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Seumas MacManus was an Irish dramatist, poet, and prolific writer of popular stories, who played an important role in the rise of Irish nationalist literature.
I remember checking this book out from the library a TON as a kid. I'm Irish and I love fairy tales, so it was clearly a match made in heaven. I remember really loving the collection, so I thought it would be fun to read it again years later and see if I felt the same as I did before.
I did. I really loved this collection. It was a lot of fun, the stories were engaging, and I had forgotten just about everything, so I got to enjoy every story as though I was reading it for the first time. An excellent set of tales and one that I hope will someday grace my shelves (instead of just the library's).
EDIT 5/10/2023: It now does grace my shelves! What a wonderful development!