Folktales of Ireland
By: edited and translated by Sean O'Sullivan
Series: Folktales of the world; Folktales of the world
Publisher: Routledge & Kegan Paul
Published: 1966
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 321
Subjects: Tales
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.
Notes: Foreword by Richard M. Dorson.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 293-297) and index.