Irish Witchcraft: Understanding our Roots and Traditions

What Irish Witchcraft Is (And Isn’t)

Irish Witchcraft is not a fantasy import or a quirky aesthetic, it’s a way of seeing the world that grew from this land, our history, and our people.

When I say ‘Witchcraft’ here, I don’t mean Halloween costumes or a generic ‘Celtic’ Pinterest board, I mean real practices that lived beside farming, family rows, and, later on, a very bossy Church.

Everyday Magic, Not Drama

For most of our history, people weren’t hunting for pointy hatted devil worshippers, they were trying to fix sick cattle, missing butter, restless children, or troubles with the 'Good Neighbours'.

When things went sideways, you went to the local wise woman or man, the cunning folk, who used charms, cures, and the odd slightly terrifying ritual to sort out the evil eye, the Other Crowd, or even an actual neighbour who'd been messing with your milk.

Deep Roots, Irish Soil

The roots of this go way back, into early medieval texts that already panic about love magic, harmful sorcery, and women turning into hares to steal milk, long before any English witchcraft act washed up here.

Later, imported ideas about diabolic witches tried to stick, but had to compete with stubborn Gaelic beliefs in the Sidhe (both mounds and folk), blessings, superstitions, and practical curses that didn’t divide the world neatly into ‘holy’ and ‘demonic’ the way continental theologians wanted.

Magic is magic, it's a tool to be used if you had the way of it, and that's that like.

Why It's Important For You

So if you’re coming to Irish Witchcraft now, your starting question isn’t “how do I copy Salem style or Wicca and slap shamrocks on it”, the better  question is “how do I understand this land, this lore, this language, and the real people who worked magic here”.

That means facing the awkward stuff too, like how few formal witch trials we actually had, how quickly respectable Ireland wanted to bury ‘superstition’, and how fear of fairies or curses could still end in tragedy.

And of course, how to protect you and yours from all of that, and more. 

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