Books with title Irish Folk and Fairy Tales

This illustrated Kindle version of Irish Fairy Tales (London, 1920):• Includes all 16 Arthur Rackham color plates.• Reproduces all line drawings in the original 1920 edition.• All ten stories with text formatted for easy reading.All of the color plates and line drawings were individually scanned from the first print edition (London, MacMillan and Company, 1920) and re-scanned in 2018 for display at a larger size in high-resolution Kindle devices, tablets, and eReaders.This book is a timeless collection of ten Fenian and Mongan stories from Irish folklore, retold by James Stephens (February 9, 1882-December 26, 1950), a noteworthy Irish poet and author. The enchanting illustrations are by Arthur Rackham (September 19, 1867-September 6, 1939), who was very popular in the Golden Age of Illustration (1900-1920), and is still highly regarded today.The Fenian Cycle (Fiannaidheacht) is sometimes called the Ossian Cycle, after the warrior-bard Oisín, the son of Fionn mac CumHaill. Oisín traveled to the Otherworld and eventually returned to recount his fantastic tales to Saint Patrick.Besides his humorous and beautifully-written versions of Irish myths and fairy tales, Stephens wrote three novels that sweep willing readers into the realm of Faery — The Crock of Gold, Etched in Moonlight, and Demi-Gods. His most popular work is The Crock of Gold, which has been reprinted many times since 1912.And what of Faery? It's hard to pin down as a place, a mythical realm, or state of mind. In the story Carl of the Drab Coat, we get an explanation, if not something on which to hang our hat:In truth we do not go to Faery, we become Faery, and in the beating of a pulse we may live for a year or a thousand years. But when we return the memory is quickly clouded, and we seem to have had a dream or seen a vision, although we have verily been in Faery.Irish Fairy Tales includes the following stories:The Story of Tuan Mac CairillThe Boyhood of FionnThe Birth of BranOisin's MotherThe Wooing of BecfolaThe Little Brawl at AllenThe Carl of the Drab CoatThe Enchanted Cave of Cesh CorranBecuma of the White SkinMongan's Frenzy

Irish Fairy Tales is a retelling of ten Irish folktales by the Irish author James Stephens. The English illustrator Arthur Rackham provided interior artwork, including numerous black and white illustrations and sixteen color plates. The stories are set in a wooded, Medieval Ireland filled with larger-than-life hunters, warriors, kings, and fairies. Many stories concern the Fianna and their captain, Fionn mac Uail, from the Fenian Cycle of Irish mythology.The book was first published by Macmillan and Company in 1920. It is one of Stephens' better-known works.Additionally you'll get the followings are : -1. Summaries of each and every chapter2. Interesting Images

Dr. Corbett, Bishop of Oxford and Norwich, lamented long ago the departure of the English fairies. "In Queen Mary's time" he wrote— "When Tom came home from labour, Or Cis to milking rose, Then merrily, merrily went their tabor, And merrily went their toes." But now, in the times of James, they had all gone, for "they were of the old profession," and "their songs were Ave Maries." In Ireland they are still extant, giving gifts to the kindly, and plaguing the surly. "Have you ever seen a fairy or such like?" I asked an old man in County Sligo. "Amn't I annoyed with them," was the answer. "Do the fishermen along here know anything of the mermaids?" I asked a woman of a village in County Dublin.

Bishop of Oxford and Norwich, lamented long ago the departure of the English fairies. "In Queen Mary's time" he wrote - "When Tom came liome from labor, Or Cis to milking rose, Then merrily, merrily went their tabor, And merrily went their toes" But now, in the times of James, they had all gone, for "they were of the old profession" and "their songs were Ave Maries" In Ireland they are still extant, giving gifts to the kindly, and plaguing the surly. "Have you ever seen a fairy or such like? I asked an old man in County Sligo. "Amn't I annoyed with tbem" was the answer. "Do the fishermen along here know anything of the mermaids" I asked a woman of a village in County Dublin. "Indeed, they don't like to see them at all" she answered, "for they always bring bad weather" "Here is a man who believes in ghosts" said a foreign sea-captain, pointing to a pilot of my acquaintance. "In every house over there" said the pilot, pointing to his native village of Rosses, "there are several" Certainly that now old and much respected dogmatist, the Spirit of the Age, has in no manner made his voice heard down there. In a little while, for he has gotten a consumptive appearance of late, he will be covered over decently in his grave, and another will grow, old and much respected, in his place, and never be heard of down there, and after him another and another and another. About the Publisher Forgotten Books is a publisher of historical writings, such as: Philosophy, Classics, Science, Religion, History, Folklore and Mythology. Forgotten Books' Classic Reprint Series utilizes the latest technology to regenerate facsimiles of historically important writings. Careful attention has been made to accurately preserve the original format of each page whilst digitally enhancing the aged text.

William Butler Yeats was born in Dublin, Ireland on June 13, 1865. He was a driving force behind the Irish Literary Revival and, along with Lady Gregory, Edward Martyn, and others, founded the Abbey Theatre, where he served as its chief playwright until the movement was joined by John Synge. Yeats' plays included The Countess Cathleen, The Land of Heart's Desire, Cathleen ni Houlihan, The King's Threshold, and Deirdre. Although a convinced patriot, Yeats deplored the hatred and the bigotry of the Nationalist movement, and his poetry is full of moving protests against it. He was appointed to the Irish Senate in 1922. He was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1923 for what the Nobel Committee described as "inspired poetry, which in a highly artistic form gives expression to the spirit of a whole nation." He is one of the few writers who completed their greatest works after being awarded the Nobel Prize. His poetry collections include The Wild Swans at Coole, Michael Robartes and the Dancer, The Tower, The Winding Stair and Other Poems, and Last Poems and Plays. He died on January 28, 1939 at the age of 73.

Excerpt: "Last year, in giving the young ones a volume of English Fairy Tales, my difficulty was one of collection. This time, in offering them specimens of the rich folk-fancy of the Celts of these islands, my trouble has rather been one of selection. Ireland began to collect her folk-tales almost as early as any country in Europe, and Croker has found a whole school of successors in Carleton, Griffin, Kennedy, Curtin, and Douglas Hyde. Scotland had the great name of Campbell, and has still efficient followers in MacDougall, MacInnes, Carmichael, MacLeod, and Campbell of Tiree. Gallant little Wales has no name to rank alongside these; in this department the Cymru have shown less vigour than the Gaedhel. Perhaps the Eisteddfod, by offering prizes for the collection of Welsh folk-tales, may remove this inferiority. Meanwhile Wales must be content to be somewhat scantily represented among the Fairy Tales of the Celts, while the extinct Cornish tongue has only contributed one tale."