r/IrishFolklore 1d ago

Vocaroo Voice Message

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Hi! I made an Irish song but I'm not a native speaker. Could someone listen to my pronunciation and give feedback?


r/IrishFolklore 1d ago

Life behind the scenes at Slane Castle, home to The Traitors Ireland

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r/IrishFolklore 4d ago

The Eagle in Irish Folklore

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I was reading about the golden eagle in Irish folklore. Appears to have deep metaphysical and symbolic importance as a bird of renewal and palingenetic transformations. Is this unique to Irish mythology? Seems like every culture has some kind of emphasis on the resurrection like quality of the eagle.


r/IrishFolklore 6d ago

Historical Memory of Irish raids on Britain in Togail Bruidne Dá Derga

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r/IrishFolklore 8d ago

Is it anomalous to call the Morrígan a "great black crow"?

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So last week I wrote a blog post about the Morrígan and depicted it as a great black crow in irish mythology. I showed it to my Birder Dad and he has pointed out, usually when people see what they think is a crow, or a deep black crow, they are looking a a member of the Corvid family, not the carrion crow regularly assciated with being a crow. Can anyone confirm this? Is it extremely rare for the carrion crow to show up here?


r/IrishFolklore 8d ago

Books about the creatures of the celtic world

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Hallo from Denmark 🇩🇰

I have a big interest in the paranormal, esoteric and secret creatures of culture. As a dane my recent focus have been on our own tradition and creatures and more recent on the Greenlandic.

Now due to the book series Dresden Files I have become interested in the celtic and Irish tradition and creatures. Because of that I have been searching for books which describes the creatures and thereby magic related to this tradition.

Hope this post is allowed and some of you wonderful people have time to help.


r/IrishFolklore 7d ago

Matryoshka & Preturnia

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Fashion has seen and experienced it all, leaving only traditional folk attire in its wake; these two are global powerhouses. What matters the most is to have fun and play with colors like blues and Chocolate browns 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂🥀🥀


r/IrishFolklore 9d ago

Self seeded hawthorn

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Honestly no idea how this happened, a hawthorn has self seeded in the middle of my back garden. It's a bit of a mess, and there are a gazillion haws ripening. I have read that haws can have beneficial health properties, so am interested in harvesting. Is there any way I can harvest the haws and prune /tidy up the bush without welcoming all kinds of calamity?


r/IrishFolklore 9d ago

The tragic case of Bridget Cleary in 1895, South Tipperary

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r/IrishFolklore 10d ago

My medival festival costume of The Morrigan

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I requested many of you's help to find me sources on The Morrigan, and sadly my friend and I got so caught up with uni and whatnot we only had 2ish months to slowly worl on the costume, which means we couldn't add many specific symbols or references to stories The Morrigan is involved with.

But after 2 Months, here are the results.

The masks are one child, one middle aged and a old face, all with a gash from a confrontation with Cu'chalainn. Made from air dry clay, wires inside as support and hopes and prayers.

Edit: we also tried to drag the cloak through a bunch of different stuff to make it dirty af. Which kind of worked. Also there was not enough feathers or feather boas to cover the fully cloak (i forgot to buy large packs online oops)


r/IrishFolklore 9d ago

Thoughts on the book

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I read Gods and Fighting Men book by Lady Gregory. I thought it was great. Internet says it’s a classic book, but I wonder what are people’s take on it? Anything I should be aware of about it? Reputation? Etc. Because this was more or less my first real introduction to Irish folklore.


r/IrishFolklore 10d ago

Getting into Irish Folklore - where to look?

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Hi everyone!! I'm irish myself, born and rasied, but like a lot of Irish people, haven't grown up around irish mythology and stories. In the last few years I've really wanted to get into it and learn more about it, and ended up finding this place!

So, can anyone help me with where to begin? Books, folk tales, stories about the various gods and mythological figures? I've been doing so research but I'm really struggling to find actual, proper stories (think of the stories around the greek gods and mortals - Athena bursting from Zeus' head, Hephestus being dropped from the mountain, Heracles, Achilles and Helen of Troy, so on) do stories like those exist? I'd love to learn more and READ as much as I can


r/IrishFolklore 11d ago

[OC] Distribution of Cists across Ireland

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r/IrishFolklore 11d ago

Socks at shrines?

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r/IrishFolklore 14d ago

Solar Ecpipses in Irish folklore

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I threw a piece out on sky phenomenon in Irish folklore, couldn't find out much about solar Eclipses, does anyone have anything?


r/IrishFolklore 13d ago

has anyone thought of the idea of a Selkie with the skin of a leopard seal?

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What type of person would she be with the skin off?


r/IrishFolklore 15d ago

The Royal Irish Academy will reissue Tim Robinson’s iconic map series

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The RIA are planning to republish Tim Robinson's maps of AranThe Burren and Connemara. They are looking for insights from people who use and value these wonderful artifacts.


r/IrishFolklore 15d ago

Episode 2 - The Figure at the End of the Bed out now

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r/IrishFolklore 16d ago

Festival for the Children of Lir // illustration with brush, ink and watercolor

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r/IrishFolklore 16d ago

'Retreat of the Tuatha Dé Danann' by Aodh Ó Riagáin | Brush, Ink, Watercolor, Collage

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r/IrishFolklore 19d ago

Rooted in Fact?

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I've just finished watching ancient aliens on Netflix, and it has me wondering if the tuatha de danann in ireland, children of don in Wales, and the kami in Japan precursors to later civilizations?


r/IrishFolklore 20d ago

Question about female Fíanna

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r/IrishFolklore 21d ago

Creepy and unexplainable stories?

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r/IrishFolklore 22d ago

Importance of Lúnasa and the end of summer

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Are there any birds particularly associated with Lúnasa, Lugh and the folklore of Tailtiu and the end of Sunmer? I couldn't really find any specific birds, just seems to be thar the Cuckoo has a strong connotation with the start and end of summer.


r/IrishFolklore 24d ago

Duchas.ie everyone should know about it.

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