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The story of the fairy bush at Newmarket on Fergus

We Irish have always had a strong association with superstition and folklore, we’re even cred...

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13.59 28 Oct 2020


The story of the fairy bush at Newmarket on Fergus


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13.59 28 Oct 2020


We Irish have always had a strong association with superstition and folklore, we’re even credited as the originators of the upcoming Halloween celebrations. 

But what about the stories we have forgotten in recent years?  

Irish story teller Eddie Lenihan joins me now to remind us of some of those tales...  

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