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JK Jackson Editor

Professor Kelly Fitzgerald (Introduction) is Head of Irish Folklore & Ethnology in the School of Irish, Celtic Studies and Folklore at University College Dublin. She sits on the editorial board of Béaloideas: The Journal of the Folklore Society of Ireland. She’s also Chairperson of ANU Productions, a Director of the National Folklore Foundation, and current President of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland. Her research focusses on Literary and Oral Interaction in Irish Folklore and she has written on the intellectual history and development of Irish folkloristics and archives amongst other aspects of folklore studies and oral history.

J.K. Jackson has written, edited and contributed to over 20 books. Related works include studies of Babylonian creation myths, the philosophy to time and William Blake's use of mythology in his visionary literature.