A look at some of Ireland's most popular Irish folklore and mythology - what's your favorite? From shamrocks and Saint Patrick to Pooka and Banshees, learn more about the most famous stories and ...

The Enchanted Bay: Tales and Legends from Ernie O'Malley's Irish Folklore Collection, a new anthology of Irish folk tales collected by Irish revolutionary leader Ernie O'Malley and compiled by his ...

Encouraged by my furious nodding, she continues: “The internet is all new and flashy, but I still see the same old tales being told again and again.” Irish folklore, especially surrounding 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 ...

In Irish folklore, the King of the Cats was a terrifying ... This obsession is nothing new; cats have been the subject of many traditions and stories for centuries now. In Egypt, they were seen ...

and Irish folklore is full of unspoken rules and precautions to keep humans safe from the Otherworld. If you or your family are from rural Ireland, you're likely to have heard a tale or two about ...

“When I brought Irish folk tales into my creative writing workshop here at BC, the students found something inspiring about them; one student said, ‘I couldn’t stop writing!’ In folk tales and fairy ...

Scéal: Mermaids are a feature of several tragic Irish folk tales and have been a source of inspiration for many writers and poets Conventional European fairytales usually have 'happy ever after ...

also in stories and myths. So I think it’s hard to escape it. It’s ever-present, and it kind of tinges everything. I’m glad you mentioned myths. I loved that the film uses Irish folklore and ...

“When I brought Irish folk tales into my creative writing workshop here at BC, the students found something inspiring about them; one student said, ‘I couldn’t stop writing!’ In folk tales and fairy ...