In Irish folklore, fairies — or the Good People (na Daoine Maithe), as they prefer to be called — are mischievous beings that can intervene into the lives of humans, and not always for the better.

Irish folklore, like the island itself, is littered with tales of earth mounds known as fairy forts. The ancient ringforts date back to the Iron Age and have long been entwined with tales of the ...

Yeats’ Irish folklore in a proper context spoke to me. I learned there was a whole language called Irish. I learned a leprechaun (or, per Yeats, lepracaun or even leith bhrogan) was a fairy ...

According to Linda Raferty of Irish Jewelry Craft, the banshee is one of Ireland's most enduring and terrifying legends. The term banshee (bean sí) means 'woman of the fairy mound' or 'fairy woman'.

The cross is believed to date back to the 8th century, while the site also contains a holy well linked to St Bronagh and a ‘fairy tree’, which in Irish folklore are thought to be linked to fairies and ...

Originally from England, Sheed’s ancestors can be traced back to 18th century Scotland, where his distant relatives went by ...