Dervogilla
Dermots passion, in stealing Teirnans wife, would have an effect on #Ireland that would last longer than the better known wars of Troy …
Poor Scholar of Today
What to me is Gael and Gall?– “Poor Scholar of the Forties”, Padraic Columb Little Greek or Latin is taught nowScholars of …
From Ballinamuck to Fiji – Odyssey of a Stranger from Clare
The strange and true tale of a man who survived the 1798 rebellion, only to end up with eight wives in Fiji – a place farther from his native County Clare than even the remote Ballinamuck of North Longford…
Funeral for a Thief
Helen of Troy launched a thousand ships… Chicago May and her wild red hair sent many men to their deaths, or to kill…
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 …
Tom Moran – Lusmagh Horsetrader Remembered
From youth, from Lusmagh with his stock Among the traders there From far and near, home and abroad All met at Banagher …
No Dancing From The Easter Sun
Musings in verse on the current issues of consent, and the Ulster Rugby scandal. The Scots Law judgement of “Not Proven” would …
Feck the Begrudgers this Saint Patricks Day!
Saint Patrick or St Patty Which is real, which is plastic? The row goes on, no solution to be found The situation …
No Difference Between Us – Save8Rally in Dublin – Blog
https://t.co/WgE4tXPaoG — Tomás Ó Cárthaigh (@tomasocarthaigh) March 10, 2018 “Theres no difference between us” said a Protestant from Donegal, who while chatting …
Babys Birth Remembered
Baby’s birth remembered: The snow falls on the ground. Lights are lit: bells peal, I listen to the sound. Belfast of the …
Betrayal of the Brothers Grimes
In the wake of the 1798 Rebellion, the brothers Grimes, all of whom were executed by the British, were betrayed by a …
Saint Donatus of Fiesole
At Inishcaltra he learned to write At his mothers knee to pray In Italy he learned to fight In Ireland he was …
Ireland – Is It But a Notion?
As the Catalan Independence movement is crushed for now by Spain, we remember the Irish declaration of 1919… the events of the …
To Carry a Hen When Walking
“Is trom Cearc i bhfad.” Translation: “A hen is heavy over a long distance.” Meaning: Something apparently easy may become difficult over …
When the Potatoes Did Not Grow
The dark tale of the Irish famine… republished on the site When the potatoes from the blight they did not grow And …
A Holy Book Proves No Shield
The death of Mahon, the King, who set a little too much faith in the Bible for protection! An old verse of …
The Death of Niall the Third of Ireland
Republishing this old verse of mine, part of a series. When Niall the Third was of Ireland High King There came underneath …
Flickering Candles Foretell Death
A tradition of foretelling a death from North Longford… From the Irish Folklore Commission In days gone by a tradition old Of …
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 …
Famine Food
What we dismiss as a weed Was once all there was to feed The hungry in a land of plenty Guarded by …