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.
16 books found
Cover unavailableTales and Legends of the Irish Peasantry
Tales and Legends of the Irish Peasantry gathers stories of rural Ireland during the early 19th century, presenting village life alongside local customs, traditions and folklore. William Carleton’s contribution sits within an anthology shaped by…
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Cover unavailableTales of the Irish Hedgerows
Tales of the Irish Hedgerows brings together the folklore, traditional beliefs and natural history associated with Ireland’s hedgerow plants and wildlife. Tony Locke organises the book by species, covering trees and flowers such as elder,…
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Cover unavailableThe Anthology of Irish Folk Tales
The Anthology of Irish Folk Tales gathers stories from across Ireland, arranging them around the island’s thirty-two counties. The collection draws on The History Press’s county-based Folk Tales series, bringing together accounts shaped by local…
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Cover unavailableThe Anthology of Irish Folk Tales: Volume II
This second volume gathers Irish folk tales from across the island, bringing together stories shaped by local customs, beliefs and dialects. The contributors are professional storytellers living and performing in Ireland, with each tale rooted…
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Cover unavailableThe Celtic Consciousness
The Celtic Consciousness brings together 55 essays on the Celtic world, ranging from prehistoric cultures to modern Ireland and the wider Celtic revival. Its contributors consider myth, music, history, literature, folklore, art and archaeology, placing…
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Cover unavailableThe Celtic Twilight
The Celtic Twilight gathers W. B. Yeats’s prose sketches of Irish folklore, presenting reported encounters with village ghosts, fairies, spirits and other beings from traditional belief. Its subjects range from enchanted woods and miraculous creatures…
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Cover unavailableThe Faerie Isle: Tales and Traditions of Ireland's Forgotten Folklore
The Faerie Isle presents 15 figures from Irish fairy folklore, bringing together familiar beings and lesser-known spirits, heroes and villains. Síne Quinn’s subjects include selkies that come ashore to dance every ninth day, mermaids whose…
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Cover unavailableThe Hero in Irish Folk History
The Hero in Irish Folk History examines how heroic figures are remembered, shaped and interpreted within Irish folklore and folk history. Dáithí Ó hÓgáin considers legends associated with Irish heroes alongside the historical ideas, social…
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Cover unavailableThe Legend of Loftus Hall
Chris Rush turns one of Ireland's most famous haunted-house legends into a supernatural tale centred on Loftus Hall in County Wexford. The book draws on the enduring story of the mysterious visitor, the Devil and…
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Cover unavailableThe Lore of Ireland: An Encyclopaedia of Myth, Legend and Romance
The Lore of Ireland brings together 350 alphabetical entries on Irish myth, legend, romance, folklore, religious lore, customs and traditional belief. Its subjects range from Abán, a 6th-century saint, to weather, with entries summarising relevant…
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Cover unavailableThe Lost Journal of Bram Stoker: The Dublin Years
The Lost Journal of Bram Stoker: The Dublin Years presents diary material from 1871–1881, recording the future author’s life in Dublin before his London years. The entries touch on work, family, social encounters and the…
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Cover unavailableThe Magic of Irish Nature
The Magic of Irish Nature examines the part played by landscape, wildlife and the natural world in Irish mythology and Celtic culture. Patrick O'Sullivan brings together familiar tales, including the Salmon of Knowledge and the…
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Cover unavailableThe Sacred Isle: Belief and Religion in Pre-Christian Ireland
The Sacred Isle examines religious belief in Ireland from its earliest human settlement through the arrival of Christianity in the 5th century. Dáithí Ó hÓgáin brings together archaeological evidence, Irish literature and folklore to assess…
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Cover unavailableThirty-Two Words for Field
Thirty-Two Words for Field examines the Irish language’s close relationship with landscape, memory and traditional knowledge. Manchán Magan considers the 32 words used for different kinds of field, including geamhar for a field of corn-grass,…
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Cover unavailableTipperary Folk Tales
Aideen McBride gathers legends, local lore and traditional stories from across County Tipperary, linking the county’s landscapes with Ireland’s older myths. The collection begins with tales of the first settlers and Fionntán’s escape in the…
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Cover unavailableTree Dogs, Banshee Fingers and Other Irish Words for Nature
Tree Dogs, Banshee Fingers and Other Irish Words for Nature gathers Irish terms for animals, birds, fish, insects, plants and the wider natural world. Manchán Magan shows how these words can carry vivid observations, folklore…
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