The male ruler of Ireland's fairy folk appears in many guises throughout folklore including the benevolent Finvarra and the ...

Get ready to make like royalty in these incredible Irish castles that let you step back into history: They're all available for rent on HomeAway.com or Airbnb.com. For the ultimate Irish fairy-tale ...

WHEN Giraldus Cambrensis visited Ireland in the twelfth century, he found the people “a trifle paganish.” They believed in all sorts of fairies, banshees, witches, and changelings— “the gods of the ...

Staring at the palm-sized, blue wooden door — arched, with a tiny red mushroom adorning it — Chloey Neely wondered aloud about the ideal spot to place it. "Should I put it outside or inside?" the ...

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The adorable fairy doors are already in one million houses worldwide, bringing smiles to the faces of kids across the globe. The Dublin-based five-year-old company, the Irish Fairy Door Company, has ...

The superior Secrets of the World multicultural storytelling series adds another excellent volume with this collection of tales from Ireland. Venerable storyteller and folklorist Lenihan sets an ...

At this time of year, thoughts of St. Patrick and Celtic traditions come to mind. Revelers don themselves in green hats, dress in leprechaun costumes and drink green beer. The saint would likely be ...

Once upon a time, there was a fisherman, and he caught a woman in his nets, and it was a good day. And, so, begins Ondine, Neil Jordan's lyrical and beautiful fairy tale-esque story about such a ...

IN ANY ROMANTIC relationship, a day may come when you find yourself crab-walking into an Irish "fairy cave" wearing a yellow jumpsuit and a miner's light. Your guide will be an affable, aggressively ...

The city of Dublin, Ohio puts on a St. Patrick's Day parade every year. The story goes that it was an Irish surveyor who applied his love for his native Dublin toward naming a village in Central Ohio.