Irish sagas and folk-tales
Twenty-one stories from Ireland, including heroic sagas, ancestral tales of men and gods, stories about the Fianna, a band of warrior-athletes, and tales of fairies and leprechauns.
| Main Author: | O'Faoláin, Eileen. |
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| Other Authors: | Kiddell-Monroe, Joan, |
| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
| Published: |
New York :
Avenel Books : Distributed by Crown Pub.,
1982.
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| Physical Description: |
iv, 242 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm. |
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| Summary: |
Twenty-one stories from Ireland, including heroic sagas, ancestral tales of men and gods, stories about the Fianna, a band of warrior-athletes, and tales of fairies and leprechauns. |
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| Item Description: |
Twenty-one stories from Ireland, including heroic sagas, ancestral tales of men and gods, stories about the Fianna, a band of warrior-athletes, and tales of fairies and leprechauns. The Quest of the Children of Turenn -- Midir and Etain -- The Children of Lir -- How Conor Mac Nessa Became King of Ulster -- The Cattle Raid of Cooley -- The Fate of the Sons of Usnach -- The Death of Cuchullin -- King Fergus Mac Leide and the Wee Folk -- The Young Finn -- How Finn Became Head of the Fianna -- Finn and the Fianna -- The Mother of Oisin -- The Pursuit of Dermot and Grania -- Oisin in the Land of the Ever Young -- The Black Thief -- The Palace in the Rath -- The Three Sons of the King of Antua -- The Haughty Princess -- The Bird of the Golden Land -- The Enchantment of Gearoidh Iarla -- Finn Mac Cool, the Giants and the Small Men. |
| Physical Description: |
iv, 242 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm. |
| ISBN: |
0517391007 9780517391006 |