Tom Moran – Lusmagh Horsetrader Remembered
From youth, from Lusmagh with his stock Among the traders there From far and near, home and abroad All met at Banagher …
Christmas Dream of the Banagher Garda Sergeant
The Sergeant dreamt yet another Christmas morning To find in the stocking he had hung It was another few lumps of coal …
Tom Moran Remembered at 2017 Banagher Horse Fair
The Banagher Horse Fair of 2017 as expected was a great success, with one of the largest turn outs seen in recent …
Weekend of Hit and Miss in Banagher and Longford
I made the Readings at the Pallet this year, and found that its ten years since I was in at the first …
Marching Again for Water – 2016 Banagher Horse Fair a Great Success – Readings from the Pallet postponed – the annual Pilgrimage to Banagher
Around this time of the year there are three things on the agenda, the Banagher Horse Fair, the annual Readings at the …
First Day at School
I can’t remember my first day at school in Saint Rynaghs in Banagher (of the famed Annual Horse Fair). So when folk …
Faction Fight of Banagher Town
For fun folk with sticks each other set to fight It was the fashion of the peasantry of the time The …
Holy Waters of Saint Bridget at Ballycumber
This story I first heard from a poem read by Rosemary Porter at Banaghers “Readings from the Pallet” festival some years back. …
Restless Sídhe of Keeraun Hill
Keeraun Hill is a fairy fort, or ring fort, or Danish fort, call it what you will outside Banagher in County Offaly …
“The Window Crisis” and “The Miracle of the Porch”
This article first appeared in the 2014 edition of the “Banagher Review” Dad was a handyman in his spare time… handy to …