Michael J Murphy s home has been the Slieve Gullion country of South Armagh since he was a small boy. He has been passionately interested in folk story telling all his life, and after the publication of his first -book, At Slieve Gullion s Foot, he was asked to collect traditions and tales for the Irish Folklore Commission. He has also written plays, short stories, articles and broadcasts. His wife Alice, to whom this book is dedicated, accompanied him on his folk quest in Tyrone. - a remarkable and revealing book, an epic quality.