A new collection of traditional tales reimagined by contemporary writers makes women ‘the fulcrums, not the levers’ of their ...

Banshee is a new collection of stories by contemporary women authors that retell Ireland’s myths and legends through a ...

Two of the granderkinder and I once attended a movie in which the writer/director used the word to describe one of his weird creatures. These things resembled pterodactyls yet were allowed to be ...

Ireland is the birthplace of Halloween. Samhain, an ancient Celtic festival, was first celebrated on the island over 2,000 years ago and marked the end of the harvest season and the beginning of ...

This week on Josh Gates’ Destination Truth, the team search for the legendary Irish Banshee. The banshee or fairy woman is a spirit that often acts as a herald of a death in Irish mythology. This ...