I am a true-born Irishman
John Mitchel is my name
To free my own brave countrymen
From Newry town I came …
John Mitchel Ballad
Short Stories
Why does no one visit me?
My place is neat and clean,
there are no locks on the gate.
It is a quiet area of town.
So why does no one visit me?
Boys Toys of the 50s
In an attempt to revitalise the toy industry after the end of World War I, the American Tootsie Toys company introduced a new range of innovative pocket-sized diecast toys in 1918. Tootsie’s success in the
The Walking Stick
When first he saw the growing stick
my father was a youngish man
he got a spade and dug it out,
then cut it – for to fit his hand.
A State of Denial
Rose-tinted reminiscence has its place I agree,
But stare out of one eye and one view will you see.
Gerry Davey stonemason
The late Gerry Davey was a stonemason supreme – an art that is lost in these days of mechanical devices.
Eva Clarke
The following article appeared recently in a free publication and I thought it deserved a larger audience …..
Holocaust survivor Eva Clarke spoke recently to the students of
Model airplanes
Before Christmas I had cause, like many others to go up into the attic to retrieve the Christmas decorations. When I was up I decided to have a look at some of the old junk gathered there.
The Death
The cool of the rushing mountain stream
Splashed in the face of the wounded stag
As he sank to his knees in the shadow cast
By the lonely mountain crag.