The O’Briens were a rare beast – Irish kings who gave up their title and became truly loyal and anglicized English nobles. Until they ran out of heirs, anyway.

Bunratty wasn’t hugely lucky for the Normans – not that anyone else did much better. About half done.

Bunratty, this time. No idea how long it’ll take me to finish it up – bunch to cover!

New article about Dunluce Castle is finally done!

So I thought I just had a paragraph left to do – and then I found not just English Civil War intrigue (always fun), but also a Romeo and Juliet ghost story, complete with tragically doomed good intentions. Fun fun fun.

Yesterday, scribbling out novel stuff in the airport. Today, wirting about the wreck of the Girona. Tomorrow I may finally get finished with Dunluce.

More Dunluce, really. Will try to wrap it up on Friday, tomorrow will probably be delirious airport writing.

He’s been tangential in a lot of tales, but now he’s taking centre stage. The original Oldboy. Still on Dunluce, in other words.

Shenanigans, really. With a castle changing hands and allegiances shifting. Fun. Still only about halfway through Dunluce, the joys of travelling.