Overview

One of Ireland's greatest writers, the Nobel-prize winner W. B. Yeats was fascinated by the myths and folklore of his native country. Compiled by Yeats in 1892, these stories were collected around the country by a variety of historians, including Lady Wilde, the mother of Oscar Wilde. Inside, you'll discover over 25 of such tales, featuring of greedy sons who get their comeuppance, canny priests, evil witches and demons alongside legends of heroic kings, giants and, of course, the good folk themselves - the fairies, the leprechauns, and the cluricauns.

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Author:   W. B. Yeats
Publisher:   Arcturus Publishing Ltd
Imprint:   Arcturus
Dimensions:   Width: 15.30cm , Height: 2.40cm , Length: 23.40cm
Weight:   0.383kg
ISBN:  

9781398834163

ISBN 10:   1398834165
Pages:   304
Publication Date:   01 October 2024
Audience:   General/trade ,  General
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

Preface I. Connla and the Fairy Maiden II. Guleesh III. The Field of Boliauns IV. The Horned Women V. Conall Yellowclaw VI. Hudden and Dudden and Donald O'Neary VII. The Shepherd of Myddvai VIII. The Sprightly Tailor IX. The Story of Deirdre X. Munachar and Manachar XI. Gold-Tree and Silver-Tree XII. King O'Toole and His Goose XIII. The Wooing of Olwen XIV. Jack and His Comrades XV. The Shee An Gannon and the Gruagach Gaire XVI. The Story-Teller at Fault XVII. The Sea-Maiden XVIII. A Legend of Knockmany XIX. Fair, Brown, and Trembling XX. Jack and His Master XXI. Beth Gellert XXII. The Tale of Ivan

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William Butler Yeats (1865-1939) was a poet, writer, and one of the mainstays of the British and Irish literary scenes. In 1923 he became the first Irishman awarded the Nobel Prize. He spent two terms serving as a senator in Ireland and, as an Irish nationalist, he spent a brief time in the Irish Republican Brotherhood. He distanced himself from the movement before the Easter Rising of 1916, choosing instead to focus on his literary pursuits.

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