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* ArtifactTitle: Sister Fidelma quits the religious life about halfway through the series.
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* ArtifactTitle: Sister Fidelma quits the religious life about halfway through the series. This gets a LampshadeHanging in ''Bloodmoon'', when one character refers to her as "Sister Fidelma" and is corrected. In a bit of LeaningOnTheFourthWall, he says she's FamedInStory, and that's what the stories call her.
-->'''Brother Ruissine''': Just so, just so, Brother. But she has won fame and reputation as Sister Fidelma and she is known by that honourable title in many corners of the kingdom.
-->'''Brother Ruissine''': Just so, just so, Brother. But she has won fame and reputation as Sister Fidelma and she is known by that honourable title in many corners of the kingdom.
* TimeSkip: Despite a normal rate of mystery-solving up to four novels in an in-universe year, there are no volumes between the revelation of Fidelma's pregnancy at the end of one book and sometime after her son's birth over nine months later in the next. Fidelma seems to have solved no mysteries while pregnant, even in the short stories.
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* TimeSkip: Despite a normal rate of mystery-solving up to four novels in an in-universe year, there are no volumes between the revelation of Fidelma's pregnancy at the end of one book and sometime after her son's birth over nine months later in the next. Fidelma seems to have solved no mysteries while pregnant, even in the short stories.
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* YouAreTheTranslatedForeignWord: books are full of Old Irish words that are immediately translated, which kind of makes sense when the narrator uses them, but not so much when the characters do, since [[TranslationConvention we're meant to understand that they're speaking Old Irish anyway.]]
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* RenaissanceMan: Or Renaissance ''woman'', rather. Fidelma is at once a princess, a lawyer, and a nun, although her aptitude for religious life gradually wanes.
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* FootnoteFever: averted. things other authors might bung in as explanatory footnotes often end up in the main text. See ShownTheirWork below.
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* FootnoteFever: averted. things Averted. Things other authors might bung in as explanatory footnotes often end up in the main text. See ShownTheirWork below.
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Asskicking Leads To Leadership is the new name of the trope.
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* AsskickingEqualsAuthority: Irish chieftains were required to be of sound body, and stepped down when physically unfit. In one book, Colgu is attacked but the assassins don't even try to kill him, just injure and disqualify him for the kingship.
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* AsskickingLeadsToLeadership: Irish chieftains were required to be of sound body, and stepped down when physically unfit. In one book, Colgu is attacked but the assassins don't even try to kill him, just injure and disqualify him for the kingship.
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There are [[LongRunner 30 novels]], one novella, and two anthologies of short stories. The first stories were published in 1993, and the first novel, ''Absolution by Murder,'' in 1994.
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There are [[LongRunner 30 33 novels]], one novella, two novellas, and two anthologies of short stories. The first stories were published in 1993, and the first novel, ''Absolution by Murder,'' in 1994.
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* PrettyPrincessPowerhouse: Unarmed religious were trained in an obscure martial art to protect them during their travels. More than once Fidelma uses this art to subdue armed attackers with her bare hands.
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* PrettyPrincessPowerhouse: Unarmed Irish religious were trained in an obscure martial art to protect them during their travels. More than once Fidelma uses this art to subdue armed attackers with her bare hands.
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There are 29 novels, one novella, and two anthologies of short stories. The first stories were published in 1993, and the first novel, ''Absolution by Murder,'' in 1994.
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There are 29 novels, [[LongRunner 30 novels]], one novella, and two anthologies of short stories. The first stories were published in 1993, and the first novel, ''Absolution by Murder,'' in 1994.
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* EyeColourChange: Fidelma's eyes flicker between green and blue when her mood changes.
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* Gaslighting: In a few stories, focusing on the status of ''mer'' or the insane.
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* Gaslighting: {{Gaslighting}}: In a few stories, focusing on the status of ''mer'' or the insane.
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* Gaslighting: In a few stories, focusing on the status of ''mer'' or the insane.
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* SuccessionCrisis: Many of the stories and novels, though as often focused on the death or selection of an heir, or tanaiste, as on a king or chieftain. Others are about attempts to overthrow kingdoms or ruling families.
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* SuccessionCrisis: Many of the stories and novels, though as often focused on the death or selection of an heir, or tanaiste, as on a king or chieftain. Others are about attempts to overthrow kingdoms or ruling families. Kingship could pass between different septs of the same clan.
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* TimeSkip: Despite a normal rate of mystery-solving up to four novels in an in-universe year, there are no volumes between the revelation of Fidelma's pregnancy at the end of one book and sometime after her son's birth over nine months later in the next. Fidelma seems to have solved no mysteries while pregnant, even in the short stories.
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* SuccessionCrisis: Many of the stories and novels, though as often focused on the death or selection of an heir, or tanaiste, as on a king or chieftain. Others are about attempts to overthrow kingdoms or ruling families.
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* InformedAttribute: Fidelma is regularly described as quirky and with a joy in life, but when she is on a case (pretty much 95% of when we see her), this disappears and she is irascible and frustrated with her often clueless companions.
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There are 28 novels and two anthologies of short stories. The first, ''Absolution by Murder,'' was published in 1994.
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There are 28 novels 29 novels, one novella, and two anthologies of short stories. The first, first stories were published in 1993, and the first novel, ''Absolution by Murder,'' was published in 1994.
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* SummationGathering: Almost every time. Often justified by Fidelma either presenting the solution before a judge as part of a legal case, or having to explain things to someone official or in authority who needs the whole story. Sometimes done so civilians involved in the case don't spend their whole lives wondering what the heck happened, or aren't ConvictedByPublicOpinon.
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* SummationGathering: Almost every time. Often justified by Fidelma either presenting the solution before a judge as part of a legal case, or having to explain things to someone official or in authority who needs the whole story. Sometimes done so civilians involved in the case don't spend their whole lives wondering what the heck happened, or aren't ConvictedByPublicOpinon.ConvictedByPublicOpinion.
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There are 25 novels and two anthologies of short stories. The first, ''Absolution by Murder,'' was published in 1994.
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There are 25 28 novels and two anthologies of short stories. The first, ''Absolution by Murder,'' was published in 1994.
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* SummationGathering: Almost every time. Often justified by Fidelma either presenting the solution before a judge as part of a legal case, or having to explain things to someone in authority who wasn't there at the time. Sometimes done so civilians involved in the case don't spend their whole lives wondering what the heck happened, or aren't ConvictedByPublicOpinon.
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* SummationGathering: Almost every time. Often justified by Fidelma either presenting the solution before a judge as part of a legal case, or having to explain things to someone official or in authority who wasn't there at needs the time.whole story. Sometimes done so civilians involved in the case don't spend their whole lives wondering what the heck happened, or aren't ConvictedByPublicOpinon.
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* Cliffhanger: A lot of the books ended with these after the main mystery was resolved, usually with a large hint as to the plot of the next book. Book 2 ended with Fidelma leaving Rome, with her believing she would never see Eadulf again. Another ends with her finding an abandoned, blood-stained ship with Eadulf's satchel (which Fidelma recognises because it contains a distinctive book she gave to him) on it. One ends with Fidelma announcing her pregnancy (to the reader, anyway. Opinion differs whether Eadulf knew and they just didn't mention it aloud). Another ends with Fidelma and Eadulf being handed an urgent letter saying their baby son has been kidnapped.
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* Cliffhanger: {{Cliffhanger}}: A lot of the books ended with these after the main mystery was resolved, usually with a large hint as to the plot of the next book. Book 2 ended with Fidelma leaving Rome, with her believing she would never see Eadulf again. Another ends with her finding an abandoned, blood-stained ship with Eadulf's satchel (which Fidelma recognises because it contains a distinctive book she gave to him) on it. One ends with Fidelma announcing her pregnancy (to the reader, anyway. Opinion differs whether Eadulf knew and they just didn't mention it aloud). Another ends with Fidelma and Eadulf being handed an urgent letter saying their baby son has been kidnapped.
