Tales of the Wicklow hills
Subtitle: 2000 years of history, myth, legend and local stories
By: Richard Marsh ; foreword by Dáithí Ó hÓgáin.
Series: Legendary books series -- v. 1
Publisher: Richard Marsh - Legendary Books (imprint); Richard Marsh
Published: 2007
Place of publication: Dublin
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 95
ISBN-13: 9780955756801
Subjects: Wicklow (Ireland : County) -- History, Local; Wicklow (Ireland : County) -- Folklore
First sentence: These stories of fact and fancy range from the 1st century BC “Naming of Baltinglass”, part of the mythological history of Ireland, to current oral accounts of recent incidents in “The Vale of Avoca”. (from Preface)
Description: History, myth, legend, ghost tales, humour and local stories collected from medieval manuscripts and old and modern written and oral sources.
Notes: Includes end notes and bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: Foreword by Dáithí Ó hÓgáin
pagenum: 5; title: Preface
pagenum: 6; title: The Naming of Baltinglass
pagenum: 9; title: The Melodies of Buchet’s House
pagenum: 11; title: Saint Kevin and Glendalough
pagenum: 13; title: Fingal Rónáin
pagenum: 25; title: Feagh McHugh O’Byrne
pagenum: 29; title: Michael Dwyer
pagenum: 39; title: The Hanging of John Moore
pagenum: 51; title: Hempenstall – “The Walking Gallows”
pagenum: 57; title: The Vale of Avoca
pagenum: 59; title: Thomas Moore and the Meeting of the Waters
pagenum: 59; title: Bob Pyne
pagenum: 60; title: The Avoca “Non-leprechaun”
pagenum: 61; title: The Tigroney Ghost
pagenum: 61; title: The Cherrymount Fairy
pagenum: 62; title: The Avoca Púca
pagenum: 62; title: “Me and Thee”
pagenum: 63; title: The Mottee Stone
pagenum: 63; title: The Fairy Tree
pagenum: 63; title: The Violation of a Fairy Fort
pagenum: 64; title: The Moving Statue
pagenum: 64; title: The Big Snow
pagenum: 65; title: Toss Byrne’s Stroke
pagenum: 66; title: Jimmy Treacy
pagenum: 66; title: Miscellaneous Tales
pagenum: 67; title: A Redcross Púca
pagenum: 67; title: Poulaphuca
pagenum: 67; title: The Ball Moat
pagenum: 68; title: “Ned Sheehy of Dromin”
pagenum: 68; title: A Mysterious Incident in Rathdangan
pagenum: 69; title: The Gates of Heaven
pagenum: 69; title: Saint Bridget’s Head Stone
pagenum: 70; title: Baltinglass Bell Tower
pagenum: 70; title: Shawn Reilly
pagenum: 70; title: The Athgreany Stone Circle
pagenum: 71; title: “The Night We Riz the Tan”
pagenum: 71; title: A Bray Ghost Story
pagenum: 72; title: Saint Patrick in Wicklow
pagenum: 72; title: A Rathnew Stroke
pagenum: 73; title: The Glenmalure Man
pagenum: 73; title: Notes on the Stories
pagenum: 75; title: Sources: Published and Oral
pagenum: 89