Turning the Big One Hundred – A North Longfordman Remembered
Dad would have been 100 if alive today. While he always said his date of birth was the 22nd as the “all …
Dad would have been 100 if alive today. While he always said his date of birth was the 22nd as the “all …
The blackbirds at Ballinamuck sing among the trees Where the rebels, prone, were slain, English cavalry chased through where horses could run …
The shaking hands that set the plate Of ice cream and jelly that vibrate With an old woman’s smile under curled hair …
Looking back through photos, a shot of Lough Nabelwy reminded me of one of my favourite walks in North Longford, and of …
From where to the world’s four corners spread All desire to, but few manage to return To children tales told, songs sung …
A rather melancholic reflection I remember while walking last year at Annagh Lake. Life indeed tames us all… or am I just …
Still in the shed, and a worm in the field The guards are out looking for the still But the word went …
A tradition of foretelling a death from North Longford… From the Irish Folklore Commission In days gone by a tradition old Of …
“Thats 1798 thinking” ~ Longford phrase meaning its an old fashioned notion and idealist, unlike modern reality To think like we did, …
She was a landlords daughter Her lover not so grand It was illegal to be a Catholic You could not own your …
When they stood there, for that photo Before my father was even born then Who is now but in a picture a …
Background – Sean Mac Eoin told of a Tracey family related to him that had two brothers in the fight at Granard, …
It being Easter Sunday, At the dawn, will the sun dance? Should the clouds chance to be clear This year to see …
Men of Eireann, forbidden oaths swearing Blood to shed for freedoms cause Bards songs sung of brave rebels from cart handles hung …
In the days gone by during the War On the family farm in old Lislea My mother but a child she was …
The sad and tragic story of the demise and the cause of the demise of Garristown Horse Fair, and as an apperant …
Verse from another legend from Longford recorded by the Irish Folklore Commission From Clonbroney the priest was travelling Was making his weary …
An eerie cry echos the evening air The mermaids plaintive song The saying among the folk that know Is there will be …
This is a story I heard as a child about a gate at Willie Cartys in Aughagreagh. My own father often could …
A bed hard of stone neath the sky starry above Is good enough, soft enough, for a couple in love He who …