Alternative Genesis and What Happened in Eden with the Apple
Once upon a time in the Garden of Eden God gave Adam and Eve a PC But banned them from the Apple …
The Carnmoney Vicar and the Devil
The vicar of Carnmoney was a greedy sort for money So the histories of the time of him tell The Devil spotted …
The Fairy Boatmen of Banagher
Verse inspired by a story from the folkore collection Out walking his dog on a July evening In the river there afloat …
Fireside Tales Told at Halloween
Stories of North Longford families, Of folk then dead and gone – Were told to me when I was young By those …
Old Crone of Cairn Hill
Old Crone of Beara is said to have dropped stones that make up cairns on Cairn Hill in Longford. As with many legends, the stories vary, with some saying she was another personification of the Goddess Bridget… #Irishlegend #folklore
What Loss to Gain a King!
The foundation story of the Clan Eoghanachta, with the tragic death of Eoghan, and the craftiness of Díl the Druid…
No Library Like the Spoken Word
Books and knowledge gathered together But arrived Invaders and a tyrants yoke All then to then was ever known It all went …
The Cock and the Crock of Gold
The legend of the Cock and the Crock of Gold in Kilcormac, in the times of the Wars of the Molloys… The …
When Its Bad Manners to Say Thanks
The story of a ghost miller on Lough Gownas Inch Island From the Irish Folklore Collection On the waters of Gowna there …
Lovers of Loftus Hall
She was a fine maiden of thirty years At the table playing cards He, the dark stranger who had come A gentleman …
The Web of Linen
Based on a folk take of the Carty (as Carthy should be spelled!!!) family, told to the Irish Folklore Commission, Eileen’s great …
Being Easter Sunday, Will the Sun Dance in the Morning?
It being Easter Sunday, At the dawn, will the sun dance? Should the clouds chance to be clear This year to see …
Salmon of Knowledge
Tobar Segais by hazel trees nine Shed each a nut to the waters still And a salmon hungry there was swimming And …
Hens Plan a Holiday in Scotland
“Thats a hens journey to Scotland” ~ North Longford saying (proverb) Irish Folklore Commission The hens had heard by fluttering word To …
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 …
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 …
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 …
Stalking the White Deer
Bright Moon, she for her lover waits From the Hunt to her to return But he has not come with the skin …
Lovers of Bazdara
A Pashtun (Afghan) love story, of a couple who fell for each other at first sight, but were destined not to be …
Saint Fechin was no Feckin Saint
Saint Fechin was a feckin fecker That bigger feckers made a saint Prayed for a plague to plague the poor: The fecker: …