S2 #31 / David Halpin on Banshees, Cenobites and the Púca

Hailing from Carlow, Ireland, David Halpin is a writer with a
deep knowledge of Ireland’s fairy lore and  pagan heritage.
On his facebook blog, Circle Stories, he explores these themes in
great depth.  David is also the creative force behind Occult
Book Review on Twitter and YouTube.
What I really love about David’s work is he is an active
participant in preserving the lore and mythology of Ireland. He
goes out and sees the stones and raths and teases their stories
from them. Which provides us with a vital link to our past.
In the show David talks how fairy spirits of alleged different
forms can manifest in the same ways. He gives his thoughts on the
parallels with UFOs and we get into the differences and
similarities between cities and rural places with fairies and go
down a bit of a rabbit hole after the Pooka. 


In the plus show we get into the dangers of summoning the Good
People and David regals us with a story of brushing up against
the strange while on a trip to a remote stone circle. We also
discuss fairy ointments and from there discuss the use of
psychedelics in Irish mythology and folk practice and go off on
interesting tangents on the Djinn, Our Lady of Fátima and
consciousness.
Enjoy


Show notes:
Circle Stories https://www.facebook.com/CircleStoriesDavidHalpin/


Occult Book Reviewhttps://twitter.com/OccultReview
Wolf-Men and Water Hounds: The Myths, Monsters and Magic of
Ireland
https://www.waterstones.com/book/wolf-men-and-water-hounds/manch-n-magan/steve-doogan/9780717196111 


The Duchas archives, home of the Irish folklore collections
https://www.duchas.ie/en
Cillín, a burial ground for unbaptised children
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cill%C3%ADn


Corpse toothache cure
https://www.duchas.ie/en/cbes/4569057/4567629/4574604?HighlightText=corpse+hand&Route=stories&SearchLanguage=ga


The Spancel of Death
https://youtu.be/6CstZ-0Lwxo?si=NdnJ6N_MofOAFNx4


Athgreany stone circle
https://visitwicklow.ie/listing/pipers-stones/


The Amadán
https://www.facebook.com/505240543157960/posts/904390903242920/


Biddy Early https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Biddy_Early


Puck Fair https://puckfair.ie/

Púca https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/P%C3%BAca


Krampus https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Krampus
St Knut’s day and Nuuttipukki
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint_Knut%27s_Day


Poulaphouca https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poulaphouca


Living with Djinns
https://www.abebooks.co.uk/9780863566950/Living-Djinns-Understanding-Dealing-Invisible-0863566952/plp


Fairy mist or ‘Ceo draíochta’
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/F%C3%A9th_f%C3%ADada


David on WMiT
https://whatmagicisthis.com/2023/02/27/fairies-ireland-with-david-halpin/


Cenobites https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cenobite_(Hellraiser)


Fairy ointment story https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fairy_Ointment


The witches of Selwood
https://www.hobnobpress.co.uk/books/p/the-witches-of-selwood-witchcraft-belief-and-accusation-in-seventeenth-century-somerset-by-andrew-pickering


Entopic phenomena
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Entoptic_phenomena_(archaeology)


Irish slang of mushrooms is Pookies
https://publicdomainreview.org/essay/fungi-folklore-and-fairyland/

Ploughing the Clouds, the search for Irish Soma
https://www.goodreads.com/en/book/show/657241
Aos sí https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aos_S%C3%AD


Tuatha Dé Danann
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tuatha_D%C3%A9_Danann

Gaoithe Sídhe
https://beanfeasa9.wordpress.com/an-sluagh-sidhe/

Malak Taus
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taw%C3%BBs%C3%AE_Melek

Our Lady of Fátima
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Our_Lady_of_F%C3%A1tima

Stalking the wild pendulum
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Stalking-Wild-Pendulum-Mechanics-Consciousness/dp/0892812028


Eddie Lenihan Storyteller TV show
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ATjJX7C6fiI