At the Dec. 10 Regular Council Meeting, Fort Saskatchewan City Council approved the 2025 Operating Budget, establishing total revenue and expenditures at $100,837,734, including $25,093.842 for the ...
Co-authored by Cormac O’Malley and Patrick J Mahoney, the book is a rich tapestry of incredible stories of myth and legend, from changelings and fairy forts to mysteries of the sea, religious tales, ...
When a cricket whistles on the hob it is a sign of great misfortune. If you interfere with a [fairy] fort bad luck will approach you. When a robin is near your back door it is considered a good omen.
“I was always fascinated by the fairy fort behind my grandad’s house. A conversation with him about the tale of ‘Mick na mBréag’ (Mick the Liar), who crossed the fairy folk, inspired the ...
The origins of the Fairy King in old Celtic lore. Stories of fairies are prominent in Irish folklore, and the belief in a fairy hierarchy, or fairy royalty, has been a popular notion for centuries.
On March 11, 1952, Deputies in Dáil Éireann discussed the fascinating story of a Fairy Fort in Ballynanty, which was the subject of much controversy when the council tried to build a Housing ...
We acknowledge Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples as the First Australians and Traditional Custodians of the lands where we live, learn and work.
“I’m interested in looking at how the landscape can hold memory and can hold these stories,” she said, “and that things that people want to forget can get pushed away but in a very literal way they’re ...
The nesting area of a "super colony" of threatened fairy terns has been devastated. Human, dog, and cat footprints were seen in the protected breeding area within the Bunbury port alongside ...
Cian and Daragh Hayes were before the courts in connection with the 2021 attack. Photo: Brian Gavin. TWO Limerick brothers beat a man with a hurley and a wrench, breaking several of his bones, wrongly ...
The online sphere and the threat of podcasts looms ever larger As another turbulent year draws to a close, RTÉ management must be wondering if the Montrose radio centre is built on the proverbial ...
A few years ago, Gust Studios—the popular Atelier RPG factory—decided to do something a little different by putting out a licensed RPG adaptation of the Fairy Tail anime and manga. It wasn’t ...