And one type of fairy from this folklore includes the leprechaun. But are leprechauns real? When you hear a person of Irish descent use the phrase, "Away with the fairies," they're indicating one ...

Leprechauns may be considered quintessentially Irish, but research suggests this perception is blarney. The word "leprechaun" is not a native Irish one, scholars have said. They have uncovered ...

When Mad Sweeney introduces himself to Shadow Moon as a leprechaun in American Gods, he is being totally serious – even though, as Shadow points out, mythical Irish fairies are usually thought ...

I'm betting it's not the harp, Ireland's official national symbol, but more likely the shamrock, the shillelagh, or the Leprechaun ... neither good nor evil. As a fairy being, he is thought ...

However, Ireland has had a population of wild ... others think it's a myth like the leprechauns and the fairies," he says. Getty Images The island lies off the coast of County Dublin The wallaby ...