Double Dutch and Gaelic at Tin Jug Reading in Birr and Portrait of the Poet as a Not Young Man
It is not often you get to listen to verse in both Dutch and Gaelic, and the Fannings poetry night in The …
Wake at Birr
The true and humorous tale, though shocking at the time, of the fiasco of my mothers coffin, at her wake in Birr… …
Two Magpies at Kilcormac
Two magpies to the sky took flight I passed by to Birr on the bus Joy up ahead but not here yet …
Walking Past Adamnans Church in Birr
Its just another ruined church to some, but St Brendans Old Church in Birr is where a little known Irish saint wrote …
A Crazy Week – Scottish Turkeys Vote for Christmas – Culture Week – Stink Kicked Up Over Banagher Fair – Blog
Its been a crazy week, a stink has been kicked up over the shit that was raised that led to a man …
Lovers Overheard in Birr
“True, Ill enjoy it, But when the morning comes I will feel dirty” – she said. “How? No you will not” He …
Walking the Line
In the cold hard days of winter, hours long, and the sun no more does shine, Workers resolved to fight for fair …
“Pop Up Poetry” at Culture Night 2013
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~POETRY POPS UP AT CULTURE NIGHT IN TULLAMORE, IRELAND ~~~~~~~We had in Tullamore Rhymers Club, for the Culture Night event, what we …