‘Gullion | Mountain of Steep Slopes’ © John A. Brennan 2015. All Rights Reserved.

13/10/2023.Reading time 5 minutes.

They call me Gullion. I am old as time itself, older than the pre-dawn of life, forged in the crucible of a ring of fire, before man existed. Up here the air is pure and fresh and crisp as the frost of winter’s breath. I’ve seen it all from up here, here by the bottomless […]

‘She Is Far From The Land’ by Thomas Moore

25/08/2023.Reading time 1 minute.

Robert Emmet’s love affair with Sarah Curran inspired Thomas Moore to write ‘She Is Far From The Land’. ‘She is Far from the Land’ By Thomas Moore She is far from the land, where her young hero sleeps, And lovers are round her, sighing; But coldly she turns from their gaze, and weeps, For her […]

‘Patient Hero’ © Joe Canning 2018. All Rights Reserved.

24/05/2023.Reading time 1 minute.

‘Patient Hero’ © Joe Canning 2018. All Rights Reserved. I speak of Robert Emmet And the words he had to say Before the black hat sent him To an unknown place in clay The words that Gael and hero spoke To those that took his life, To those who broke the heart of Sarah. She […]

‘In Memory of My Mother’ by Patrick Kavanagh

10/05/2023.Reading time 3 minutes.

‘In Memory of My Mother’ (Patrick Kavanagh) I do not think of you lying in the wet clay Of a Monaghan graveyard; I see You walking down a lane among the poplars On your way to the station, or happily Going to second Mass on a summer Sunday You meet me and you say: ‘Don’t […]

The Women of Ireland © Aine Kelly 2016. All Rights Reserved.

03/05/2023.Reading time 1 minute.

The Women of Ireland: With hearts as big as lions and courage of the bear the brave women of Ireland proudly fought and did their share. They suffered loss so bravely but their hearts were strong and true there wasn’t any sacrifice that they would refuse to do. They fought for Ireland’s freedom to show […]

‘Dearest Kitty’ by Thomas Goulding

10/03/2023.Reading time 1 minute.

Last year marked the centenary of the passing of Michael Collins, one of Ireland’s greatest leaders. He was engaged to be married to Kitty Kiernan and the pair kept in contact through many letters during this time. Each letter Michael wrote began with the words Dearest Kitty and this poem is a tribute to their […]

#OTD in 1979 – Death of Eileen Shanahan | one of the small number of Irish women poets.

28/01/2023.Reading time 2 minutes.

Eileen Shanahan (1901-1979) was born in Dublin. She worked as a secretary at the League of Nations in Geneva from 1929 until the invasion of France in 1940. Although she published widely in magazines and anthologies, she never published a collection of her poems during her lifetime and her work remains uncollected. The Three Children […]

23/01/2023.Reading time 2 minutes.

‘The Plantation of Ulster’ © Aine Kelly 2016. All Rights Reserved. We stood and watched the ships as they sailed into the bay, little realising that they’d come to enslave us and take our homes and lands away. I held my newborn baby tight, and stood in defiance of that fearsome sight, little knowing that […]

‘Dedication’ by Patrick MacGill | The Navvy Poet

16/01/2023.Reading time 3 minutes.

‘Dedication’ by Patrick MacGill –The Navvy Poet I speak with a proud tongue of the people who were And the people who are, The worthy of Ardara, the Rosses and Inishkeel, My kindred– The people of the hills and the dark-haired passes My neighbours on the lift of the brae, In the lap of the […]

Nollaig na mBan Shona Daoibh!

06/01/2023.Reading time 5 minutes.

On this day it is the tradition in Ireland for the women to get together and enjoy their own Christmas, while the men folk stay at home and handle all the chores. It is also common for children to help their mothers and grandmothers with household chores and extra help. The Nollaig na mBan […]

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