A new illustration and colour study of some fáinleoga - barn swallows (Hirundo rustica) These incredible migratory birds have started to arrive here this week so it seemed like the perfect time to study them. #SpéirGhorm

A quick colour study of An Cailleach Dhubh - the Cormorant. These intriguing seabirds have a rich and varied assortment of beautifully descriptive names as Gaeilge - From 'Broigheall' (Broghais/belly & Geal/white) to 'Cailleach Dhubh' (Dark Hag) to 'Fiach Mara' (Sea Raven). #spéirghorm

My next live outings are with my newly named duo 'Hedgling' featuring me & Willie from @nyahhrecords.bsky.social. We're so excited to be touring with queer hardcore punk legends 'Surge'. They are the best live band I've seen in forever! Poster by the brilliant @votiveillustration.bsky.social

open.substack.com/pub/votiveil... The snakes were rebels✊ Loving this series from @votiveillustration.bsky.social

Such an honour to have been able to contribute to this — particularly as it's in collaboration with @votiveillustration.bsky.social 🤲 Working with the Wort crew has been such a deeply generative experience — there are truly creative, generous & talented folx behind this project.

I'm honoured to be sharing verse in the next issue of Airmid's Journal. I found myself writing about my lost tongue, diasporic dislocation and perspective breakthroughs. In an issue bursting with Gaeilge, it was a strange gift to find freedom to express layers of myself that stretch beyond Éireann.

Delighted and so thankful to have my trilingual poetry a part of the latest Airmid's Journal! 🌟 Iontach álainn bheith i measc na scríbhneoirí seo. @votiveillustration.bsky.social @amanoanseo.bsky.social #trilingual #poetry #Journal

Cover reveal and pre-order announcement for the latest issue of Airmid's Journal 🌿 A biannual publication of Irish folklore, foraging, myth, culture, and remedies #folklore #mythology #zine #journal #publishing #diypublishing #SpéirGorm

A detail crop of this Púca and wren, discussing the merits and misfortunes of supernatural trickery 🌿 It's a few years since I illustrated this shapeshifting trickster in goat form, and I've been feeling like revisiting the mischievous Púca again soon #art #illustration #folklore #pooka #SpéirGorm

'Belling Of The Stag' An illustration from a couple of years ago - oak and ash forest filled with deer, fox, hare, woodcock, owl, and crow - inspired by the nature poetry in the medieval Middle Irish tale of Buile Suibhne (as translated by JG O'Keeffe) #art #mythology #irishmythology #spéirgorm

Really enjoyed creating the artwork for this lovely album. Available to order now from @nyahhrecords.bsky.social #art #illustration #commission #folklore #album #albumart

In-progress illustration of a great cormorant, Cailleach Dhubh, for an upcoming personal project #art #illustration #folklore #irishfolklore #bird #birdlore #cormorant #cailleach

A recent #commission of #artwork for an exciting upcoming release from @nyahhrecords.bsky.social 'A Collection of Slow Airs.. ' is the 2nd release in the Trad series, and follows their @theguardian.com top ten folk album 'A Collection of Songs in the Traditional and Sean-Nós Style' Out 12/02/25

The 4 cross-quarter day fires of Imbolc, Bealtaine, Lúnasa, and Samhain, encircled by the symbolism of each season 🔥🔥🔥🔥 #art #artist #illustration #folklore #irishfolklore #mythology #irishmythology #fire #firefestival

Some nice etymology for Brigid's day. The feast day is a cross-quarter day, marking the transition from one season to the next 🔥 Welcome spring 🌱 #art #illustration #fineline #fire #spring #brigit #brigid #bridget

Beannachtaí na Féile Bríde agus Imbolc oraibh go léir 🔥🔥🔥 #art #artist #illustration #folklore #irishfolklore #mythology #irishmythology #bríde #brigid #bridget

Cuimhne, Cailleach an Mhuilinn Cuimhne, the Hag of the Mill whose name means 'Memory' as gaeilge, is a shapeshifting cailleach in the Irish mythological tradition. #art #artist #illustrator #illustration #traditionalart #folklore #irishfolklore #mythology #irishmythology #cailleach

Playing a tune on a recent snow day. Apples in Winter. #irishmusic #irishmusician #irishartist #folkmusic #irishfolk #irishtrad #traditionalirishmusic #jig #mandolin #bouzouki

Some recent work of the night visiting Barn Owl, An Scréachóg Reilige #art #artist #illustration #illustrator #bird #barnowl #owl #folklore #irishfolklore #gaeilge

'The bee, the bat, the butterfly, The cuckoo and the swallow, The corncrake and the weather-bleat, Soon all the rest will follow' #art #artist #illustration #illustrator #traditionalart #pen #penandink #folklore #irishfolklore #bird #birdlore