These essays in the language, literature and history of the broadly speaking Celtic world range widely over time and space and subject matter. Subjects include the design of autobiographies in the early years of the Irish republic, the publishing scandal around "Youth is my Sin" by John Rowlands, the poetry of Francis Ledwidge, Gabriel Rosenstock and Sean Ó Ríordáin, "Sheepshagger" by Niall Griffiths, the Irish language in science fiction, medieval Welsh law, and Pádraig Ó Cíobháin's landmark novel, "The Brightness Out There."