Van Diemen’s Land was the original name for the island of Tasmania, located 400 miles south of Melbourne, and notorious during the 1800s for its British-administered penal colonies. A significant […]| Roger Baylor
I’m delighted to announce after seven years of research and writing FILTHY QUEENS: A HISTORY OF BEER IN IRELAND is here! Published with Nine Bean Rows, it is available for preorder now on my publisher’s website and at all good bookshops. About the book: In Filthy Queens, we look at the history of beer alongside […]| braciatrix
From CrimeReads:| Women of History
Muirchú’s account of St. Patrick’s contest of miracles with the druid at Tara, as detailed in the 7th-century Life of Saint Patrick| Irish Myths
Patrick himself wrote that he was abducted by Irish pirates and enslaved in Ireland for six years, but is that the real story? The post Did Irish Pirates Abduct St. Patrick (and Sell Him Into Slavery)? appeared first on IrishMyths.| IrishMyths
Did the ancient Irish use war chariots in battle? The Irish myths say yes: but what about Irish archaeology?| Irish Myths
An Irish archaeologist recently uncovered the ruins of a stone fort in Clew Bay. Is it connected to the mythological Fir Bolg?| Irish Myths
From the Irish Examiner:| Women of History