The top ten scariest monsters and demons from Celtic myth - PHOTOS

ByTheBay, you should be on the list, as a sickly weasel.

"Fuílsuíghadóir would be a more literalist term for bloodsucker in modern Irish. Anyone got her phone number? She moves me at a some strange and mysterious primeval level. Carman looks quite fetching too. Geez! I seem to have a thing for femmes' fatale. The character of Dracula by Irish author Bram Stoker was a hybridisation of the Gaelic/Irish term "droch-fola" or bad-blood - as in enmity! Dracula is reputed to be a depiction of what he saw England doing to Ireland during the Famine years, i.e sucking its very lifeblood. Larry777! Waterford is a city now. Strongbow (aka the Earl of Pembroke - in Wales) was married to Aoife, daughter of King Diarmuid Mac Murrough - King of Leinster (i.e. Eastern Ireland) and the Foreigners (i.e. the Anglo-Normans). It's a nuptial representation of the conquest of Ireland with local collaborators. The disastrous marriage in this folktale is probably a metaphor of the Union between Ireland and Britain. The perils of a gunshot wedding for which we are all still paying.

Following the Munsterian Cold Stage, an omen fell over the whole of the island and thereafter it has been known as, "the irish curse"

I was certain the first name on this list would be Gerry Adams, second Martin McGuinness, third Bertie Ahern.

Shalom, Kelpie, an answer to prayer of any hen-pecked husband!

Shalom, Number 1 is a true Feminist: The story of the Dearg-due begins quite tragically: Once there was a fair maiden named Dearg-due who was so beautiful that she was known throughout the country. She could have married any man that she wanted, but fell in love with a local peasant. This was unacceptable to her father, who forced her into an arranged marriage with a wealthy man to secure the financial future of his family. This new husband treated Dearg-due quite badly and she eventually committed suicide. She was buried in a small churchyard, supposedly located near Strongbow's Tree, in the village of Waterford. One night, to avenge her fate, Dearg-due rose from the grave and lured her father and husband to their deaths. It is believed that Dearg-due rises from the grave to seduce men and lure them to their deaths by draining their blood. Ireland is full of these “red blood suckers,” & every man married to them feels drained.

Shalom, You screwed up on this monster: Danu (Irish goddess) From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia In Irish mythology, Danu ([ˈdanu]; modern Irish Dana [ˈd̪ˠanˠə]) is the mother goddess of the Tuatha Dé Danann (Old Irish: "The peoples of the goddess Danu"). Though primarily seen as an ancestral figure, some Victorian sources also associate her with the land.

Shalom, The worst Irish Monster of ALL time was Bertie Ahern riding the Celtic Tiger!

I was certain that the first name on this list would have been Ian Paisley! (just a joke people, relax).