Folktales of Ireland

Author(s)

• Ó Súilleabháin, Seán
• Dorson, Richard Mercer

Bibliographic Information

Folktales of Ireland

edited and translated by Sean O'Sullivan ; foreword by Richard M. Dorson

（Folktales of the world）

University of Chicago Press, 1968, c1966

• : pbk

Note

Originally published in hardcover in 1966

Includes bibliographical references (p. [293]-297) and indexes

Description and Table of Contents

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. "Without doubt the finest group of Irish tales that has yet been published in English."-The Guardian "O'Sullivan writes out of an intimacy with his subject and an instinctive grasp of the language of the originals. He tells us that his archives contain more than a million and a half pages of manuscript. If Mr. O'Sullivan translates them, I'll read them."-Seamus Heaney, New Statesman "The stories have an authentic folktale flavor and will satisfy both the student of folklore and the general reader."-Booklist

by "Nielsen BookData"

Details

• NCID: BA44277752
• ISBN:
  • 0226639983
• LCCN: 66011885
• Country Code: us
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Original Language Code: gle
• Place of Publication: Chicago ; London
• Pages/Volumes: 321 p.
• Size: 21 cm
• Classification:
  • LCC : PB1383
  • DC22 : 398.2
• Subject Headings:
  • LCSH : Tales -- Ireland
• Parent Bibliography ID:
  • BA03530321