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Irish Folktales

by Henry Glassie

Irish stories across centuries and landscapes

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Irish stories across centuries and landscapes

Henry Glassie’s anthology gathers 125 Irish folktales drawn from collections and journals spanning the mid-nineteenth century to the contemporary era. Its historical range reaches from ancient times and the arrival of the saints through periods of war and family life, the Literary Revival, and modern Ireland. Kings, ghosts, fairies, witchcraft, and enchanted nature appear across settings from fields and forests to Dublin and Belfast. Black-and-white illustrations accompany the collection, which offers a broad view of the subjects and places represented in Irish folklore.

Good fit for readers who enjoy

  • Teens and young adults interested in Irish folklore and fairy tales
  • Readers seeking an anthology that spans historical periods and modern Irish settings
  • Those interested in traditional tales featuring fairies, ghosts, witchcraft, and enchanted nature

Themes

Irish folkloreFairy tales and the supernaturalHistorical changeIrish landscapes and cities

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Book overview

Here are 125 magnificent folktales collected from anthologies and journals published from the mid-nineteenth century to the present day. Beginning with tales of the ancient times and continuing through the arrival of the saints in Ireland in the fifth century, the periods of war and family, the Literary Revival championed by William Butler Yeats, and the contemporary era, these robust and funny, sorrowful and heroic stories of kings, ghosts, fairies, treasures, enchanted nature, and witchcraft are set in cities, villages, fields, and forests from the wild western coast to the modern streets of Dublin and Belfast.

Edited by Henry Glassie
With black-and-white illustrations throughout
Part of the Pantheon Fairy Tale and Folklore Library
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