Ghosts, Girls, and Ireland’s Darkest Corners

A haunted Irish hillside. A ghost with a story that refuses to stay buried. And a stretch of Ireland where women seemed to vanish into thin air.This week we start with the eerie legend of Petticoat Loose, where folklore, fear, and a tragic past still cling to the landscape like fog rolling over the hills.Then we step into something far darker. The Vanishing Triangle, a chilling cluster of disappearances that left families searching, investigators scrambling, and a nation asking one question that still hangs in the air.Coincidence? Cover ups? Something more sinister?Pour the champagne. Things are about to get strange. 🥂Duchas.ie – The National Folklore Collection (Schools’ Collection and manuscript archives)https://www.duchas.ieThe National Folklore Collection, University College Dublinhttps://www.ucd.ie/folklore/en/The Placenames Database of Ireland (logainm.ie)https://www.logainm.ieClare County Library – Folklore & Local Studies Archivehttps://www.clarelibrary.ie/eolas/coclare/folklore/folklore.htmLoop Head Tourism & Local History Resourceshttps://www.loophead.iePenal Laws historical overview – Library Irelandhttps://www.libraryireland.com/HistoryIreland/Penal-Laws.phpIrish bog bodies and archaeological context – National Museum of Irelandhttps://www.museum.ie/en-IE/Museums/Archaeology/Exhibitions/Kingship-and-SacrificeWitchcraft belief in Ireland – History Ireland journalhttps://www.historyireland.com/early-modern-history-1500-1700/witchcraft-in-ireland/Irish Folklore Commission backgroundhttps://www.ucd.ie/folklore/en/about/https://www.irishtimes.comhttps://www.rte.iehttps://www.independent.iehttps://www.thejournal.iehttps://www.garda.iehttps://www.irishmirror.iehttps://www.irishcentral.comhttps://www.oireachtas.iehttps://www.irishexaminer.com