Television: The story’s púca, an ancient spirit who escapes from an old VHS tape, is genuinely creepy, a kid’s mascot as ...
Blackberry season kicked into full swing in Ireland last month ... there is a strange myth attached to blackberry picking.
These ancient Irish monsters and demons have been terrifying the public since the dawn of Celtic mythology, especially at Halloween. The Irish word for demon is "deamhan" and it is certainly ...
With Halloween fast approaching it is time to start gathering the costumes and get planning your spooky season antics for ...
I do not have the word count to unravel the complete Hallowe’en tangle, but I will spell out the four main distinctive ...
But if tacky decorations and piles of sweets aren’t your thing, why not immerse yourself in some of Europe’s finest ...
While the exact origins are unknown, there is a piece of Irish folklore that purports an explanation: The legend of "Stingy Jack," which first appeared in print in the 19th century. Snopes has ...
According to the origin myth of the Irish nation, another people already lived in Ireland when the Gaels arrived. The Gaels slaughtered them and drove them from their homes, dispossessing them of ...
Produced by Dermot Lavery for DoubleBand Films ("Doineann") and by Patrick O’Neill for Wildcard, "Fréwaka" was funded through ...
On my first morning in Donegal, a place sometimes referred to as Ireland's forgotten county, a man named Séamus Doohan drove a friend and me down a twisting ribbon of road in a van filled with ...
According to the origin myth of the Irish nation, another people already lived in Ireland when the Gaels arrived. The Gaels slaughtered them and drove them from their homes, dispossessing them of ...