Welcome to an exploration of Ireland’s intriguing fairy forts—a phenomenon deeply embedded in Irish folklore and tradition.

It was also a society steeped in legends of the supernatural. Fairy belief, in particular, was pervasive in Irish rural societies at the time, and had long coexisted with Christian doctrine.

Curated by University of Colorado Boulder students under the direction of Sean Babbs (Instruction Coordinator for the Libraries' Rare and Distinctive Collections) and Suzanne Magnanini (Associate ...

The sounds of grey herons at nest during day and at night are like a fairy-tale monster or someone getting sick!

"Where I'm from, we don't really have hills, so when I saw Northern Ireland, it was like a fairy tale setting for my art." Thomas Dambo, one of the world's leading recycle artists, has built four ...

This latest novel, her 25th, is utterly enjoyable. It is set over the three days of a wedding: the day of beauty (that’s the ...

Carefully pour into the lined baking tray and leave it to set at room temperature. To make the fairy icing, place the butter into a freestanding mixer fitted with a paddle attachment. Beat until ...

"Lily" was the writer herself, a woman called Maeve Brennan who hardly anyone in Ireland is now aware of. And she had gone out into the world and made something of herself. She was, when she wrote ...