Myths And Folk-lore Of Ireland

Myths And Folk-Lore Of Ireland

by Jeremiah Curtin


Twenty folk tales representing more than 100 years of the collective Irish imagination transport readers to some sort of where everything is alive and anything can happen! Vivid descriptions of battles with giants, dead men who come back to life, humans imprisoned in animals'bodies, heroes with incredible strength, and more.


Table of Contents:


01. The Son Of The King Of Erin And The Giant Of Loch Lein

02. The Three Daughters of King O'Hara

03. The Weaver's Don And The Giant Of The White Hill

04. Fair, Brown And Trembling

05. The King of Erin And The Queen Of The Lonesome Island

06. The Shee An Gannon And The Grugach Gaire

07. The Three Daughters Of The King Of The East And The Son Of A King In Erin

08. The Fisherman's Son And The Grugach Of Tricks

09. The Thirteenth Son Of The King Of Erin

10. Kil Arthur

11. Shaking-Head

12. Birth Of Fin MacCumhail

13. Fin MacCumhail And The Fenians Of Erin In The Castle Of Fear Dubh

14. Fin MacCumhail And The Knight of The Full Axe

15. Gilla na Grakin And Fin MacCumhail

16. Fin MacCumhail The Seven Brothers And The King of France

17. Black, Brown And Gray

18. Fin MacCumhail And The Son Of The King Of Alba

19. Cuculin

20. Oisin in Tir Na N-Og