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Sigerson Clifford – The Cahersiveen Races

On June 22, 2010, in Sigerson Clifford, by Editor

Sigerson Clifford paints a most vivid pen-picture of one of its famous sporting occasions which still takes place every year but its date has been changed to the month of August.

Sigerson Clifford – Lenihan's Big Bazaar

On June 22, 2010, in Sigerson Clifford, by Editor

This poem captures a time of innocence when any out-of-town visit was seen as an exciting and colourful experience.  Sigerson’s own notes on this reads – Bazaar: a travelling, open-air show. The talkies killed most of them unfortunately. Clawhammer: old-fashioned coat with tails to it.

Sigerson Clifford – Irish Short Stories: The Red-Haired Woman and Other Stories

On June 9, 2010, in Sigerson Clifford, by Editor

The short stories collected here are among the best ever written about Ireland, distinguished by Sigerson Clifford’s concise, masterful treatment of themes such as unrequited love, murderous hatred, betrayal, disappointment and hope.

Sigerson Clifford – Brother Mick

On June 2, 2010, in Sigerson Clifford, by Editor

The mountain frowned upon the school, The school stared at the street, And rich men’s sons came there in shoes, While I ran in bare feet.

Sigerson Clifford – The Kerry Christmas Carol

On June 2, 2010, in Sigerson Clifford, by Editor

Brush the floor and clean the hearth, And set the fire to keep, For they might visit us tonight, When all the world’s asleep.

Sigerson Clifford – The Ballad of the Tinker's Daughter

On May 31, 2010, in Sigerson Clifford, by Editor

The Ballad of the Tinker’s Daughter was written by Sigerson Clifford, born in Cork of Kerry parents in 1913, died in 1985. Tim Dennehy put it to music in 1986 and recorded it on his tape ‘A Thimbleful of Song’. There are 11 verses to this poem and whilst it’s possible to see how this inspired Mickey MacConnell to write ‘The Tinkerman’s Daughter’, it tells a more complex story.

Sigerson Clifford – The Boys Of Barr Na Sraide

On May 26, 2010, in Irish Songbook, Sigerson Clifford, by Editor

The song is based on a poem by Sigerson Clifford, who was born in Cahersiveen, and it tells the story of the boys of Barr Na Sraide – Top Street – who hunted for the wren.

Sigerson Clifford – Photographs

On May 26, 2010, in Sigerson Clifford, by Editor

These are photos I found on the Internet, all related to Sigerson Clifford, none of them appeared to be copyrighted.

Peace Comes Over Me – A Short Story by Wilfried F. Voss

On December 31, 2009, in Short Stories, by Editor

Even though this is an excerpt from my novel, this short story is complete in itself. The scene is a pub near the town Cahersiveen in Ireland, and the story leads to the lyrics of The Boys of Barr Na Sraide as written by the Irish poet and playwright Sigerson Clifford.

Sigerson Clifford (1913 – 1985)

On November 15, 2009, in The Bleeding Hills, by Editor

Sigerson Clifford was an Irish poet and playwright. I took a line from his poem The Boys of Barr Na Sraide, the line that goes “And when the hills were bleeding and rifles were aflame…”, to use it as the title for my book “The Bleeding Hills”. The research for my also revealed that there is not a lot of information available that would describe the person Sigerson Clifford in more detail, and that is the reason I created a web site in the hope that people all over the world find it and possibly add more data.