Irish Tales and Ulick O' Irish Tales and Roberts Rinehart FIRST First Edition, First Printing. Not price-clipped. Published by Roberts Rinehart Publishers, 1996. Octavo. Paperback. Book is like new. 100% positive feedback. 30 day money back guarantee. NEXT DAY SHIPPING! Excellent customer service. Please email with any questions. All books packed carefully and ship with free delivery confirmation/tracking. All books come with free bookmarks. Ships from Sag Harbor, New York.Seller 433199 Mythology We Buy Books! Collections - Libraries - Estates - Individual Titles. Message us if you have books to sell!
This book is gorgeous - not merely for the author's prose but for the lavish, striking illustrations by Pauline Bewick - what a pity there isn't a picture on here, to demonstrate her unique and distinctive style.
This is a great little book! There's only a hand full of stories, but the illustrations are beautiful, and I think it's a good place to start if you don't know anything about Irish folklore (which I don't). It's very short, so plan on doing more reading in the future, but very fun!
I found the book boring and far to religious. now it is a book of old stories and they are going to be out there. but i disliked all the stories and found them to far fetched.
I am very familiar with Irish myths and legends, but this book was a fine refresher. The author did a fair job of rectifying the Isle's pagan and Christian past.
So the most tragic and beautiful tale of love had been written by the Irish hundreds of years before Romeo and Juliet came out. Big surprise.
Oh, every other story in here is also lovely. My favourites are (of course) Deirdre and the Sons of Usna, The Countess Cathleen O'Shea and Cuchulain and the Knights of the Red Branch.
Ulick O'Connor's Irish Tales and Sagas is a re-telling of Irish legends and lore. In my eyes, the stories seem to be somewhat simplified, but they are still interesting all the same. Anyone interested in Irish legend and lore would probably enjoy this book.