Henry Carter Hull

Enchanting stories include 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, and Oisín in Tír na nÓg.

Becan, a poor boy belittled by his stepmother and stepsisters, rescues a princess in distress after meeting a magical bull.

In this retelling of an Irish folktale, a brave young woman battles a sea serpent and rescues her true love from a giant.

Relates a legend about the Irish slave girl who became Saint Brigid, beginning with a celestial song, a mysterious gift, and a prophecy on the night of her birth.

American pathologist Nora Gavin, having fled to Ireland in the wake of her sister Triona's murder, returns to St. Paul, Minnesota, determined to learn the truth about Triona's death, but she has to work fast when she finds her brother-in-law Peter, who she has always suspected of killing her sister, is remarrying and leaving the country, taking her niece Elizabeth with him.

Irish Fairy Tales is a selection of mythical stories highlighting themes of love, duty and deception in the magical setting of ancient and medieval Ireland. Each narrative presents internal and external conflicts that test the moral code of its leading characters. James Stephens explores Ireland's cherished history though the eyes of fabled hunters, soldiers, kings and queens. Many stories feature the Fianna, a group of tribal warriors, and their...

An old woman complains about all the housework she has to do, but when some fairies come to help her she finds that they are more trouble than they are worth.

Rivers and streams sculpt our landscape, and have connected our communities throughout history, from mountain to estuary and to the wide sea beyond. They give us water and food, trade and transport – yet they have a life-force all of their own. In this collection of traditional folk tales from wild rivers, lakes, and streams, Lisa Schneidau retells old stories of danger and transformation, of river goddesses, ghosts and the mysterious creatures...

Take a walk through this county in the heart of Ireland in the entertaining company of professional storyteller Nuala Hayes as she recounts local tales, ancient and modern. Discover stories of ancient heroes and their heroic deeds, along with the murderous crimes of the more criminally inclined, and the fantastical accounts of fairy mischief and encounters with mythical creatures. Their origins lost in the mists of time, these stories, illustrated...

These lively and entertaining traditional folk tales from Ireland's "Garden County" are vividly retold by local storyteller Brendan Nolan. Their origins lost in the mists of time, these 30 stories from across Wicklow reflect the wisdom (and eccentricities) of the county and its people. Wicklow has a rich and diverse collection of tales, from stories of battles and heroic deeds to tragic love affairs and strange tales of encounters with ghosts, fairies,...