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Est. December 31, 2006
Loretta Murphy blends poetry, fantasy, singing and perfoming into her writing about Ireland. Murphy's first novel, The Pipes Are Calling, (ISBN 142414826X) is an Irish-American historical fantasy about the Molly Maguires, the Irish born hard coal miners who were pioneers of the American Labor Movement. Her recent release, Irish Roads, (ISBN1606107607 ) is a poetic journey across Ireland chronicled by Murphy in celebration of a 21 day solo sojourne there in 2005.

SHEEP  [E]   1.3 KB
In Ireland, sheep are a living part of the landscape

BRIDGE ACROSS THE ATLANTIC  [E]   1.6 KB
Love can bridge even the deepest of oceans...

The Ballad of the O'Donnell House  [13+]   3.5 KB
A sad but true tale of Irish immigrants from the coal fields of Pennsylvania

TANGLES  [E]   1.8 KB
A Fool's journey...is it written in the Cards?

THE JEALOUS WALL  [E]   1.4 KB
The ruins of the Jealous Wall exist on a small estate in the Midlands of Ireland.

THE FAERIES CAME TO ME LAST NIGHT  [E]   2.0 KB
Love's magic sometimes comes on faerie wings...

Starfish on the Greystones  [E]   0.8 KB
Greystones...not far from Dublin...a lovely beachwalk along the coast of the Irish Sea

Prayers in the Wicklow Mountains  [ASR]   1.7 KB
The spectacular Wicklow Mountains are a maze of narrow chute and ladder roadways...

FLYIN' BACK HOME  [ASR]   5.2 KB
A funny Irish ballad that really happened - with poetic license, of course.

Do You Know What It Means To Be Irish?  [E]   1.6 KB
Irish Poetry:Do You Know What It Means To Be Irish?