Brigid Of The Forge | Culture Night 2021

I just love this contemporary interpretation of Cú Chulainn by Smug One in Dundalk

Brigid of Spring | Draíocht

Possibly revolutionary take:

I don’t think that not looking through the source material is something people should be bragging about when they write fanfiction about said material. 

Sure, I totally get it if you can’t get access to the source for any number of reasons. But bragging about it? Dude, you’re just admitting your entire fanfic is based on fanon and fanon is a pale imitation of the original. 

If it’s anything like the original at all…

Plato’s cave all over, everyone. Congrats. 

Don't tell Twitter, but this week I graduated from St. Andrews and am now officially a Doctor of Philosophy! My thesis looked at Gaelic mythology and its relationship with national identity in modern Irish and Scottish literature (including Irish language texts). Humanities ftw!

Comhghairdeas mór to my superhero of a supervisor Pàdraig MacAoidh (Peter Mackay) who was also appointed as the Makar of Scotland this week! So very deserved.

Nobody prepares you for the sheer horror that is the last month of your PhD

Going to my eras tour Hozier tomorrow.

The average ulster cycle war: Medb wants a cow. Stop her getting a cow.

Compared to

The average fenian cycle war: A descendant of Balor from Scandinavia has invaded Ireland and placed a Gaes on Fionn to sleep with his wife. Meanwhile, Clan morna is mad at Clan Bascne over some meat, and the high king hates the power the fianna holds but also needs them to shoo off the foreign invaders. The only solution for all of these problems is to go on an island hopping adventure where various Tuatha de will join the fianna, and Mananaan will go on a boat. The Battle of Magh Tuireadh will, for some reason, be recounted, and the fianna will have to stay in a hostel where they will be ambushed. Several magical monsters. To kill the random Scandinavian king, fionn will have to get a sword forged by the classical god vulcan and / or the King of Alba and / or on the day of the birth of the guy they are going to kill this will require about 20 more adventures. However, this won't matter anyway because Diarmuid, Goll, or Osgar will kill the guy in single combat without these weapons anyway. Fionn will never actually sleep with the king's wife, but they will marry.

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The Path Runs Deeper by Caoimhe

Explore an abandoned underground city and find out what lies within its ruins.

excited to finally publish the game i've spent the past few months steadily working on. it started off as a small project and ended up growing much bigger.

'Explore an abandoned underground city and find out what lies within its ruins.

You are Fareye, the leader of a group of adventurers tasked with exploring the famous ruined city of Elysis as penance for a heist gone wrong. What happened to this city, the reason for its abandonment, is a mystery. One that you will soon solve. Traverse through these ancient ruins with your party and discover what lurks within the shadows as you journey deeper and deeper beneath the earth.'