A retelling of story of the meremaid of the North Coast of Ireland and her otter Conn and a trip to Rathlin from he perspective of Conn, first of the Irish Otters or madraí uisce in Gaelic
Category: Mythological
Why the Irish have a Harp as a national symbol
Of how we Irish got magic harps, Portstewart and the first recorded Irish “wifely flounce and door slam” and Guinness
Vampires in Garvagh
The possible origin of Bram Stoker’s Dracula may have come from this tale which he had access to when a archivist in Dublin.
Sadhbh and the dragon
The Children of Lír
Aengus and Dagada
A retelling of why LOVE and TIME are intimately related and how the ancient people of Ireland had a myth that explained it
The Mirror of Understanding
Dooley’s Cairn and the Dullahan
A Halloween story about the dangers of being a grouch and annoying the headless horseman of myth