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      • Irish Imbas: Celtic Mythology Collection 2016
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Welcome to Irish Imbas Books, official website of Irish author Brian O'Sullivan.

We make Irish mythology accessible in a way that's exciting and entertaining but which also respects its cultural origins.

All of our books incorporate authentic ancient Irish concepts and stories that you won't find elsewhere. A selection of these can be found at 'The Books'.

We also run the annual Celtic Mythology Short Story Competition.

Enjoy your visit!

Latest from the blog

Trying Times with The Irish Imbas: Celtic Mythology Short Story Competition

[Photo by Alexander Csontala] Back in 2014, we came up with the idea for running a short story competition based on the cultural mythology of Ireland, Scotland and Wales (the ‘Celtic’ countries). They key aim of this project was to produce a number of free resources to help counter the […] Read more »

How Useful are ‘Language Weeks?’

It’s Te Wiki O Te Reo (Maori Language Week) here in New Zealand, a week when the general population are encouraged to speak Te Reo (meaning, literally, “the language”), attend classes or special events in Te Reo. As someone who works in the conservation and revival of Irish culture, I […] Read more »

The Truth about Leannán Sidhe (or Leannán Sí)

Back in 2007, when I published my first collection of short stories, I called it “Leannán Sidhe – The Irish Muse”. I chose that title, not only because it was the title of the first story in that collection but because I believed (at the time) that it was a relevant […] Read more »

Why you shouldn’t toss a Coin in a Sacred Well

Back in ancient Ireland, we know that those areas where water emerged from the earth (springs and wells.) were held in great reverence by our early ancestors. We know this, not only because of the huge number of valuable votive offerings recovered from such locations, but because of the prehistoric […] Read more »

The Trouble With Liath – Aar, me hearty! Pirate Irish Books

Anyone who’s anyway capable with Irish (the language), or familiar with my work, is probably aware that  ‘Liath’ is the Irish word for ‘Grey’ (although it can also mean a grey-haired person). ). Like most Irish adjectives, the word is pretty flexible: Sioc liath is a ‘hoar frost’ for example. […] Read more »

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