Folktales of Ireland
An edition of Folktales of Ireland (1966)
By Seán Ó Súilleabháin
Publish Date
1966
Publisher
Routledge & Kegan Paul
Language
eng
Pages
321
Description:
Few countries can boast such a plentitude of traditional folktales as Ireland. In 1935, the creation of The Irish Folklore Commission set in motion the first organized efforts of collecting and studying a multitude of folktales, both written as well as those of the Irish oral tradition. The Commission has collected well over a million pages of manuscripts. Folktales of Ireland offers chief archivist Sean O'Sullivan's representation of this awe-inspiring collection. These tales represent the first English language collection of Gaelic folktales.
subjects: Irish Tales, Tales