Strangers Scorn Us For Being What We Are
For the strangers came and tried to teach us their way. They scorned us just for bein’ what we are. But they …
That Beats Banagher
They want the horse fair banished from the streets to a field Where they believe all horses should be Their spirit contained, …
Cavaliers To Ride Again At Banagher Fair
They will tumble down as Dick did before them To one side will be their self important laws will be thrown We …
For The Corncrakes and Mankinds Sakes
If we put the same resources to saving the hungry and the homeless as we do into one little bird, this would …
Reboot Banagher Horse Fair…
We will see you, as a sure thing, in September On the Main Street among the proud horses there We’ll walk among …
Babser
My family came to Banagher in 1977 from Ballinalee in North Longford (via Clones, Athlone, Daingean and Moate!) and I grew up …
More Than Just Another Memory
To ride a horse is to ride the sky, Someone once said somewhere… Well I was not with horses raised, But I …
Address to my Feathered Friend
When growing up in Banagher, the Willie Wagtail was one of my favourite birds. They nested regular in our garden and yard, …
A Crazy Week – Scottish Turkeys Vote for Christmas – Culture Week – Stink Kicked Up Over Banagher Fair – Blog
Its been a crazy week, a stink has been kicked up over the shit that was raised that led to a man …
Just Doing Our Job
The most farcical part of the attempted shut down of Banagher fair, was when John Boy Dolan got cautioned for selling HENS… …
They Took from Us
We lost our fire stations, it costs to much to save our lives Not enough folk die from fires, is the reason …
Streets of Shame in 2014 – But Banagher Horse Fair Prevails
It was a scene of shame for the Gardaí in Banagher this past weekend, as on the the Saturday, en force they …
Long May Horses Shit the Streets
Horses and ponies, dealers and wheelers The street is a farmyard for a day… Dreamers and schemers, thinkers and drinkers Everyman is …
Saint Rynagh’s Church Bell
The bell is ringing in the distance As to all it spells the time I turn over so I can sleep And …
For Hand In Marraige A Castle Given – The Clononey Castle Story and Anne Boleyn
“He saught her hand in marraige long, But she scorned each advance, He knew not another wench she would be, So he …
Beauty Passed, and Yet Still Beautiful
Beauty passed, and yet still beautiful, Walls crumble, slaves to time, build long ago The rhubarb that once here grew I ate, …
2013 Readings at the Pallet In Banagher
Tomás Ó Cárthaigh reading the The Pallet readings in his native Banagher in Co. Offaly.
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 …
Monster in my Cupboard
The shadows dark, when I, a child Slept, or rather when I tried And creaks and groans of ancient timbers Would have …