Mermaid Monday: Lough Swilly Mermaid Encounter April 9, 2018
Author: Beach Combing | in : Modern
This is an 1851 report from Lough Swilly, a long sea inlet on the coast of Donegal. This was a very poor area in the nineteenth century. A correspondent has solemnly assured us that the crew of a boat in Lough Swilly, on the 4th inst. [October], saw, within twenty yards of them, a real […]
Fairies, Arson and Banknotes in Co. Donegal March 6, 2014
Author: Beach Combing | in : Contemporary, Modern
One of the great things about fairies in traditional communities is that they make for the perfect alibi. If someone pushes down the landlord’s fence then, of course, it was the fairies that did it. If a man is a beaten out walking along a midnight lane then the fairies did it. If a boy […]
