What does "Shining Ones" Mean?
Image: “Riders of the Sidhe” by John Duncan The first Irish fairies were not small and winged, but tall, ageless and sometimes radiant....
Tory Island--Balor's Base
Scota gazed at rocky, treeless Tory Island, feeling a sense of homecoming as the launch made its way from the yacht Thoraígh to the...
First Love: Cliodhna's Passion for Ciabhan
AND it was in the time of the Fianna of Ireland that Ciabhan [pronounced Kee-von] of the Curling Hair, the king of Ulster’s son, went to...
Who were the Formorians?
In my novel, Shining Ones: Legacy of the Sidhe, Formorians are the bad guys. They’re used to this role: they’ve been the villains of...
Enter the Amazing World of Irish Myth and Magic
Ireland’s Tuatha dé Danann: Myth or History? If you were an Irish school child before World War II, you’d have learned your history began...