Mainstream animation as we know it has always connected deeply to folklore and fairy tales. Disney’s early shorts and feature films adapted stories by the Brothers Grimm. Studio Ghibli drew ...

“I have worked in Ireland before and loved it, I worked in Dublin,” Fanning shared. “So going back was something I was very excited about and I loved that this story was incorporating that folklore ...

Welcome to an exploration of Ireland’s intriguing fairy forts—a phenomenon deeply embedded in Irish folklore and tradition.

The latest foray into Celtic folklore and horror arrives with The Watchers, the feature film debut from writer/director Ishana Night Shyamalan. The film plunges us into the depths of an isolated Irish ...

The legends of the winter goddess and the locations and ancient Irish folklore, including Saint Brigid, the goddess of summer, are linked to her. The Cailleach, or the hag, has been feared and revered ...

11 final projects and a total of 12 writers based across Ireland, from counties like Clare, Cork, Donegal, Dublin, Kildare, Sligo and Wicklow will now develop their ideas into a detailed bible and ...

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 ...