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Famine Food

What we dismiss as a weed Was once all there was to feed The hungry in a land of plenty Guarded by …

Exile Prepares to Walk to Connaught

When Oliver Cromwell took over Ireland, his infamous decree of “to hell or to Connaught” was enacted. Popularly thought to be all …

Plain of the Kings of Irelands Past

Some people wonder why I am so into supporting the turf cutters rights. My dad worked Blackwater Bog, where the order came …