Ancient Irish Legends by Padraic O'Farrell
From the Children of Lir to Diarmuid and Grainne to the Salmon of Knowledge and Oisin in Tir na nOg, Padraic O'Farrell reintroduces the classic stories of the Celtic past.
Ancient Irish Legends
Ancient Irish Legends
Summary
This book contains a re-telling of some of the best-loved and most famous tales of ancient Ireland.
Ancient Irish Legends Summary
About Padraic O'Farrell
The late Padraic O'Farrell was one of Ireland's most prolific popular authors. Born in County Kildare in 1932, he went on to become a senior army officer based in Mullingar. He was the author of forty books, including a number on Irish proverbs and sayings: Gems of Irish Wisdom, Irish Rogues, Rascals and Scoundrels and How the Irish Speak English. Other books are The Burning of Brinsley MacNamara, The Blacksmith of Ballinalee, Who's Who in the Irish War of Independence and Civil War 1916-23, and a Michael Collins novel, Rebel Heart. He also scripted two historical plays and a musical based on the Great War and wrote features and theatre reviews for various publications, among them The Irish Times and Theatre Ireland. He died in 2003.
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GOR004192509
9780717131679
071713167X
Ancient Irish Legends by Padraic O'Farrell
Used - Well Read
Paperback
Gill
20010308
128
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