Dervogilla
Dermots passion, in stealing Teirnans wife, would have an effect on #Ireland that would last longer than the better known wars of Troy …
Musings Before the Save the Eight Rally in Dublin
Writers Ireland’s spirit caught Web of words in which they sought The Ireland in their eyes that aught Contemporaneously exist. Some said …
Adams Hindsight on the Garden of Eden
They walked serene without any clothes Free and easy, them both She bid, he bit, and it got stuck A bit of …
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 …
Pride Blinds Men That See
In the Trumpian age, this verse of mine from seven years back or more is apt… Blind men with eyes that see …
Heading to the Horizon
Written on hearing a talk about doing the Camino, when heading out the walker told us his favourite part was looking at …
Stations of the Cross While Walking Home From Work on Good Friday Morning
A reflection on Good Friday, contrition, the death of Christ, the arrogance and sins of the church, the current hope of lasting …
Living the Faith of our Fathers and Mothers Today
When the dusk falls on a winters evening Pealing is heard the Angelous bell The old man blesses himself who is leaning …
The Novena, some Drama and Midge Ure in Galway
#midgeure of #ultravox and #visage fame sings #fadetogrey at the #tht in #galway last night… #galway2020 is off to a grear start …
Beauty and Blindness
The blind are poor Such beauty not to be able to see The lips, the hair, the eyes, the skin What a …
That Most Important Prayer
That most important prayer: That most forget to say – That is said by folk of all faiths At any time of …
When Man Plays God
China had a campaign using the best science of the time to kill vermin, most notably the sparrow, and a plague of …
Pretty Smiles and Pigtails – The Mary Boyle Mystery
Watching Gemma O’Doherty’s documentary on the missing child Mary Boyle nearly forty years ago is chilling, with interference at a political level …
Lillith of the Darkness
Lillith is the legendary first wife of Adam, who escaped Eden using the ineffable name of God. She is said to be …
There Are Many Roads to Dublin
There are many roads to Dublin, but some will tell you no They will tell you the one true road, if to …
What Did the Neighbours in Nazareth Say?
When the body in the tomb was laid News of the crucifixion to Nazareth reached What did the neighbours in Nazareth say …
Dogma Must Die
The death of dogma is the birth of morality. ~ Immanuel Kant Dogma, dogma, dogma… it must die For it is not …
Truth Told in All Tongues
The truth is told in all tongues To all folk in each and every land Spoken in the way and outlook of …
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 …
Monks Who Have Never Loved Will Never Understand
“How can you suffer because of something that doesn’t exist?” ~ Buddhist Monk Elyane S. Youssef met in Nepal Read her article …