Life, lore and song / 'Binneas an tSiansa'

Cold Iron

Aspects of the occupational lore of Irish fishermen

Bairbre Ní Fhloinn

‘Cold iron’ is a phrase that may be used by fishermen as a euphemism to avoid misfortune at sea. This book provides a lively and compelling insight into the use…

Treasures of the National Folklore Collection/Seoda as Cnuasach Bhéaloideas Éireann

Críostóir Mac Cárthaigh Séamas Ó Catháin Ríonach uí Ógáin Seosamh Watson editors. With a foreword by Dr T.K. Whitaker

Treasures of the National Folklore Collection/Seoda as Cnuasach Bhéaloideas Éireann is primarily visual, drawing on the diverse collections found within the arc…

The Otherworld

Music & song from Irish tradition

Ríonach uí Ógáin & Tom Sherlock editors

Belief in the existence of a parallel world and in otherworldly phenomena has long been established in Irish tradition and facets of such belief continue to be …

Miraculous plenty

Irish religious folktales and legends

Seán Ó Súilleabháin editor

For over fifteen hundred years, Ireland has been predominantly Christian. Religion has been a continuous force in various aspects of Irish life. As one might ex…

The Mount Callan Garland

Songs from the repertoire of Tom Lenihan, Knockbrack, Miltown Malbay, County Clare

Collected and edited by Tom Munnelly with music transcriptions by Marian Deasy

Tom Lenihan of Knockbrack, Miltown Malbay, Co. Clare (1905–1990), was a farmer. Though English is the language of his area, it is deeply coloured by Irish idiom…