Louth Folk Tales

Louth Folk Tales gathers ancient legends, local traditions and more recent stories from County Louth, ranging from fairy lore to saints’ legends and dark historical memory. Doreen McBride includes accounts of leprechauns, a fairy horse, a killer cat and the Salmon of Knowledge, alongside tales connected with Cúchulainn, the Hound of Ulster and the origins of the River Boyne.

Several stories carry a distinctly eerie edge, including ghostly footsteps in Carlingford Castle, a haunted house near Drogheda and the doomed lovers associated with Carlingford Lough. Other chapters recount the Jumping Church at Kildemock, Saint Brigid’s connection with Faughart, the Black Death in Louth and the Battle of the Boyne, presenting the county’s folklore through a lively storyteller’s voice.