Fionn Mac Cumhaill: The Warrior-Poet Who Gained Wisdom by Accident
The Giant’s Causeway on the north Antrim coast is one of the most visited natural sites in Ireland, a formation […]
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Black Shuck: The Phantom Dog of East Anglia and the Night It Walked Into a Church
On the morning of 4 August 1577, the Reverend Abraham Fleming sat down and wrote about what had happened the
The Morrigan: Ireland’s Phantom Queen and the Goddess Who Arranged a Hero’s Death
At the end of the Battle of Mag Tuired, after the Tuatha De Danann had defeated the Fomorians and Ireland
Dearg Due: Ireland’s Female Vampire and the Story That May Be Older Than It Looks
Somewhere in Waterford, at a location known as Strongbow’s Tree, there is a grave. The tradition says a stone should
Fear Gorta: The Man of Hunger Who Walks Ireland’s Roads
He appears at twilight, on a quiet road between settlements, in the kind of place where you might convince yourself
Abhartach: The Irish Vampire That May Have Inspired Dracula
County Derry, Northern Ireland, sometime in the fifth or sixth century. A chieftain is dead. His subjects, who hated him
The Lady in Black of Grahamston: The Ghost the Children Never Forgot
Before the iron bones of Glasgow Central Station took shape, before the platforms roared and the tunnels filled with the
Grahamston: The Lost Village Buried Beneath Glasgow Central Station
One of the most exciting urban legends about Glasgow (to me at least) is that there is a preserved village
The Underground Argyll Arcade: Glasgow’s Most Persistent Urban Legend
Every city has its underground legend. Rome has its catacombs. Edinburgh has Mary King’s Close. Glasgow has several, because Glasgow
Granny Kempock: The Ancient Stone That Witches Danced Around and Sailors Feared to Offend
Behind the main shopping street in Gourock, up a flight of steps that most people who walk beneath it every