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The Fleadh (Mullingar 2022)
The Fleadh, the Fleadh, the Mullingar Fleadh. There's nothing quite like it for ooh-la-la. The Fleadh, the Fleadh; it’s coming home. Begun in Mullingar where heifers roam. 1951 in humble…
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The Death Train
The therapist I went with trepid heart. My happiness and my head far apart. She smiled delightful air; she’s angel eyed. I bet she’s New Age, to myself I sighed.…
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Bob & Me
I know its nuts. But I once met Bob Dylan. Lying low in a kibbutz. He said, "I am just a song and dance man". "It's funny", I said, so…
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Chlainne Lir
I King Lir wanted to be head king of Erin a long, long time ago, Alas King Bodb Derg got there first and was voted in to the throne, King…
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The High Priestess
The high priestess she stands tall, You'll see her picture on a castle wall, She has a vast knowledge and a strong will, She has a lovely voice and loves…
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Invisible Man
Everybody walks by me or at times on top of me. My glasses smeared with dirt I can barely see. My hair so long it got. I feel like in…
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A serenade of rain
A serenade of rain. Echoes surround her pain. Drowning. Yet bobbling. On the ocean tide. Melodies of life. Flashback frequencies. Her - nobody sees. Out of sight. Fight or flight.…
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Christmas Day when I was ten years old
My red hat, striking and warm, Echoes across the mountains, winter is born, My piercing stare into the distance, Christmas nostalgia, where memories fight their existence Wrapped up and prepared…
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Reading Ulysses in Mullingar Cathedral
Persecution, says Bloom, all the history of the world is full of it. Perpetuating national hatred among nations. What is your nation, if I may ask, says the citizen. Ireland,…
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Early Morning Rain
A child running A picture of innocence The pink of cherry blossoms Reflecting off the water Memories of Japan Rain in the distance The mountain in the background Freedom and…