Who Are We Going to Fight Now
As the British left, one man in jest Asked “Who will we fight now”, All too soon was clear as many did …
Six Minutes Until Death
Marching to their deaths they sang the music to “Top of Cork Road”. Joe McKelvey had read in “Gadfly” that it took six minutes for a man to bleed to death when shot in the heart. Commenting, one said if they were shot they hoped it would not take that long. Little did they know it takes everyone that long to die when shot that way, and it was soon coming for them…
Cupid Shot Down on an Irish Street
The tragic love story of John Kennedy and Mary Douglas in the Irish Civil War
On Boycotting the Sean Mac Eoin Statue Unveiling
I thought of it, attending… The unveiling, the Taoiseachs speech, About a hero we have in common, Who across the divide does …
He Lost Her That He Desired
He lost her, that he desired, A love that was not to be, Her… she married another, That she loved more, though …
Three Men Dead
On listening to a talk about three men killed by firing squad in Birr castle in 1922 during the Irish Civil War. …