Tag: poetry

I haven't been around much of late.  It's nice to get back online and have a chance to post some new material. By the way, I note there appears to have been an issue, during the past month, for...

Several hours last Saturday were spent, rather than writing up a weekend post, brushing out the flood in my house.  I had turned on the bath and forgotten about it.  I stepped off the sofa, to...

I hope that you are all keeping well.  If you are struggling, please turn off the fear box.  Don't let the tyrants, that rule this world, grind you down. Re One Irish Rover.  Many thanks for...

UPDATE - getting very slowly caught up with old emails.   Doing lots of photoshop and research work most evenings.  Works in progress on Warwick, Gilmore, Kearney, O'Reilly, Bamford, Thompson,...

These cold wintry days of mid January, with endless grey skies, made me think of my memories of being cold. I reflected back on my father and his use of the word, founder. Anyway, to set the...

I came across an old poem (see below) entitled To the Old Year, written on December 27th, 1884, by Susie Troland, a Coleraine lady.  She was inspired by the year just ended, namely 1884. In...