Alan Walsh
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Irish writing
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Saturday, 9 January 2016
New Goodreads giveaway!
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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?
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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...
Saturday, 25 April 2015
Someone ought to fire off a pistol.
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Someone ought to fire off a pistol. Seems to me all of you think I’m just going to accept my mud-pile under all those flowers a...
Saturday, 18 April 2015
Why Ireland's most famous female character is also a feminist icon.
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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...
Sunday, 12 April 2015
Cuchulainn Reinvented: Guardians of the Galaxy, Manga and 5 more bizarre appearances.
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Most people know Cuchulain as Ireland's most famous mythological hero, defender of Ulster, warrior against armies and international...
Saturday, 4 April 2015
How modern mythology connects people from different cultures
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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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