Stories from the Sea: Legends, adventures and tragedies of Ireland's coast

Coast legends reveal storms, shipwrecks, and maritime stories shaping Ireland’s communities.

Ireland is an island nation, inextricably linked with and dependent upon the sea which surrounds us. From earliest times, ships from distant lands have brought goods, ideas, invaders, influencers. Our legends, and particularly the imramma or magical Otherworld voyage tales, show how deep our involvement with the ocean goes.

Jo Kerrigan has discovered and retold tales from all around the Irish coast of...