No Water at Saint Enda’s Holy Well
I stopped at St Enda’s Holy Well in Bearna, to find no water there. As I sat down beside it, I pondered …
Stations of the Cross While Walking Home From Work on Good Friday Morning
A reflection on Good Friday, contrition, the death of Christ, the arrogance and sins of the church, the current hope of lasting …
That Ireland That He Dreamed Of
That Ireland that he dreamed of For which so many died Was to be the nightmare we now think of From which …
Suffer Little Children
Many will say to Me on that day, ‘Lord, Lord, did we not prophesy in Your name, and in Your name drive …
Whisht Held Well
“Hoult yer whisht” ~ keep quiet about that A whisht held well, held for too long So none could tell of the …
Carol for Christmas for Our Times
It was the greatest love for earth that God has ever shown It was the greatest love unknowing that mankind has ever …
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: …
Jumping the Broom
Men of cloth forbidden to love Have of love between others much to say Only a girl and a boy, they think, …
No Room at the Inn
She died alone, like a cow in a field, the papers wrote Nothing new there, comment passed as true as it was …
What The Clergy Really Prayed For
They hid behind the Penal Laws Those in cloaks and veils dressed They hid behind history How the clergy were oppressed They …
Ferryman and His Fare
Again, this is from a pro life point of view, and not intended to provoke a debate on the choice argument and …
Dignity After Death
Dedicated to the children murdered through neglect in Orphanages in Ireland. { Disclaimer, this is a POV piece (point of view), and …
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 …
The Shepherd, the Wolf, The Ewe, and the Lamb
This story, while a moral tale in its own right, is based on the tragic tale of Savita Halappanavar, the woman who …
An Fear Maith
Cheannaigh sé éadaí dó, Agus ar a gcosa a chuir sé bróga, Toisc gur fear maith a bhí ann, Agus bhí sé …