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With the Autumn nights dropping down and the first signs of frost, the attention of many is turning away from the sights and sounds of summer to the forthcoming feast of uproarious verse, th...

  It seems that the ode has become a party piece all over the country.  The words are now posted on the lyrics section of the website here and the poem is one of the tracks on the ...

 Naming of bridge for Tommy and Mary — A key part of Dover's future was enshrined Friday with the names of a late Irish couple recognized as two of the city's greatest benefactors...

The TOMMY MAKEM International Festival of Song invites the song people of the world to come to Armagh, heartland of Irish myth and legend on Thursday 7, Friday 8 and Saturday 9 October 2010....

The evening of uproarious laughter as the competitors unleash their compositions of humorous verse to an appreciative audience.      Over fifteen years ago the ...

All associates and supporters of the Bard of Armagh Festival of Humorous Verse will be saddened at the news of the recent death of Rosemary Twohig. Rosemary had been suffering from ill heal...

Liam McNally was the toast of the town as he swept to an impressive victory in the Bard of Armagh finals on Friday the 20th of November 2009.  He saw off his arch rival Jimmy Raff...

The epic winning poems from the recent Bard of Armagh finals feature on a brand new CD Hilarity and Jollification, just hot off the press.  The CD contains popular winner Liam McNa...