Ireland's Fairies and Vampires

Frame Ireland as a blood eater by linking its geographical space to a female symbol, and connect this to vampire imagery and revolution in Irish literature.

Explore the land of Ireland, its names, and its division into Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland, plus myths of Eire as a woman and a blood eater.

Trace Ireland's cultural personification as a woman through Eire and Eriu, Roisin Dubh, Kathleen ni Houlihan, and Mise Eire, framing a mother figure tied to sacrifice and revolution.

The lecture traces Ireland’s turn-of-the-century portrayal as blood eater and Mother Ireland, via Yeats, Gregory, Pearse, and Joyce, and links these images to vampiric motifs ahead of Dracula.

Explore Bram Stoker's Count Dracula, other Irish writers like Wilde, Maturin, and Le Fanu, and how Irish folklore and fairies shape horror, vampires, and the undead in culture.

Examine Bram Stoker's Dracula (1897) and its Irish origins, linking Count Dracula to Stoker's Dublin background and Irish folklore imagery. Trace its influence across films like Nosferatu.

Explore how Dracula echoes Irish writers such as Maturin, Le Fanu, and Wilde, tracing the rise of female vampires and the influence of Irish folklore and Kerry bloodthirsty fairies.

Explore how vampires appear in Irish folklore from Abhartach to the Lannan sí and link these figures to Bram Stoker's Dracula and Irish myth.

Explore how Ireland's fairies and vampires connect, tracing Dracula's Irish echoes to Abhartach and other folklore, and linking Stoker's tale to Irish myth and legends.

Trace the origins of Ireland's ancient fairies—from the Tuatha de Danann and the Book of Invasions to the Morrigan and Leanann Sidhe—while noting monks recording oral traditions into manuscripts.

Discover the Morrigan, the Irish fate trinity goddess, a shapeshifting raven who incites battle lust, seduces Cu Chulainn, and foreshadows death in the Tain Bo Cuailgne.

Trace the Morrigan's bloodlust and seductive power across Irish fairies and the banshee, linking to Stoker's vampire.

Explore how Bram Stoker’s Dracula mirrors Irish fairies by tracing links from the Morrigan to the banshee, highlighting shapeshifting, blood lusting, and the lure of death.

Explore Irish fairy legends through Croker's tales, from the Shefro and the good people to Merrow, Banshee, Cluricaune, Phooka, and Dullahan, rooted in historical folklore.