Irish Folk Tales
by:
Henry Glassie (author)
Robust and funny, sorrowful and heroic, this collection of 125 lively tales tells the story of Ireland. Spanning the centuries from the first wars of the ancient Irish kings through the Celtic Renaissance of Yeats to our own time, they are set in cities, villages, fields and forestsfrom the wild...
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Robust and funny, sorrowful and heroic, this collection of 125 lively tales tells the story of Ireland. Spanning the centuries from the first wars of the ancient Irish kings through the Celtic Renaissance of Yeats to our own time, they are set in cities, villages, fields and forestsfrom the wild Gaelic western coast to the modern streets of Dublin and Belfast.
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Format: paperback
ISBN:
9780679774129 (0679774122)
Publish date: February 11th 1997
Publisher: Pantheon
Pages no: 368
Edition language: English
Category:
Fantasy,
Reference,
European Literature,
Cultural,
Irish Literature,
Fairy Tales,
Ireland,
Short Stories,
International,
Research,
Mythology,
Folklore,
Folk Tales