It was, and still is, considered very bad luck to damage, remove branches from or cut down a fairy tree. In County Tyrone in 2009, a hawthorn tree was cut down and locals reported numerous ...

One of the ‘fairy-tree triad’ of Ireland ... some weeks after the first leaves fully unfurl, hawthorn branches will be heavily laden with an overwhelming milky white profusion of blossoms.

What you need to know about Ireland's fairy trees ... the Irish for hawthorn is “sceach gheal”, meaning radiant briar. A tree, normally a hawthorn or very occasionally ash, standing alone ...

Known as the "faerie tree" in folklore, the Fairy Queen is depicted with hawthorn, a reminder of our pre-Christian religion practised by priestesses in sacred groves. The site of Westminster Abbey ...

It has the ability to shelter and feed up to 300 species, and compact varieties make a beautiful and useful addition to any garden The red berries from hawthorn trees are an important food source ...

And who would cut down a hawthorn today? Indeed the countryside ... From that day to the present day it is called ‘fairy tree’,” the yarn went. This story was collected by Liam Kelly ...

Opinion: why was the hawthorn tree regarded in Irish folklore and tradition as one to be avoided? People enjoying the outdoors in many parts of Ireland at this time of the year will start to ...

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