Folklorist Jo Kerrigan, has urged farmers to steer clear of fairy forts to avoid evoking the wrath of their other-worldly occupants ...

Fairy gardens have such a charming history and a few surprising roots! These gardens as we know them became popular in the West in the early 1900’s. They may have been inspired by Japanese miniature ...

Most Irish people have some instinctive belief in the world of the fairies, even if sometimes it has to be excavated ...

Irish folklore, like the island itself, is littered with tales of earth mounds known as fairy forts. The ancient ringforts date back to the Iron Age and have long been entwined with tales of 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 ...

Jo Kerrigan and Richard Mills researching for Irish Fairy Forts: Portals to the Past Even crannógs, those wonderfully photogenic little artificial islands built on wooden piles in lakes as ...

Irish and Finnish music. There will be aerialists, sightings of fairies, gnomes, and trolls, fairy art and dance, and more. Fencing and foraging food trucks will also be available for purchase.