The Legends Lands Of Ireland

Author : Richard Marsh
Publisher : Sterling Publishing Company, Inc.
ISBN 13 : 9781402738241
Total Pages : 174 pages
Book Rating : 4.42/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Legends & Lands of Ireland written by Richard Marsh and published by Sterling Publishing Company, Inc.. This book was released on 2006-02-28 with total page 174 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From sinister spells to healing wells, this illustrated collection of 43 traditional Irish yarns brings forth the magic of a proud people and their lyrical landscapes. While you may know of the Blarney Stone or St. Patrick, you've probably never heard the saga of Lia Lfail, the ancient stone said to confirm a king's legitimacy by shrieking under the weight of his footsteps, or the legend of Dublin's haunted Hell Fire Club, where the devil himself was once believed to have paid a visit. Saturated with the colors of the Emerald Isle, the photos that grace these pages will transport you to a world of heroic deeds, violent deaths, and otherworldly adventures. Through these fanciful tales that have survived over the centuries, you'll glean fascinating facts on Irish genealogy, etymology and history. So suspend disbelief and step into a world steeped in storytelling and rich with lore.

Author : Jon Douglas Singer
Publisher : Xlibris Corporation
ISBN 13 : 1462841309
Total Pages : 115 pages
Book Rating : 4.01/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Ireland's Mysterious Lands and Sunken Cities written by Jon Douglas Singer and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2001-04-13 with total page 115 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Emerald Isle of Ireland has inspired a vast number of legends about lost or sunken lands and cities. These legends predate Roman and Christian influences. This book examines the intriguing nature of these legends and reviews anthropological and geological evidence supporting them. Was these indeed a Tir-fo-Thuin, the Land Under Wave, a combination of the dead and a paradise? Reviewed in Ireland of the Welcomes , Vol. 50, No. 6, November - December 2001, p.54 by Mary OSullivan Stories of sunken cities, monasteries, churches and royal palaces are scattered hither and yon across the broad landscape of Irish folklore. The fishermen of Lough Neagh believe that their huge lake conceals the proud remains of palaces and temples more firmly than the inhabitants of Scotland accept the existence of the Lough Ness monster. Hy Brazil or Hy Breasail, the legendary sunken paradise island is, of course, somewhere off the western seaboard, and thanks to its frequent reappearances on the surface, it persists on maps into the sixteenth century. The great Thomas Westropp reports personal sightings, one evening after sunset in 1887 off the Clare coast and again in 1910, this time on the Mayo coast! There are persistent stories of the image of a stately city clearly visible set in the sky above Galway bay, usually during spells of warm calm sunny weather`Come over next summer with an open mind. You never know your luck!

Author : Eithne Massey
Publisher : The O'Brien Press
ISBN 13 : 1847175759
Total Pages : 262 pages
Book Rating : 4.55/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Legendary Ireland written by Eithne Massey and published by The O'Brien Press. This book was released on 2013-10-01 with total page 262 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.

Author : Cary Meehan
Publisher : Gothic Image Publications
ISBN 13 : 9780906362433
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.31/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Traveller's Guide to Sacred Ireland written by Cary Meehan and published by Gothic Image Publications. This book was released on 2002 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This amazing book is well-researched, with years of research of historical and archaeological detail, legends and folklore, and current information on earth energies for each site. Before the author's rediscoveries, most of the vast number of ancient sites were unknown or almost forgotten except by locals.

Author : Iain Zaczek
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780760730119
Total Pages : 132 pages
Book Rating : 4.13/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Irish Legends written by Iain Zaczek and published by . This book was released on 2002 with total page 132 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Lady Wilde
Publisher : Courier Corporation
ISBN 13 : 0486120767
Total Pages : 370 pages
Book Rating : 4.68/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Legends, Charms and Superstitions of Ireland written by Lady Wilde and published by Courier Corporation. This book was released on 2012-06-04 with total page 370 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Nowhere in the nineteenth century did interest in folklore and mythology have a more thorough revival than in Ireland. There, in 1887, Lady Francesca Speranza Wilde, Oscar Wilde's mother and a well-known author in her own right, compiled this collection of charming, authentic folk tales. Collected from among the peasantry and retaining their original simplicity, the myths and legends reveal delightfully the Irish people's relationship with a spiritual and invisible world populated by fairies, elves, and evil beings. Included in Lady Wilde's collection, among others, are eerie tales of "The Horned Women," "The Holy Well and the Murderer," and "The Bride's Death-Song," as well as beguiling accounts of superstitions concerning the dead, celebrations and rites, animal legends, and ancient charms. The first book to link Irish folklore with nationalism, Legends illustrates the mythic underpinnings of the Irish character and signals the country's cultural reemergence. It remains, said the Evening Mail, "an important contribution to the literature of Ireland and the world's stock of folklore."

Author : lady Jane Francesca Elgee Wilde
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 366 pages
Book Rating : 4.FZ/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Ancient Legends,mystic Charms,and Superstitions of Ireland written by lady Jane Francesca Elgee Wilde and published by . This book was released on 1888 with total page 366 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Jane Francesca Wilde
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 368 pages
Book Rating : 4.33/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Ancient Legends, Mystic Charms, and Superstitions of Ireland written by Jane Francesca Wilde and published by . This book was released on 1888 with total page 368 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Francesca Wilde
Publisher : Jazzybee Verlag
ISBN 13 : 3849623696
Total Pages : 360 pages
Book Rating : 4.92/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Ancient Legends, Mystic Charms, and Superstitions of Ireland written by Francesca Wilde and published by Jazzybee Verlag. This book was released on 2012 with total page 360 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Many of the Irish legends, superstitions, and ancient charms now collected were obtained chiefly from oral communications made by the peasantry themselves, either in Irish or in the Irish-English which preserves so much of the expressive idiom of the antique tongue. These narrations were taken down by competent persons skilled in both languages, and as far as possible in the very words of the narrator; so that much of the primitive simplicity of the style has been retained, while the legends have a peculiar and special value as coming direct from the national heart.

Author : Fletcher S. Bassett
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 520 pages
Book Rating : 4.63/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Legends and Superstitions of the Sea and of Sailors in All Lands and at All Times written by Fletcher S. Bassett and published by . This book was released on 1885 with total page 520 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: