Myths and folk tales of Ireland

Curtin, Jeremiah 1835-1906 (Author).

Summary: Presents a nineteenth-century collection of twenty Irish stories, including tales from the Fenian cycle--about Fin MacCumhail and his warriors--and Irish versions of European fairy-tales.

Record details

ISBN: 0486224309
ISBN: 9780486224305
Physical Description: print
vi, 245 pages ; 22 cm
Publisher: New York : Dover Publications, 1975.

Content descriptions

General Note:

Originally published in 1890 under title: Myths and folk-lore of Ireland.

Formatted Contents Note:

The son of the King of Erin, and the Giant of Lock Lein -- The three daughters of King O'Hara -- The weaver's son and the giant of the White Hill -- Fair, brown, and trembling -- The King of Erin and the Queen of the Lonesome Island -- The Shee an Gannon and the Gruagach Gaire -- The three daughters of the King of the East, and the son of a King of Erin -- The fisherman's son and the gruagach of tricks -- The thirteenth son of the King of Erin -- Kil Arthur -- Shaking-head -- Birth of Fin MacCumhail and origin of the Fenians of Erin -- Fin MacCumhail and the Fenians of Erin in the castle of fear Dubh -- Fin MacCumhail and the knight of the full axe -- Gilla na Grakin and Fin MacCumhail -- Fin MacCumhail, the seven brothers, and the King of France -- Black, brown, and gray -- Fin MacCumhail and the son of the King of Alba -- Cuculin -- Oisin in tir na n-og.