An Irishman's Diary
- in Times of War and Pestilence
This is An Irishmans Diary - In Times of War and Pestilence.
Greetings and salutations from continental Europe and a céad míle fáilte romhat to “An Irishman’s Diary - In Times of War and Pestilence”.
Introduction
As a one-time peripatetic Gael now settled in the provincial foothills of the Alps I have created this Substack in order to share reports, observations, and hopefully weekly insights from the reputed bronze age heartland of the proto-celtic language. My adopted home finds me within the now German-speaking region oft referred to as D-A-CH (Deutschland, Austria, Confoederatio Helvetica (Swiss Federation)) and my diary will focus an Irish gaze on the current political and cultural goings-on of these central European parts with a dash of historical sauce.
These posts were originally intended for friends and family both back home on the temperate island nestled at the edge of the continental shelf between Britain and the wild Atlantic’s waves, but are also to be enjoyed by any and all whose ways have carried them on the winds to disparate ends of the earth. Think of me as your personal newsman reporting from a small corner of the former Regnum Alamanniae (the Kingdom of Alemannia). Though we have fairly decent internet here, so I will also be able to cover topics further afield.