Dragons / Folklore / Folktales / Irish Folktales / Legends
by Ian · Published September 25, 2013 · Last modified December 11, 2018
In ‘Irish Myths and Legends’ by Ronan Coghlan, we are told that Oilliphéist, is an Irish word meaning ‘dragon’ or ‘great worm’, and that ‘a creature of this sort, hearing that Saint Patrick was coming to drive out its kind, cuts its way through the land, thus forming the River Shannon.’ The Shannon is 224 miles long and the is Ireland’s longe
Anniversary Ghosts / Apparitions / Black Dogs / Book Review / Ghost Stories / Haunted Hotels / Haunted Pubs / Hauntings / Photographed Ghosts / Poltergiests / Review
by Ian · Published July 4, 2012 · Last modified October 14, 2018
Peter Underwood, a world renowned expert on the paranormal, has published a new book focussing on Irish Ghosts. I had great hopes for this book having owned a copy of his 1973 book Gazetteer of Scottish & Irish Ghosts for a number of years, and I’m pleased to say I’ve not being disappointed.
Ancient Sites / Burial Mounds / Fairies / Folklore / Irish Fairies / Legends
by Ian · Published February 10, 2010 · Last modified December 11, 2018
Sheebeg Cairn (Sí Beag) is traditionally considered to be the burial site of Gráinne, (daughter of Cormac mac Airt, High King of Ireland ) and the giant hero of Irish legend, Fionn Mac Cumhaill (or Finn McCool), leader of the Fianna warriors of Ben Bulben.
Aquatic Monsters / Cryptozoology / Fairies / Folklore / Folktales / Irish Fairies / Irish Folktales
by Ian · Published November 20, 2009 · Last modified December 11, 2018
In Conbnaíl (Conwell) Cemetery, Drummans, there is a tombstone depicting a carved Dobhar-chú .The grave is that of Grace Connolly (Grainne Ni Conalai), who apparently was killed by a Dobhar-chú from Lough Glenade on 24th September 1722.
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