Before Ireland became the land of heroic warriors, shining gods, and legendary kings, it belonged to far older beings. They rose from storm-churned seas, crawled out of cold mist, and shaped the world ...

In Irish mythology, the Fomorians were a race of ferocious monsters who for a time contested power with the more enlightened, magic-making Tuatha Dé Danann. The most infamous Fomorian was Balor of the ...

Long ago, the Tuatha de Danaan, supernatural beings, blond and blue-eyed and carrying heavy spears, came from the north to the land known as Ireland. When their king, Nuada, was injured in battle, a ...

According to our folklore, Ireland wasn't always ruled by humans. Many different races were said to call Ireland once their home. Easily, one of the most important of these is a group known as the ...