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Rebel Asleep

Pondering the sleeping rebels who fled after defeat at Ballinamuck in 1798 who sought refuge in Edenmore Bog

Betrayal of the Brothers Grimes

In the wake of the 1798 Rebellion, the brothers Grimes, all of whom were executed by the British, were betrayed by a …

Remembering a Country Girl

Verses pondering the life of May Ann Duignan (Degnan), aka Mrs May Churchill Sharpe, aka Chicago May, as I walked past her …

Ill Go Where Im Sent

Invitation received: all were excited Again their friends where they are twinned they would meet Its not a junket: this, this is …

Shed, Undrawn, Ballinamuck

I seek to draw a picture here A shed, roof caving in, Its gable end seen through the door By the artist …

Real Heros Never Boast, Being Dead

Silent they lie, neath clay, the slain… Speak not of deeds done, but remain In history, names unknown, Of battles fought, for …

Dont Kill the Plants

Background: The calamity that is Carty, no matter how bad his DIY (which is worse than my cooking!), the only thing worse …

Killala Man, Remembered

He never went home. We know not his name… A man from Mayo… we pass where he sleeps, He who died for …

In Stone, Should His Name Be Set

Carve his name, place in stone each letter, To do so… now it is the time… The call, a campaign to start, …

The Wrecking of Ballinamuck

In the years before the Famine, Greedy Lord Lorton, God damn the nyeuck* For the love of money and hatred of man …