I enjoyed this site as well as Riobard's stories, it brings up a question about fairies. While in Ireland a few years ago I asked an Irishman if he believed in fairies, did he believe they really existed - his answer was yes! He then related a story about a "fairy fort." I don't remember his exact words but to paraphrase he told the story of a highway being built. If the highway was constructed according to plans it would pass over a fairy fort, he said that would bring great misfortune, a fairy fort should never be disturbed. Accordingly the highway was constructed but detoured around the fairy fort. Could anyone out there enlighten me? JoAnne **************Psssst...Have you heard the news? There's a new fashion blog, plus the latest fall trends and hair styles at StyleList.com. (http://www.stylelist.com/trends?ncid=aolsty00050000000014)
JOANNE...That story is true....It has happened in many places in Ireland. I can recall years ago when Shannon Airport was being redesigned and they had planned out the roads and the landing areas. When beginning the construction, it became evident that along one of the runways or roads (can't recall which) there was a fairy fort or hill and construction was stopped. Finally after many discussion, it was decided to redo the road or landing area. It was done and is most likely there today. As I remember, this was in most of the newspapers in the country and abroad. In all the many years that I have visited friends and family in Ireland, I have heard stories of the Fairy Hills or Forts and I know that most of the Irish people fully believe in them. Matter of fact, so do I!! I also believe that you must have been born in Ireland to completely believe that Fairy's do exist and there are Fairy Forts all over Ireland and they can show them to you should you run across one. Perhaps if you do a google search for Fairy Hills or Fairy Forts you will find something more concrete. Good Luck, Maureen Maloney, Boston MA At 04:00 PM 9/6/2008, Jfloe@aol.com wrote: >I enjoyed this site as well as Riobard's stories, it brings up a question >about fairies. While in Ireland a few years ago I asked an Irishman if he >believed in fairies, did he believe they really existed - his answer >was yes! He >then related a story about a "fairy fort." I don't remember his >exact words but > to paraphrase he told the story of a highway being built. If the highway >was constructed according to plans it would pass over a fairy fort, he said >that would bring great misfortune, a fairy fort should never be disturbed. >Accordingly the highway was constructed but detoured around the >fairy fort. Could >anyone out there enlighten me? > >JoAnne > > > >**************Psssst...Have you heard the news? There's a new fashion blog, >plus the latest fall trends and hair styles at StyleList.com. >(http://www.stylelist.com/trends?ncid=aolsty00050000000014) > >------------------------------- >To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >BEARA-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >quotes in the subject and the body of the message
On topic of the Faeries and faerie forts in Ireland there is a video clip from the television program Ghost Hunters in the states. They visited the ruins of Leap (pronounced lep) Castle and Lisheen Ruins. I believe there is a faerie fort associated with the ruins of Lisheen otherwise there is a seperate episode that was. It included an estate/castle that was built on or too close to a faerie fort or on a path to one. Obviously, it was not approved by the faerie folk and had many problems in it's entire history. Video of this can be seen at: http://www.angelsghosts.com/lisheen_ghost_video.html It is certainly something this group seldom sees. Half the time they find nothing in their investigations other than bad pipe noises or something called EMF (Electro Magnetic Fluctuation) caused by bad wiring or a 40 year old appliance without good shielding. A large amount of these EMFs can apparently cause hallucinations, feeling ill or a sence of something watching you and is not paranormal in the least. Their goal is to find rational explinations for most claims of the paranormal. There is a new program called Ghost Hunters International that is part of the same group that investigates primarily in Europe but has gone to other famous places all over the world. Interestingly they visited "Dracula's Castle" in Romania and found absolutely nothing. I suppose it makes sense that they find more than their American group since there have been large numbers of people in static places much longer than in the US; certainly the buildings are much older. Anyway check out the video. I hope you will also, Riobard, and give us your response to it. Others that have lived in Ireland and/or have had experiences I hope post as well. ~~C Sullivan