The ancient Irish geis was a sacred rule no hero could refuse. Breaking it always led to disaster — discover why Ireland’s greatest warriors were destroyed by the rules they could never escape.
The Skellig List was one of Ireland’s wittiest folk traditions — a public naming of every unmarried person who missed the Shrove Tuesday marriage deadline. The story behind the rock that gave desperate singles a second chance.
Ireland has more than 3,000 recorded holy wells — most found by word of mouth alone. Discover the pattern days, rag trees, and ancient rituals that Irish people never stopped practising.
Tory Island — Ireland’s most remote community — has an elected king, a school of world-famous painters, and a history of refusing to leave.
Discover the ancient Irish singing tradition of sean-nós singing — why audiences look away, how it survived, and where to find it in Ireland today.
Thousands of years ago, Irish families buried butter in bogs. Archaeologists are still finding it today — and nobody fully agrees on why.
Discover the meitheal — the ancient Irish custom of communal farm labour, where whole townlands worked together and no money ever changed hands.
Discover the ancient Irish belief in fairy paths — invisible roads that shaped how cottages, lanes, and even modern motorways were built across Ireland.
Discover the best things to do in Galway, Ireland — from the Latin Quarter and Spanish Arch to Connemara, the Aran Islands, and Galway Bay oysters — plus get weekly Ireland stories free in our newsletter.
Discover fraughan — the wild Irish bilberry — and the ancient tradition of Fraughan Sunday, when Irish families climbed hilltops every July to pick wild berries in a ritual older than Christianity.