Tag: Joe Canning ‘A look at Ireland in verse’

‘The Ballad of Bella Brooks’ © Joe Canning 2019. All Rights Reserved.

21/09/2019.Reading time 5 minutes.

[Local history | ‘The Ballad of Bella Brooks’ | Purportedly murdered in 1876 and found drowned in the Finn near Castlefin, Co Donegal | No one was convicted of the crime tho’ rumours abounded at the time] Joe Canning ‘ A look at Ireland in verse’ ‘The Ballad of Bella Brooks’© Joe Canning 2019. All […]

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‘The Tree At The Foot Of Our Garden’. © Joe Canning 2018. All Rights Reserved.

31/01/2018.Reading time 2 minutes.

‘The Tree At The Foot Of Our Garden’. © Joe Canning 2018. All Rights Reserved. Joe Canning ‘A Look at Ireland in Verse’ There’s a tree at the foot of our garden, Happy children play round it all day, The girls use the foxgloves as thimbles, The boys write their names in the clay. Young […]

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‘Mammy’s Mucky Pool’ © Joe Canning 2017. All Rights Reserved

04/10/2017.Reading time 3 minutes.

‘Mammy’s Mucky Pool’ © Joe Canning 2017. All Rights Reserved Joe Canning ‘A look at Ireland in verse’ The muck pool in our garden was our playground. We wallowed, splashed and skidded after school. Ma would scold us for not wearing wellies, And spoiling shoes we wore to National school Da would mutter– “Stop yer […]

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