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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
Tyler from Beyond the Grave
Sometimes, within the dead of night, the lodge held in the grip of the dark, When no master sits on the Dias …
The Headless Horseman Rides At Night
The headless horseman rides at night The story the locals tell From Charleville walls is seen the sight Of the spectre from …
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 …
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 …
Sitting There Saying Nothing
She sits there saying nothing A wee woman and her wains We know not who she is That sits there with her …
The Hounds of Hells Lake
Barking from its rocky shore At sailors passing by Sometimes at the death of day Sometimes under a noontime sky The black …
A Dream Shared Unknowingly
Picture: Athlone refugee centre, scene of some of the fighting in the Sieges of Athlone in the Wiliamite Wars 1689-1692 A dream …