There's so much to know about the cunning creatures!

Celtic folklore has a number of stories about fairies, who often carried people off, never to be seen again. And one type of fairy from this folklore includes the leprechaun. But are leprechauns real?

In Ireland people never talked of leprechauns. They talked of fairies. We never really considered them a benign force. Banished to the fringes of Irish life by the new Christian faith, at best we ...

St. Patrick's Day is just around the corner, believe it or not! This year, between your Irish soda bread baking, green beer drinking, searching for four-leaf clovers, and general merry-making, you may ...

There are few figures more synonymous with Ireland than the leprechaun. I worked in The National Leprechaun Museum here in Dublin. The museum is dedicated to Irish folklore and mythology and brings ...

The Irish folklore fairy known as leprechaun remains a St. Patrick’s Day favorite, and a staple in some places year-round. You might recall the little, bearded old man who wears a green hat, coat and ...

Soon it will be Saint Patrick’s Day, although Lowcountry celebrations have already been underway. Instead of the usual St. Paddy’s Day quiz, this week we’re taking a deep dive into the legends of ...