5 Unique Experiences At The World’s Only Leprechaun Museum

Leprechauns are as Irish as Guinness and St. Patrick’s Day. They are fairies or wood spirits, mostly depicted as little men with red hair and beards and dressed in a green coat and top hat with a leather belt and pointed shoes. Leprechauns are supernatural beings who often play pranks on humans. They are also

Clíodhna: the Cork goddess, banshee and queen of the fairies

Analysis: a rock in Co Cork in closely associated with many legends around Chlíodhna and is known as a door to the Otherworld Special rocks and ancient sacred stones feature prominently in Early Irish literature and in legends. Some are linked to the sovereignty queen tradition where goddesses are connected with particular clans and areas.

Forget Hades and Loki, who was the Celtic god of death?

The names of the ancient Celtic gods are much less known than those of their Greek and Norse counterparts. Thanks to modern retellings of ancient myths in books and movies, names such as Hades, the Greek god of the Underworld, and Loki, the Norse trickster god, are well known. But the gods and goddesses of

Inside the Irish ‘hell caves’ where Halloween was born

In the middle of a field in a lesser known part of Ireland is a large mound occupied by sheep. These livestock wander freely, chewing the grass beneath their feet. Yet, had they been in that same location 2,000 years ago, these animals probably would have been stiff with terror, held aloft by chanting, costumed

‘Ireland’s gate to hell’: a Co Roscommon cave and the Otherworld

Hidden along the side of a small county cul-de-sac in Co Roscommon is a stone lined underground structure called a souterrain, constructed between the 7th and 12th centuries. It’s located within a wider region known as Rathcroghan which comprises over 250 archaeological monuments. But what makes this particular site stand out from others sites? Well,