Fairies destroyed Ireland’s richest man say neighbors

I would not touch a fairie free or fairie fort for love nor money. I am an educated man and well read but I would advise anyone not to meddle with the supernatural. My mothers uncle tried to dig a piece of sacred bog in Mayo against advice from others.He became mad almost and disorientated as a resultand did not proceed. There are 7 hawthorne trees in a ring in another field and will remain untouched.

auld rubbish, my arse

Mhichill, although I'm not entirely familiar with the items mentioned, seems to have some legitimacy to his/her posit. A healthy skepticism on matters such as this (not to mention much else) is a both necessary as well as a prudent approach. Nonetheless, throwing the baby out with the bath water is equally inappropriate. Does this episode sound crazy? Maybe. Does that notion necessarily render a metaphysical explanation without any validity whatsoever? I think not. It's an interesting and I daresay a plausible potential. There's more to Creation than any of us at all know.

StanJames: I know that in your simple world people Like Sean Quinn are evil, but did you ever stop to think about all the jobs he created in Ireland? You say you are the 99% as if your suffering is equal to that of people in Somalia -you're probably the 7% wishing you were the 1%!

What happened my defence and advice to Sean?

This man is still laughing, dozens of so called billionaires are doing exactly what he did, changed everything they had into the wife and families names. They are definitly not stupid, they know the law cannot touch a cent of the wife's money. The law should be doing what they do with big time drug dealers. Grab all family assests unless they can prove they did not get them from Quinn/drug dealer.

who cares about the fairies, true or false. Another billionaire bites the dust. Given that the rich have been trying to turn the middle class over to poverty, maybe the guy will be so distraught he will do us all a favor = and commit a grave sin in the eyes of the church. In the USA we call these people the 1 percenters - the people making millions and billions, while the other 99% - many have lost every cent they had due to wall street bank scams. Will some priest pls send a message to the devil to turn up the heat for this creep.

The FAIRIES made me do it!

So he has fifteen grand in the bank and is bankrupt. Wonder what that makes the rest of us?? What would the fairies have to do with a tombstone? They should have kicked his arse years ago before he brought so many people to ruin...phew.

Officially Ireland's richest man is Mr. Galen Weston husband of Hillary frayne who owns Brown Thomas; Holt Renfrew and Loblaws to name a few

My sainted mother believed in and feared the "fairies." On my first trip to Ireland with her, she showed me a field that supposedly contained a "fairy ring," and told me of a prior owner who plowed it in; died suddenly and then the ring returned. Truth?? I don't know. Mom never lied and I, for one was not going to kick that soil

How could anyone so stupid amass such a fortune. Losing is all served him right.

My well off uncle in Ireland would never touch the fairy fort on his land. And check out the history of the land on which the Witch of Clare had her cottage. Scary.

I agree with Taraskryne, you don't mess with the Sidhe or any other ancient invisibles. Show them respect and you will be blessed, show them scorn and you better watch out.

FIST OF ALL THE MAN IS A PHILISTINE. The council that permitted this to happen should be investigated. on another level I would not mess with "The Síógaí" Or "Sídhe". "There are more things in Heaven and on Earth etc". But most of all the arrogance and ignorance of this ignoramus is breathtaking. He never had CLASS and all his money(OUR MONEY) couldn't BUY it.