Liath Luachra and Bodhmhall

A scene from a future project called ‘Liath Luachra: The Hungry People’. I had hoped to get this out in 2025 but other projects took precedence and, to be honest, I needed a break from the world of Liath Luachra and Fionn.

This book will follow on from ‘Liath Luachra: The Metal Men’ and brings the ‘Liath Luachra Series’ even closer to the ‘Fionn mac Cumhaill Series’. The book will also cover the developing relationship between Liath Luachra and Bodhmhall.

Meanwhile, it remains interesting to see how my adaptation of the Fionn mac Cumhaill stories has influenced contemporary takes of the Fenian tales. My approach created a homosexual relationship between two of the main protagonists to establish tension with another protagonist (Bodhmhall’s previous partner, Fiacail mac Codhna) in order to add some additional depth and character dimension to the overall story. The characters’ sexuality, of course, was never intended to define them or form a key part of the plot. Oddly enough however, many content creators and social media elements now seem to focus uniquely on this as when interpreting the Fenian narratives.