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UCD Library Collection Spotlight: Irish Folklore in UCD Library
A monthly online and print display highlighting our collections
Folklore in the General Collection
Ireland's Master Storyteller by Eamon Kelly
Call Number: James Joyce, General 398.09415 KELISBN: 1860230806Publication Date: 1998In this volume, Eamon Kelly's stories are collected together: stories of the real Kerry and the magical past of the Goban Saor; the heartbreak of emigration; the stations; the priests; the courting and the dancing; and the war between the sexes.- Stories from the Tailor by Timothy Buckley; Aindrias O. Muimhneachain (Introduction by, Translator)Call Number: James Joyce, General 398.09415 TAIISBN: 9780853428848Publication Date: 1990-01-01
Thomas J. Westropp ; with an introduction by Gearóid Ó Crualaoich by T.J. Westropp
Call Number: James Joyce, General 398.09415 WESISBN: 1900545128Publication Date: 2000A History of Irish Fairies by Carolyn White
Call Number: James Joyce, General 398.09415 WHIISBN: 1856350096Publication Date: 1992The story of the little people in all their guises.- Picking up the Linen Threads by Betty MessengerCall Number: James Joyce, General 398.09415 MESISBN: 0292764464Publication Date: 1978
The Gaelic Otherworld: Gaelic Superstitions and Witchcraft by John Gregorson Campbell; Ronald Black (Editor)
Call Number: James Joyce General and Short Loan 398.09411 CAMISBN: 1841582077Publication Date: 2004"First published as 'Superstitions of the Highlands & Islands of Scotland (1900) and 'Witchcraft & Second Sight in the Highlands & Islands of Scotland' (1902) by James MacLehose & Sons, Glasgow"- Ancient Irish Legends by Padraic O'FarrellCall Number: James Joyce, General 398.09415 OFAISBN: 0717122522Publication Date: 1995
- In the Shadow of the Paps by Dan CroninCall Number: James Joyce, General 398.09415 CROISBN: 9780954142506Publication Date: 2001
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More Irish Folklore Titles on Display
Irish trees : myths, legends and folklore by Niall MacCoitir ; original watercolours by Grania Langrishe
Call Number: James Joyce, General 398.09415 MACISBN: 1903464331Publication Date: 2003This book gathers together the myths, legends and folklore associated with the native Irish trees. The folklore has two main themes: the tree as a marker of important places such as a royal site or holy well, and the role of different trees as sources of magical power in folk customs and superstitions.- Border-Crossing : mumming in cross-border and cross-community contexts by Anthony D. Buckley et al (eds)Call Number: James Joyce, General 398.09415 BUCPublication Date: 2007Proceedings of a conference held at the Academy of Irish Cultural Heritages, University of Ulster, Derry, 9-13 June 2003
A Pocket Book of the Banshee by Patricia Lysaght
Call Number: James Joyce General and Short Loan 398.09415 LYSISBN: 0862785014Publication Date: 1997This book traces the origin of the banshee or messenger of death which has existed in Irish folk belief for centuries.- Northside of the Mizen: [tales, customs and history from the south-west of County Cork in Ireland] by Patrick McCarthy and Richard Hawkes (recorded, edited and written by)Call Number: James Joyce, General 398.09415 MCCISBN: 0953679306Publication Date: 1999
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