Monthly Archives: July 2011

An article written in the form of a letter from Peadar to his father Sean. First appeared in the Sunday Independent February 1998) Seán, I smelt you here again last Tuesday. Here, in your room, where I now work, I could feel your presence as that familiar cigar smoke whiff wafted around the room. God, […]

Seod caillte. Do chaileas rud éigin le déanaí Seod bo dhlúth chuid dem’ chroí É riamh ‘gam, mar aingil im’ chuideacht Bhí sé mar lóchrann tacaí mo shaoghail. Nuair a bhíodh liom i gcuideachtain daoinibh, Ghealladh a ghnaoithe le loisne dea ghuí Bhíodh solas is gliondar ‘nár dtímpeal Bhí aoibhneas is meidhir is gáirí. Nuair […]

“Ach go h-áirithe” Freagra ceist na Dáimhe 2007 (mar mhagadh ar nath cainnte a úsáidtear ar RnaG, staisún Bhaile na nGall) A chléirigh chliste na gcótaí trom, ach go háirithe D’fhiosaíos do cheist in am, ach go háirithe, Ach mo lean agus m’atuirse, Nár chaileas mo pháipéar breacaithe Le h-eolas cruinn is freagra bínn, ach […]

(Nótaí a chuireas I dtreo do chludach dluth dhiosca Mise Éire arna ath-fhoilsiú 2007 Sleeve notes I put together for the re release of the music for the film Mise Éire on cd 2007) There are many forms of love and the love of one’s nation is most potent. This is what sparked the creativity […]