Celtic Folklore:L. MacDonald DALRIADA MAGAZINE 1993 The People
of the Mounds Articles on the Sidhe"For all the hillside was
haunted By the faery folk come again And down in the heart-light
enchanted Were opal-coloured men" AEIn the first article of this
series, I looked at the survival of belief among the Celtic
peoples of an invisible realm inhabited by Otherworldly beings
known collectively as the Sidhe, or the Good People. This belief
was once common throughout all the Celtic countries, in
localised forms. The Sidhe are considered to be a distinct race,
quite separate from human beings yet who have had much contact
with mortals over the centuries, and there are many documented
testimonies to this. Belief in this race of beings who have
powers beyond those of men to move quickly through the air and
change their shape at will once played a huge part in the lives
of people living in rural Ireland and Scotland. It is difficult
to pin-point an exact historical era as the time when fairy lore
began. Many writers