Stories

Discover the ancient Irish tradition of holy wells and rag trees — sacred sites where people have tied prayers to hawthorn branches for over a thousand years.

The Irish banshee wails only for certain ancient families. Discover which surnames she follows and what her cry really sounds like in Irish folklore.

Across Ireland, roughly 45,000 ancient ring forts sit untouched in farm fields and countryside. Discover why Irish farmers still refuse to disturb these fairy forts today.

Two thousand years ago, someone built the greatest structure in ancient Ireland — then burned it to the ground. Emain Macha still holds that secret.

Ireland’s mysterious round towers have puzzled historians for over 200 years. More than 65 still stand — but nobody can agree on exactly why they were built.

Discover the Irish myth of Macha, the goddess who raced chariots while pregnant, cursed Ulster’s warriors, and why one hero had to defend an entire province alone.

Ireland had its own vampire legend centuries before Dracula was written. Meet the Abhartach, the ancient warlord who rose from his grave to demand blood from his own people.

The legend of St. Kevin of Glendalough: the Irish monk so still a blackbird built her nest in his hand. A story from one of Ireland’s most sacred valleys.

They called her the merrow, and along Ireland’s wild Atlantic…

Most visitors to the Giant’s Causeway come for the geology.