Séamus Draoigall
• Illustrator & Graphic Designer
• Gaelic Researcher •
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Dia dhuit! Santiago is ainm dom.
I am a south-american born Graphic Designer and Illustrator living in and inspired by the beautiful land of Ireland. Like so many people and tribes before me, I came to these shores from far, far away, relentlessly heeding a call that was impossible to ignore, fighting through hell and heaven for the right and honor to call this island my home.
All throughout my years-long journey from Buenos Aires into the arms of Éire, I led a mobile lifestyle supported by freelancing Illustration and Graphic Design work. I have done deep, extensive research into most aspects of Ireland’s complex and bountiful mythology, history, ancient laws and cosmovision; and I am an avid supporter of any endeavor that seeks to do honor to the preservation (and more importantly, development) of Irish heritage.
From my foreigner’s perspective, I firmly believe that Irish people, today, are only beginning to reinterpret, reembody and redefine what their own heritage means and stands for. I feel this was always just fed to the people since the end of Paganism. Either by Christian clerics and poets in the Middle Ages; Anglo-Irish intellectuals in the late 19th century; neo-Pagan authors in the late 20th century, and social media personalities in modern times.
But I can see a true revival, slowly happening all around me, as more and more everyday Irish people (not necessarily well known or famous) pick up a thread of heritage: be it music, visual art, stories, language, ancient skills; and follow it down to the source of it all, that ever-living, unexplainable ancient Irish way of being that is so powerful, grounding and connected.
I am honored to have been welcome into this island and found a home and family. Some of us are born here, some of us need to learn to belong to this land before we can dwell in it. As such, it is my passion to help myself and others remember the story of the land they live and love in; using my scholarly skills and passion for historical facts to remind them that the Irish tradition is theirs to interpret, define, develop, protect, enliven, enjoy, and help grow, for themselves, the world and all those yet to come behind us.
Thanks for reading.
All throughout my years-long journey from Buenos Aires into the arms of Éire, I led a mobile lifestyle supported by freelancing Illustration and Graphic Design work. I have done deep, extensive research into most aspects of Ireland’s complex and bountiful mythology, history, ancient laws and cosmovision; and I am an avid supporter of any endeavor that seeks to do honor to the preservation (and more importantly, development) of Irish heritage.
From my foreigner’s perspective, I firmly believe that Irish people, today, are only beginning to reinterpret, reembody and redefine what their own heritage means and stands for. I feel this was always just fed to the people since the end of Paganism. Either by Christian clerics and poets in the Middle Ages; Anglo-Irish intellectuals in the late 19th century; neo-Pagan authors in the late 20th century, and social media personalities in modern times.
But I can see a true revival, slowly happening all around me, as more and more everyday Irish people (not necessarily well known or famous) pick up a thread of heritage: be it music, visual art, stories, language, ancient skills; and follow it down to the source of it all, that ever-living, unexplainable ancient Irish way of being that is so powerful, grounding and connected.
I am honored to have been welcome into this island and found a home and family. Some of us are born here, some of us need to learn to belong to this land before we can dwell in it. As such, it is my passion to help myself and others remember the story of the land they live and love in; using my scholarly skills and passion for historical facts to remind them that the Irish tradition is theirs to interpret, define, develop, protect, enliven, enjoy, and help grow, for themselves, the world and all those yet to come behind us.
Thanks for reading.
The Gaelic Woodland Project
I’m a member of the Board of Directors of the Gaelic Woodland Project (Reg. Charity n° 20206178). We are fundraising to buy land to afforest and turning invasive species into free biofuel. Find out more here.
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