Dearbhail's Lament

by Paul Reilly

Overview

Ireland is a magical land whose origins are lost in the mists of mythology but nevertheless is still intertwined with it even today. There are fairies and leprechauns still to be found walking along the boreens at night or hiding in hazel thickets and ring forts by day if you know where to look. And the wise man knows to leave a jar of poitín out for the little folk. While they are shy, they can be mischievous if not placated.

Ireland is also a heroic land, where great warriors once roamed the verdant green hills doing battle with invaders intent on despoiling the land. And even today, there are seanchaithe telling the legends of Cúchulainn, Lug Lámthota and Fionn mac Cumhaill around the turf fires in the west of Ireland.

Ireland is also a tragic land. 'Tis a land of tears and sorrow, of lost love and unfulfilled potential. And even today, this tragedy continues as two irreconcilable forces clash against each other, mindlessly destroying all that they touch.

Set in 1924 just at the end of the first Troubles. this is a story of two young lovers, caught between those opposing forces, but still in Ireland, a land of mythology, heroes and tragedy.

Product Details

BN ID:	2940013550124
Publisher:	Poitin Press
Publication date:	11/29/2011
Series:	Dearbhail , #2
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	154
File size:	344 KB

About the Author

Paul Reilly
A technologist who earned his Ph.D. in 1972, Paul Reilly started off writing PDP-11 assembly programs for Digital Equipment Corporation in the early 1970's, before moving to the Silicon Valley in 1979 to join the microprocessor revolution. A veteran of too many start-ups, Paul eventually joined Silicon Graphics, where he first wrote code for Unix, and then moved on to networking, telecommunications, digital video and compression. A quick learner, he mastered Ethernet, FDDI, Token Ring, TCP/UDP/IP, ATM, SDH, SONET, MPEG, JPEG and a host of other technologies.
Early on, creative writing became a major release for him from the daily grind of the high-technology world. As the years went by, the pile of manuscripts accumulated, until in 1999, he sold out and retired to the Sierra foothills of California. Finally free of the daily route 101 commute, Paul has at last had time to finish these books and publish them. The first were The Espionage Game and Dragon Fire. Next. 2006 saw the publishing of thefirst two books of the Alex O'Connor trilogy, Negrita and The Rule, which are a fictionalized autobiography.
In addition, we published Sea Eagle in 2006, an Old Man and the Sea story about the American Home Front of World War II.
In 2011, we published two Irish fairy tales written by Paul as well. The first is The Legend of Dearbhaíl, a fairy legend set in the prehistory of Ireland, and Dearbhaíl's Lament, a Romeo and Juliet tragedy set in the Troubles of Northern Ireland in 1924.
Additionally in 2011 we published a science fiction novel about the Ban-dol, which comes to Area 51 to reclaim its flying saucer.
Other books are in the works as well, including the Fionnuala series , the story of an Irish elf and her adventures over a very long lifetime. The first book will be Kilcarrick, which is in the publication cycle and should be out in 2011. There are presently two more books in this series being worked on with at least three more in planning stages