Irish Myths and Legends

Gods and Fighting Men

Lady Augusta Gregory author William Butler Yeats editor

Format:Hardback

Publisher:New Island Books

Published:31st Mar '22

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Irish Myths and Legends cover

Lady Augusta Gregory’s Irish Myths and Legends, or Gods and Fighting Men as it was first titled in 1904, is an essential collection of Irish myths, legends and folk tales gathered by Gregory from Irish oral story tellers at the close of the nineteenth century.

These epic tales are divided into two parts: the first charts the coming of the mythic Tuatha De Danaan to Ireland, the lives of Manannan and Lugh, and the tragedy of the Children of Lir. The second part follows the exploits and trials of Finn Mac Cumhal, the Fianna, Oisin, and the love story of Diarmuid and Grania.

This is a timeless collection of Irish myths and legends - whimsical, tragic, astounding and ever familiar - borne through the centuries, and an essential part of Ireland's literary heritage.

ISBN: 9781848408128

Dimensions: 215mm x 135mm x 39mm

Weight: 570g

456 pages