Celebrating Seven Years Since ‘Liath Luachra: The Swallowed’

It’s been seven years today since I published “Liath Luachra: The Swallowed” so I celebrated by creating a brief scene from the woman warrior’s adventures. I’m still being asked when I intend to do the follow up to Liath Luachra: The Metal Men and the simple answer is “Once the Fionn mac Cumhaill Series is… Read more »

The Battle for Almu

This week I’m scoping out some of the details for the last book in the Fionn mac Cumhaill Series which is provisionally title ‘FIONN: Return to Almu’. Cnoc Almhain (the Hill of Almu) in County Kildare was the reputed base of Fionn’s grandfather (Tadg mac Nuadat) and the area where his mother Muirne Muncháem was… Read more »

The Portrayal of Irish ‘Mythology’ and Prehistory in Graphic Storytelling

Irish people used to be in the unique, if somewhat unenviable, position of having our cultural ‘mythology’ and history (in particular, our prehistory) regularly misrepresented in narratives by overseas entertainment interests. Fortunately, the recent shift to Scandinavian culture means that, in that respect at least, we now have some company. It’s an interesting phenomenon but… Read more »

The Feral

A selection of some of the images I used while writing the character Liath Luachra in ‘Liath Luachra: The Great Wild.’ This particular set from Spanish artist/photographer Lídia Vives was very helpful in that it really captured the savage/feral aspect of the character and it was a good baseline to fall back on whenever I… Read more »

Scandinavian Apocalyptic

After reading Simon Stålenhag’s artwork/book ‘The Electric State’ (which bears only a minimal relation to the movie) and reviewing it in my newsletter (Vóg), I was intrigued enough to try another of his works. This time, its ‘Things from the Flood’, which I’ll also review on Vóg at the end of the month. I have… Read more »

Fionn … the Stamp!

It seems a bit odd but in March 2025, the United Kingdom’s ‘Royal Mail’ released a stamp featuring the legendary Irish figure, Fionn mac Cumhaill, as part of a series intended to capture legends from different parts of the ‘United Kingdom’. The Fionn mac Cumhaill image (by artist Adam Simpson) was included in the series… Read more »