#Dúlachán

[ghostcatcherire]

The Holohan Family Eerie Encounter with the Dullahan’s Death Coach

Read on to hear about a family story involving a brush with the Death Coach of Irish folklore.

Lawrence Holohan and unknown young lady, possibly a granddaughter When I was a teenager, still in high school, I became very interested in my Irish heritage and began tentatively researching my family tree. My grandfather was from Thomastown in County Kilkenny and married my grandmother after he met her in Norfolk while stationed there with the RAF. Sadly, he died quite young, only a few months…

[sloedancing]

dúlachán (b4)

[vegalores]

▲ ( from Col <3 )

@colleenmurphy | generated meme

“ ‘fraid av’ got some bad news, love. You know the old woman always sittin’ in the cafe down the road who always orders the same yorkshire tea, marmalade on toast and scone for after? “ Jasper looks a little sheepish as he gently broaches this with his wife, though realises as she is now his only hope to remedy the problem, so he presses on. “ Might av’ rustled her feathers this mornin’ n’ got a good ol’ cursed smacked on m’self, “

His deep, brown eyes scan the features of her face while he is hopelessly trying to uncover what the expression resting upon it must mean. His wife had a very squeaky clean ability to give off looks that could kill, the brightest smiles known to man, or hidden secrets no one would ever unshield and right now, the latter was true. This was one of the times he couldn’t read her like a book, but luckily for him, it was either good or bad and it just meant he would have to wait on her words to find out.

“ Y’know the stories of the dúlachán that terrorises the whole town all year ‘round? Well .. she might av’ called upon him and his infamous lack of a head .. to track me down and inflinct all possible forms of grief and torture. I’m sure it’s nothin’ to fret about, but I really would feel much more comfortable knowin’ my wife’s talents could potentially keep danger a far distance off’a reachin’ either one of us, “ again, he gives her a sheepish little look that is his way of praying for a gentle response.

[ly0nstea]

Pronounciation guide for my non-irish speaking fic readers

I wrote a PJO-based fic around Celtic myth and I know not a lot of people speak Irish so, here's a little guide on how the words and phrases are pronounced and their meaning! Enjoy!

Word - meaning- pronunciation guide

Siobháin - Name (God is gracious) - shuv-awn/shiv-awn

NíCróga - Daughter of blood/gore - crow-gah

Maidin Mhaith - Good morning - moh-jin woh (oh pronounced closer to the o in stop)

A leanbh - Calling to child - ah lan-uv

Íosa - Jesus - ee-uh-sah

Nuair na ba dul seasc - Nurr nah bah dul shash-k

agus na caoirigh ná táirgthe - oh-gus nah kwee-rig naw taw-rg-hah

tá Éire i nguais - taw air-ah ih new-ish

beidh sraith nua a tharlaithe - beg shrah new-a ah har-lah-hah

beidh curadh nua a bhreith - beg curr-ah new-ah ah vreh

Ó! - An exclamation - Oh!

Mo chailín beag - My little girl - muh hall-een byug

A dhéithe - A plural form of oh my god - Ah yay-ih-hah

Púca - Ghost - Poo-kah

Cú Chulainn - Ancient Celtic Hero - Koo kull-in

Tír na nÓg - Teer nah n-owe-g

Oisín - Name (Fawn/Little Deer) - uh-sh-een

Niamh - Name (Bright/Radiant) - Nee-av

Badhbh - Name (War Goddess) - Bye-v

Bean-Sídhe - Mythical Creature (Banshee) - Banshee

Foc - Fuck - Fuck

Drogheda - Name (Town) - Droh-head-ah

A athair - Calling to father - Ah ah-her

Ó'Lír - Son of Lír - Owe leer

Knowth - Name (mound) - N-owe-th

Oscailt - Open - Us-kult

Anois - Now - an-ish

A Sheáin - Calling to Seán - ah hy-awn

Seáin - Name (John/Jack/Shaun) - Sh-awn

An Ródaí - On Road-ee

Tabhair Abhaile Mé, Brighid- Take me home, Brighid - T-aw-vur/T-aw-ur ah-wall-ya may, Brighid

Brighid - Name (Goddess) - Breed/Bt-ih-j-it/Br-ih-jih-d

I mo Dhia - Oh my god - Ih muh yee-ah

Dúlachán - Doo-lah-hawn

Fionn - Name (Finn) - Fy-un

Mac Cumhaill - Surname - Mac Cool

Teach na Leanaí Déithe - House of the Gods’ children - Chok - nah lan-ee day-ih-hah

Crannóg - type of house - Cran-owe-g

Tuatha Dé Danann - Tribe of Gods - Too-ah day dan-an

Mór - Big - More

an Fhile - The poet - on ill-ah

an Ghabha - The (black)smith - on hah-va

And a small featuring of portuguese

Olá - hello

Fica de boa aí, cara - Chill out, man

Merda! - Shit!

Carahlo - Fuck

[irreggular]

a pixie, a lich, a banshee, and a duluwhat?

❛ dúlachán. They're omens of death. Think the headless horseman. ❜

[dasha-aibo]

"The Dullahan or Dullaghan (Irish: dúlachán, /ˈduːləˌhɑːn/) (also called Gan Ceann, meaning "without a head" in Irish), is a type of fairy in Irish mythology." why do you know about irish mythology? :o dasha is learned.

I'm not, I just played SMT and watched Durarara

[benjamindberlin]

Buttoning up work for the day, (well, if you call what I do, “work”), finalizing the details on what’s going to be a great real estate deal, and enjoying a cold #lavery #dúlachán from my taps. All from the comfort of my upstairs deck. Don’t ever take for granted what you have! Wake up grateful every day. Even if you think you have nothing to be grateful for, I guarantee you do! So appreciate it! Keep that mindset strong, and everything will fall into place. #grateful #entrepreneur #berlinenterprises #deck #bistro #nevergiveup https://www.instagram.com/p/BmhHFfoDF-k/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=frj6vv0ze1dc

[sic-semper-hominibus]

ah, yes, my favorite video game trope: the dúlachán

More favourite stupid video game tropes, Hallowe’en edition:

Games where you start out playing as a character who’s presented as a totally plausible protagonist, but then they’re horribly killed and the actual player character is someone different  

Tutorials that describe the basic mechanics from an in-character perspective in a way that seems like a silly fourth-wall-breaking joke, then much later this casual blurring of the fourth wall is revealed to have horrifying narrative implications  

Fakeouts where it looks like you messed up and died, but really it’s a puzzle and you have to do something during the fake gameover screen to “solve” it  

Reality-warping powers being represented as the ability to fuck with the game-mechanical substrate; e.g., teleportation in a 2D action game being represented by letting the player screen-wrap  

Brainfuck segments where you’re suddenly playing as the monster and you have to have a boss fight against your own player character or something  

Puzzles where the obstacles are the appendages of some unfathomably huge unseen creature, and you have to, like, poke its tentacles in the correct order to get them to move out of the way  

Subtly impossible level layouts, like a corridor that makes four or five left turns in a row without intersecting itself  

When a game whose narrative has heretofore acknowledged no diegetic separation between the player and the player character suddenly breaks its own rules and addresses the player directly  

When you’re in a suspiciously calm and peaceful area, then something happens to alter your perceptions and it’s revealed that it was all an illusion and the Happy Shiny People were secretly zombie demon ghosts all along, and they all turn to face the camera and go “EEEEEEEE”  

When there’s a guy with a detachable head

[shovedinmyhead]

New distribution here! #dúlachán from @laverybrewingco #lavery #beer #beerme #beergasm #beergeek #beerpics #craftbeer #craftamerica #craftculture #beerstagram #roc #rochester #5⃣8⃣5⃣ (at Rochester Curling Club)

[bflowhiskyguild]

Happy #LaborDay from BWG. This @laverybrewingco Dúlachán #IPA is excellent. Great popping balanced flavors. Citrusy hops, nice crisp easy drinking bitterness. Very happy this is now avail in #BuffaloNY #craftbeer #laverybrewingco #instabeer #beerstagram #dúlachán #beer

[irreggular]

So you live with an angry pixie and a hoard of rats...anyone/anything else we should know about?

Counting on his fingers... ❛ Angry pixie , hoard of rats . . Well , there's the banshee , the lich , the lady who hangs out in the pond , and the dúlachán. I think that's everything. ❜