Naked Protest at Derrycassin
April 20th 1847 Men, children and women with clothes cast away Came to Derrycassin door To protest and plunder for want of …
The Circus Animals Liberation
My circus animals were all on show, Those stilted boys, that burnished chariot, Lion and woman and the Lord knows what The …
No Dancing Sun This Easter Morning
No dancing sun the Easter morning As the birds sing in the sky I sleepy look out at the dawn As the …
Myths of Ireland Present
No more we talk of the Tuatha De Dannan Or the Danish fort dwelling Aos Si No more of the Pooka or …
Plain of the Kings of Irelands Past
Some people wonder why I am so into supporting the turf cutters rights. My dad worked Blackwater Bog, where the order came …
All Is Fair in the War of an Election
Background – James Bannon of Fine Gael in Longford got questioned today by Garda (police) about removing voting leaflets belonging to Sinn …
Blood Spilled for the King of Spain’s Daughter
One upmanship, greed, and piracy… a tale of the O’Driscoll clan of pirates of the Irish south coast… The Helen of Troy …
Restless Sídhe of Keeraun Hill
Keeraun Hill is a fairy fort, or ring fort, or Danish fort, call it what you will outside Banagher in County Offaly …
Those Who Fought on That Side
Many men faught not for Ireland But under another flag And of their deeds our folklore feeds Of them we like to …
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: …
An Irishman’s Apology (for Our Part In The International Slave Trade)
The slave ship HMS Glendower brought human cargo to South American and the Indies. Photo: Wikimedia Commons Sorry – one little word, …
White Sails on the Claddagh
White sails on the Claddagh Sail out neath grey skies Red sails of the Hookers Fished there in days gone by White …
This Could Be 1939 Again
“This Could Be 1939 Again” Czech Roma refugee, a friend of mine, who will remain nameless, circa 1998 The flames of fate …
Good Boys and other Blaggards
Bucks and nyeucks read books in nooks Of history, language and culture told Lewd jokes, vetted new comrades in diviment For adventures …
New Year, New Start, All Folks the Same
New year, new start, all folks the same No matter what land or tradition from which they came So close to Samhain, …
The Old Bond Store Ghost
ghost tale from Tullamore retold in verse, first told by Walter Burke, former leasee of the bar in the Tullamore Dew Heritage …
Saintjohnstown – So Beautiful A Name
My mother grew up outside the Longford village of Ballinalee. She always said she preferred the English name on it, St. Johnstown… …
Red Path of the Stag
Set free, running free, blood flowing, fleeing fast in fright Wild eyed, pursued, the stag takes to flight The tribesmen of the …
Treasure Sleeps on Chest of All She Needs
There is a lot of “we must look after our own first” going around now that the refuggees from Syria are on …