MITHIM, Carina McNally’s debut novel is a haunting historical novel set in 17th-century Ireland with The Beara peninsula featuring prominently. When Cromwellian forces destroy her home, healer Mithim flees to Wexford forest, surviving through ancient herbal wisdom. Guided by the goddess An Cailleach, she searches for her brother Eoin—but in a world where empires burn everything visible, only sacred knowledge endures.

Carina McNally is a freelance journalist, playwright, historian and tour guide based on the Beara Peninsula, Co. Cork, Ireland. Her short stories have appeared in Cyphers Literary Magazine and Woman’s Way. Mithim is her debut historical novel.

Sarah Harte is a prize-winning author of short stories in Ireland and the UK. She won the Byran MacMahon short story prize and has been shortlisted in the Bridport Prize, the Manchester Fiction Prize, The Fish Prize, and the Sean O’Faolain Prize.

For more information on this event please email garinishisland@opw.ie