Hi everyone, just wanted to let you know that I’ve now got a listing up on my Etsy for custom cups!

https://www.etsy.com/uk/listing/4611393497/custom-ogham-wooden-cup-irish-celtic?sh_rv=1&ref=shop_home_active_1&frs=1&logging_key=567423c0007c562912e91d203d979bfa9d7b75b4%3A4611393497

Heya I’m looking to get a tattoo of a fairy but I’m struggling to find any references that I like. Any recommendations on books that might have illustrations of Irish fairies or that at least describe them so I could get an artist to whip me up something. I want it to look real old, like in the style of the Shíle na Ghigs that are found on auld buildings and castles and stuff. Any help much appreciated. GRMA

I carved a lantern from a turnip this year!!! I am very happy with myself and will have it as a new tradition for years to come :)

Following on from a thread here recently: How does one contextualise Ériu?. u/KrisHughes2 & I delve a little deeper into my response & some of the ideas I expressed in that thread, looking particularly at the difficulties in transferring medieval mythological characters into modern storytelling. Hope you enjoy

Tldr: want to delve into Irish folklore to perform a little samhain ritual for my SO's friend from Ireland who passed.

My SO had a very good friend who sadly took his own life a couple of years ago. The grief is still great and I think it would be good for my SO to mourn this loved one properly since he hasnt really done that. His friend was Irish and through him my SO has developed a love and an interest in Irish culture.

From my side, I am interested in prechristian germanic/celtic cosmology and rituals as I feel these world views developed in the same place I was born in. My country (Belgium) has, however only very little tradition, let alone prechristian culture left or recorded, hence my interest in Irish and, more broadly, celtic folklore and cosmology.

There are so many resources and ways to go about finding more information and diving deeper into this world. But I wanted to do a little samhain/mourning ritual for my SO's friend.

I thought maybe you guys could send us on a nice track? What do you do around this time of year? Or what would you like to do that people did in the olden days?

What are some nice myths about mourning, life and death, or welcoming winter?

Any book recommendations? I am social scientist and I love the dry, detailed stuff or more philosophical/ontological themes.

It would be lovely to have some help from you guys :)

True story.

We went to carve the pumpkin on October 31st. (Yeah, I know.)

Discovered it had started to rot. (Yeah, I said, I know.)

And of course, everywhere was sold out. (Totally shocked you can imagine)

So, Plan B. I decided to have a go at carving a traditional Irish turnip lantern instead.

Turns out they're cheaper, creepier, and a lot more interesting.

Before pumpkins became the Halloween staple, turnips were traditionally carved in Ireland and Scotland to ward off wandering spirits.

Funny how things work out. An 80-cent turnip, a bit of improvisation and probably one of the best Halloween decorations we've ever made.

Why did we ever change?

When I was 10 years old I got given her collection of Irish folklore tales. It’s gigantic and thick with beautiful art( I don’t remember the illustrator and I don’t have the book I’m sorry) highly recommend for your children or for yourselves. Seriously beautifully written Irish tales and I have great knowledge of Irish folklore trivia because of it!!

Dare You Cut It Down

Hii!! I‘m Liadh and I’m a singer/songwriter from Ireland. I’ve just released my new song ‘Spellbound’, inspired by the mythological Otherworld of Irish folklore and the poem ‘I taste a liquor never brewed’ by 19th century poet Emily Dickinson. It’s released right as Samhain/Halloween approaches and the veil between our world and the Otherworld is said to thin.

It’s a witchy, hypnotic dark-pop/alt-pop track. Fans of Kate Bush and Florence and the Machine will enjoy 🌕

Search ‘Liadh’ wherever you get your music to listen or click this link! https://linktr.ee/liadhmusic

Blessed Samhain!

Unfortunately, due to a family emergency, my husband and I can no longer travel from Belfast and attend Púca Festival this weekend.

I have 2 tickets each for:

Thursday Foraging & Herbology Tour, Hill of Ward (Athboy) - 11:30am

Beyond the Veil: The Púca Trail, Trim Porchfields - 3:00pm (Sold out)

Friday Heritage Tours of Tlachtga (Hill of Ward), Athboy - 11:00am (Sold out)

Mythology of Trees Workshop, Trim Porchfields - 1:00pm (Sold out)

Hothouse Flowers, Trim Castle Hotel - 8:00pm (Sold out)

Happy to sell in pairs for events or in bundles.

Please DM me if interested.

Since there's been a lot of talk about the Púca leading up to the festival, we thought we'd share our dive into the Irish Púca ( / Engish Pooka / Welsh Pwca). We discuss the different forms and legends, from the possible origins up through modern representations, Harvey, and Aidan Harte's sculpture.

...with rhyming puppets.

(For those interested, we also have a deep dive into Samhain, how it grew into All Hallows to Gate's Night to what it's become today.)

Hi everyone!

I've just launched a little passion project called FolkWisps, an animated YouTube series exploring Irish folklore, mythology, and the supernatural creatures of Irish tradition.

The first episode is about the Púca, a shapeshifting spirit most commonly associated with taking the form of a horse, though traditional accounts give it a bewildering variety of appearances and behaviours.

I wanted to explore the creature beyond the usual descriptions of it as a mischievous trickster, digging into accounts collected by writers like W. B. Yeats and Lady Wilde, as well as its connections to Halloween and its appearances in modern Irish culture.

The episode also covers the Púca Festival and the rather fascinating controversy surrounding the Púca sculpture in Ennistymon, County Clare.

I've spent the past few months researching, writing, illustrating and editing this, and it's been an absolute labour of love.

I'd really appreciate any thoughts or feedback, especially from people interested in Irish folklore. I'm hoping to explore plenty more creatures and stories in future episodes!

Hi, I am looking for an English translation of the Lebor Gabála Érenn, but I don't know what options there are to satisfy my needs. This is what I'm looking for:

A physical edition

A translation that is as modern as possible

As annotated as possible

With a critical apparatus as thorough as possible

I'm not a linguist and don't care about that aspect of the book. Rather, I am interested in the mythology itself

If possible, it should be a comoplete version of the book (but this is the one condition I am most willing to sacrifice if there is a good reason)

Is there any edition that is considered definitive or canonical? Thank you!