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Irish folklore (Irish: béaloideas) refers to the folktales, balladry, music, dance and mythology of Ireland.It is the study and appreciation of how people lived. The folklore of Ireland includes banshees, fairies, leprechauns and other mythological creatures, and was typically shared orally by people gathering around, sharing stories.
Aengus - god of passionate and romantic love, youth and poetic inspiration; Áine - goddess of parental and familial love, summer, wealth and sovereignty; Banba, Ériu and Fódla - patron goddesses of Ireland
"Gartan Mother's Lullaby" is an old Irish song and poem written by Herbert Hughes and Seosamh Mac Cathmhaoil, first published in Songs of Uladh [Ulster] in 1904. [1] Hughes collected the traditional melody in Donegal the previous year and Campbell wrote the lyrics. The song is a lullaby by a mother, from the parish of Gartan in County Donegal ...
The Dullahan (Irish: Dubhlachan; dúlachán, / ˈ d uː l ə ˌ h ɑː n /) is a type of legendary creature in Irish folklore.He is depicted as a headless rider on a black horse, or as a coachman, who carries his own head.
The leannán sídhe (Irish: [ˈl̠ʲan̪ˠaːnˠ ˈʃiː]; lit. ' fairy lover ' ; [ 1 ] Scottish Gaelic : leannan sìth , Manx : lhiannan shee ) is a figure from Irish folklore . [ 2 ] She is depicted as a beautiful woman of the Aos Sí ("people of the fairy mounds") who takes a human lover.
The Vanishing People: Fairy Lore and Legends. New York: Pantheon. New York: Pantheon. Briody, Mícheál (2008, 2016) The Irish Folklore Commission 1935–1970: History, Ideology, Methodology Helsinki Finnish Literature Society ISBN 978-951-746-947-0 and Studia Fennica Foloristica 17 ISSN 1235-1946 Retrieved on 10 April 2018
In 1888, W. B. Yeats noted that the gancanagh was not found in dictionaries and the fairy was not well-known in Connacht. [1] In a story collected in The Dublin and London Magazine in 1825, ganconer is defined as "a name given to the fairies, alias the 'good people,' in the North of Ireland." They are described as little men who live in caves ...
Thomas Crofton Croker (15 January 1798 – 8 August 1854) was an Irish antiquary, best known for his Fairy Legends and Traditions of the South of Ireland (1825–1828), and who also showed considerable interest in Irish song and music. Although Fairy Legends purported to be an anthology of tales Croker had collected on his field trips, he had ...