Carol Barron

DCU

Dr Carol Barron is Associate Professor in the School of Nursing, Psychotherapy and Community Health at DCU.

Oíche Shamhna was a night associated with tales about púca and other supernatural beings making merry in this world

How did the grandparents and great grandparents of Ireland's children today celebrate Halloween in times gone by?

New research looks at how children and their parents have coped with social distancing and other restrictions

Whenever an epidemic has emerged, garlic has been one of the first preventive and curative remedies to be tried out

A folklore collection highlights the many folk cures used by Irish people to deal with warts and other ailments

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