An Cailín Bocht Marbh
An dán seo as Bearla Áileann a bhí a h-aghaidh, Agus dathúil soiléir a bhí a tón, Bhí airgead go leor ina …
Ommmmmm!!!
Chanting Ommmmmm! in the Four Knocks in Naul, I though to myself as a Catholic was I breaking the first commandment, false …
Maedb Desires A Bull
All I have, has my husband, and a lot has he As have I, but yet my husband has more than me …
Sleeping They Lie
Sleeping They lie silent And the modern world Ignorant of them Plots and plans To tear through their restplace As a walkway …
They Slept in Peace
War and slaughter disturbed them not For over thousands of years As nation after nation invaded With guns, and swords and spears …
Aftermath of Tara
Chaos all around, word wrecked When you do ill to the dead It comes back on you So it is said Some …
Fence at the Mound of the Hostages
Steel erected to protect Is what they claim Offends all sensitivities Let us explain What others call piseogs We call respect For …
May We Never Have A Love For or Want of Turnips
May never for the humble turnips We have a need or love For neither is good for man For the former he …
His Ain Native Toun
Commentary on David Harbisons poem “Ma Ain Native Toun” Aye, in your time you seen it Disappear, bit by bit by bit …
We Are No Weavers Who Write Today
We are no weavers who write today Yet still we write in their way And similar is the things we say In …
Three Men Dead
On listening to a talk about three men killed by firing squad in Birr castle in 1922 during the Irish Civil War. …
A March of Fools
Every July Drums beat Chests proud To fife and drum For freedom of faith And a battle won By one for that …
The Death of Knowledge
The scholars cast the four wild winds Only Death the last thing sure And now the Knowledge dwells within And at the …
The Woman Behind the Veil
She hides behind it as if ashamed Of the God given beauty she bears And at other women without it She in …
Did a Spirit Knock On Rossbawn’s Walls?
The story is told that an agent was slain By a tenant called Delaney who on the run did die In caves …
Elle Enleve Son Masque
Elle enleve le masque qu’elle montre au monde Derriere lequel elle cache ses soucis Elle craint les juges regards Et tous ses …
Arans Crossed Pillars – The Standing Stones of the Aran Islands
While holidaying on Inis Mór on the Aran islands off of the west coast of Galway last summer, I passed by the …
The Poor Dead Girl
This is the English version of the original which is in Irish Beautiful was her face And beautiful indeed her ass Lots …
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 …
The Leprechaun Meets a Developer at the M3
Sitting under the tree, he was fixing shoes I could not believe what I did see, as I was drinking booze But …