Irish Fairy Tales

Illustrated by John D. Batten. Stories selected by Jennifer Chandler, The Folklore Society


The captivating Irish stories collected in this new edition include both comic tales such as 'Paddy O'Kelly and the Weasel', and tales of heroes from ancient literature such as 'How Cormac Mac Art went to Faery'. By turns funny, fantastical and mysterious, the stories are matched in liveliness by the original illustrations of John D. Batten. It would be hard to find a better introduction for children to the special magic of Celtic storytelling.

The stories in this book are taken from Joseph Jacob's classic two-volume collection Celtic Fairy Tales (1891-2) and More Celtic Fairy Tales (1894)


Fairy Tales include:

Connla and the Fairy Maiden
Guleesh
The Field of Boliauns
The Horned Women
Hudden and Dudden and Donald O’Neary
The Story of Deirdre
Munachar and Manachar
King O’Toole and his Goose
Jack and his Comrades
The Shee an Gannon and the Gruagach Gaire
The Storyteller at Fault
A Legend of Knockmany
Fair, Brown and Trembling
Jack and his Master
Andrew Coffey