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Creatures and monsters of Celtic folklore

In this video, we explore the dark and fascinating world of Celtic folklore, diving into stories of terrifying creatures like Abhartach, the blood-drinking revenant believed to inspire vampire myths, ...
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Several years ago, I visited a former weaving mill and museum/shop called Avoca in County Wicklow, Ireland. It was late in the afternoon and the complex was relatively empty, but it seemed a place ...
A dark tale of a small, tightly knit Irish community, where an accusation triggers tribal and familial reactions leading to the demonizing of the young female accuser, “God’s Creatures” is no walk in ...
Soon it will be Saint Patrick’s Day, although Lowcountry celebrations have already been underway. Instead of the usual St. Paddy’s Day quiz, this week we’re taking a deep dive into the legends of ...
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Directed by two Americans, Anna Rose Holmer and Saela Davis, and produced by Fodhla Cronin O’Reilly—who grew up in a Kerry fishing village on the west coast of Ireland and wanted to tell a story that ...
They say a mother's love's a blessing, but what about when she's putting her sainted children above natural justice? In the atmospheric and immensely powerful new Irish drama 'God's Creatures,' the ...
“We’re all God’s creatures in the dark.” It’s a mysterious, yet resonant, sentiment, a pebble of wisdom about humanity that one might roll over again and again, worrying its surface. This line — which ...