Browse books about Irish ghosts, hauntings, folklore, legends, fairy traditions and paranormal history. These titles explore supernatural stories and beliefs rooted in towns, counties and landscapes across Ireland.
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Cover unavailableA Field Guide To Irish Fairies
Bob Curran’s guide organises Irish fairy lore around individual beings and traditions, including the grogoch, Grey Man, sheerie, pooka, merrow, banshee, leprechaun and dullahan. It also considers changelings and lesser-known figures, presenting their reported characteristics…
View book details →A Haunted Land: Ireland's Ghosts
Bob Curran’s book gathers Irish accounts of ghosts and hauntings, ranging from wraith-like apparitions to more solid, threatening figures. It considers reports associated with buildings, families and particular places, showing how spirits may be said…
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Cover unavailableAn Irish Folklore Treasury
An Irish Folklore Treasury brings together stories and memories drawn from the Schools’ Collection, gathered by Irish schoolchildren during the 1930s. Their accounts preserve local traditions alongside recollections of how families worked, played, worshipped and…
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Cover unavailableAncient Legends, Mystic Charms and Superstitions of Ireland
Lady Wilde gathers Irish legends and traditional beliefs concerning fairies, banshees, changelings, witches, the dead and the power attributed to words. Stories include fairy music and dances, the evil eye, the Phouka, the leprechaun, the…
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Cover unavailableAnimals of Ireland in Myth and Legend
Animals of Ireland in Myth and Legend gathers Irish legends in which animals carry symbolic, narrative or other traditional significance. Dáithí Ó hÓgáin presents the subject as part of Ireland’s storytelling heritage, focusing on the…
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