Raths on a Roll

R le haghaidh na ráthanna, Ráth Eanaigh nó Ráth Éanna, Ráth Maonais is Ráth Garbh is Ráth Cúil mar an gcéanna.

– Catherine Ann Cullen

• – photo by Theresa Donnelly

R is for RDS

On the grounds of the RDS swing boat buttocks pulse signals

to horses geldings and mares, excusing the odd flip of a tail.

– Marie Studer

R’s for the Red Cow Roundabout, our own spaghetti junction,

An AA roadwatch regular, if rail or roads malfunction.

– Catherine Ann Cullen

R is for Rialto

Grand canal village view,

Butcher and Baker and boulangerie too.

– Richie Keane

R is Robert Emmet

They took him in his pj’s

From the house beside the bridge

He was tried, a rebel died

2020 the swans sail nonchalently by.

– Kathryn O’Boyle 

Did you ever jingle jangle al-

long the banks of the Royal Canal?

– Karen J McDonnell

Upon the banks of the Royal Canal.

The remnants of what we’ve lost remain along the route;

the swan songs and sentiments the hurling and starving to boot.

– Damien Donnelly (poem and four photos above)

R’s for rattling Ryder’s Row where you can buy a bike,

Then cycle out to Raglan Road where rued romance may strike.

– Catherine Ann Cullen