Irish Fairy Tales

Of the distinctly Irish tales in this volume, Yeats himself once said: “they are full of simplicity and musical occurrences, for they are the literature of a class who has steeped everything in the heart; to whom everything is a symbol.” With a strong interest in spiritualism, Irish folklore and the Celtic Literary Revival, William Butler Yeats gathered the contents for this volume expressly for children. The result is a collection of simple and unique tales from the rich tradition of the Celtic imagination. These beguiling Celtic tales embody the voice of the Irish people, and consist of classic characters such as village ghosts, faeries, demons, witches, priests, saints and more.