Category: Poems

Before I begin.  I think everything is now fully functioning again, after the switch to the new website server.  Emails appear to have been caught up with.  I hope that I have not missed...

The North Antrim coast, and the Glens of Antrim, are stunningly beautiful. A summer day in this part of the world is heaven. Visitors coming to the North of Ireland often focus their time on...

I recently cleaned up an old photograph of a late 1800's tenant eviction.  This proved very timely because around the same time, a lovely old related poem came to light.  The poem (no...

During the lock-down last year, I started to read a lot more about the three exceptionally talented Given brothers from Cullybackey - Patrick, Samuel and Thomas.  I'd been aware of the younger...

Apologies for the delay in responding to recent emails and those who have been in touch via the website's contact form.  It's been 8 days or so here, without laptop access to the internet. Windows...

The Irish are well known for always talking about the weather. This is hardly that surprising given that we have as many as five different competing weather systems, that can give us four seasons in...