Black Irish

Covers for Imaginary Books: Black Irish.

Covers for Imaginary Books: Black Irish.

Cover design for a book that was never written. I started with a concept for this one - my own (possible) ancestry. Some of the Irish have swarthy skin, tan easily in summer and have dark hair and brown eyes. They are known as the "Black Irish" and are generally supposed to be descended from survivors of the Spanish Armada which was wrecked along the Irish coast in 1588. It seemed a good title for a historic fiction, a family history, or a memoir.

Tim McLaughlin

Photographer and writer based in Vancouver, Canada