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Author: Glen Wilson

Two Poems of Fermanagh

Two Poems of Fermanagh
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Fermanagh and the Brontës

Fermanagh and the Brontës

The Northern Irish ancestry of the Brontë sisters is now well known, with the Brontë Heritage Centre at Ballymascanlon in County Down, birthplace of their father Patrick Branty, but there is also a tenuous and intriguing link to Fermanagh. Continue reading “Fermanagh and the Brontës”

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The Ghost of a Post

The Ghost of a Post

You notice a lot of strange things when you spend time cycling down back roads just to see where they lead. This gate is near Trillick in County Tyrone.

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High Rise

J.G. Ballard’s 1975 cult novel High-Rise is perhaps better appreciated as a metaphor for an inexplicable breakdown of social order. Continue reading “High Rise”

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Common Ground

Common Ground

You and I are already connected
so deeply related – bound by invisible kinship
beyond this window into which you peer.
Let’s return to common ground
to walk with each other in silence
and remember together
our place in the family of things.

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Living Legacies

Living Legacies

For two days, on the banks of the Erne surrounded by the historic buildings of the Watergate, Maguire Castle and Inniskillings Barracks, the Living Legacies team worked in intense creativity with two writers groups, the Fermanagh Writers and the Omagh Robins.

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Forgotten Song

Forgotten Song

Mullaghfad church, built in 1831 and without electricity, nestles in the heart of the forest on Sliabh Beagh. On the night of 1st July it provided the perfect setting for Sliabh Beagh Arts to create an immersive arts space which would showcase the array of projects they had created over the last year. Continue reading “Forgotten Song”

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Graffiti Bales

Graffiti Bales

If you have traveled the main A4 road between Clogher and Fivemiletown recently you will probably have seen the stack of silage bales colourfully decorated by leading graffiti artist Kev Largey. They have been featured extensively in social media, on BBC and  UTV, and in the local and national press.
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The Art of Observation

The Art of Observation

Awareness through observation is an aspect of Conscious Writing, a new holistic approach grounded in cutting-edge scientific research. It draws on age-old wisdom and unifies the fields of mindfulness psychology and neuroscience. Continue reading “The Art of Observation”

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Three Poems of Childhood

Three Poems of Childhood

Colin Dardis recalls his early years in Omagh Continue reading “Three Poems of Childhood”

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A Townland Journey – Derrylea

Looking Closer

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Monument to Home

Back to Kiltyclogher

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Under the Burren Forest

The Rocks Remain

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Where the Fox Leaps

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What Water Reveals

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