One of those is the book Irish Folk and Fairy Tales edited by J.K. Jackson. You might expect the cover to be green and the silhouette of a fairy sitting in front of a full moon may also meet your ...

Stately, mum Forest Hill Station is typically void of noise on early Tuesday afternoons, but when the elevator spread open its doors at the ground level this week, public transit riders encountered an ...

The difference between a skeptic and a cynic is that a skeptic demands proof while a cynic rejects it. The Irish believe in believing, and so take a middle ground, saying of the fairy folk, “I don’t ...

Samhain, the Celtic Feast of the Dead (Féile na Marbh), was the forebearer of modern-day Halloween. This article appears courtesy of sister publication Irish America magazine. To read more of Edythe ...

Thank you for signing up! Did you know you can manage your profile, and explore all of the available newsletters from Kildare Live within your account. This beautifully produced hardback, published by ...

The best of Irish food has been celebrated in the Irish Food Writers' Guild Food Awards, with some of the country's best ice cream, cheese and beef highlighted. Now in its 32nd year, the awards ...

Jane and Louis Grubb, the couple behind one of Ireland’s best known cheese brands, have received a lifetime achievement award for their outstanding contribution to Irish food, by the Irish Food ...

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Like many other Irish folklore creatures, the púca — also spelled pooka, pwca, phouka, or puck — is quite unpredictable. By turns benevolent and malevolent, the púca is a shapeshifter capable of ...

Produced by award-winning production company Dyehouse Films, The Unreal is a four-part series for all the family - remember those kind of shows? - and set against the backdrop of Lough Dan in Wicklow.

When Barack Obama was elected president, the people of Moneygall in Ireland celebrated. Birthplace of Obama’s great-great-great-grandfather on his white mother’s side, the village commemorated the ...