Bridget Walsh
The First Thirty
(After ‘Piggotts’ by Martin Figura Aged seven, walking down the road to school. Late home when hiding from the Caretaker. Swimming at the...
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Bridget Walsh
- Mar 21, 2021
- 1 min
Spring brings Hope
The first real sunshine on yellow narcissus at the bottom of the garden.
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Bridget Walsh
- Feb 10, 2021
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Bridget Walsh
- Jan 9, 2021
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Haikus for January 2021
Dark shapes walk their dogs through misty, frozen meadows it's 2 degrees C. Thirteen hundred deaths from Covid winter lockdown in...
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Bridget Walsh
- Jan 4, 2021
- 1 min
How to walk on a breezy day!
Michael is a long-time Liverpool FC fan. Here he is with two of his grandsons; James and Cillian. Out for a walk on a breezy day in...
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Bridget Walsh
- Jan 4, 2021
- 1 min
You'll never walk alone
Gerry Marsden, the singer of this great song, died yesterday. RIP. Follow the link below to listen to this beautiful song....
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Bridget Walsh
- Dec 29, 2020
- 1 min
Reading: 'Take Off Your Pants' by Libbie Hawker @LibHawker
This is a super book about writing novels. It's all about really in-depth planning and I have found it absolutely eye-opening. For...
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Bridget Walsh
- Dec 6, 2020
- 1 min
New reading What Hath God Wrought
This book won the Pulizer Prize for History in 2008. I'm writing the second novel where my protagonist Annie Power, has arrived in New...
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Bridget Walsh
- Dec 5, 2020
- 1 min
Poetry in favourite songs: Forever Young
I love looking at the poetry in songs. This one for example: Bob Dylan & The Band "Forever Young" - A Tribute To Bob Dylan...
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Bridget Walsh
- Dec 2, 2020
- 1 min
The Map of Knowledge
I'm reading this book about how knowledge was transmitted from the time of the Ancient Greeks, through the Middle East, into Spain with...
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Bridget Walsh
- Dec 2, 2020
- 1 min
Best Irish historical novel ever?
Just finished reading Strumpet City by James Plunkett. I'm in awe of the lyrical writing and the attention to detail about life in...
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Bridget Walsh
- Oct 17, 2020
- 1 min
Researching 19th century Melbourne, Australia
I'm doing some research on the founding of Melbourne, Australia in 1835. My protagonist Jane, arrived there from Dublin, in 1846, so I...
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Bridget Walsh
- Oct 2, 2020
- 1 min
In Search of the 1490
Just watched a fascinating video about the 1,490 Irish Famine emigrants from Strokestown estate in county Roscommon. This resulted in...
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Bridget Walsh
- Sep 10, 2020
- 1 min
Autumn
The best part of the year. Russety apples ready to pick. Salad crop warm out of the ground and greenhouse. A friend's pink and green...
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Bridget Walsh
- Sep 8, 2020
- 1 min
Woodstown Strand. Haibun
I read about Haibun in the latest copy of Mslexia (page 56). 'A short prose piece followed by a related haiku.' So here's one about a...
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Bridget Walsh
- Sep 3, 2020
- 2 min
Potato Blight - Found Poem
The Great Famine 1845-1849, resulted in the deaths of one million people and a further one million people emigrated from Ireland. This...
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Bridget Walsh
- Sep 1, 2020
- 2 min
"Speranza" (Lady Jane Wilde), and my Irish historical novels
Famous Irish Nationalist, feminist and poet who plays a part in my novel, 'Daughters of the Famine Road.'
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Bridget Walsh
- Aug 27, 2020
- 1 min
Caroline Chisholm - 'The emigrants' friend'
I came across her name when I worked in Northampton. Some of my students came to college from the Caroline Chisholm School. I didn't know...
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Bridget Walsh
- Aug 25, 2020
- 1 min
Jane Leary: An Irish Famine girl
The Irish Famine and Skibbereen
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Bridget Walsh
- Aug 20, 2020
- 1 min
Recommended Read: The Writers Map
If you're a writer then you need a map. Not just to plot your story but a map of the world you create in your novel. I recommend you read...
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