How Celtic history is ripe for use in modern TV and film With its horror, blood, gore, menace and violence, medieval Irish literature has a rich repository of imagery for reimagining as folk horror Folklore • 07 Aug 19
How Celtic history is ripe for use in modern TV and film With its horror, blood, gore, menace and violence, medieval Irish literature has a rich repository of imagery for reimagining as folk horror Folklore • 07 Aug 19
The joys of Lúnasa The Celtic festival of Lughnasadh around the start of August celebrates the beginning of the early harvest Folklore • 31 Jul 19
The joys of Lúnasa The Celtic festival of Lughnasadh around the start of August celebrates the beginning of the early harvest Folklore • 31 Jul 19
GAA curses: myth, magic or excuse? There is a tradition in the GAA of blaming defeat on a force greater than human sporting abilities Folklore • 15 Aug 21
GAA curses: myth, magic or excuse? There is a tradition in the GAA of blaming defeat on a force greater than human sporting abilities Folklore • 15 Aug 21
Our fascination with evil As folklore shows, evil entertains and thrills us and we even enjoy being frightened by it now and then so is it the case that we need the devil as much as we need God? Evil • 24 Nov 17
Our fascination with evil As folklore shows, evil entertains and thrills us and we even enjoy being frightened by it now and then so is it the case that we need the devil as much as we need God? Evil • 24 Nov 17
The roots of how we celebrate Halloween in Ireland Opinion: Halloween rituals involving nuts, apples and mischief go back to the years before the Famine, but there was a perceptible shift in attitudes to the old and the familiar in the years after. Halloween • 26 Oct 17
The roots of how we celebrate Halloween in Ireland Opinion: Halloween rituals involving nuts, apples and mischief go back to the years before the Famine, but there was a perceptible shift in attitudes to the old and the familiar in the years after. Halloween • 26 Oct 17
