ABHARTACH

ABHARTACH

LEGEND:

Part 1: According to the story, Abhartach was an immensely evil Celtic chieftain who practiced dark magic and constantly oppressed and killed his subjects for fun.Eventually, he was slain by a rival tribe and buried in a standing posture, as was the custom back then. However, Abhartach's black magic allowed him to return as a neamh-mairbh (walking dead) and demanded that his subjects sacrifice others to him and allow him to freely feast on their blood. His subjects constantly slew him, but he always returned to life thanks to his magic. Eventually, his subjects submitted to him, and began making blood sacrifices to him.

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Part 2: However, at one point the Celtic hero Cathain heard of Abhartach's tyranny, and consulted a Druid, who gave him a sword made of yew wood that would prevent Abhartach from rising again when killed. Cathain killed him with the sword, and Abhartach was buried upside-down with a large stone placed on top of his grave to prevent him from escaping in case he did rise again. BUT.....

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To this day Abartach lies beneath his slab-stone. In the Irish language, this place is called LEACHT ABATACH and is anglicised as Slaughtabartach….the memorial stone or monument of the dwarf. One can visit the grave but they should beware. The local people still are wary of the site and it has been reported that even recently people have had rather bad experiences at it.

BE CAREFUL TO NIGHT!!

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ABRAHAM STOKER

Abraham Stoker was born in 1847 in a little village called Clontarf, in Dublin, Ireland. In 1878 married and moved to London. He starts to work as a theatre critic and a theatre manager. In 1890 started to write his famous opera, Dracula. And someone thinks that based in our legends. Irish Legends.

GOOD NIGHT!!!