Dobhar-chú: The Otter King of Irish Folklore

Lindsay and Madison discuss the Dobhar-chú, as well as why you should stick to the rivers and the lakes that you’re used to, that you should never provoke a giant otter hybrid, and that some saints have giant heads.

Information pulled from the following sources

2024 Historic Mysteries article by Robbie Mitchell

2024 Irish Central article

2022 Darrah Steffan blog post

2021 Irish Central article by Rachel Rafferty

2020 Dr. Karl Shuker Nature blog post

2020 In the Dark Air blog post

2019 Dark Tales blog post

2019 Folklore Thursday post by Olivia O’Mahony

2018 Leitrim Live article

2017 Tony O’Neill blog post

Cryptid Fandom Wiki (1)

Leitrim Tourism Network

Wikipedia

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