The captivating Irish stories collected in this new edition include both comic tales such as 'Paddy O'Kelly and the Weasel', and tales of heroes from ancient literature such as 'How Cormac Mac Art went to Faery'. By turns funny, fantastical and mysterious, the stories are matched in liveliness by the original illustrations of John D. Batten. It would be hard to find a better introduction for children to the special magic of Celtic storytelling.

The stories in this book are taken from Joseph Jacob's classic two-volume collection Celtic Fairy Tales (1891-2) and More Celtic Fairy Tales (1894).

Connla and the Fairy Maiden

Guleesh

The Field of Boliauns

The Horned Wmen

Hudden and Dudden and Donald O'Neary

The Story of Deirdre

Munachar and Manachar

King O'Toole and his Goose

Jack and his Comrades

The Shee an Gannon and the Gruagach Gaire

The Storyteller at Fault

A Legend of Knockmany

Fair, Brown and Trembling

Jack and his Master

Andrew Coffey

The Lad with the Goatskin

The Fate of the Children of Lir

Jack the Cunning Thief

Paddy O'Kelly and the Weasel

The Vision of MacConglinney

Dream of Owen O'Mulready

Morraha

The Story of the McAndrew Family

The Greek Princess and the Young Gardener

Smallhead and the King's Sons

The Legend of Knockgrafton

How Cormac Mac Art went to Faery

Author's notes to the stories