Alan Walsh

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Showing posts with label Deirdre of the sorrows. Show all posts

Showing posts with label Deirdre of the sorrows. Show all posts

Saturday, 9 January 2016

New Goodreads giveaway!

I'm thrilled to be starting a new giveaway on Goodreads. A free copy of the book could be yours! Enter for a chance to win one of ...

Saturday, 12 December 2015

Here are the first five pages of my book. If you like them, why not go ahead and buy it?

Conall Donoghue sours his porridge with at least two lemons . I know it because I can see into his kitchen from my kitchen, and I can...

Thursday, 29 October 2015

Do you know what happened to Deirdre?

Deirdre of the Sorrows It's one of the most famous tales in Irish mythology, but so many Irish people don't know anything abo...

Saturday, 18 April 2015

Why Ireland's most famous female character is also a feminist icon.

That Deirdre of the Sorrows is still one of the most famous of the old stories in Irish folklore speaks volumes, I think, for how we s...

Saturday, 4 April 2015

How modern mythology connects people from different cultures

I was living in London when I started reading the old Irish stories again. I had gone there for work and had started missing home pre...

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