Out for a Walk at Ballybrit
An old couple of a dateless age,Over sixty, under ninety, somewhere between:Out for their daily walk with their two little dogs,Theirs strolls …
No Water at Saint Enda’s Holy Well
I stopped at St Enda’s Holy Well in Bearna, to find no water there. As I sat down beside it, I pondered …
Forests of Concrete Grow Where Nature Made Homes
A path led on in the peaceful woods, And ended all too soon Cut in two by a wide new road Each …
The Waters Show No Mercy
Dedicated to the memory of Tom and Martin Oliver who lost their lives between Blackrock and Silver Strand yesterday. The waters show …
Idle Thoughts – Lough Atalia Walk During COVID Epidemic
Every street is a skateboard park The cars no longer rule The teenagers whizz in their own odd way past There is …
Future English King on Galway’s Streets
The royal visit to Galway brought mixed feelings – they are a nice couple, but is it too early to welcome British Royals where their forces killed our heroes?
Walking Deadmans Beach
Legend states Columbus holidayed in Galway five years before finding America – an exotic body of a dead man washed ashore at Renmore, making him think there was land to the West, inspiring his voyages.
Charlie the Klepto Steals Hearts and Minds in Mick Lally Theatre in Galway
Some say that the arts make fun of working class people. Too often they are stereotyped. Shown as lazy, shifty, thieving and ne’er do wells. I was expecting much the same when I went to see a play “Charlies a Klepto” in the Mick Lally Theatre.
Im glad to say, I was very wrong indeed.
Passing Passengers on the 409
As I await my bus, I and the others, next to us The bus pulls in from whose windows faces Blank at …
Musings on Galway Docks
To have a little boat… To sail out to the ocean waves The waters that Columbus sailed, The famine starving, the African …
Columbus in Galway
Long before the ocean blue he sailed In a journey history often has told Galways streets were walked by a Gonoan man …
Bread and Salt – Poetry of the Levant told in the Music of Words
As part of Bread and Salt, there was a poetry reading of Iranian and Arab poetry in the Black Gate Cultural Centre …
Cutting Old Burkes Roses
While out walking near Salthill a few days back, a man cutting roses from a bush outside a derelict house talked to …
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 …
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 …
Red Sky at Dawn in Ballybrit
Birds on the street eat litters breakfast buffet The crows and jackdaws take to the sky in fright Seagulls braver are tardy …
Blog – Nashville Comes to Galway at Monroes Live
Offaly singer songwriter Pete Kennedy has been making a name for himself in America the past few years, and is now bringing …
Passing Ballybrit Castle
By force won from the feirce O’Flahertys Held by Burke for the English Crown On the wrong side of the Wars of …
Blog – Walking into the Light – Darkness In Light in Galway 2016
This has been a year where the loss of folk before their time has been all too common and public. I also …
Miracle at Saint St Augustine’s Holy Well
All hope gone bar blind faith The child to the well he was brought In desperation and pure belief was bathed A …