Come all you gallant Irishmen, come listen for a while
I’ll sing to you the praises of the sons of Erin’s Isle
’Tis of an awful, awful ambush I’d have you to beware
That happened in Rineen, in a spot in County Clare.…
Added by Joe Gannon on September 2, 2017 at 8:30pm — 13 Comments
If you ever drive down the south side of the beautiful and scenic Dingle Peninsula in Co. Kerry, as I did with my wife, brother and sister-in-law last June (and everyone should, at least one in their lives), you will pass through the small village of Lispole on N-86 a few miles before you get to Dingle town. As you make…
ContinueAdded by Joe Gannon on March 20, 2017 at 1:30pm — 20 Comments
They sought to wipe the column out,
From east to west, from north to south,
“Till at Crossbarry’s bloody rout
They woke from their day dreaming
Though ten to one they were that day
Our boys were victors in the fray,
And over the hills we marched…
Added by Joe Gannon on February 10, 2017 at 10:30am — 11 Comments
When it came to the grand plan of how the Irish, with their meager resources, could defeat the forces of the greatest empire on earth in the Irish War of Independence, Michael Collins was the great architect who drew up the “flying column” blue print. But no matter how great the architect, other men have to take that…
ContinueAdded by Joe Gannon on May 31, 2016 at 10:00pm — 14 Comments
There are two routes I can take to my office when I leave the train station to go to work. They both pass a large 18th century building of Palladian, neoclassical design, which I used to admire as a child, long before I knew of its connection to my own family.
Now, as I pass it by, I…
ContinueAdded by David Lawlor on May 28, 2016 at 4:00am — 7 Comments
Domnail O’Faolain, son of West Waterford Brigade Commanding Officer (O/C) Pax Whelan, noted in a 1966 lecture the difficulty in getting members of Oglaigh na hEireann (I.R.A.) in the Deise area of County Waterford to talk of the War of Independence period:…
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(Pictured: The field in the hills north of Dungarvan where Sgt. Michael Hickey's body was found)
(Read Part 1 - 'Nigh Comeragh's Rugged Hills')…
ContinueAdded by Joe Gannon on September 1, 2015 at 10:00am — 4 Comments
When silence overcomes me
My dreams they seem to fill
Of my dear native happy home
Nigh Comeragh's rugged hills
-- From a poem by Pat Keating
My wife, Lindy, and I have just completed…
ContinueAdded by Joe Gannon on August 27, 2015 at 9:00am — 18 Comments
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