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I'm not sure that the British or Irish worshipped 'faeries', because 'faerie' is a Norman term, and wasn't introduced into the British Isles until they arrived in the 11th century.
The nearest British equivalent to the faeries (a posh way of saying fairies) are the Tylwyth Teg. But, the Tylwyth Teg are as physically real as us humans, and though they might have magical powers, they definitely weren't worshiped. They often stole children, married humans and bore their children There are still families in the hills above the Towy Valley who claim to be descended from them.
One of the last recorded meetings between humans and the Tylwyth Teg was in the 1830s, when they visited the market in Milford Haven where they paid with silver coins.
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