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 …
Black Swan on the Claddagh
The black swan still swims on the Claddagh, showing example to our people as times of heightened tensions have seen attacks on …
No Horse Sense in Galway
The furore being kicked up over urban horses by supporters of Mike Cubbard a city council member rumbles on. Something of a …
The Hair Brained Fight the Hair Braiders
One arm of Galway City Council commissioned a derelict wall to be painted by a professional graffiti artist as the 2020 City …
Behind Hedges, Forbidden Activity
Once upon a time, and the back of a hedge… Or in a country cottage in Ballinalee Or a tap on the …
Writing For the Commonest Ear
no knave brought to book Who has won a drunken cheer— The witty man and his joke Aimed at the commonest ear, …
Bonfires Blaze Fueled by Hate
Bonfires blaze, fueled by hate, but the bonfires are an Irish tradition (1) Political maze, each site prate, the other view with …
Let Us Now Gather Together the Bust Bag of Feathers
After the “they steal babies” press in Ireland will the press devote as musch time and column inches to publicising that the …
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 …