Respect for the Fair Folk

Stories with the Respect for the Fair Folk theme:

• The Fairy Rath of Keshcorran Aug 13, 2025

  

  On the slopes below Keshcorran, where caves breathe out air cold as a well, sits a green ring in the grass—a rath, neat as a coin on a table. Cattle give it a wise berth; so did men, until a certain year when butter ran thin and a farmer’s patience ran thinner.

  Pádraig Ó Hehir, who had more sons than spoons and a thatch that could use three new bundles, eyed the rath with a measuring look. “It’s dry ground,” he told his wife. “I’ll move the shed to the top. What harm can a circle of old earth do?”