When The Bullets They Were Flying
When the bullets they were flying When the hunger strikers were dying Every one of them were trying To break down the …
Abortions for Kittens
Verse needs rounding off better as I was unaware of “speying while pregnant”, which literally is abortions for kittens… I appended a …
Cursing the Unlucky Stars
My luck is all right from time to time But crisis I always find Finds me more the more I seek to …
On Sighting Sandy Row
Visiting Belfast back in 2008 we took a wrong turn, and drove by this mural by accident. While explaining the conflict to …
Rattling Buckets Cant Be Seen
A boy, an errand, and a bucket of beer … A drain, a death, and now a ghost does appear … A …
Dark Brown Turf
In solidarity with the turf cutters. The latest of the poems restored to the website, this one was written a few years …
Ill Go Where Im Sent
Invitation received: all were excited Again their friends where they are twinned they would meet Its not a junket: this, this is …
Ar Dheis Dé go Raibh a hanam
Remembering the fallen Irish of both world wars, who were forgotton due to the stigma of being in the British Army Their …
God Is Not a Banker
This was written after the referendums we rejected were rerun… Votes cast ignored Desire to refer to electorate taken as affront This …
How the Clan Eoghanacht Got Their Name
From the sea they came open, not sneaking by stealth And they came for to parley, fosterage for wealth As silver was …
Honest Hands Build True
Honest hands build walls true: Work plain for all to see – Stands the test of time, Passed by walkers like me …
They Came, They Voted, Ireland Changed
They came by boat, they came by plane They went by busses, I got the train They registered to vote who never …
Why Im voting YES for Gay Marriage – Thank God for the Gays for reminding us what Marriage and Life is About
Gays at last are getting people off their back, and in one of the few government initiatives I’m supporting along with wind …
Little Lake, Big Dreams
The little lake, water lapping, little future Local lads, big dreams and ambitions Far away fields were greener than the stoney ones …
Walking Past Adamnans Church in Birr
Its just another ruined church to some, but St Brendans Old Church in Birr is where a little known Irish saint wrote …
Sleeping Neath a Nipple
While climbing the Paps in Kerry some years back with writer Derek Fanning, I took a nap under the Cairn on the …
No Laughing Matter – Serious Topics Broached at Accents Café Comedy Night
I bought a house for €500,000. Its now worth €250,000 – after 19 years of woking, I now owe quarter of a …
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 …
We Are Not the Enemy
We are not the enemy, the folk who pay the bills, Who try to pay their mortgages, who themselves through suicide kills …
Let the People Speak – Irish Water Potential Referendum
Why not also a vote on the property tax issue? I proposed same on Boards.ie some years back to a muted response …