The male ruler of Ireland's fairy folk appears in many guises throughout folklore including the benevolent Finvarra and the diminutive Lubdan.

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When the ladies equivalent of the Ryder Cup is held in Kileen Castle golf course in Dunsany, County Meath in September the world will get to see a unique Irish phenomenon, the fairty tree. Fairty ...

The superior Secrets of the World multicultural storytelling series adds another excellent volume with this collection of tales from Ireland. Venerable storyteller and folklorist Lenihan sets an ...

WHEN Giraldus Cambrensis visited Ireland in the twelfth century, he found the people “a trifle paganish.” They believed in all sorts of fairies, banshees, witches, and changelings— “the gods of the ...

TAKE a look at the Irish fairy woodland that's not far from a busy city with a very unique experience for visitors. The Burren Nature Sanctuary in Co. Galway is the perfect summer's day out. The ...

Once upon a time, there was a fisherman, and he caught a woman in his nets, and it was a good day. And, so, begins Ondine, Neil Jordan's lyrical and beautiful fairy tale-esque story about such a ...

Staring at the palm-sized, blue wooden door — arched, with a tiny red mushroom adorning it — Chloey Neely wondered aloud about the ideal spot to place it. "Should I put it outside or inside?" the ...

Just in time for St. Patrick's Day, Randee Dawn shares how a book of folk tales by W.B. Yeats was a "lightbulb moment" for her, and helped her ill grandfather DFlux Photography, LLC; CAEZIK SF & ...