Every weekday morning in an Irish village, a kettle boils for twenty residents who gather in a day room lined with holy pictures, wool blankets, and a telly…
Brendan Byrne spent years chronicling the rich tapestry of Irish conjuring, and his archive at Irish Magic News remains a treasure trove for anyone tracing the…
Ciaran O'Halloran grew up pulling coins from behind his sister's ear in the back garden of a Dublin terraced house. Years later, that restless energy pushed…
Ireland punches well above its weight when it comes to close-up magic, and the conventions held across the country each year attract a quietly devoted crowd of…
Irish mythology offers modern magicians a rich vocabulary of heroes, thresholds, curses, sacred landscapes and impossible transformations. The stories…
For three decades, a group of illusionists in Ireland's second city gathered every week not in a community hall or a members-only theatre, but in the back room…
Advanced magic audiences are not casual spectators. They have spent years studying the literature, attending conventions in Melbourne and Sydney, and refining…
Ciarán Doherty spent his twenties hauling a battered case between Galway's Quays and the Latin Quarter, performing close-up magic for weddings, christenings,…
The story of women in Irish magic is often reduced to appearances on stage, yet membership of a magic society carries a different significance. It places a…