The Plot: Set in Six Mile Hill, a fictional backwater town, whose only claim to fame is that Bram Stoker stayed there once and based Dracula on the local legend of Abhartach. When Abhartach is awakened after the cairn over his remains is demolished due to the preparation for bypass already unpopular with the locals, the construction team that demolished the cairn must set out to make it right. Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boys_from_County_Hell The Legend: Abhartach (pronounced [ˈəuɾˠt̪ˠəx]; Irish for 'dwarf'), also Avartagh, is an early Irish legend, which was first collected in Patrick Weston Joyce's The Origin and History of Irish Names of Places (1870).[1] Abhartach should not be confused with the similarly named Abartach, a figure associated with Fionn mac Cumhaill. There is a place in the parish of Errigal in Londonderry, called Slaghtaverty, but it ought to have been called Laghtaverty, the laght or sepulchral monument of the abhartach [avartagh] or dwarf (see p. 61, supra). This dwarf was a magician, and a dreadful tyrant, and after having perpetrated great cruelties on the people he was at last vanquished and slain by a neighbouring chieftain; some say by Fionn Mac Cumhail. He was buried in a standing posture, but the very next day he appeared in his old haunts, more cruel and vigorous than ever. And the chief slew him a second time and buried him as before, but again he escaped from the grave, and spread terror through the whole country. The chief then consulted a druid, and according to his directions, he slew the dwarf a third time, and buried him in the same place, with his head downwards; which subdued his magical power, so that he never again appeared on earth. The laght raised over the dwarf is still there, and you may hear the legend with much detail from the natives of the place, one of whom told it to me. — Joyce, The Origin and History of Irish Names of Places Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abhartach

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Tell Me a Story Podcast with Eddie Lenihan (Irish Storyteller). Episode 8 : The cure. Source: https://youtu.be/MVWTPllnRKw Jun 3, 2020 This month, Eddie tells a number of tales about the curious power of cures. Eddie relays a number of cures that Biddy Early prescribed to various people throughout the county. Cures for illness, cures for animals, and cures for the fairies. As the stories show, you had to follow the cure's warning exactly, or else! If you like what we do, you can now support the podcast with a once-off donation through the link here. Every little bit helps. https://supporter.acast.com/tell-me-a... https://shows.acast.com/tell-me-a-sto... Bookstore: https://eddielenihan.weebly.com/store...

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