OHNO : I’ve Gone all Alan Again!…”You mean CELTS?”

Wednesday, 26 August 2020, 15:54.Reading time less than 1 minute.

Ooops (?)

Nursery Rhyme : Are you a Witch or a Fairy…

Sunday, 23 August 2020, 13:37.Reading time 2 minutes.

Are you a witch orAre you a fairy?Or are you the wifeof Michael Cleary? Cleary, the Irish name is pronounced Clairy – FYI! I watched a True Crime vidja about Bridget Cleary this morning (just to see what the “modern” BS story had morphed into) that made my blood run cold…as the saying goes. Bridget […]

Philip Parris Lynott

Sunday, 23 August 2020, 13:18.Reading time 1 minute.

Sometimes I astound myself! Oh. Done that one. This time it’s not a Good thing. How the Fluff did I miss the fact that the gorgeous Phil died in Salisbury? At Odstock Hospital? A place that I was Emergency called to via telephone one night at 3am to pick up a friend and neighbour after […]

Flannán mac Toirrdelbaig : TBR

Sunday, 16 August 2020, 10:03.Reading time less than 1 minute.

Flannán mac Toirrdelbaig TBR – To Be Researched. I’ve read and watched several versions of this story and each time it gets even fishier! Too many “facts” make too little sense.

Clara Miller

Wednesday, 5 August 2020, 14:43.Reading time less than 1 minute.

Strange but true! Did y’all know that Clara Miller was not only an Irish “Seer” but she named her third child Agatha Mary Clarissa Miller? Agatha Miller married, then was divorced by, Archibald Christie who preferred his fancy-pants mistress, Nancy Neele. Clara home-schooled Agatha and nurtured her daughter’s love of literature. And from there – […]

Spine-Tingling THRILLER

Monday, 3 August 2020, 16:51.Reading time less than 1 minute.

I was young and stupid and serving in Ulster with h.m.FORCES when I first watched the LAUNCH of this vid. I Vibed more with the VP than the MJ! Gotta #LOVE ALL Zombies :o)

Constance Mary Lloyd Wilde Holland

Friday, 31 July 2020, 12:14.Reading time less than 1 minute.

I know it’s POETS Day. And I am (kind of) sticking to the earlier post on poetry, but I thought I’d go all girly today. Constance Lloyd She said the quote above about her husband (!) Also – I have a niece named Constance but everyone calls her Connie :o)

You Raise Me Up : Live from Croke Park, Dublin

Tuesday, 28 July 2020, 17:38.Reading time less than 1 minute.

You Can Go Your Own Way

Friday, 17 July 2020, 18:10.Reading time less than 1 minute.

Dolores, my love. Why today? Why this song? ‘Sbeen a while, lassie. Missed you :o)

Cold Cannon

Thursday, 16 July 2020, 11:39.Reading time 1 minute.

Bloody Smart Arse kids! What’s for tea, Mum? Pulled pork and Colcannon. Oh. Yes. I remember Cold Cannon. Gritted teeth vibe? Colcannon (IRISH: cál ceannann, meaning “white-headed cabbage”) Mine is mash potato. Sweetheart cabbage. LOTS of pepper and a pinch of salt. A splash of cream and a blob of Salted Irish Butter. P.S. I usually make […]

Highlands & Islands

Saturday, 11 July 2020, 13:31.Reading time less than 1 minute.

I love that phrase. And I know someone (with more Scandinavian DNA than me) who has a far greater knowledge of the Isles than I do! Slàinte mhath, fellow Outlander :o) One day we may get to The Orkneys and the King, Hereafter.

River Ebro

Monday, 29 June 2020, 4:54.Reading time 1 minute.

I’ve been researching the River Ebro in Spain, the delta of which is within easy sailing distance of Egypt. This is where Scota and Gaythelos supposedly landed in the B.C. era. Following the course of the Ebro takes you through Aragon (where in the early 13th c Marie de Montpellier married Peter II, King of […]

The Ravens of Dinefwr is the first in a series of novels-in-progress set in the early 12th century. It follows the dispossessed members of the South Wales House of Dinefwr from their origins in Deheubarth to the centre of the known world, Jerusalem. Come and be my fellow Far-Farer. Come travelling and unravelling with me through Wales, Norway, Ireland, England, Scotland, France, Russia, Constantinople, Italy, the Balkans, the Holy Land. Come and Far-Fare through every degree on my 12th century compass.