The Dark Hours …. Thank you HQ Stories for expertly capturing the darkness! Grateful to Liz Nugent & Sam Blake for reading & fab cover quotes. Available 30.1.25 #Cork #CrimeFiction

‘Spike Island’ is available now through Amazon Kindle & all good bookstores Take a deep dive into Irelands long history & independence struggle, through the lens of 1 incredible location amazon.co.uk/Spike-Island-R…

Christ sake, Cromwell will get the third #IREvENG

Not a team in the world wouldn’t benefit from a player of Keanes quality, but even more so his character A born leader & a rare sort

Hey there #writerscommunity I’m a published non-fiction author attempting to write fiction for the 1st time Question: HOW THE HELL DO YOU WRITE FICTION! I’m in awe Voice - perspective - pacing - structure I keep doubting if it’s any good #WritingCommmunity

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A story always worth retelling & kept alive by likes of Damien Dempsey, John & Marjorie pieces and the people of Midleton. The antidote to the cr*p coming from so called 'patriots'. Give the thread a read 👇

Love Braveheart The Irish lads charging & meeting up with the Scot’s 👊🏻 Using a flag that wasn’t invented until 345 years later 🫡 Commitment 😅 (minor details to be fair, Hollywood has a hard job!)

Review in 🙏🏻👍🏻 “A historical backdrop, which contains nationalism, imperialism, crime & punishment, pirates and social distress, is hardly likely to be dull Crotty has a good story to tell and he does it with verve, backed up by some sound scholarship” booksirelandmagazine.com/spike-island-i…

Animals arrive on Spike Island in the 1960’s The island which had held 3 prisons over 300 years becomes a quarantine station Ireland is importing the worlds best animals to improve our stock The move works, Irelands beef & lamb becoming world renowned #Ireland #history

John Kirkaldy author & broadcaster discovered rogues in Spike Island “Joseph Dwyer took to murder when he could not keep up a respectable middleclass pretence William Kirwan murdered his wife, but society was more shocked by news of a mistress & 7 kids” booksirelandmagazine.com/spike-island-i…

#irishhistory Twitter Any experts in old Irish manuscripts out there available for consultancy? Or know of anyone? Ideally familiar with the contents of the existing catalogue of manuscripts sharing Irish history / myths / folklore (Annals, etc) DM please #history #Ireland