Dublin’s early house pubs held a special licence to open before 7am — for market porters, dockers, and night-shift workers who needed somewhere warm before the rest of the city woke up.
On Station Island in Lough Derg, County Donegal, pilgrims give up shoes, food, and sleep for three days. The tradition has run since the twelfth century. Thousands still come every summer.
The Tuatha Dé Danann didn’t disappear when they lost Ireland — they went underground. Here’s how Ireland’s gods became the fairy folk still feared today.
The tragic true story of the White Lady of Charles Fort, Kinsale — the bride who never left and why soldiers still report seeing her on the ramparts.
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 ancient Irish belief in the droch shúil — the evil eye — explains why grandmothers say ‘God bless’ when admiring a baby. Discover Ireland’s oldest living folk tradition.
In 1937, Irish schoolchildren were sent home to interview their grandparents — and what they wrote down became one of the world’s most extraordinary folklore archives.
The leannán sídhe is the Irish fairy said to grant genius to poets and musicians — while quietly consuming their lives. A haunting legend still whispered in Ireland.
Ireland’s round towers stand at ancient monasteries across the island. Discover the one strange detail they all share — and what historians still can’t fully agree on.
Thousands of years ago, Irish families buried butter in bogs. Archaeologists are still finding it today — and nobody fully agrees on why.