Hickey-Hall is a folklorist, researcher and social historian with a long-held interest in the relationship between supernatural experience, local landscape and oral tradition. She was born in Jersey, an island scattered with a network of ancient dolmens and rich in folklore. Partly due to her Irish heritage and the wonderful folktales of her father, Hickey-Hall is particularly inspired by the survival of oral lore in rural communities. In 2015 she gained a Masters in History from the University of Bristol, supervised by Professor Ronald Hutton.Her research focused on the portrayal of the Sidhe in Medieval Irish literature. Together with fellow member of the Folklore Society and author, Mark Norman, in 2016 HickeyHall co-authored a chapter in Simon Young’s widely acclaimed book, Magical Folk: British and Irish Fairies: 500AD to the Present. Mark and  ...