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.
87 books found
Cover unavailableLeitrim Folk Tales
Susie Minto gathers traditional tales associated with County Leitrim, drawing on folklore archives, local histories, parish collections and other regional sources. The stories are rooted in the county’s landscape, from Benbo and its surrounding mountains…
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Cover unavailableLimerick Folk Tales
Limerick Folk Tales gathers stories rooted in the folklore of County Limerick, moving between fairy lore, legendary figures, local characters and tales shaped by the county’s landscape. Ruth Marshall recounts the story of Donn Fírinne,…
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Cover unavailableListen to the Land Speak
Listen to the Land Speak examines how Irish mythology, language and landscape preserve ways of understanding place, nature and identity. Manchán Magan travels through bogs, across rivers and over mountains, tracing stories and traditions associated…
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Cover unavailableLongford Folk Tales
Longford Folk Tales gathers legends, folk customs and local lore from across County Longford, spanning early Irish tradition and more recent memory. Philip Byrne includes stories of saints, deities, fairies, devils, kings, ghosts and the…
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Cover unavailableLouth 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,…
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Cover unavailableMayo Folk Tales
Tony Locke gathers tales rooted in the landscape and traditions of County Mayo, moving from Croagh Patrick and Clew Bay to the deep waters of Lough Mask. The collection brings together stories of legendary figures,…
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Cover unavailableMeath Folk Tales
Meath Folk Tales gathers roughly one hundred stories from across County Meath, linking local places with legend, history and oral tradition. Richard Marsh includes accounts of kings, saints and god-figures, alongside explanations for place-names and…
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Cover unavailableMeeting the Other Crowd: The Fairy Stories of Hidden Ireland
Meeting the Other Crowd gathers Irish accounts of fairy belief as collected and presented by storyteller Eddie Lenihan, with Carolyn Eve Green. The stories treat the fairies as the Other Crowd, the Good People, the…
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Cover unavailableMonaghan Folk Tales
Steve Lally gathers tales rooted in County Monaghan, bringing together haunted places, fairy lore, ghosts and ominous local characters. The collection visits Castle Leslie, where stories speak of haunted rooms and fairy folk, and Rossmore…
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Cover unavailableMore Legends and Stories of Ireland
Samuel Lover’s second series of Irish tales brings together comic stories, local legends and encounters with the fairy world. It includes the seafaring adventures of Barny O’Reirdon, the rural tale “The Burial of the Tithe”,…
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Cover unavailableMy Life As A Scottish Paranormal Investigator
David Barrett describes how childhood experiences developed into a long-running interest in paranormal investigation. His memoir follows visits to reputedly haunted sites in Scotland, England, Ireland and Romania, including Inveraray Jail, Leap Castle and Bran…
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Cover unavailableMyth, Legend and Romance: An Encyclopaedia of the Irish Folk Tradition
This encyclopaedic reference work brings together Irish folklore, mythology, legend and romance literature, placing traditional narratives alongside the beliefs and customs that shaped them. Its entries range across ancient and medieval material, later storytelling and…
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Cover unavailableQueens of Ireland in Myth and Legend
Queens of Ireland in Myth and Legend presents Irish traditional narratives centred on queens and female figures of authority. Dáithí Ó hÓgáin gathers material from the island’s mythic and legendary heritage, where royal women may…
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Cover unavailableRoscommon Folk Tales
Roscommon Folk Tales gathers traditional stories from across County Roscommon, tying local legend to the landscape in which each account is set. Pat Watson includes tales connected with Queen Maeve, the warrior queen associated with…
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Cover unavailableSecond Book of Irish Ghost Stories
Second Book of Irish Ghost Stories gathers reported hauntings collected by Patrick Byrne, including accounts linked to Ireland’s revolutionary past. The stories come from correspondence and testimony associated with his work on the Dublin Evening…
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Cover unavailableSligo Folk Tales
Joe McGowan gathers Sligo’s traditional stories from the Curlew Mountains and Benbulben to Kesh Corann, Lough Gill and Enniscrone. The collection includes myths of Balor and the Battles of Moyturra, Diarmuid and Gráinne, St Patrick…
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Cover unavailableStories of Old Ireland for Children
Stories of Old Ireland for Children brings together traditional Irish tales adapted for younger readers, with legendary heroes, warriors and adventures at their centre. Several stories follow Fionn MacCumhaill and the Fianna, the renowned band…
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Cover unavailableStrange Irish Tales for Children
Strange Irish Tales for Children brings together four traditional Irish stories shaped for younger readers by storyteller Eddie Lenihan. Its folklore includes King Cormac’s Fighting Academy and the tale of how the first blackbird came…
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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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Cover unavailableWaterford Folk Tales
Waterford Folk Tales gathers traditional stories from across County Waterford, linking its legends to the landscape in which they were told. The collection reaches back to the ancient Gaelic tribes and the ogham stones, while…
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Cover unavailableWest of Ireland Folk Tales for Children
West of Ireland Folk Tales for Children retells traditional stories rooted in the landscapes and beliefs of Ireland’s western counties. Among its tales are accounts of Knockma and its legendary inhabitants, a boy’s encounter with…
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Cover unavailableWexford Folk Tales
Wexford Folk Tales gathers traditional stories from across County Wexford, bringing together accounts of witches, mermaids, grave robbing and buried treasure. The collection also includes tales of lurechan mischief, dangerous love potions and six supposed…
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Cover unavailableWicklow Folk Tales
Wicklow Folk Tales gathers stories linked to villages, mountains, roads and historic sites throughout County Wicklow, drawing particularly on traditions from West Wicklow. Brendan Nolan, an experienced storyteller, brings together accounts of fairies, spirits, magic…
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Cover unavailableWolf-Men and Water Hounds
Wolf-Men and Water Hounds gathers Irish legends linked to landscapes, landmarks and creatures, travelling province by province through the island. Manchán Magan introduces the stories associated with each place while drawing attention to Irish words…
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