Ireland’s fairy forts are, at the same time, an enigma and a firm fact of life. You can find them everywhere. If you don’t ...

The ancient Greek astronomer and geographer Ptolemy of Alexandria drew a map of the world in the 2nd century, which shows the stone fort as one of only five Irish sites to be noted. The Grianan ...

These forts have the power to stop roadworks ... So, in many ways, we owe a big thank you to the fairies for keeping much of Ireland’s ancient past alive and well!

In the recent past in rural Ireland, many forts and some ancient monuments were associated with fairy activity. Their crossing over into the real world was facilitated by liminal spaces ...

(Incidentally, in the ancient Brehon laws ... and information they contain go back into the mists of time... Irish Fairy Forts: Portals to the Past (O'Brien) by Jo Kerrigan and Richard Mills ...

Designated a National Monument by the Irish government, the fort sits on a mountain top between Lough Foyle and Lough Swilly in the island of Ireland's north west. The earliest evidence of a fort ...

Discover the enchanting secrets of Ireland's hidden stone forts nestled in the breathtaking Aran Islands! Journey with us to unravel the mysteries that lie within these ancient structures.

Irish folklore, like the island itself, is littered with tales of earth mounds known as fairy forts. The ancient ringforts date back to the Iron Age and have long been entwined with tales of the ...

It follows concerns about limited access to An Grianán of Aileach, a hilltop fort that dates to the 9th Century BC. The site now opens from 08:00 to 18:00 local time each day, the Irish ...

There have been renewed calls for an ancient Co Donegal ‘keep’ or fortress ... It also has links to the arrest of the father of Irish republicanism, Wolfe Tone who was held near the keep ...