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Tag: ireland

Posted on January 1, 2016 January 7, 2016

Lough Corrib and the Owenriff River by Kayak in Winter

Lough Corrib Ireland flooded island in winter

Here it comes, there it goes. The Christmas break, with its long buildup and heavily marketed stature, has already left the building before it seemed to even arrive.

The rains barely paused for breath, though the good winds provided enough …

Posted on November 19, 2014 November 30, 2015

A Reading of W.B. Yeats’s Among School Children

thoor ballylee galway yeats

W.B. Yeats visited a public school in Waterford in 1926, and there, as an ageing man among the young children, his mind wanders, first to Maud Gonne, to youth, and in an unexpected way, to something universal and beautiful: Among …

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  • Short Story (after Rumi): The Dragon Charmer
    ( -- after hearing the Rumi story from Matin B. on the London Underground -- ) A poor snake charmer, feeling that he was passing his prime, went to the mountain to pray for a better life. "God, I have served you well," he prayed. "I have paid my […]
  • Short Story: Constables Three
    Thump thump thump of stiff hull on salty mound. Gannet gull tern rising and falling in and out of sight. View pulled apart to its original full width, in the broad hiss and hum of ocean passage. Three young constables crouch in the lee of the short […]
  • Song: Deep Blue Eyes
    demo memo recorded in Baurisheen. Crows scratching the air in the back garden. Early September 2019. Look at where the time has gone, how is this possible? See the line, it's far away but Getting closer all the time I turn my back, try to run, but […]
  • Essay: What does irony taste like?
    A shallow meandering attempt to understand irony Here's a fun way to generate a headache. What's the definition of irony? Is it when you write a song called 'Ironic' that lists examples of irony but which aren't technically ironic? First, here's how […]
  • Crit Bike race, Highfield Park, Galway, June 2019
    Mucky June weather and the bottom fallen out of the stretch in May but this, this Saturday evening in the little park hidden away in a west city estate, is aglow with generous light. It throws muddy shadows from bikes as they swing round the […]
  • Dispatches: throw another question on the fire
    There's an elephant in the room. Isn’t there always?. Hiding quietly behind a narrow strip of curtain folds. It’s this morning and I answer the phone to my Aunt and a minute later we're arguing. Somebody mentioned politics. I don't think the 'green […]
  • Dispatches: vote for slugs
    [image: Corrib river bank near NUI Galway on Ektar 120 via Hasselblad at 80mm; I expect this area will be re-purposed as per the planning permisison notice on the path, to give way to more student housing and carpark, and a "Dedicated Biodiversity […]
  • Song Attempt: Please Talk
    Somebody is grafitting the walls down by the docks. The docks are deep, the docks are deep, the docks are deep to let the ships in and for... Somebody is writing "I'm not well Please talk" on the walls. See inside, inside and outside, is silence and […]
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