Santa’s Sleigh Got Taken Down By A Windmill
Santa’s sleigh got taken down by a windmill Flying out near Daingean Christmas Eve He was drunk after drinking all the brandy …
Christmas Dream of the Banagher Garda Sergeant
The Sergeant dreamt yet another Christmas morning To find in the stocking he had hung It was another few lumps of coal …
Even Bold Children Have Their Uses
There was once a little boy Who his mother would always scold Though he was her pride and joy He was always …
Lady Christmas on the Moor
You have heard of Father Christmas, even Mrs Christmas his alleged wife… but you will not have heard of Lady Christmas… for …
Soldiers Death Announced By Spirits Unseen
Christmas Eve, House hushed, the lonesome cry echoed through the frosty air It was said to be but an owl by all …
Babys Birth Remembered
Baby’s birth remembered: The snow falls on the ground. Lights are lit: bells peal, I listen to the sound. Belfast of the …
Betrayal of the Brothers Grimes
In the wake of the 1798 Rebellion, the brothers Grimes, all of whom were executed by the British, were betrayed by a …
Half the World
The crazed vanities of man Who cannot see all are the same Thinks the other the source of his ill That he …
Remembering a Country Girl
Verses pondering the life of May Ann Duignan (Degnan), aka Mrs May Churchill Sharpe, aka Chicago May, as I walked past her …
Child Miner Extracts Precious Metals for My New Mobile Phone
/// For International Children’s Day /// They work on the ore Barely more than four They believe not in Santa Claus Should …
Confusing World For Kids
Reflection in UN Day of Children. One of my few non rhyming ones, as the subject is beyond rhyme. In a world …
Gerry Adams steps down, what now for Sinn Fein and Irish Unity?
34 years after he deposed Ruadhri O Bradaigh (Rory Brady) accusing Brady of a “sop to unionism” when Brady sat down to …
Lusmagh and Ireland Remember Those Who Died for Ireland
Manchester Martyrs Commemoration 26th November 2017, Birr, Co Offaly 150th anniversary That Lusmagh man, brave as they come As are the stock …
From Galway to the End of the Earth and Beyond
In 1477, Galway had a visitor, lauded a navigational hero to some, a tyrant to more due to his treatment of the …
Columbus in Galway
Long before the ocean blue he sailed In a journey history often has told Galways streets were walked by a Gonoan man …
Shannon, Silver Goddess, Flow To Sea
Shannon, silver goddess, flow to sea And life bring you with thee To the oceans loud and proud swell Thy waters come, …
On Deaths Embrace, I Shall Sleep
On deaths embrace, I shall sleep With all my worries o’re And those who liked or not, in memory me they keep …
The Church Of The Quill
Im not a great one for churches, unless visiting ruined ones! But I worship God in my own way… another of the …
Adams Hindsight on the Garden of Eden
They walked serene without any clothes Free and easy, them both She bid, he bit, and it got stuck A bit of …
The Apple Of Eden
Fruit of a tree that begot sin And led poor Adam astray, When misled by a lusty Eve In Edens garden one …