Updated and Revised 2nd Edition! Irish Witchcraft from an Irish Witch is a delightful mixture of academia and accessibility; a book that explores Witchcraft in

Witch trials in the European or American sense were not common in Ireland although they did occur. In this book the stories of four remarkable court cases that

This is the first academic overview of witchcraft and popular magic in Ireland and spans the medieval to the modern period. Based on a wide range of un-used and

An important collection of essays that use a variety of different approaches and sources to uncover the continued relevance of witchcraft and magic in nineteent

Early medieval Ireland is remembered as the "Land of Saints and Scholars," due to the distinctive devotion to Christian faith and learning that permeated its cu