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

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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/
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
⭐️ In the B O N U S episode on the Modern Fairy Sightings Patreon, I share some stories from the Duchas.ie Schools Collection of folklore from 1930s Ireland (releases Monday 17th November 2024)
V I D E O V E R S I O N released early to Patreon supporters and is now available on YouTube https://youtu.be/gG_4LbHU1Gc

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