Fortean Ireland Xchange examines unusual reports from across Ireland using archival research, contemporary records, witness testimony and field investigation. The aim is neither to dismiss nor sensationalise a case, but to establish what was reported, what evidence survives and what remains genuinely unresolved.
23 case studies found - page 1 of 3.
An RTÉ archive report records claims of unusual activity at a Saggart pub, including a reported apparition and a later attempt to clear the building. FI-X examines what the broadcast does and does not establish.
Read Case StudyA 1985 RTÉ programme recorded a Castledermot couple describing hoofbeats and a dark horse-shaped figure near Kilkea Castle. The archive preserves the account but does not resolve its cause.
Read Case StudyA Cahill family photograph led to an RTÉ News report about an unexplained light over Edenderry. An astronomy commentator proposed an approaching aircraft as a conventional explanation.
Read Case StudyA Dúchas Schools' Collection entry from Kellystown near Dunleer records a recurring light by the railway and singing associated with fairies near Carrickbaggot.
Read Case StudyA Laois folklore record describes a night search for hidden treasure near Wolfhill, interrupted when the group heard a bull and their yard lamp went out.
Read Case StudyA Timahoe folklore record tells of a murdered cattle dealer and a ghost said to move with a frog-like sound. FI-X treats the account as inherited tradition and keeps the source limitations visible.
Read Case StudyAn RTÉ Newsbeat report recorded local testimony about a long, changing shape seen on Lough Derg. It is a rare contemporary archive item, but it contains no specimen, measurement or independent confirmation of a lake creature.
Read Case StudyA Main Manuscript Collection entry records named local observations of dim bluish lights near a fort in Mullagh, parish of Annaduff. The source is a folklore record, not a modern investigation or proof of an anomalous light.
Read Case StudyA Dúchas Schools' Collection page from Cratloe, County Clare, preserves two named local stories: a woman who appeared beside a traveller and a figure seen near a railway bridge.
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