Myths and Folklore

Myths and Folklore of Ireland
by Jeremiah Curtin

Fair and Brown had new dresses, and went to church every Sunday. Trembling was kept at home to do the cooking and work. They would not let her go out of the house at all; for she was more beautiful than the other two, and they were in dread she might marry before themselves.

Twenty folk tales representing hundreds of years of the collective Irish imagination transport readers to a world where everything is alive and anything can happen! Vivid descriptions of battles with giants, dead men who come back to life, humans imprisoned in animals bodies, heroes with incredible strength, and more.

The Son of the King of Erin and the Giant of Loch Lein
The Three Daughters of King OHara
The Weavers Don and the Giant of the White Hill
Fair, Brown and Trembling
The King of Erin and the Queen of the Lonesome Island
The Shee an Gannon and the Grugach Gaire
The Three Daughters of the King of the East and the Son of a King in Erin
The Fishermans Son and the Grugach of Tricks
The Thirteenth Son of the King of Erin
Kil Arthur
Shaking-Head
Birth of Fin MacCumhail
Fin MacCumhail and the Fenians of Erin in the Castle of Fear Dubh
Fin MacCumhail and the Knight of the Full Axe
Gilla na Grakin and Fin MacCumhail
Fin MacCumhail The Seven Brothers and the King of France
Black, Brown and Gray
Fin MacCumhail and the Son of the King of Alba
Cuculin
Oisin in Tir Na N-Og.