Irish Faerie Folk of Yore and Yesterday: The Changeling

Posted by on Oct 31, 2012 in Irish Faerie Folk Series, Irish Mythology, Kim McNamara-Wilson | 0 comments

Admit it. We’ve all had the misfortune of meeting a child who just didn’t seem quite right. Willful and mischievous? Ill-behaved and...

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Irish Faerie Folk of Yore and Yesterday: The Sluagh

Posted by on Oct 24, 2012 in Irish Faerie Folk Series, Irish Mythology, Kim McNamara-Wilson | 2 comments

So you’ve read of the Dullahan, who takes your life when your time is up. And you now know of the Dearg-Due, who takes your blood if she...

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Irish Faerie Folk of Yore and Yesterday: The Dearg-Due

Posted by on Oct 11, 2012 in Irish Faerie Folk Series, Irish Mythology, Kim McNamara-Wilson, Visitor Posts | 5 comments

You’ve probably heard of the saying, “Hell hath no fury like a woman scorned.” No one wants to be on the receiving end of one of...

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Irish Faerie Folk of Yore and Yesterday: The Dullahan

Posted by on Sep 27, 2012 in Irish Faerie Folk Series, Irish Mythology, Kim McNamara-Wilson, Visitor Posts | 0 comments

Oh sure enough, there be no snakes in Ireland to be afear of, but that doesn’t mean the woods are altogether safe. Yer familiar with such...

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Must Be Something in the Irish Water…or the Guinness?

Posted by on Aug 24, 2012 in Artists, Interviews, Kim McNamara-Wilson, Visitor Posts | 3 comments

At first glance, he appears as quiet and unassuming as his name. Peter Browne. Average height and weight. Nothing out of the ordinary...

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The Happy Accident: Stumbling Upon History in Southwest Ireland

Posted by on Jul 17, 2012 in Castle & Monuments, Castle Reviews, Cork, Featured, Kim McNamara-Wilson, Monument Reviews, Visitor Posts | 16 comments

Few things can produce a panic in me as getting a flat tire… in a rental car… in the middle of nowhere…in a foreign country. But sure enough, that was the predicament in which my husband and I found ourselves on our first trip to my Mother’s homeland of Ireland.

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