Fáilte!

Is mise Santiago, an Argentinian-born Illustrator and Graphic Designer living in Ireland.

Based in the beautiful megalithic complex of Loughcrew in County Meath, I work as a freelance Designer & Illustrator, creating artwork based on my Ancient & Gaelic Ireland research. I also study and develop educational resources to promote the appreciation and understanding of the Gaelic tradition, myth, history and the Irish language.

Tír na Trí (webcomic)
A webcomic that follows the shenanigans of 3 siblings in Gaelic Ireland
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 Graphic Design
See my portfolio of brand development and editorial design.
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Artwork
Check out a gallery of my artwork inspired by mythology and tradition.
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Knowledge (Blog)
I write essays about Irish mythology, history and tradition.
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Artifacts
One of a kind, custom and hand-made wearable and magical items.
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About
Find out more about me and the journey that led me to Ireland
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Today in #dropsofeloas, the legend of Írusán, made popular by the tale recollections of Lady Wilde (Oscar's mom) in the 1800's, and the name I will most definitely give a cat if I ever decide to adopt one. Eternal thanks to the amazing people over at the "Irish Script on Screen" project from @dias_dublin for making Irish manuscripts available in digital form 💖 Beyond the great stories of high kings, honorable warriors and cattle raids in the mythology, when you actually read history from the medieval annals one can't help a slight feeling of the... futility of it all. Reading Edel Bhreathnach's brilliant descriptions of historic medieval Ireland, one begins to feel a bit disappointed at how pointless it all was. Imma change my name to Séamus Mac Fun Facts. Tá sé Wednesday so tá sé time for another #dropsofeloas ! Though of course I'm exaggerating just a little bit for panache and it does actually make sense if you put your mind (and TIME!) to it, one is very impressed with modern Irish's capacity for convoluted, strange and at a glance almost impossible to decipher grammatical rules. In all fairness, as a foreigner studying it and after pulling at my own hair more than once, I had no choice but to CHOOSE to DELIGHT in the complexities instead of being frustrated. After all, these complexities are what allow it to be so flexible and capable of expressing so much abstraction and beauty. Well! On a mad inner-journey of figuring out new ways to share the knowledge I come upon in my Gaelic research, so here's a new channel in which to do that. In her study about life in mediaeval Ireland, Ethel Bhreathnach says there's am early cycle of Irish tales known as the 'Aideda', which narrate the dramatic and usually violent death of legendary and semi-legendary kings. One of the typical forms of death for Irish mediaeval kings and heroes was a very common motif of subjecting them to a 'threefold death', by wounding, by fire and by drowning ('gonad, loisced agus báided'). n°0039 The Madness of King Fergal.