Irish Folk Tales

Author: Henry Glassie; Henry H. Glassie

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  • : $37.95 AUD
  • : 9780679774129
  • : Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
  • : Pantheon
  • : February 1997
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  • : Henry Glassie; Henry H. Glassie
  • : Paperback
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Barcode 9780679774129
9780679774129

Description

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.


 


Part of the Pantheon Fairy Tale and Folklore Library