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November 2014

Tullamore Rhymers at Mixed Messages

Mixed Messages is a unique poetry event, where there are no intros, no MC, and the run of the night is sporadic, …

Forgive, Forget

“Always forgive your enemies; nothing annoys them so much.” ― Oscar Wilde Those who stand against you, to your face, behind your …

If A Man Has Not His Dreams

Here is an old verse, from when I lived in Birr in 1995 or so! Its about having the confidence to believe …

Look to the Heavens Not

Men, wise and foolish, who look for hope With mankind they despise Pray to Gods and spirits unknown The dwell above in …

Walking Away

Music: Guilherme Schroeter Singing: Guilherme Schroeter Lyrics: Tomás Ó Cárthaigh

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 …

Dreams Fled Away

Quote: Dreams fled away, this country bedroom, raw – “Another September” (Kinsella) Dreams, aye, dreams dreamt by dreamers have fled And the …

Morocco Through a Window

A thousand colours, little green These hills, where the Berber rode After him the Arab on steed Then French and Spanish on …

Diur

The oak, strong and mighty, as is the warrior, In the face of the storm found, Fighting adversity, the winds, giving shelter …

Loose Lips

Oh those fools of no schools, all swords and big mouths Who stand as not planned and boast and drunkenly shout It …

All That Jazz

A video posted by Thomas Carty (@tomjcarty) on Feb 23, 2015 at 5:30pm PST Notes drift to the Dublin night air Soul …

Babser

My family came to Banagher in 1977 from Ballinalee in North Longford (via Clones, Athlone, Daingean and Moate!) and I grew up …