The woman's husband decided to visit Biddy Early, a herbalist or bean-feasa (wise woman) from Co Clare, and a prominent ...

Irish playwright Conor McPherson’s The Weir opens at the Palm Beach Dramaworks this weekend, which means you can expect a gritty narrative full of folklore and mystery. In the Weir, a group of men ...

Celtic folklore has a number of stories about fairies, who often carried people off, never to be seen again. One type of fairy in this folklore is the leprechaun. But are leprechauns actually real?

The perseverance of the Irish people in maintaining their language, history and values created a world of oral tradition filled with both mythical adventures and practical wisdom Addie Foley Sheep ...

“I had been curious about the Irish side of my biracial family heritage,” says Ken Yoshikawa, author of From a Hole in the Ground, debuting Sept. 27 at Northwest Children’s Theater. “So I leapt at the ...

A new phone service will allow members of the public to listen to recordings of songs and stories from Irish folklore performed by contemporary Irish artists throughout the month of November. Dial A ...

Unlock access to every one of the hundreds of articles published daily on BroadwayWorld by logging in with one click. County Kerry filmmaker and writer Shaun O'Connor and West Cork singer-songer Alan ...

Did you know the first ever shoemaker was from Carrick-on-Suir, Co Tipperary? In the Anthology of Irish Folk Tales, Aideen McBride relays the tale of The First Ever Brogue Maker. It was once a normal ...