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Sligo Folk Tales

Author : Joe McGowan
Publisher : The History Press
ISBN 13 : 075096555X
Total Pages : 185 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (59 download)

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Download or read book Sligo Folk Tales written by Joe McGowan and published by The History Press. This book was released on 2015-07-06 with total page 185 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For the devotee of Irish heritage, mythology or folklore, County Sligo has everything. From the Curlew mountains in the south, where Aodh Ruadh Ó Domhnaill defeated an English army under Sir Conyers Clifford, to Benbulben’s slopes in the north, where St Colmcille battled the High King of Ireland, every hill and valley is linked by the gossamer threads of myth, folklore and legend. These stories, some age-old legends and fantastical myths, some amusing anecdotes and cautionary tales, are a heady mix of the bloodthirsty, funny and passionate and a selection of the best are retold here by professional storyteller Joe McGowan. In these pages you will find little-known anecdotes of the traditional rural ways of Sligo’s residents, their customs and superstitions; you will find stories of epic battles and heroic deeds; and you will also hear the fantastical accounts of mythical creatures, faeries, witches and the ghosts of Connacht itself.

Tales from Sligo and the West

Author : Dennis Sommers
Publisher : iUniverse
ISBN 13 : 059536151X
Total Pages : 79 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (953 download)

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Download or read book Tales from Sligo and the West written by Dennis Sommers and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 2005-07 with total page 79 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Tales from Sligo and the West encompasses both historic and contemporary views of the magical and mystical nature of this region. The literary tradition in this area is as ancient as any on earth, dating back thousands of years, originating in the oral traditions of the Irish Celts, Druids, Poets, and Bards. These traditions were carried forth by the early Christian monks who incorporated and preserved the Celtic/Gaelic stories and artwork into their outstanding illuminated manuscripts, now realized as the oldest and most beautiful ever produced, many of which are now housed in the great library of Trinity College Dublin. The highly inspirational history of this small island has produced many of the world's greatest authors, including Jonathan Swift, Edmund Burke, Oliver Goldsmith, Oscar Wilde, James Joyce, Bram Stoker, Sean O'Casey, C. S. Lewis, Kate O'Brien, Lady Augusta Gregory, Patrick Kavanagh, Brian Friel, Dermot Healy, Willie Joe Meally; and, includes four Nobel Laureates, William Butler Yeats, George Bernard Shaw, Samuel Beckett, and Seamus Heaney. Tales from Sligo and the West is the next progression of this extraordinary tradition.

Mayo Folk Tales

Author : Tony Locke
Publisher : The History Press
ISBN 13 : 0750961147
Total Pages : 185 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (59 download)

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Download or read book Mayo Folk Tales written by Tony Locke and published by The History Press. This book was released on 2014-11-03 with total page 185 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Those magic words 'Once upon a time' have been spoken around the flickering flame of the turf fire by storytellers for thousands of years. In this book, author Tony Locke has gathered together the rich tapestry of stories that make up the folklore, myth and legend of County Mayo. This book will take you on a journey through the rugged landscape of the west coast of Ireland, to its holy mountain, Croagh Patrick, and across the foaming waters of Clew Bay. Here you will read of Gráinne Ní Mháille, the Pirate Queen, the spectre known as the Fír Gorta who roamed the famine villages of west Mayo, the monsters that inhabit the deep waters of Lough Mask and the Matchstick Man of Straide. You will also read of the Love Flower and two young lovers, the land of eternal youth that is Tír na nÓg and the night of the Big Wind. So why not pull up a chair and sit awhile? You know you're never too old for a story.

POPULAR TALES OF THE WEST HIGHLANDS Vol. 1

Author : Anon E Mouse
Publisher : Abela Publishing Ltd
ISBN 13 : 1907256024
Total Pages : 388 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (72 download)

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Download or read book POPULAR TALES OF THE WEST HIGHLANDS Vol. 1 written by Anon E Mouse and published by Abela Publishing Ltd. This book was released on 2009 with total page 388 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This second volume of Tales of the West Highlands contains thirty ursgeuln, or tales, fifty riddles plus a few extra stories. As always, these are tales and stories in which something 'Fairy' or magical occurs, something extraordinary --fairies, giants, dwarfs, princes, princesses, kings and queens, speaking animals and the remarkable stupidity of some of the characters. But these aren't just a collection of amusing and entertaining stories. Just 20 years after the Elementary Education Act of 1870 these are the tales that were still being used in those far- flung reaches of the Highlands to teach the young the lessons of life. Also included are Seanachas--those old Highland stories which in their telling resemble no others, whose origins are lost in the mists of the Highlands, if not the midst of time. So take some time out and travel back to a period before television and radio, a time when tales were passed on orally-- at the drying kilns, at the communal well or in homes, where families would gather around a crackling and spitting hearth and granddad or grandma or uncle or auntie would delight and captivate the gathering with stories passed on to them from their parents and grandparents from time immemorial. A proportion of the profit from the sale of this book will be donated towards the education of the underprivileged in Scotland.

Popular Tales of the West Highlands

Author : John Francis Campbell
Publisher : Edinburgh : Edmonston and Douglas
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 506 pages
Book Rating : 4.R/5 (3 download)

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Download or read book Popular Tales of the West Highlands written by John Francis Campbell and published by Edinburgh : Edmonston and Douglas. This book was released on 1860 with total page 506 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Tales from the West of Ireland

Author : Sean Henry
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 108 pages
Book Rating : 4.X/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Tales from the West of Ireland written by Sean Henry and published by . This book was released on 1980 with total page 108 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A collection of folk history from County Mayo.

Barnacle Soup, and Other Stories from the West of Ireland

Author : Josie Gray
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 168 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (321 download)

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Download or read book Barnacle Soup, and Other Stories from the West of Ireland written by Josie Gray and published by . This book was released on 2008 with total page 168 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A collection of short stories by Josie Gray and Tess Gallagher.

Echoes of a Savage Land

Author : Joe McGowan
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 426 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book Echoes of a Savage Land written by Joe McGowan and published by . This book was released on 2001 with total page 426 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Echoes of a Savage Land concerns the rugged life of the ordinary folk of the Irish countryside who carved an existence that has changed utterly in the last half-century. Beginning with rituals observed on the Celtic festival of Samhain Joe McGowan tells with love and humour the story of the customs they practised and the stories they told. Linking the ways of Ireland with ancient Greece and the Aztecs of South America and illustrating his points with quotes from Chaucer and Shakespeare as well as Yeats and Manley Hopkins, Mc Gowan has produced a book that is more than the usual chronicle of country life. Echoes of a Savage Land is a magical doorway into lost worlds, a journey through a way of life unchanged for centuries, but now on the edge of extinction: Witch hares and Rhyming rats - Blood sacrifice and Burnt offerings - Corncrakes and Blackbird pie - Poteen stills and Fear Gortach - Cutting the cailleach and Harvest knots - Mummers and Wrenboys - Quern stones and Stirabout - Haunted houses and Satanic card games.

Popular Tales of the West Highlands

Author :
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 502 pages
Book Rating : 4.+/5 (25 download)

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Download or read book Popular Tales of the West Highlands written by and published by . This book was released on 1860 with total page 502 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

West Irish Folk-tales and Romances

Author : William Larminie
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 296 pages
Book Rating : 4.F/5 ( download)

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Download or read book West Irish Folk-tales and Romances written by William Larminie and published by . This book was released on 1893 with total page 296 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Popular Tales of the West Highlands

Author : John Francis Campbell
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 448 pages
Book Rating : 4.R/5 (3 download)

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Download or read book Popular Tales of the West Highlands written by John Francis Campbell and published by . This book was released on 1862 with total page 448 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Wild Sports of the West. With Legendary Tales and Local Sketches. By the Author of Stories of Waterloo I.e. W. H. Maxwell

Author :
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 342 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (27 download)

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Download or read book Wild Sports of the West. With Legendary Tales and Local Sketches. By the Author of Stories of Waterloo I.e. W. H. Maxwell written by and published by . This book was released on 1850 with total page 342 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The Seven Stones of Sligo

Author :
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780763577865
Total Pages : 32 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (778 download)

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Download or read book The Seven Stones of Sligo written by and published by . This book was released on 2001 with total page 32 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This Irish legend tells the tale of a handsome young prince and his beautiful mermaid bride. Taken from the sea, the mermaid agrees to marry the prince and together they raise seven children. But eventually the day comes when the mermaid must return to the sea. Will the prince lose his family forever?

The Passing of a Race and More Tales of Western Life

Author : David Williams Higgins
Publisher : Toronto, William Briggs
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 332 pages
Book Rating : 4.A/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Passing of a Race and More Tales of Western Life written by David Williams Higgins and published by Toronto, William Briggs. This book was released on 1905 with total page 332 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Fairy and Folk Tales of the Irish Peasantry

Author : William Butler Yeats
Publisher : Graphic Arts Books
ISBN 13 : 151327581X
Total Pages : 266 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (132 download)

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Download or read book Fairy and Folk Tales of the Irish Peasantry written by William Butler Yeats and published by Graphic Arts Books. This book was released on 2021-01-26 with total page 266 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Fairy and Folk Tales of the Irish Peasantry (1888) is a collection of stories edited by W.B. Yeats. Compiled at the height of the Celtic Twilight, a movement to revive the myths and traditions of Ancient Ireland, Fairy and Folk Tales of the Irish Peasantry captures a wide range of stories, songs, poems, and firsthand accounts from artists and storytellers dedicated to the preservation of Irish culture. In “Frank Martin and the Fairies,” a sickly man discusses the presence of dozens of fairies inside his weaving shop. When a child in his village falls ill, he claims to have seen the fairies building a small, simple coffin, preparing to convey the poor youth from the world of men to their own, shadowy realm. “Bewitched Butter,” a tale from Donegal, recounts a strange event involving two farming families and a prized Kerry cow. When the young Grace Dogherty arrives on the Hanlon’s doorstep asking to milk their cow, Mrs. Hanlon initially refuses her. But after several entreaties, the matriarch relents, allowing the girl to take some of the Kerry cow’s milk. When Moiley stops producing milk, the Hanlon’s fear that Grace has cast an evil eye on the cow, thereby threatening their livelihood. Fairy and Folk Tales of the Irish Peasantry compiles numerous tales of giants, gods, devils, kings and heroes, preserving the legends of Ireland’s past, an age threatened with erasure by science, reason, and modern industrialization. With a beautifully designed cover and professionally typeset manuscript, this edition of W.B. Yeats’s Fairy and Folk Tales of the Irish Peasantry is a classic of Irish literature reimagined for modern readers.

Traits and Stories of the Irish Peasantry

Author : William Carleton
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 382 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Traits and Stories of the Irish Peasantry written by William Carleton and published by . This book was released on 1836 with total page 382 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Through Her Eyes

Author : Clodagh Finn
Publisher : Gill & Macmillan Ltd
ISBN 13 : 0717183211
Total Pages : 316 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (171 download)

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Download or read book Through Her Eyes written by Clodagh Finn and published by Gill & Macmillan Ltd. This book was released on 2019-10-11 with total page 316 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Told through the prism of the lives of 21 extraordinary women, this remarkable book offers an alternative vision of Irish history – one that puts the spotlight on women whose contributions have been forgotten or overlooked. Author Clodagh Finn travels through the ages to 'meet', among others, Macha, the Celtic horse goddess of Ulster; St Dahalin, an early Irish saint and miracle worker; Jo Hiffernan, painter and muse to the artists Whistler and Courbet; Jennie Hodgers, a woman who fought as a male soldier in the American Civil War; Sr Concepta Lynch, businesswoman, Dominican sister and painter of a unique Celtic shrine; the Overend sisters, farmers, charity workers and motoring enthusiasts; and Rosemary Gibb, athlete, social worker, clown and accomplished magician. From a Stone Age farmer who lived in Co. Clare more than 5,000 years ago to the modern-day founder of a 3D printing company, this book opens a fascinating window onto the life and times of some amazing women whose stories were shaped by the centuries in which they lived.