I am honoured to have had my poem ‘An Eight-Year-Old’s May Altar’ published online today by the excellent UK webzine Ink Sweat & Tears. My deepest thanks to editor Helen Ivory and publisher Kate Birch for their support in choosing my work.

Thanks to Amos Grieg for choosing three poems for his March 2025 edition of the brilliant 'A New Ulster'. www.scribd.com/document/843...

Here's one of my poems, selected by the excellent Ben Banyard for his magnificent Black Nore Review in February. blacknorereview.wordpress.com/2025/02/17/j...

This is a mockup of the cover for the unpublished issue of Rainbow Manuscripts, dated October 1973. Rainbow Manuscripts No.3 Contributors: John Lennon / Martin Maguire / Mathew Sweeney / Bob Dylan / John Murphy / Niall O’Neill Illustrations: John Coburn Format: Stabled pamphlet

Related to an earlier post, this is a reprint of a bill from Jonathan Cape Ltd in 1973, on behalf of John Lennon granting permission to publish two extracts from the book 'John Lennon In His Own Write'. The total cost was £4.00 (£43.75 by today's calculation).

Related to the previous post, this is a reprint of a bill from Granada Publishing in 1973, on behalf of Bob Dylan's UK publisher granting permission to publish two pages from his book 'Tarantula'. The total cost was £3.00 (£33.00 by today's calculation).

From summer 1973, this article, written by the excellent June Levine, was published in the Sunday Independent newspaper.

Rainbow Manuscripts No.2 - published July 1973 Contributors: John Cooney / Brendan Kennelly / Pamela Good / Thomas Tessier / Jim Burns / Dan Reardon / Joseph Jackson Illustrations: Mary Greene Format: Single sheet double-sided hand drawn text.

Rainbow Manuscripts No.1 - published July 1972 Contributors: Roly Brown / John Murphy / David Cohen / John Cooney / Peter Fallon / Beth Humphreys / Timothy McDonnell Illustrations: Mary Greene / Catherine Ryan Screen Print Cover Design: Niall O'Neill Format: Loose-leaved colour sheets in folder