of when …
Dead Souls And Black Dogs
The little old lady had lived for long, She was great of age And the time was coming along For her to …
2013 Readings at the Pallet In Banagher
Tomás Ó Cárthaigh reading the The Pallet readings in his native Banagher in Co. Offaly.
Reaction and Reflection on Rebellion Re-enactment in Ballinamuck
Was it to be remembered that they took the sword Under the banner of green, the Oath and the Word, Against overwhelming …
An Endangered Species
Once upon a time a phonebox In the days when I was young Was the height of technology And from where taxis …
In Paris Town
In Paris town lives a lady Maybe drinks coffee in a cafe Dark hair, nice smile, long legs Well it is I …
Culture from a Cigarette Packet
Words I read of Aftons waters Green braes and other lines of Burns the bard, On a packet of cigarettes What funny …
Don’t Forget the Magic
The world, its wonders and promises false, Drive us forward to distraction, Seeking more than what we have, Provocation causes reaction In …
Walking the Bog
When young, or younger for I still am young I thought that my future it was to be As it was then …
Walking in Autumn in Banagher
As falling are the leaves from the trees I walked along at my ease From nowhere to anywhere Having not a care …
Are Both One Blood?
Some Arabs say that Celts they were, These Berber folk who in the Maghreb live, I see few similarities to my eye… …
Another Name Among Many – William Gannon
Bullet in his neck borne, a distraught soldier sought For a brother shot – another dead in battles roar The voice, a …
Life Is But a Chessgame
It is just a game they say There is nothing to prove A pawn a rook to win or lose It matters …
In Memory of Robert Emmet and Other Heros of Ireland
Against all hope, with only hope, They held their Pikes in hand Catholic, Protestant, Dissenters together, To break the link with England. …
What the Virgin at Knock Really Would Say If She Could Speak
My Son, he is Angry, with those who done wrong, Especially those who done so while hiding behind His name, God will …
On Boycotting the Sean Mac Eoin Statue Unveiling
I thought of it, attending… The unveiling, the Taoiseachs speech, About a hero we have in common, Who across the divide does …
Gardener Philosophers Discuss Gardens of God
Gardeners two, to each other spoke, over the garden wall, One whose garden was lovely and neat, the other bare attended at …
Drovers No More Walk These Roads
Drovers, with their cattle herds, To market coming, stick in hand, Guiding their charges with swear words With a sure, and yet …
In a Land Without Leaders
In a land without leaders, the people must stand, Stand for what their forefathers fight for, the rights of the land, Simple …