Folklore, Folktales, and Fairy Tales

from Ireland

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D. L. Ashliman
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  1. Anonymous [C. J. T.]. Folk-Lore and Legends: Ireland. London: W. W. Gibbings, 1889.

  2. Anonymous [C. J. T.]. Irish Fairy Tales, Folklore, and Legends. London: W. W. Gibbings, 1904.

  3. Bardan, Patrick. The Dead-Watchers, and Other Folk-Lore Tales of Westmeath. Mullingar: Printed at the "Westmeath Guardian" office, and published for the author, 1891.

  4. Carleton, William. Tales and Sketches, Illustrating the Character, Usages, Traditions, Sports, and Pastimes of the Irish Peasantry. Dublin: James Duffy, 1845.

  5. Colum, Padraic. The King of Ireland's Son. Illustrations and decorations by Willy Pogány. New York: The Macmillan Company, 1921. Copyright 1916.

  6. Colum, Padraic. The Boy Whow Knew What the Birds Said. Illustrated by Dugald Stewart Walker. New York: The Macmillan Company, 1934. Copyright 1918.

  7. [Croker, Thomas Crofton]. Fairy Legends and Traditions of the South of Ireland. London: Printed by Thomas Davison, [1825]. Missing title page.

  8. [Croker, Thomas Crofton]. Fairy Legends and Traditions of the South of Ireland. 2nd edition. London: John Murray, 1826.

  9. [Croker, Thomas Crofton]. Fairy Legends and Traditions of the South of Ireland. Part 2. London: John Murray, 1828.

  10. [Croker, Thomas Crofton]. Fairy Legends and Traditions of the South of Ireland. Part 3. London: John Murray, 1828.

  11. [Croker, Thomas Crofton]. Fairy Legends and Traditions of the South of Ireland. London: John Murray, 1834.

  12. Croker, Thomas Crofton. Killarney Legends: Arranged as a Guide to the Lakes. London: Henry G. Bohn, 1853.

  13. Croker, Thomas Crofton. Researches in the South of Ireland: Illustrative of the Scenery, Architectural Remains, and the Manners and Superstitions of the Peasantry. London: John Murray, 1824.

  14. Cruck-a-Leaghan [pseud.] and Slieve Gallion. Lays and Legends of the North of Ireland. London: Houlston and Sons; Eninburgh and Glasgow: J. Menzies and Company; Dublin: M. H. Gill and Son, 1884.

  15. Curtin, Jeremiah. Hero-Tales of Ireland. Boston: Little, Brown, and Company, 1894.

  16. Curtin, Jeremiah. Tales of the Fairies and of the Ghost World Collected from Oral Tradition in South-West Munster. Boston: Little, Brown, and Company, 1895.

  17. Curtin, Jeremiah. Myths and Folk-Lore of Ireland. Boston: Little, Brown, and Company, 1917.

  18. De Vere, Aubrey. The Legends of Saint Patrick. Oiseen the Bard and Saint Patrick. Legends of Ireland's Heroic Age. Early Irish Records. New Edition. London and New York: Macmillan and Company, 1895.

  19. dúchas.ie: The Main Manuscript Collection. Irish folklore compiled by schoolchildren in the 1930s.

  20. Gomme, Alice Bertha. The Traditional Games of England, Scotland, and Ireland. With tunes, singing-rhymes, and methods of playing according to the variants extant and recorded in different parts of the kingdom. Vol. 1: Accroshay - Nuts in May. London: David Nutt, 1894.

  21. Graves, Alfred Perceval. The Irish Fairy Book. London: T. Fisher Unwinn, 1909. This digital copy is presented by the Internet Archive.

  22. Gregory, Isabella Augusta. Visions and Beliefs in the West of Ireland, Collected and Arranged by Lady Gregory, with Two Essays and Notes by W. B. Yeats. 1st Series. New York and London: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1920.

  23. Gregory, Isabella Augusta. Visions and Beliefs in the West of Ireland, Collected and Arranged by Lady Gregory, with Two Essays and Notes by W. B. Yeats. 2nd Series. New York and London: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1920.

  24. Hardy, Philip Dixon. Legends, Tales, and Stories of Ireland. Illustrated with ten characteristic engravings. Dublin: John Cumming, 1837.

  25. Hunt, Brampton. Folk Tales of Breffny. London: Macmillan and Company, 1912.

  26. Hyde, Douglas. Beside the Fire: A Collection of Irish Gaelic Folk Stories. London: David Nutt, 1890. This digital copy is presented by the Internet Archive.

  27. Hyde, Douglas. Legends of Saints and Sinners. London: T. Fisher Unwin, [1915]. This digital copy is presented by the Internet Archive.

  28. Jacobs, Joseph. Celtic Fairy Tales. London: David Nutt, 1892.

  29. Jacobs, Joseph. More Celtic Fairy Tales. London: David Nutt, 1894.

  30. Joyce, P. W. Old Celtic Romances. Translated from the Gaelic. London: C. Kegan Paul and Company, 1879.

  31. Keightley, Thomas. The Fairy Mythology. Vol. 1. London: William Harrison Ainsworth, 1828.

  32. Keightley, Thomas. The Fairy Mythology: Illustrative of the Romance and Superstition of Various Countries. Vol. 2. London: Whittaker, Treacher, and Company, 1833.

  33. Keightley, Thomas. The Fairy Mythology: Illustrative of the Romance and Superstition of Various Countries. A new edition, revised and greatly enlarged. London: H. G. Bohn, 1851.

  34. Kennedy, Patrick. The Banks of the Boro: A Chronicle of the County of Wexford. London: Simpkin, Marshall, and Company, 1867.

  35. Kennedy, Patrick. Evenings in the Duffrey. New edition. Dublin: McGlashan and Gill, 1875.

  36. Kennedy, Patrick. The Fireside Stories of Ireland. Dublin. M'Glashan and Gill, 1870.

  37. Kennedy, Patrick. Legendary Fictions of the Irish Celts. 1st edition. London: Macmillan and Company, 1866.

  38. Kennedy, Patrick. Legendary Fictions of the Irish Celts. 2nd edition. London: Macmillan and Company, 1891.

  39. Larminie, William. West Irish Folk-Tales and Romances. With introduction and notes, and appendix containing specimens of the Gaelic originals phonetically spelt. London: Elliot Stock, 1898. This digital copy is presented by the Internet Archive.

  40. Lover, Patrick. Legends and Stories of Ireland. 3rd edition. Dublin: W. F. Wakeman; London: Baldwin and Cradock, 1834.

  41. Lover, Patrick. Legends and Stories of Ireland. 2nd series. London: Baldwin and Cradock, 1837.

  42. Lover, Samuel. Legends and Stories of Ireland, to Which Is Added Illustrations of National Proverbs and Irish Sketches. Boston: Little, Brown, and Company, 1902.

  43. MacDonagh, Michael. Irish Life and Character. London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1898.

  44. MacManus, Seumas. Donegal Fairy Stories. Garden City, New York: Doubleday, Page, and Company, 1915.

  45. O'Connor, Barry. Turf-Fire Stories and Fairy Tales of Ireland. New York: P. J. Kenedy, 1890.

  46. O'Hanlon, John. Irish Folk Lore: Traditions and Superstitions of the Country; with Humorous Tales. By "Lageniensis." Glasgow and London: Cameron and Ferguson, 1870.

  47. Seymour, St. John D. Irish Witchcraft and Demonology. Baltimore: Norman, Remington, and Company, 1913.

  48. Stephens, James. Irish Fairy Tales. Illustrated by Arthur Rackham. London: Macmillan and Company, 1920.

  49. Stephens, James. Irish Fairy Tales. New York: The Macmillan Company, 1934.

  50. Wallace, Kathryn. Folk-Lore of Ireland: Legends, Myths, and Fairy Tales. Chicago: J. S. Hyland and Company, 1910.

  51. Whitney, Harry. Legends of Mount Leinster: Three Months in Kildare-Place; Bantry and Duffrey Traditions; The Library in Patrick-St. Dublin: P. Kennedy, 1855.

  52. Wilde, Jane Francesca Elgee. Ancient Legends, Mystic Charms, and Superstitions of Ireland: With Sketches of the Irish Past, by Lady Wilde. Boston: Ticknor and Company, 1888.

  53. Wilde, Jane Francesca Elgee. Ancient Legends, Mystic Charms, and Superstitions of Ireland: With Sketches of the Irish Past, by Lady Wilde. A new edition. London: Chatto and Windus, 1902.

  54. Wilde, William Robert. Irish Popular Superstitions. Dublin: James McGlashan, 1852.

  55. Wentz, W. Y. The Fairy-Faith in Celtic Countries. London: Oxford University Press, 1911.

  56. Yeats, William Butler. The Celtic Twilight. London: A. H. Bullen, 1902.

  57. Yeats, William Butler. Fairy and Folk Tales of the Irish Peasantry. London: Walter Scott, 1888.

  58. Yeats, William Butler. Irish Fairy Tales. London: T. F. Unwin, 1892. This digital copy is presented by the Internet Archive.

  59. Yeats, William Butler. Visions and Beliefs in the West of Ireland, Collected and Arranged by Lady Gregory, with Two Essays and Notes by W. B. Yeats. 2nd Series. New York and London: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1920.

  60. Young, Ella. Celtic Wonder-Tales. Retold by Ella Young. Illustrated and decorated by Maud Gonne. Dublin: Maunsel and Company, 1910.

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