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.ie
The National Folklore Collection, University College Dublinhttps://www.ucd.ie/folklore/en/
The Placenames Database of Ireland (logainm.ie)https://www.logainm.ie
Clare County Library – Folklore & Local Studies Archivehttps://www.clarelibrary.ie/eolas/coclare/folklore/folklore.htm
Loop Head Tourism & Local History Resourceshttps://www.loophead.ie

Penal Laws historical overview – Library Irelandhttps://www.libraryireland.com/HistoryIreland/Penal-Laws.php
Irish bog bodies and archaeological context – National Museum of Irelandhttps://www.museum.ie/en-IE/Museums/Archaeology/Exhibitions/Kingship-and-Sacrifice
Witchcraft 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.com https://www.rte.ie https://www.independent.ie https://www.thejournal.ie https://www.garda.ie https://www.irishmirror.ie https://www.irishcentral.com https://www.oireachtas.ie https://www.irishexaminer.com