Interview with Martin Taylor

Oct 24, 2025 | Greenisland Press News

Martin Taylor was interviewed by Andersonstown News’ editor Anthony Neeson in last week’s edition of the paper. Here is a copy of that interview: SOMETHING of a legend himself, it should be no surprise that Falls Road man Martin Taylor would pen a book...

Death of Brian Patten

Oct 1, 2025 | Features

Sorry to hear of the death of the Liverpool poet Brian Patten. I first met Brian in 1997. I’d been invited to a friend’s wedding in Valencia but a few days before the wedding the venue had been moved to Mojácar. The groom, my friend Tim O’Grady, because of the change...

BLESS ME FATHER

Aug 26, 2025 | Latest

Former IRA prisoner Pat Magee reviews the recently published and highly-acclaimed memoir, Bless Me Father—A Life Story by the singer/songwriter, Kevin Rowland. -oo0oo- The Royal Festival Hall, Southbank Centre, London, 29 April 2016. I’m attending Imagining Ireland,...

TARAT HARRAH – Warrior of Tara

Aug 10, 2025 | Greenisland Press News

Greenisland Press is proud to publish Martin Taylor’s young adult book, Tarat, a story about a young boy growing up in Ireland, while living in Tara with his parents. Tara is a place that is steeped in Irish folklore, a place where the High Kings of Ireland sat...

ALL THE DEAD VOICES

Aug 3, 2025 | Greenisland Press News, Latest

My updated memoir, All The Dead Voices, was launched last Friday, 1 August, in the courtyard of Glór na Móna, Ballymurphy, in front of an audience of about one hundred people. The event—part of Féile an Phobail—was chaired by veteran republican Liam Stone. One of the...