Episode 65: The Dullahan

Legends of the Hidden Horde · Oct 27, 2026 · 12m

In episode 65 we stand on a narrow Irish road at the hour when the hedges have already taken the light. This is the Dullahan, the headless rider. The name is from Irish dubh for dark and lachan, or from a word for a sullen person; the etymology is argued and does not need to be settled before the horse arrives. The telling belongs to the Irish countryside, strongest in the records from the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, carried by collectors such as Thomas Crofton Croker and later by the people who still knew which roads not to walk after a certain hour. It is not a costume borrowed…