Tomás Ó Cárthaigh : Writing

Fidel Castro Meets a Country Girl

Fidel Castro Meets a Country Girl

A Poem by Tomás Ó C&a..


Among Castros crimes was offending my mother - she never forgave him! Irish girls hold grudges, especially Longford ones!
Willie Rimes is going to the 2016 Banagher Horse Fair...

Willie Rimes is going to the 2016 Banagher Horse F..

A Story by Tomás Ó C&a..


Willie Rimes is heading to the Wild West of Offaly, to Irelands only illegal horse fair!!!!
Pretty Smiles and Pigtails – The Mary Boyle Mystery

Pretty Smiles and Pigtails – The Mary Boyle Myst..

A Poem by Tomás Ó C&a..


Watching Gemma O’Doherty’s documentary on the missing child Mary Boyle nearly forty years ago is chilling, with interference at a politica..
Black Irish

Black Irish

A Poem by Tomás Ó C&a..


Donald Trump has a massive Irish following, a large element who hate Obama and call him Muslim, and that he cannot be Irish as he looks Kenyan. No one..
The Buck , The Nyeuck

The Buck , The Nyeuck

A Poem by Tomás Ó C&a..


Recently a friend from the Blackwater Poets was diagnosed with Cancer, which we rarely refer to by name, preferring euphemisms such as “the buck..
Miracle at Saint St Augustine’s Holy Well

Miracle at Saint St Augustine’s Holy Well

A Poem by Tomás Ó C&a..


The story of the Holy Well by the shores of Lough Atalia
Blaggards and Blackguards, Slavery, Civil Rights, the Irish and the Longford Connection

Blaggards and Blackguards, Slavery, Civil Rights, ..

A Story by Tomás Ó C&a..


Id written before a poem "Bitter Sugar" here about resarching us Irish as slavers in the Carribean - here is a background article...
Words Written While Listening to "Moonlight Sonata"

Words Written While Listening to "Moonlight Sonata..

A Poem by Tomás Ó C&a..


Words Written While Listening to "Moonlight Sonata"
Red Path of the Stag

Red Path of the Stag

A Poem by Tomás Ó C&a..


The story of why the Stag motif is on clans of the Eoghanacht family arms… a rather gorey practice from pagan times to mark new land…
Willie Rimes and the Saint Patrick’s Day Parade

Willie Rimes and the Saint Patrick’s Day Parade

A Poem by Tomás Ó C&a..


As expected, Willie Rimes made a disgrace of himself at his local parade last Sunday. Will he show up for the national ones at Dublin or Galway today?