The Ireland I Now Inhabit Is One

It Is Difficult At Times To Repress The Thought That History Is About As Instructive As An Abattoir.

Anyone With Gumption And A Sharp Mind Will Take The Measure Of Two Things: What's Said And What's Done.

Walk On Air Against Your Better Judgement.

A Public Expectation, It Has To Be Said, Not Of Poetry As Such But Of Political Positions Variously Approvable By Mutually Disapproving Groups.

I've Nothing Against The Queen Personally: I Had Lunch At The Palace Once Upon A Time.