Ireland's fairy folk have folks spellbound! If you don't believe all you have to do is look around. They're everywhere. Ireland has a huge association with mythical beings, including fairies, a ...

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 ...

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.

Every family has one, a fairy. You can probably think of one in your own family. The oddball, the one who marches to a different drum, is cut from a different cloth, who seems away with the ...

“Banshee” can be traced back to 1771 and the Irish “bean sidhe,” meaning “woman of the fairy folk.” “Bean sidhe” sounds like “banshee” when spoken.