Like the famous Scottish Loch Ness, Ireland’s largest freshwater lake, Lough Neagh, had a mythological creature of its own – a mermaid known as Li Ban. However,… Read more “Li Ban, The Mermaid Saint.”
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A Transylvanian in Ireland: Dracula’s Celtic Roots
So, What’s In A Name? Sometimes, what was an odd bit of cultural theorizing becomes mainstream; C.K., or common knowledge as it’s known in academic circles. A… Read more “A Transylvanian in Ireland: Dracula’s Celtic Roots”
Ask the Birds: Glenn Colcaine, the Valley of Madmen
The Madness of Suibhne, also known as Suibhne’s Frenzy, tells a fantastic tale of one Suibhne mac Colmáin, king of the Dál nAraidi
Clíodhna and the Blarney Stone
Many, many years long past, the Tuatha Dé Danann, the divinities of the ancients, ruled over Ireland. Now some of them were merciful; others were wrathful, and… Read more “Clíodhna and the Blarney Stone”