Author: Liam Byrne

This Is Where We’re From. 

I woke this morning to cuckoos callA rising sun like a burning ball Winter spring summer fall this is where were from.  Tractors home in distant fields  Winter feed from summer yields  the driver things in jigs and reels  this is where we’re from.  Head for school and it’s the same old faces  the same ...
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Turning Hay

Confessions Of A One Man Band. Chapter 1. Turning Hay. ” I love the taste of tea in the field on a summers day And it’s me and you dad, sitting on a bale of hay There’s mam and the girls and a bottle of warm TK That’s the taste of tea in the field ...
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A Tale of Three Gigs

Last weekend I played 5 gigs. Three of these were in the towns of Carlow, Gorey and Aughrim. The 3 gigs stand out as something that never really happened before during my performing career. Each of them was completely different to the other two in terms of atmosphere, audience and set-list. Completely different but each ...
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