Still Running the Still
Still in the shed, and a worm in the field The guards are out looking for the still But the word went …
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 …
The Lady of Culray
She was a landlords daughter Her lover not so grand It was illegal to be a Catholic You could not own your …
The Web of Linen
Based on a folk take of the Carty (as Carthy should be spelled!!!) family, told to the Irish Folklore Commission, Eileen’s great …
When They Stood There For That Photo
When they stood there, for that photo Before my father was even born then Who is now but in a picture a …
Horsemen Awaited at Bunlahy
Background – Sean Mac Eoin told of a Tracey family related to him that had two brothers in the fight at Granard, …
Gheluvelt
One of the quirks behind Gheluvelt was not alone was our Donegal freind of Longford extraction in the field, but it was …
This Far and No Farther
World War One was a savage conflict, and long before the invention and application of Blitzkrieg the Germans were “masters of shell …
Longford Folk Speak of the Pashtun
Willie Carty worked for the Dopping Hepenstal family, and heard stories of their relative who was in the British Army in Waziristan …
Long Walk in Edenmore Bog
Walking the bog in Longford brought this reflection on life to mind – a rare nonrhyming poem from me! Walking the long …
Being Easter Sunday, Will the Sun Dance in the Morning?
It being Easter Sunday, At the dawn, will the sun dance? Should the clouds chance to be clear This year to see …
Cursed Crossbreakers of Ballinalee
A tale of sectarian attack by Orange Order members on a grave of a sister of Thomas Newcomen Edgeworth as it was …
Edgeworthstown exhibition aids Pieta House – Fighting against suicide and depression and for urban horses and horse fairs
The fight against depression and suicide has many armies, one of the most prominent of late being PIETA House, and at a …
Shin Rin Yoku
The only “Bards in the Woods” I managed to attend was a few years back, in Mullinaleaghta in Longford, where John Wilmott …
Village of the Three Generals
St Johnstown, or Ballinalee From where the three generals hail Monroe, Wilson and McEoin Two Scotsmen, one of the Gael. All men …
Let Death Not Sneak In Our Door
In the days gone by during the War On the family farm in old Lislea My mother but a child she was …
Cutting the Yarrow
A Halloween Game – as detailed here on the Irish Folklore Commission – in North Longford was called “Cutting the Yarrow“ Eleven …
Hens Plan a Holiday in Scotland
“Thats a hens journey to Scotland” ~ North Longford saying (proverb) Irish Folklore Commission The hens had heard by fluttering word To …
Longford during the “Emergency”
Im of Longford extraction and am a Longford man to be when my cottage in Ballinamuck is restored and I move up …