Customs and Traditions

The Irish superstition about red hair that sent fishermen home before the first net was cast. Discover the Celtic belief behind this haunting coastal tradition.

Discover the ancient Biddy Boys tradition, where groups carry a straw figure door to door on St Brigid’s Eve — one of Ireland’s oldest February customs still practised in the west.

Discover the ancient cursing stones of Inis Mor on the Aran Islands — a tradition where cursing an enemy wrongly could destroy you instead.

Discover the ancient superstitions Irish fishermen kept for centuries — forbidden words, unlucky colours, and the rules that could end a voyage before it began.

The Irish thatched cottage is more than a postcard. Inside, a fire burned that was never allowed to die — and the reason will stay with you.

The ancient Irish practice of meitheal brought entire villages together to work for free. Here is what it meant, how it worked, and why it still matters.

Discover the ancient Irish handfasting tradition — how couples were literally bound together and where the phrase ‘tying the knot’ really came from.

Discover the Irish piseog — the ancient rural curse that could destroy harvests, poison cattle, and tear communities apart for generations.

Every 26th December, straw-masked musicians march through Irish villages in a tradition called Wren Day — one of Ireland’s oldest and most mysterious customs, still alive today.

Ireland’s folk healing tradition: the gift of ‘the cure’ — passed through rural families for centuries and still sought out in many communities today.