In Ireland Long Ago

by Kevin Danaher

This volume is an account of all aspects of Irish folk life. The reader i s invited to call on people in their homes, to listen to their tales and gossip and to taste their food and drink, to admire their pots and pans and agricultural implements, to meet a water diviner, to join a faction fight, to hurry to a wedding and to bow down in remembrance of the dead.

Genres: Ireland, History, Nonfiction

Paperback

First published December 12, 1995

About the author

Kevin Danaher (Irish, Caoimhín Ó Danachair) was a prominent Irish folklorist with a special interest in ethnography and military history.

Danaher is the author of 10 books about Irish traditional customs and beliefs, the best known of which are The Year in Ireland, In Ireland Long Ago, and Folktales from the Irish Countryside. A respected scholar, Danaher published more than 200 articles in academic journals.