It hunted in deadly silence but when it drew close to its prey, it would let out three howls or barks which could be heard for many miles, even far out at sea. It would make its home in rocky crevices and clefts, and roamed the moors and bogs when it wasn't out and about on fairy business! It was also known to haunt ancient roads, gallows trees and crossroads, and it loved storms better than any other weather.

Some of these beasts were white, with one red ear and one red eye. They were also known as the Coinn Iotair, Hounds of Rage, which were the legendary hunting dogs of Crom Dubh, old black twist of the many glooms.Ī powerful brute, the hound was said to have a dark green or black coat and to be the size of a small horse, with burning fiery eyes and paws the size of a man's hand. This monstrous beast was known in all of the lands once ruled by the Gael, being called the cù-sìth in Scotland and the CÅµn Annwn in Wales. One of the great terrors of ancient – and not so ancient! – Ireland was the Cú Sidhe, or the hound of the Sidhe. The Cu Sidhe Irish and Celtic myths and legends, Irish folklore and Irish fairy tales from Irish Gods and Monsters The black dog of the mounds

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