Ireland

6 min read

• Holiday, folklore and Traditions

March, 17: It’s St Patrick’s Day!

3 days ago Robin

3 min read

• Holiday, folklore and Traditions

St Gobnait – the patron saint of bees and beekeeping

1 month ago Leo S

2 min read

• Holiday, folklore and Traditions

January 12th: the feast day of Saint Benedict Biscop

2 months ago Ivan

3 min read

• Holiday, folklore and Traditions

First Monday of the New Year: discover the lost celebration of Handsel Monday!

3 months ago Leo S

3 min read

• Myths and Legends

The Dobhar-chú, an Irish folktale

4 months ago Nathan

3 min read

• Myths and Legends

The Dullahan – Headless Horseman of Celtic Mythology

5 months ago Danijel90

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• Holiday, folklore and Traditions

St John’s eve: ancient rituals to mark midsummer

9 months ago Ivan

6 min read

• Holiday, folklore and Traditions

Irish Superstitions that people still believe ~

1 year ago Leo S

3 min read

• Lighthouses of the world

Fastnet Lighthouse: the story behind “Ireland’s Teardrop”

1 year ago Leo S

2 min read

• Lighthouses of the world

Wicklow Head Lighthouse – Ireland

1 year ago Nathan

2 min read

• Lighthouses of the world

Valentia Lighthouse at Cromwell Point

1 year ago Nathan

5 min read

• Myths and Legends

The Sluagh: Celtic spirits of the unforgiven dead

2 years ago Leo S

2 min read

• Lighthouses of the world

Loop Head Lighthouse | Ireland

2 years ago Nathan

2 min read

• Lighthouses of the world

St John’s Point – the tallest onshore lighthouse on the Irish coast

2 years ago Nathan

2 min read

• Catacombs, Graves and Cemeteries

Medb’s Cairn: the grave of a mythological Irish queen?

2 years ago Danijel90

2 min read

• Abandoned Places

The forgotten Benbulben Barite Mines – Ireland

2 years ago Danijel90

2 min read

• Catacombs, Graves and Cemeteries

Grave of W. B. Yeats at St. Columba’s Church, Drumcliffe, Ireland

2 years ago Danijel90

4 min read

• People, mysteries and stories

An Irish (true) story: the Enniscorthy poltergeist

2 years ago Leo S

2 min read

• Lighthouses of the world

Rathlin West Lighthouse: a beloved upside-down beacon off the coast of Northern Ireland

2 years ago Nathan

3 min read

• Lighthouses of the world

How Blacksod lighthouse changed the course of the World War II

2 years ago Robin

2 min read

• Myths and Legends

The Irish legend of O’Donoghue on May morning

2 years ago Ivan

2 min read

• Catacombs, Graves and Cemeteries

Maria Higgins, the woman who was buried twice

2 years ago Leo S

3 min read

• Myths and Legends

The Legend of the Irish Leprechaun ~

2 years ago Leo S

2 min read

• Lighthouses of the world

Blackhead Lighthouse | Northern Ireland

2 years ago Nathan

2 min read

• People, mysteries and stories

The infamous murder of Colleen Bawn, one of Ireland’s most haunting crimes

2 years ago Ivan

2 min read

• Lighthouses of the world

Galley Head Lighthouse | Ireland

2 years ago Nathan

2 min read

• Travel

Gleann Cholm Cille and St. Columba’s trail

2 years ago Ivan

2 min read

• Food

Carrageen Moss Pudding – a sweet, silky Irish pudding with a seaweed as secret ingredient ~

2 years ago Leo S

2 min read

• Lighthouses of the world

Clare Island Lighthouse, an Ireland hidden gem

2 years ago Leo S

3 min read

• Lighthouses of the world

Fanad Head: sandy beaches, epic views, whales and sunken treasure…

2 years ago Leo S

2 min read

• Lighthouses of the world

Hook Lighthouse: one of the oldest operating lighthouse in the world

2 years ago Ivan

4 min read

• Myths and Legends

Púca: Ireland’s shapeshifting trickster spirit of Celtic folklore

2 years ago Leo S

3 min read

• Holiday, folklore and Traditions

12 Ways Halloween is celebrated around the globe

2 years ago Ivan

2 min read

• Lighthouses of the world

Ballycotton Lighthouse, one of only two black lighthouses in Ireland

2 years ago Nathan

3 min read

• Abandoned Places

Port: the Irish ghost village off the map.

3 years ago Leo S

3 min read

• Catacombs, Graves and Cemeteries

Milltown Cemetery – Belfast, Northern Ireland

3 years ago Ivan

4 min read

• Holiday, folklore and Traditions

Some surprising things you (probably) didn’t know about Good Friday

3 years ago Leo S

4 min read

• Catacombs, Graves and Cemeteries

Friar’s Bush Graveyard: the big (and grisly) history of the oldest Christian burial ground in Belfast ~

3 years ago Leo S

3 min read

• Travel

10 hilariously bad reviews of Dublin’s Pubs

3 years ago Robin

2 min read

• Travel

”The big fish” of Northern Ireland

4 years ago Ivan

2 min read

• Abandoned Places

Menlo Castle: an Irish abandoned castle claimed by nature

4 years ago Ivan

5 min read

• People, mysteries and stories

Biddy Early: Healer, Herbalist, Clairvoyant…or Witch?

4 years ago Ivan