Language: en
Pages: 312
Pages: 312
For a comparatively small country, Ireland’s contributions to the world of literature have been enormous. From the older tradition, Irish writers have inherited a sense of wonder in the face of nature, a narrative style that tends toward the deliberately exaggerated or absurd, a keen sense of the power of
Language: en
Pages: 164
Pages: 164
This astounding collection of Irish folk stories and poetry offers readers a profound and thorough introduction to the nation's lively and evocative legends and folklore. A superb selection by Alfred Perceval Graves, who was one of Ireland's most renowned poets of the early 20th century, this book is certain to
Language: en
Pages: 321
Pages: 321
Contains a collection of over fifty Gaelic folktales from the archives of the Irish Folklore Commission including tales of kings and warriors, pagans and Christians, and stories about historical Irish characters.
Language: en
Pages: 366
Pages: 366
It is a widely held belief, especially amongst the peoples of English-speaking nations, that the Irish have the “Gift of the Gab”. Samuel Lover’s LEGENDS AND STORIES OF IRELAND shows the utter truthfulness of this conviction. Herein you will find 20 of the most enduring classic Irish stories like: King
Language: en
Pages: 124
Pages: 124
Thirty beguiling stories of sprites and specters told to a Smithsonian ethnographer in 19th-century Ireland. "The Ghost of Sneem," "Tom Moore and the Seal Woman," "The Blood-Drawing Ghost," many more.