Holy Waters of Saint Bridget at Ballycumber
This story I first heard from a poem read by Rosemary Porter at Banaghers “Readings from the Pallet” festival some years back. …
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 …
People Power Wins at 2015 Banagher Horse Fair and I Manage Not to Get Arrested – Drowned Boy Forgotten in Turkey
I managed not to get arrested at the Outlaw Horse Fair in the Wild West of Offaly… however it was a close …
Fair Girls at the Horse Fair
They walk the streets, young, wild at heart Among horses the men admire Free of sprit and fast with word To the …
Wanderlust
I want in my ears the music of unknown tongues From lands where I yet have not been Before my eyes the …
Arrived in the post – 2015 Horse Fairs of Ireland Calender
Arrived yesterday in the post was the 2015 Horse Fairs of Ireland calender from Siobhan English, heres a photo of yours truly …
Streets of Shame in 2014 – But Banagher Horse Fair Prevails
It was a scene of shame for the Gardaí in Banagher this past weekend, as on the the Saturday, en force they …
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 …