Ep 92: David Halpin: Irish Folklore - Children, Fairies and Cillíns

Nov 17, 2024

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Writer, David Halpin is a mine of information on Irish folklore, fairylore and mythology in general and ideas around consciousness. David looks at the Irish stories and fairy folklore in a refreshing way, through the lens of writers such as Jacques Vallée and John Keel.

His Circle Stories on Facebook is an excellent resource and there's a shortened version on Instagram.

https://www.facebook.com/CircleStoriesDavidHalpin

https://www.instagram.com/circle__stories/

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We discuss some of the stories on Duchas.ie Schools Collection (see link below) which relate to children. Some of these involve children being taken to fairyland NB. these are not changeling stories which are a separate type of fairy lore. We also talk about unconsecrated burial grounds called 'cillíns'.

The Schools Collection Duchas.ie is collection of folklore compiled by children in the 1930s:

https://www.duchas.ie/en/cbes/volumes

David mentions this graveyard during our discussion:

https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/books/kilranelagh-inspiration-for-ancient-saga-and-modern-detective-series-1.4297546

The story about the child taken by the red fairies is here:

https://www.duchas.ie/en/cbes/5044715/5033787/5136106

Cillíns

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cill%C3%ADn

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