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Poetry inspired by Irish Heritage

Here you will find poems and musings about and inspired by Irish history and Heritage. We welcome your contributions to this section of the website.

  • An Evening in June

    An Evening in June

      The Scotch Pines kept sentry by the hilltop where the St. John’s Eve fire blazed. We feasted on Mi – Wadi and ...
  • Ancestors

    Ancestors

      Every fibre of our being from the soul Of our feet to the tip of our head Comes from our ancestors, Blood, ...
  • Anticipation

    Anticipation

    Awaiting At night’s end Amid assemblage This awe – inspiring Event Musing With Spirits Ancient tribes Previous witnesses On hallowed site   Stillness descends Appearance of light Creeps up passageway Illuminating chamber Sacred symbols   Mystical moment Sun Solstice Newgrange.   2007
  • Famine

    Famine

    In famine, the dead were never far from us. Parents and children lay strewn on doorsteps or along roadsides and they were so far ...
  • Irish Storytellers

    Irish Storytellers

    Monkish Scribes Bardic Poets Chroniclers Gaeilge, English Language Poetry or prose Eloquent expressions Enrich our generation Perception channeled.
  • LIFEFORCE

    LIFEFORCE

    Standing On a summer’s evening Atop Magical Tara’s Hill Staring at a sunset Casting its long shadow Over mystical ground Towards an ancient mound, Giving life to ...
  • Museum of Country Life Turlough, Castlebar, Co Mayo

    Museum of Country Life Turlough, Castlebar, Co Mayo

      On the hither bank of the dark river, Methuselah-Heron stood, the flow of minute, nor day, nor season bothering him; this side ...
  • Past Silhouettes

    Past Silhouettes

    This generation is entrusted to Acknowledge All unburied, forgotten Victims of the Desolate mid 1800’s Mortality by starvation; The overwhelming demise of Numerous adults, children The whitest flower Betrayed ...
  • Privilege

    Privilege

    Rural, urban dwellers Regal, peasant descent Civilian, military personage Lineage of Oriental New world or Diverse Populace. Male, female Young, aged All bestow Guidance, wisdom From eons past. Genes, statute, traits Passed ...
  • Slievemore: The Abandoned Village

    Slievemore: The Abandoned Village

    You park your car on a low slope under the graveyard wall. Always there is a mound of fresh-turned earth, flowers in pottery ...
  • The Photograph

    The Photograph

      I walk in the clear waters of my childhood, again curious to undo the strings of the old clutch bag and live ...
  • The Return

    The Return

    In her dream she was always walking towards or into: the sea, the road, the lane, the haggard, gate and yard, old ...
  • These Lonely Stones

    These Lonely Stones

    Poignant memories Hillside homesteads Families, neighbours Footsteps on ancient path Protector of secrets Pre-Landlordism’s greed   Eviction sightings From these walls Destitute humans Mournful witnesses Remembered lamentations Achill’s Inhabitants Historical recordings.          
  • Titanic 2012

    Titanic 2012

    Fog across waters That are now silent Tears  shed are but no more Memories of  1912 awakened By the sound of peeling bell   Voices calling ...
  • Winter Visitor

    Winter Visitor

      The dog lay at the end of the kitchen having been evicted from under the table by the feet and legs of ...
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