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 ...

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

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

Step Into a World of Magic on the Malahide Castle Fairy Trail which takes place at Malahide Castle and gardens ...

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 ...