It has been a hectic few months, getting together three new books and recovering from The Great Flood, which washed most of the house away, but to celebrate Saint Patrick's Day at home, here is a little slice of Peig the healer:

At a crossroads in the near distance, wedged amidst the nemorous lanes, was a small cottage, rounded by cobbles and guarded by a stone walkway. It was done in the same style as the houses in the clans, but instead of being crowned with a rick of straw and fitted up with...