The Essential Celtic Folklore Collection

Compiled in one book, the essential collection of Celtic folklore:Legends and Stories of Ireland- Samuel LoverGlossaryKing O''Toole and St KevinLough CorribA Legend of Lough MaskThe White TroutThe Battle of the Berrins; or, the Double FuneralFather RoachThe Priest''s StoryThe King and the BishopJimmy the FoolThe CatastropheThe Devil''s MillThe Gridiron; or Paddy Mullowney''s Travels in FrancePaddy the PiperThe Priest''s GhostNew PotatoesPaddy the SportThe White Horse of the PeppersThe Legend of the Little Weaver of Duleek GateConclusion of the White Horse of the PeppersThe Curse of KishogueThe Fairy FinderCuchulain of Muirthemne- Lady GregoryPreface by W. B. YeatsI. Birth of CuchulainII. Boy Deeds of CuchulainIII. Courting of EmerIV. Bricrius FeastV. the Championship of UlsterVI. the High King of IrelandVII. Fate of the Sons of UsnachVIII. Dream of Angus OgIX. CruachanX. the Wedding of Maine MorgorXI. the War for the Bull of CuilagneXII. Awakening of UlsterXIII. the Two BullsXIV. the Only Jealously of EmerXV. Advice to a PrinceXVI. Sons of Doel DermaitXVII. Battle of RosnareeXVIII. the Only Son of AoifeXIX. the Great Gathering at MuirthemneXX. Death of CuchulainNote by W.B. YeatsNotes by Lady GregoryThe Destruction of Da Derga''s HostelThe Cattle-Raid of CooleyGods and Fighting Men- Lady GregoryThe Celtic Twilight- W. B. YeatsLegendary Fictions of the Irish Celts by Patrick KennedyPrefaceDedicationHousehold StoriesJac and His ComradesThe Bad StepmotherAdventures of Gilla na Chreck an GourJack the Master and Jack the ServantI''ll be Wiser the next TimeThe Three CrownsThe Corpse WatchersThe Brown Bear of NorwayThe Goban SaorThe Three Advices which the King with the Red Soles gave to his SonLegends of the ''Good People''The Fairy ChildThe Changeling and his BagpipesThe Tobinstown SheeogeThe Belated PriestThe Palace in the RathThe Breton Version of the Palace in the RathThe Fairy NurseThe Recovered BrideFaction-fight among the FairiesJemmy Doyle in the Fairy PalaceThe Fairy CureThe Sea FairiesThe Black Cattle of Durzy IslandThe Silkie WifeThe Pooka of MurroeThe Kildare PookaThe Kildare LurikeenThe Adventures of the ''Son of Bad Counsel''Witchcaft, Socery, Ghosts and FetchesThe Long SpoonThe Prophet before his TimeThe Bewitched ChurnThe Ghosts and the Game of FootballThe Cat of the Carman''s StageCauth Morisy looking for ServiceBlack Stairs on FireThe Witches ExcursionThe Crock found in the RathThe Enchantment of Gearhoidh IarlaIllan Eachtach and the LiananThe Misfortunes of Barrett the PiperThe Woman in WhiteThe Queen''s County GhostThe Ghost in GraigueDroochan''s GhostThe Kiranelagh SpiritThe Doctor''s FetchThe Apparition in Old RossOssianic and Early LegendsFann Mac Cuil and the Scotch GiantHow Fann Mac Cuil and his Men were BewitchedQualifications and Duties of the Fianna EirionnThe Battle of Ventry HarbourThe Fight of Castle KnocThe Youth of FionFion''s First MarriageHow Fion selected a WifePursuit of Diarmuid and GrainneThe Flight of the SluggardBeanriogain na Sciana BreacaConan''s Delusions in CeashThe Youth of OisinThe Old Age of OisinLegend of Loch na PiastaThe King with the Horse''s EarsThe Story of the Sculloge''s Son from MuskerryFios Fath an Aaon SceilAn Broan Suan OrThe Children of LirLough NeaghKillarneyLegend of the Lake of InchiquinHow the Shannon acquired its NameThe Origin of the Lake of TiisThe Building of Ardfert CathredralHow Donaghedee got its NameThe Borrowed LakeKilstoheen in the ShannonThe Isle of the LivingFionnutuin Mac BochnaThe Firbolgs and DanaansInis na MuicThe Bath of the White CowsThe Quest for the Tain-Bo-CuilagneThe Progress of the Wicked BardLegends of the Celtic SaintsSt PatrickHow St Patrick received the Staff of JesusThe Fortune of DichuSt Patrick''s Contest with the DruidsThe Baptism of AongusThe Decision of the ChariotConversion of the Robber Chief, MacaldusBaptism after DeathThe Vision of St BrigidDeath and Burial of St PatrickThe Corpse-freighted BarqueSt Brigid''s CloakSt Brigid and the HarpsArran of the Saints and its PatronsSt Feancheas''s Visit to ArranSt Brendain''s VoyageThe Island of the BirdsThe Sinner SavedA Legend of St Mogue of FernsO'' Carroll''s WarningHow St Eloi was cured of PrideSt Lateerin of CullinCeltic Wonder Tales- Ella YoungThe Earth ShapersThe Spear of VictoryA Good ActionHow the Son of Gobhaun Saor Sold the SheepskinHow the Son of Gobhaun Saor Shortened the RoadThe Cow of PlentyThe Coming of LughThe Eric-Fine of LughThe Great BattleInisfailThe Golden FlyThe Children of LirThe Luck-ChildConary MorBeside the Fire- Douglas HydePrefacePostscript (by Alfred Nutt)DedicationThe Tailor and the Three BeastsBranThe King of Ireland''s SonThe Alp-LuachraPaudyeen O''Kelly and the WeaselLeeam O''Rooney''s BurialGuleesh na Guss DhuThe Well of D''Yerree-In-DowanThe Court of CrinnawnNeil O''CarreeTrunk-Without-HeadThe Hags of the Long TeethWilliam of the TreeThe Old Crow & the Young CrowRiddlesThe King of Ireland''s Son- Padraic ColumIrish Fairy Tales by James StephensThe 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 CorranMongan''s FrenzyMyths and Folk-lore of Ireland- Jeremiah CurtinThe Son of the King of Erin and the Giant of Loch LeinThe Three Daughters of King O''HaraThe Weaver''s Don and the Giant of the White HillFair, Brown and TremblingThe King of Erin and the Queen of the Lonesome IslandThe Shee an Gannon and the Grugach GaireThe Three Daughters of the King of the East and the Son of a King in ErinThe Fisherman''s Son and the Grugach of TricksThe Thirteenth Son of the King of ErinKil ArthurShaking-HeadBirth of Fin MacCumhailFin MacCumhail and the Fenians of Erin in the Castle of Fear DubhFin MacCumhail and the Knight of the Full AxeGilla na Grakin and Fin MacCumhailFin MacCumhail the Seven Brothers and the King of FranceBlack, Brown and GrayFin MacCumhail and the Son of the King of AlbaCuculinOisin in Tir Na N-OgNotesVisions and Beliefs in the West of Ireland- Lady GregoryPrefaceSea StoriesSeers and HealersThe Evil Eye–The Touch–The PenaltyAwayHerbs, Charms and Wise WomenAstray and TreasureBanshees and WarningsIn the WayThe Fighting of the FriendsThe Unquiet DeadAppearancesButterThe Fool of the ForthForths and Sheoguey PlacesBlacksmithsMonsters and Sheoguey BeastsFriars and Priest CuresNotes (W.B. Yeats)Witches and Wizards and Irish Folk-Lore (W.B. Yeats)Swedenborg, Mediums and the Desolate Places (W.B. Yeats)The Mabinogion- Lady Charlotte GuestProlegomena to the Study of Old Welsh Poetry- Edward AnwylThe Gododdin Poems- William F. SkeneBritish Goblins- Wirt SikesThe Welsh Fairy Book- W. Jenkyn ThomasPrefaceNotes on Welsh PronunciationThe Lady of the LakeArthur in the CaveThe Curse of the PantannasThe Drowning of the Bottom HundredElidyr''s Sojurn in Fairy LandRhys and LlywelynLowri Dafydd Earns a Purse of GoldThe Llanfabon ChangelingWhy the Red Dragon is the Emblem of WalesLyn Cwm LlwchThe Adventures of Three FarmersCadwaladr and his GoatThe Fairy WifeEinion and the Lady of the GreenwoodThe Green Isles of the OceanMarch''s EarsThe Fairy HarpGuto Bach and the FairiesIanto''s ChaseThe Stray CowBala LakeThe Forbidden FountainTudur ap EinionThe Fairy Walking StickDick the Fiddler''s MoneyA Strange OtterFairy OintmentPergrin and the MermaidenThe Cave of the Young Men of SnowdoniaEinion and the Fair FamilySt Collen and the King of FairyHelig''s HollowOwen Goes A-WooingThe Fairy RewardWhy Deunant has the Front Door in the BackGetting Rid of FairiesThe Mantle of Kings'' BeardsPedws Ffowk and St. Elian''s WellMagic MusicSili go DwtAnother ChangelingA Fairy BorrowingTreasure SeekingThe Richest ManSt. Beuno and the CurlewThe Cat WitchesThe Swallowed CourtWhat Marged Rolant SawNed Puw''s FarewellPennard CastleThe Man with the Green WeedsGoronwy Tudor and the Witches of LlanddonsRobin''s ReturnThe Harper''s GratuitySix and Four are TenEnvy Burns ItselfThe Bride from

Fascinating Gaelic/Celtic mythology-based tales of love, mystery and drama supported by an explanation behind the origins of each tale.

This collection by a new wave of contemporary authors (Sighle Meehan, Sheelagh Russell Brown, Marc McEntegart, Coral Atkinson and Marie Gethins) hauls Celtic stories out of the dusty shadows and with succinct mythological analysis places them back into the light where they belong.Love, mystery and drama, these fascinating tales mark a new movement of authentic and original Celtic-based writing and a better understanding of Celtic cultures.The 'Fairies', the 'Salmon of Knowledge', the 'Children of Lir' and the 'Selkie'. They're all waiting for you here.

Here are 125 magnificent folktales collected from anthologies and journals published from the mid-nineteenth century to the present day. Beginning with tales of the ancient times and continuing through the arrival of the saints in Ireland in the fifth century, the periods of war and family, the Literary Revival championed by William Butler Yeats, and the contemporary era, these robust and funny, sorrowful and heroic stories of kings, ghosts, fairies, treasures, enchanted nature, and witchcraft are set in cities, villages, fields, and forests from the wild western coast to the modern streets of Dublin and Belfast. Edited by Henry Glassie With black-and-white illustrations throughout Part of the Pantheon Fairy Tale and Folklore Library

Over the past centuries, many Gaelic/Celtic cultural tales and beliefs have been relegated to the status of children's stories or cartoonish caricature, misunderstood and misinterpreted for as long as most of us can remember. This third collection of short stories follows on from the previous 2016 collection, with a fresh group of contemporary authors hauling ancient Gaelic/Celtic stories out of the shadows, back into the light where they belong. Love, mystery and drama, these fascinating tales mark a new movement of authentic and original cultural writing and a better understanding of the Celtic cultures. Accompanied by explanatory notes on the background cultural context, this latest collection examines the stories of Macha and the naming of Emain Macha, the deity 'An Dagda', Changelings, why you should be wary of crows and many more. Na Ceiltigh, abú!

Enjoy more than 200 tales from the Emerald Isle, colourful stories of the fairy folk in all their guises, along with changelings, banshees, leprechauns, the headless dullahan, the merrow and the ever-mischievous pooka. In addition, this collection includes ghosts, witches and fairy doctors, priests and saints, encounters with the devil, titans of Ireland's historical past and popular treasure legends.

This classic study of the ancient tales of Ireland and Wales will delight everyone interested in Celtic folklore. Its lively tales of romance and love, of war and carnage, and of deeds both noble and base are accompanied by expert commentary, which places them within a larger cultural context.