Was Biddy Early a Witch or a Fairy?

[@malachymccloskey7839]

One off Ireland's greatest lady's. A healer with great character. She was never afraid off the law of the clergy. R.I.P Buddy Early

[@odonnchada9994]

St Brigid Irelands Greatest Woman.☘🇮🇪💚

[@chanabhaji2726]

She lived and was an extraordinary lady, that's for sure.

[@tommylanigan4721]

She was a very strong independent woman who lived through extraordinarily hard times. She wasn't afraid of going against the grain and challenging the authorities. Landlords, priests, police, politicians. She was linked to groups like the ribbonmen through her 3rd husband. These were groups of evicted tenants who sought revenge on landlords. No direct link between biddy and these groups but the authorities did try to charge her with witchcraft in ennis when she was in her 60s as a desperate attempt to curb her influence

[@warrenmilford1329]

Thank's for that info about the ribbonmen mate, as it's a mob I've never heard of. I'll investigate further cause I love learning about Irish history.

[@liamanderson1960]

What influence did she have

[@michaelwroman]

Fascinating!

[@patrickf2671]

We should also mention that she used a green bottle quite a lot in her spells which she threw into a nearby pond/lake close to the end of her life.

[@davelydon1982]

Another brill video i love this channel. 👍👍 up from Co Galway 🇱🇻

[@choctaw6838]

Great video. ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐Wonderful innocent people back then..

[@daithiocinnsealach1982]

You think so? That's naive.

[@spiritualanarchist8162]

They sat around, creating these wonderful tales,that got more fantastic with every generation.

[@fordford9133]

Would you have the full video please. I would buy from you

[@terrythetuffkunt9215]

A healer. Her old house is for sale in Feackle .. Anyone got the nerve to buy it?

[@brianm2881]

Plenty of yanks with plenty of money ready to start a bidding war over that one.

[@tiakore7524]

Who is selling it? Sounds like someone just took over it to me.

[@terrythetuffkunt9215]

It was a year or so ago i saw it for sale, so it could well have been bought. It was on the market for years before. The last man who restored the house died a mysterious death apparently. Some say she threw a little blue bottle in the lake behind the house, which has never been found. An immense amount of alcohol was drunk in that house by travellers from far and wide, so i would say the walls would talk there.

[@tiakore7524]

@@terrythetuffkunt9215 I did a search and it is still for sale, it looks very forlorn now on top of a little hill, not much of it left at all. What I was told when living in Ireland is that Biddy once said that she would someday return to that house.

[@dessiemckenzie5857]

@@brianm2881 not if Bull McCabe is about will they buy my field

[@rabc1558]

It's Pauline dooley

[@spiritualanarchist8162]

Music, whisky and great tales.

[@longshotkdb]

this is a feackle matter, i wouldn't get involved so ... (edit* i'll see myself out)

[@warrenmilford1329]

That's great, especially the edit.

[@daithiocinnsealach1982]

People get bits and pieces from here and there and mix it with their fears and hopes and create a story.

[@OutsideTheColony]

She was Irish Traveller

[@SmcdMcd-d2k]

No she wasn’t

[@OutsideTheColony]

@SmcdMcd-d2k yes she was, go back to bed

[@gailday3781]

❤️❤️❤️❤️

[@gailday3781]

A faery

[@gailday3781]

❤️

[@rockyroadblues100]

Boys o Boys

[@warrenmilford1329]

By rights, should'nt her name be Biddy Meaney?

[@aineryan7485]

Interesting giving she also married lynch

[@SaraElisabetKallstrom]

What if she's back again ?? Good luck with Christmas The witch is here

[@thomasflynn742]

Fecal

[@Kitiwake]

What's a fairy except a demon?

[@yankeeskunkee8519]

She either slept with the clergy or rejected them.

[@liamanderson1960]

joe Flanagan fair play to him