Country and County: Londonderry/Derry

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Ancient Sites / Burial Mounds / Folklore / Irish Fairies / Vampire

Slaghtaverty Dolmen

Slaghtaverty Dolmen is a prehistoric cairn associated in Folklore as the burial site of the Abhartach. ‘There is a place in the parish of Errigal in Londonderry, called Slaghtaverty, but it ought to have...

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Lough Neagh

The freshwater Lough Neagh covers an area of 151 square miles and is Northern Ireland’s largest lake. There are a few legends associated with Lough Neagh and its formation. The following account entitled ‘This is the Death of Eochaidh son of Mairid’ is from the Book of the Dun Cow, Translated by Standish Hayes O’Grad (1892).

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Irish Ghosts by Peter Underwood

Peter Underwood, a world renowned expert on the paranormal, has published a new book focussing on Irish Ghosts. I had great hopes for this book having owned a copy of his 1973 book Gazetteer of Scottish & Irish Ghosts for a number of years, and I’m pleased to say I’ve not being disappointed.