Remembering Bernard O’ Reilly, a Soldier of Australia and old Aughagreagh
Its a long way to Australia from old Aughagreagh, Where his family left from decades before And the ladies he laughed with …
John Darrell Boyd – Elegy on an Deceased Airman
One of the few of your clan, you died… Who fought in so many wars over the years – Your young bride, …
Soldiers Death Announced By Spirits Unseen
Christmas Eve, House hushed, the lonesome cry echoed through the frosty air It was said to be but an owl by all …
Sins of the Fathers Shall Be Visited On The Sons
Words to be posted.
Gheluvelt
One of the quirks behind Gheluvelt was not alone was our Donegal freind of Longford extraction in the field, but it was …
This Far and No Farther
World War One was a savage conflict, and long before the invention and application of Blitzkrieg the Germans were “masters of shell …
Death Comes Calling
Chicken Little of the modern age “The sky is falling” the media rage They follow him through the darkest wood He knows …
War Over, Battle Just Begun
Take a Hero Fishing is one of the many campaigns by activists to help the veterans fit back into society. Suffering PTSD, …
Longford during the “Emergency”
Im of Longford extraction and am a Longford man to be when my cottage in Ballinamuck is restored and I move up …
World War One Was the Worlds Bloodiest Family Feud
One aspect of the war… is the close connection among the three principal monarchs of the age, Kaiser Wilhelm II of Germany; …
On The Border Run
The line that Craig the clever chap Carving Ulster in three, drew on a map The maximum area the minority could hold …
1916 – War and Revolution
1916 – a year to most Remembered for slaughter of the Somme Youth sacrificed by generals incompetence Against the odds sent to …
Those Who Fought on That Side
Many men faught not for Ireland But under another flag And of their deeds our folklore feeds Of them we like to …
“Cá bhfuil siad Anois
Cá bhfuileadar anois, mic na hÉireann? ’s siad marbh, ina gcoladh innú i dteach Dé, Ach éireoidh siad san am atá le …
Dawn Breaks as Yeats Goes to Sleep
Yeats died before the outbreak of war, and his Nobel prizes and international fame was most seen through the Versailles era, with …
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 …
Bones in the Sun
I was at a remembrance service for April 8th, a decade or more ago, – the commemorative day for victims of the …
This Is What Death Looks Like
The wild stare as his last breath His weakened lungs struggled to make A gaping mouth as to breath He tries, his …
There Is No Time for Art
Was at the Body and Soul festival doing a reading with my fellow Tullamore Rhymers, and this one got a good reception. …
The Fall of the Germans of Vrsac
The Banat Germans dispapperaered after WWII. From forced migration to revenge attacks, only a small minority remain, often hiding among repectable minorities …