Irish folklore (Irish: béaloideas) refers to the folktales, balladry, music, dance and mythology of Ireland. It is the study and appreciation of how people...
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not used in modern Ireland, where "Black Irish" refers to Irish people of African descent. The first use of the term "Black Irish" is tied to the myth...
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Irish mythology. Department of Irish Folklore, Dublin. Includes the National Folklore Archives The Celtic Literature Collection...
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The Irish Folklore Commission (Irish: Coimisiún Béaloideasa Éireann) was set up in 1935 by the Irish Government to study and collect information on the...
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Britain Irish folklore Manx folklore Hebridean mythology and folklore Scottish folklore Welsh folklore Dutch folklore Alpine folklore Spanish folklore French...
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Headless Horseman (section In Irish folklore)
Headless Horseman is an archetype of mythical figure that has appeared in folklore around Europe since the Middle Ages. The figures are traditionally depicted...
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by the Irish Folklore Commission in 1948". iMuseum. Retrieved 3 January 2021. Briody, Mícheál (9 February 2008). "Keepers of the folklore". Irish Times...
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Shillelagh (redirect from Irish stickfighting)
blackthorn stick with a large knob at the top. It is associated with Ireland and Irish folklore. Other spelling variants include shillelah, shillalah, and shillaly...
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Aos Sí (category Irish folklore)
is Irish for "the good people", which is a popular term used to refer to the fairies in Irish folklore. Due to the oral nature of Irish folklore, the...
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Leprechaun (redirect from Irish Leprechaun)
A leprechaun (Irish: lucharachán/leipreachán/luchorpán) is a diminutive supernatural being in Irish folklore, classed by some as a type of solitary fairy...
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Black Irish may refer to: Black people in Ireland, people of African or other Black heritage holding Irish citizenship Black Irish (folklore), an Irish-American...
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wraith, or double-ganger". Patrick Kennedy's 1866 folklore collection Legendary Fiction of the Irish Celts includes a brief account of "The Doctor's Fetch"...
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the Irish Phooka. John Rhys, a Welsh scholar of Celtic culture and folklore, records a story from Monmouthshire in his 1901 book Celtic Folklore about...
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Conand (mythology) (redirect from Conand (Irish folklore))
In Irish mythology Conand (a.k.a. Conann and Conaing) was a leader of the Fomorians who lived in a tower on Tory Island. He oppressed the followers of...
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Banshee (category Irish folklore)
Modern Irish bean sí, from Old Irish: ben síde [bʲen ˈʃiːðʲe], "woman of the fairy mound" or "fairy woman") is a female spirit in Irish folklore who heralds...
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Selkie (category Irish folklore)
tale of the Faroese selkie in his song "Kopakonan". The mermaid in Irish folklore (sometimes called merrow in Hiberno-English) has been regarded as a...
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Mythic humanoids are legendary, folkloric, or mythological creatures that are part human, or that resemble humans through appearance or character. Each...
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Death Coach (category Irish folklore)
coach is part of the folklore of Northwestern Europe. It is particularly strong in Ireland where it is known as the cóiste bodhar (Irish pronunciation: [ˈkoːʃtʲə...
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Halloween (redirect from History and folklore of Halloween)
original on 27 April 2016. Retrieved 31 October 2020. "Halloween in Irish Folklore | Irish Archaeology". irisharchaeology.ie. 30 October 2015. Archived from...
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in Irish mythology. Airitech was a mysterious creature whose three daughters were werewolf-like creatures, eventually killed by Cas Corach. The Irish words...
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Nechtan (mythology) (redirect from Nechtan (Irish folklore))
Nechtan is a figure in Irish mythology who is associated with a spring marking the source of the River Boyne, known as Nechtan's Well or the Well of Wisdom...
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Revenant (redirect from Revenant (folklore))
In folklore, a revenant is a spirit or animated corpse that is believed to have been revived from death to haunt the living. The word revenant is derived...
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Blarney Stone (category Irish folklore)
Monaghan, The Encyclopedia of Celtic Mythology and Folklore. New York: Facts On File. 2004. pp. 48, 91 Irish Pedigrees: MacCarthy, Lords of Muskry #119 Richard...
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Classifications of fairies (category Irish folklore)
Fairies, particularly those of Irish, English, Scottish and Welsh folklore, have been classified in a variety of ways. Classifications – which most often...
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Shamrock (redirect from Shamrock (Irish symbol))
Holy Trinity. The name shamrock comes from Irish seamróg ([ˈʃamˠɾˠoːɡ]), which is the diminutive of the Irish word seamair and simply means "young clover"...
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Fairy fort (category Irish folklore)
the Irish, referring to an earthen mound) are the remains of stone circles, ringforts, hillforts, or other circular prehistoric dwellings in Ireland. From...
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Spoken Irish The first chapter of Mo Sgéal Féin, read by native Irish speaker Mairéad Uí Lionáird in the Muskerry Gaeltacht(Gaeltacht Mhúscraí) Problems...
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Gogmagog (giant) (redirect from Gogmagog (folklore))
Japheth and make him the ancestor to the Irish through Partholón, leader of the first group to colonise Ireland after the Deluge, and a descendant of Magog...
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Folklore is the body of expressive culture shared by a particular group of people, culture or subculture. This includes oral traditions such as tales,...
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Brigid's cross (category Culture of Ireland)
her birth. The prevailing Christian folklore surrounding Brigid's cross involves the deathbed conversion of an Irish pagan chieftain, in some stories her...
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