Edited by Lucy O’Hagan
Art and layout by Denise Conroy

A Biannual Journal of Irish Foraging, Folklore, Myth, Magic, and Remedies

Airmid’s Journal is a beautiful ongoing zine series of practical magic, history, and lore. Rooted in its native Ireland, the knowledge found in these pages will instruct and inspire healers, scholars, and seekers the world over.

The Autumn 2025 issue of Airmid’s Journal explores the theme of Fialas—kinship, relationship, and family. Through essays, poetry, and visual art, this collection asks how we might collectively guide ourselves back toward kinship in a world scarred by colonialism, defined by Cree scholar Dwayne Donald as an “on-going process of relationship denial.”

Crafted by a keen host of contributing writers, the magazine is illustrated by Denise Conroy (Votive Illustration). Following an opening editorial, its featured art and articles include…

• From the Twin to the In Between, by Branwen Kavanagh: “To be twinned is to be twice, to witness the self, walking outside of the self, to see how another person’s actions, choices, words, and appearance are, in the eyes of the world, indistinguishable from your own.”

• Is Mise Neantóg: Nettle as Ancestor, as Threshold Keeper, and as Jagged Resistance, by Lucy ní hAobhagáin: “There is ancient medicine in this sting, delivered from my body to yours, piercing the weave of your skin with my bodkin, delivering serotonin and histamine.”

• A Young Lackeen, poetry by Lavie Olupona

• Slí Eile, by Caelainn Hogan: A report from Climate Camp in Leitrim

• Weaving This Thread Together, by Dr. Rupa Marya: “If divide and conquer is the modus operandi of colonial conquest, bringing back together is how we heal.”

• Uaimh na Cat, by Denise Conroy

• Huath, Macha, Mugwort & I, by Cáit Ó Néill: “Did you find affinity with any rooted, finned, winged or walking kin today? Were you drawn to them, did you feel indifferent, adverse? What senses did you use to interact?”

• Sparrow, by Lavie Olupona

• Fialas, by Ian Ó Droma: “I’ve felt that sacred bond; between humans and Deer. I’ve remembered them as my Ancestor, and learned from them as Teachers and Guides.”

• Éalú ón Náire, by Conchobhar Ruadh: “If we go back not so long ago, people have lived close to the land knowing how important it was to their basic survival.”

• Cruinneachadh, Rùrachd agus Bhiadh Fiadhaich / Collecting, Foraging, and Wild Food (The Wild Biome Project), by Monica ‘Mo’ Wilde: “It’s easy to be nostalgic for simpler, easier, happier times gone past but what are the real truths of the past and what can we learn from them?”

• Limpet / Bairneach, Luíse O’ Donovan

This print edition of Airmid’s Journal includes a QR code connecting readers to an audio version of the zine.

The Peculiar Parish Bookshop is proud to offer this important work to our readers.

Published by Airmid’s Journal (Autumn 2025). New and in perfect condition, with a trim size of A5 (8.125” x 5.75”). The publishers donate 10% of profits to Éireann and I, a community archive for Black migrants in Ireland that chronicles stories centered around heritage, activism, and art.

40-page pamphlet plus covers, with black-and-white illustrations throughout.