Blog – Savita, a Tragedy of Errors and the Abortion Issue
The Savita case is a tragedy of errors that ought never have happened, and while no-one has been blamed as responsible as such – …
Poem To A Cow and the Poets Who Wrote About Her
Poem in reply to the poem “Epistle to Hawkie the Cottier’s Cow on Hearing She Ate the Bible” by Samuel Walker and …
The Curse of a Bride Jilted
In Scottish fashion to be wed Hugh Mc Kee to the Tavern did go And all were assembled there Bar the bride …
The Walking People
In times past they were craftsmen skilled But today they have no skill That has a value in the modern world As …
King Congal’s Grief
Congal, the proud king, his wife a prince bore Alas, in giving to her son his life She lost hers, tragic the …
Wren Sleeps Soundly This Christmas
Wren no longer hunted, nor Church attended Clergy speak to deaf ears, eyes have seen What all thought could never be, sinners …
Christ Was A Slovakian (Deceased)
On the day Ireland beat Slovakia 1-0 at soccer, (28th of March,2007) Irish Mail on Sunday journalist Paul Palmer found that his …
When the Water Goes
There was a wise man who to panic began And he did not know what to do From the frost and the …
Aideens Grave
Raised by hands, set there in perfection The dead honoured, stones perfect placed Ash and bones, placed in affection Of the dead, …
Let Them Lie
Disturb not the bones of the dead! They sleep now, here, for all time to lie… It’s all they ask of those …
White Blackmen in Ireland
I see them, from backgrounds tough Approach me on the street And I am wary, as close enough They are to me …
Maedb’s Seduction
Tell the man that I am as he knows me to be And he can know as he desires all he desires …
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 …
The Free State Flag From a Yacht Mast Flew
The next and perhaps the most moving scene of the day was the hoisting of the Tricolour on the castle, which was …
The Banshee
I hear the cries of sorrow in the cold night air I know not if they come for here ! or there? …
King Billy and The Pope
The touring Orangemen in Stormont, To see the picture came, The victor of the Boyne, Who banished Popery to shame, But when …
Verse to a Praying Druid
Druids prayer – to a god you know And have prayed to through the years That you say has never let you …
No More the Hammer Strikes the Anvil
No more the hammer strikes the anvil As the blacksmith discussed the news With the clients from the country As he hammered …
To Eat Without Saying Grace
“Gosh, could a cautios Covenantor Wait for the Grace? – “To The Potatoe” by James Orr If such a man took his …
The Excommunication of St. Columba
A sinner as is every man Columba for his family had great pride Swift of tongue and hot of temper He challenged …