ENGLISH

Legendary Ireland: Myths and Legends of Ireland

By Pip , Le Goff , Jacques;Massey , Eithne;Sides

Book information

Publisher
The O'Brien Press
Year
2013
ISBN
9781847175755, 1847175759
Language
english
Format
EPUB
Filesize
14 MB (14614633 bytes)
Edition
3rd
Pages
240 pages : 30 illustrations\0
Time added
2020-07-26 19:24:52

Description

This beautiful book visits twenty-eight richly atmospheric sites and tells the mythological stories associated with them. Woven into these landscapes are tales of love and betrayal, greed and courage, passion and revenge, featuring the famous characters of Celtic lore, such as Cú Chulainn, the children of Lír and Queen Maeve. The historical and archaeological facts and the folk traditions of each ancient site are explored. Some are famous, such as Tara and Newgrange; others are less well known but equally captivating such as the Béara Peninsula in Cork. In a world where many have lost touch with the land and their past, the legendary Irish landscape still survives and the stories are never quite over as long as there are people to tell them.

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