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 Posted: Thu Jan 26, 2006 4:02 pm
does anybody know of any good irish folklore or faery tales? i'm really interesting in finding some good ones to read!
thanks,
ella
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Posted: Fri Jan 27, 2006 7:28 am
My best friend and I are both in an Irish Literature class, and right now we're going mad for the Tain Bo Cuailgne - our textbook only gave us a portion of it, and a very concise portion at that, and we desperately want to read more. It deals with the adventures of Cuchulainn, the Hound of Ulster, and Queen Maeve, and everything.
You could check that out.
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Posted: Fri Jan 27, 2006 10:45 am
thank you! i will! hopefully i can find things on the internet, my book resources aren't all that great. but with some story titles it might be easier! thanks again!
ella mae
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Posted: Tue Jan 31, 2006 3:01 pm
I love the one about Tir na og, or the swans..forget what it was called. oh ya the children of Lir and the Cuchulainn one rocks aswell there's an unreall add for guisness and the hurling with it.
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Posted: Fri Feb 03, 2006 7:44 pm
I have about six books on the subject. Irish lokelore and Fairy tale is my favorite subject material.
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Posted: Mon Feb 06, 2006 1:20 pm
I am said to be descended from Queen Maeve 3nodding
But who really knows with those old stories anyway?!
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Posted: Tue Feb 07, 2006 12:14 pm
We have to make up fairy stories in English and I'm doing mine on the most perfect place ever only it's miniscule because they're all fairies and I really wanna have an evil leoprachaun init and I don't know why but I think it would be weird but I think I'll have and evil leoprachaun who will crush the perfect kingdom! Or maybe not?
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Posted: Thu Feb 16, 2006 12:10 pm
any of the stories about Fin MacCool are good, but i love all the irish ghost stories, my grandfather used to tell me them when i'd visit him.
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Posted: Mon Mar 06, 2006 7:02 pm
The story of Rhiannon is pretty cool... Err... I would link a version, but I'm still confuzzled about the linking rules...
aaronshep.com has a really good version - long and short.
Also, there's a book called The Hounds of the Morrigan by Pat O'Shea. It has a lot about Celtic deities in it... and it's an awesome book anyway.
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Posted: Tue Apr 04, 2006 5:46 pm
I readed one that is about a young women who is getting married and it is her wedding day. One the night of her wedding day her husband is walking on the beach. By the way he is a officer. Her dad was down there as well. It was very dark and he couldn't see anything and he thought it was someone who was going to kill his officer. So he took out his gun and shots the man. Then he realize that it was his daughters husband. the wife was looking down at this time and she see her husband lying on the ground died. she screams and loses her balance and falls of the castle wall. The end.
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Posted: Tue Apr 04, 2006 10:23 pm
Neko_Kitsuni Also, there's a book called The Hounds of the Morrigan by Pat O'Shea. It has a lot about Celtic deities in it... and it's an awesome book anyway. I LOVE THAT BOOK!! Seriously, it's been one of my favorites for such a long time - probably about ten years now. Now I'm even more depressed that I lost it two years ago... still, it's wonderful. A definite must-read for anyone who is looking for some Irish fairy and folk tale flavor.
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Posted: Wed Apr 05, 2006 4:45 pm
Adeiras Neko_Kitsuni Also, there's a book called The Hounds of the Morrigan by Pat O'Shea. It has a lot about Celtic deities in it... and it's an awesome book anyway. I LOVE THAT BOOK!! Seriously, it's been one of my favorites for such a long time - probably about ten years now. Now I'm even more depressed that I lost it two years ago... still, it's wonderful. A definite must-read for anyone who is looking for some Irish fairy and folk tale flavor. I'm glad I've found someone else who's read it! It was my first real introduction to Celtic mythos... and now I'm in love! crying tears shed for you lost book!
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Posted: Fri Apr 21, 2006 7:00 pm
Can I get other book recomendations on this subject. Irish myth is so interesting to me. I like the Children of Lir (I think i spelled that right...) a lot. smile
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Posted: Sat Jun 03, 2006 3:25 pm
UnLapinTimide Can I get other book recomendations on this subject. Irish myth is so interesting to me. I like the Children of Lir (I think i spelled that right...) a lot. smile Yeah, the Children of Lir is another good one. Hmm... I don't know many other books. Mostly I just have collections of myths, or find them online.
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Posted: Sat Jun 03, 2006 6:18 pm
Oh cool! Some of those sound like very good reading. We have a book that is a collection of Irish Myths and folklore. Children of Lir is one of my favorites (my daughter's dance school did a dance drama of it this year. It was so cool!). The only story about Fin MacCool I'm familiar with comes from Dancing on Dangerous Ground, I'm afraid. redface But I love that DVD!
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