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Brian O'Sullivan

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Born

Cork, Ireland

Website

http://www.irishimbasbooks.com

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Thriller, Fantasy, Historical Fiction

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Brian O'Sullivan was born in county Cork, Ireland. On completing a degree at University College Cork, he went on to travel extensively. He is now based in New Zealand with his family but returns to Ireland on a regular basis.

Brian writes fiction that incorporates strong elements of Irish culture, language, history and mythology. These include literary short stories (The Irish Muse collection), mystery thrillers (The Beara Trilogy) and contemporary versions of the Fionn mac Cumhaill/ Fenian legends (The Fionn mac Cumhaill Series and the Irish Woman Warrior Series).

Although he writes predominantly for an Irish audience, Brian's unique style and humour has meant that his books have become firm favorites of readers all around the world.

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Average rating: 4.17 · 1,364 ratings · 282 reviews · 31 distinct works • Similar authors

	Irish Imbas: Celtic Mythology Collection by Brian O'Sullivan (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Sighle Brennan, Sighle Meehan 3.67 avg rating — 246 ratings — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	FIONN: Defence of Ráth Bládhma (Fionn mac Cumhaill, #1) 4.14 avg rating — 218 ratings — published 2014 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Liath Luachra: The Grey One (Irish Woman Warrior, #1) 4.26 avg rating — 157 ratings — published 2007 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Liath Luachra: The Swallowed (Irish Woman Warrior, #2) 4.47 avg rating — 103 ratings — published 2018 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	FIONN: The Stalking Silence (Fionn mac Cumhaill, #0.5) 3.83 avg rating — 99 ratings — published 2014 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Liath Luachra: The Great Wild (Irish Woman Warrior #0.5) 4.08 avg rating — 89 ratings — published 2023 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	FIONN: Traitor of Dún Baoiscne (Fionn mac Cumhaill, #2) 4.43 avg rating — 79 ratings — published 2014 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Fionn: The Adversary (Fionn mac Cumhaill, #3) 4.63 avg rating — 62 ratings — published 2017 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Beara: Dark Legends (Beara Trilogy, #1) 4.53 avg rating — 51 ratings — published 2014 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Celtic Mythology Collection 2 (Celtic Mythology Collection Series) by Brian O'Sullivan (Goodreads Author), William O'Siorain, Diana Powell 3.96 avg rating — 53 ratings — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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PERFORATING TIME

One of the things I love about Ireland is how the thin film of that present we inhabit is so often perforated by the reality of previous millennia.

Many people believe that time travels in a linear fashion from past to present to future but of course that conceptual model doesn’t work in reality. The truth is that the past informs and affects everything we do in the present (and hence in the future

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“In the age of the internet, where anyone can publish unsubstantiated opinions and articles that receive no peer review, cultural misinterpretation and misinformation on Celtic cultures continues to flourish.”
― Brian O'Sullivan, Irish Imbas: Celtic Mythology Collection

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“Pause you who read this, and think for a moment of the long chain of iron or gold, of thorns or flowers, that would never have bound you, but for the formation of the first link on one memorable day.”
― Charles Dickens, Great Expectations

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