When the Potatoes Did Not Grow
The dark tale of the Irish famine… republished on the site When the potatoes from the blight they did not grow And …
Famine Food
What we dismiss as a weed Was once all there was to feed The hungry in a land of plenty Guarded by …
The Famine Cross
At the back of St Josephs Hospital in Longford, there is the local famine graveyard. This poem is dedicated to those interred …
Naked Protest at Derrycassin
April 20th 1847 Men, children and women with clothes cast away Came to Derrycassin door To protest and plunder for want of …
Hunger In a Land of Plenty
There was hunger in a land of plenty When the troops came for the grain To feed others, in a distant land …
The Hungry Grass
A shiver runs up my spine As stories I recall Of people dead in times gone by I was told of when …
Sitting There Saying Nothing
She sits there saying nothing A wee woman and her wains We know not who she is That sits there with her …
May We Never Have A Love For or Want of Turnips
May never for the humble turnips We have a need or love For neither is good for man For the former he …
Arans Crossed Pillars – The Standing Stones of the Aran Islands
While holidaying on Inis Mór on the Aran islands off of the west coast of Galway last summer, I passed by the …