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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 …

Barbados Chest in a Molly Cottage

* Molly is a townland in North Longford, Ireland, where my great grandmother Margaret Drake (who married Michael O Reilly, she herself …

In the Shadow of Cairn Hill

Are they true the old tales, that he who slay Queen Maeve, Neath one of these cairns in death enjoys sleep? That …

Fiddling at Longford

As if Nero, as the city is destroyed Consumed by economic storm Fiddle is played – how good we are Come, listen …

No Room at the Inn

She died alone, like a cow in a field, the papers wrote Nothing new there, comment passed as true as it was …

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 …

Walking Under Edenmore Hill

Random scattered shades of brown, Rarer yellows, more common black hues, What  was once a trickle a torrent is now, Rain falls …

Beauty Passed, and Yet Still Beautiful

Beauty passed, and yet still beautiful, Walls crumble, slaves to time, build long ago The rhubarb that once here grew I ate, …

Gates to the Gods

Gates to the gods, the people flocks, To worship at the waters pure, To leave tokens, offerings there… Take home some water …

As They Lay Him Down

As they lay him down… Madiba… Let them not forget, Forgiveness, what he though them, For hatred, now subdued, can yet, Tear …

The Longford Ark

http://www.donedeal.ie/windows-for-sale/boat/5856940 This is a real advertisement from Donedeal… inspired the doggerel verse below. Only in Longford!!! It rains so much in Longford, …

Old Clonbroney

This is a ghost story told to me by my mother, from her grandparents, either Kiernans Mill or Treacys. The roadway mentioned …

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 …

Drovers No More Walk These Roads

Drovers, with their cattle herds, To market coming, stick in hand, Guiding their charges with swear words With a sure, and yet …

The Exodus

Exodus – The Leaving I From fields we came where often blood was shed Of men from France, a land so far …

Walking As One With the Woods

From the branches, voices whisper Singing soft low songs, in the breeze The more we listen,  less we hear From the low …

King Congal’s Grief

Congal, the proud king, his wife a prince bore Alas, in giving to her son his life She lost hers, tragic the …