Tales from Old Ireland is a collection of folk tales from Ireland retold by Malachy Doyle. This book retells beautiful Celtic legends that have survived in Ireland even after Christianity took over the country. The Irish storytelling tradition is one of the richest in the world. Stories were passed down from one generation to another by storytelling, or by word of mouth. The folktales in this book are only a few of those that have been compiled by historians.
This book includes the following Irish stories:
* The Children of Lir
* Fair, Brown and Trembling
* The Twelve Wild Geese
* Lusmore and the Fairies
* Son of an Otter, Son of a Wolf
* The Soul Cages
* Oisin in Tir na nOg
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