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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 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 byCall Number: James Joyce, General 398.09415 TAIISBN: 9780853428848Publication Date: 1990-01-01
Thomas J. Westropp ; with an introduction by Gearóid Ó Crualaoich by Call Number: James Joyce, General 398.09415 WESISBN: 1900545128Publication Date: 2000
A History of Irish Fairies by 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 byCall Number: James Joyce, General 398.09415 MESISBN: 0292764464Publication Date: 1978
The Gaelic Otherworld: Gaelic Superstitions and Witchcraft by 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 byCall Number: James Joyce, General 398.09415 OFAISBN: 0717122522Publication Date: 1995
- In the Shadow of the Paps byCall Number: James Joyce, General 398.09415 CROISBN: 9780954142506Publication Date: 2001
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National Folklore Collection UCD
In 2015 the National Folklore Collection UCD joined with UCD Library.
Along with the UCD Archives, UCD Library Special Collections and UCD Digital Library, it now forms an important part of a connected group of cultural heritage collections based at UCD.
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Duchas - a project to digitize the National Folklore Collection
More Irish Folklore Titles on Display
Irish trees : myths, legends and folklore by 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 byCall 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 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] byCall Number: James Joyce, General 398.09415 MCCISBN: 0953679306Publication Date: 1999
