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Feb 9 2013

The Wisdom Rider

Eyes blinked, steel steed halts, Through clouds scream sound,
No tears of salt, On this ground no man to be found.

Wisdom Rides

© Picture above & Poem by Voni B. All rights reserved

The Gaelic Chieftain

  • The original picture is at: http://www.burns4u.com/Orders3.html

    FACTS
    The Gaelic Chieftain
    The battlefield at Curlew Pass
    Sculpture by Maurice Harron 1999

    On The Curlew Mountains, County Roscommon, on the border of County Sligo stands
    The Gaelic Chieftain on the site of the Battle of Curlew Pass, fought in August 1599, when a Gaelic Irish force under Hugh Roe O’Donnell defeated an English column during the Nine Years War.

    The Gaelic Chieftan