Author’s notes: Britannia and Beyond - Hibernia
If you’re reading this, that probably means you’ve purchased a copy of the latest Cthulhu Invictus sourcebook from Golden Goblin Press : Britannia and Beyond , a Call of Cthulhu guide to Britannia, Caledonia and Hibernia in the Roman era. Thanks for your support of the book, and your interest in the subject. Here, I’ve detailed some of the thinking that went into writing my chapter, which is focused on Iron-Age Ireland during the Antonine period, as well as describing and detailing some of the many sources which informed my work. Before proceeding, I should acknowledge that I am neither an academic nor Irish (my great-great-grandmother Ellen Brady was born in Country Clare, emigrating to Australia after losing her family in An Gorta Mór , but that definitely doesn’t make me Irish-Australian – I’m Australian through and through, for better or worse). In writing about Ireland in the Roman era for Britannia and Beyond , I drew instead on a great love for Irish music, history...