Tomás Ó Cárthaigh : Writing

"Let the Bells Toll" The Angelus Broadcast Debate

"Let the Bells Toll" The Angelus Broadcast Debate

A Poem by Tomás Ó C&a..


Atheist Ireland want the angelus stopped on R.T.E., saying it has no place in a modern secular society, and claim that 60 years ago today (18th of Aug..
Man Is But a Leaf

Man Is But a Leaf

A Poem by Tomás Ó C&a..


Man is but a leaf in the winds of life
Cat in the Kitchen

Cat in the Kitchen

A Poem by Tomás Ó C&a..


The US operation in Iraq was like putting a cat out of a kitchen as he may cause damage, and causing more damage themselves in the process.
When They Stood There For That Photo

When They Stood There For That Photo

A Poem by Tomás Ó C&a..


Poem pondering the thoughts of my grandfather, greatgrandfather and servents as their picture was taken by Sean Mac Eoin - them plain John Joseph Mc K..
Kid in a Cart in Kosovo

Kid in a Cart in Kosovo

A Poem by Tomás Ó C&a..


After Kosovo war ethnic Romany's fled, only to return when the war was over. 11 years later they are still there. Its a UN camp. 89 at are ..
Srebrenica - Сребреница

Srebrenica - Сребреница

A Poem by Tomás Ó C&a..


Will humanity ever learn? Europes worst war crime since World War II brought home the fact that its not just Cambodia and distant places where massacr..
Death on a Train Track

Death on a Train Track

A Poem by Tomás Ó C&a..


Coming up from Cork, my train was delayed, b not alone one, but two suicides, and this was written quick in response to the first one... http://www.rt..
Keeping Time Throughout the Ages

Keeping Time Throughout the Ages

A Poem by Tomás Ó C&a..


The often tragic tale of the Astronomical clock in Prague...
For the Corncrakes and Mankinds Sakes

For the Corncrakes and Mankinds Sakes

A Poem by Tomás Ó C&a..


The corncrake's once common, is now only in a few hinterlands, one of the main ones in the callowlands around Banagher in Offaly. This poem explores p..
Modern Venus

Modern Venus

A Poem by Tomás Ó C&a..


Poem inspired by the painting by Roz Mc Quillan