Irish Fairy Forts by Jo Kerrigan

Portals to the Past
 
Far more than just a faint echo of the past, Ireland’s fairy forts are still vibrantly alive. The traditions connected to them are so powerful that even today, people rarely interfere with Irish fairy forts or fairy trees. They aren’t built on; roads curve around them and farmers don’t plough over them.
 
They are the most numerous ancient remains in Ireland today, numbering up to 50,000 or more. These enigmatic mounds and grassy banks seem to call out to us from an earlier time. So what are they, who built them and what were they for? And how have so many survived for so long?
 
With evocative photographs by Richard Mills; master folklorist Jo Kerrigan explores the origins of these mysterious circular structures; their stories and legends, their history and archaeology and the living traditions and practices connected to them.