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.
11 books found
Ireland’s Animals: Myth, Legend and Folklore
Animals run through Irish myths and legends as companions, adversaries and supernatural beings. Niall Mac Coitir gathers traditions surrounding creatures including hounds, hares, seals and fairy horses. The book connects familiar animals with the stories…
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Cover unavailableIrish Animal Folk Tales for Children
Irish Animal Folk Tales for Children gathers traditional stories in which animals take central roles, from clever birds and beloved dogs to cats with darker transformations. The collection asks how the tiny wren became King…
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Cover unavailableIrish Folk and Fairy Tales
Irish Folk and Fairy Tales gathers Irish stories, poems, songs and folkloric accounts selected and edited by W. B. Yeats. Its supernatural material includes traditions concerning the fairies, the solitary leprechaun, the mischievous pooka, merrows…
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Cover unavailableIrish Folk Tales of Coast and Sea
Irish Folk Tales of Coast and Sea gathers 44 tales from Ireland’s coastline, representing 19 coastal counties and drawing on maritime folklore, myth, legend and selected historical records. The stories range from accounts of ghosts,…
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Cover unavailableIrish Folk Tales of Love
Irish Folk Tales of Love gathers stories from Ireland’s oral storytelling tradition, where love brings longing, devotion, heartbreak and trouble in equal measure. Colin Urwin’s collection includes doomed romances, crimes of passion, awkward courtships and…
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Cover unavailableIrish Ghost Stories
Irish Ghost Stories gathers reported apparitions and uncanny incidents from across the country, linking supernatural tales with named places, buildings and local traditions. Its range includes the Wizard Earl of Kildare, the Scanlan Lights of…
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Cover unavailableIrish Ghost Tales
Irish Ghost Tales: And Things That Go Bump in the Night gathers stories from Ireland’s folklore, moving through castles, graveyards and other settings associated with haunting traditions. Tony Locke’s collection includes banshees, warlocks, spectres, poltergeists…
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Cover unavailableIrish Ghosts
Irish Ghosts presents accounts from more than 100 places associated with reported hauntings across Ireland. Peter Underwood combines local history with details of the people connected to each location, anecdotes, alleged encounters and notes on…
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Cover unavailableIrish Gothic Fairy Stories
Irish Gothic Fairy Stories gathers fairy tales and traditions from all 32 counties of Ireland, presenting the Sidhe through the distinct beliefs and folklore of different communities. Steve Lally and Paula Flynn Lally draw on…
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Cover unavailableIrish Superstitions
Irish Superstitions gathers Irish spells, old wives’ tales and folk beliefs, showing how ideas about luck, danger and protection shaped everyday life. Its subjects include good-luck charms, soothsayings, healing practices, the evil eye, fairies and…
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Cover unavailableIrish Tales from the Otherworld: Ghosts, Fairies & Evil Spirits
Irish Tales from the Otherworld brings together stories of ghosts, fairies and hostile spirits rooted in Irish oral tradition. Bob Curran presents accounts passed through generations in rural communities, where encounters with the otherworld can…
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