Traits and Stories of the Irish Peasantry

Traits and Stories of the Irish Peasantry
Title Traits and Stories of the Irish Peasantry PDF eBook
Author William Carleton
Publisher
Pages 382
Release 1836
Genre Ireland
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Irish Fairy and Folk Tales

Irish Fairy and Folk Tales
Title Irish Fairy and Folk Tales PDF eBook
Author William Butler Yeats
Publisher
Pages 400
Release 1999
Genre Contes de fées
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A Treasury of Irish Myth, Legend, and Folklore

A Treasury of Irish Myth, Legend, and Folklore
Title A Treasury of Irish Myth, Legend, and Folklore PDF eBook
Author Claire Booss
Publisher Gramercy
Pages 776
Release 1986
Genre Fiction
ISBN

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Introduce yourself to the noble heroes and magical creatures of Irish mythology. Includes the two definitive works on the subject by the giants of the Irish Renaissance. W.B. Yeates' Fairy and Folk Tales of the Irish Peasantry and Lady Gregory's Cuchulain of Muirthemne.

Stories of the Irish Peasantry

Stories of the Irish Peasantry
Title Stories of the Irish Peasantry PDF eBook
Author Anna Maria Hall
Publisher
Pages 318
Release 1850
Genre Ireland
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Views of the Irish Peasantry, 1800-1916

Views of the Irish Peasantry, 1800-1916
Title Views of the Irish Peasantry, 1800-1916 PDF eBook
Author Daniel J. Casey
Publisher Hamden, Conn. : Archon Books
Pages 238
Release 1977
Genre Literary Criticism
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The Graves Are Walking

The Graves Are Walking
Title The Graves Are Walking PDF eBook
Author John Kelly
Publisher Macmillan + ORM
Pages 436
Release 2012-08-21
Genre Social Science
ISBN 0805095632

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“Though the story of the potato famine has been told before, it’s never been as thoroughly reported or as hauntingly told.” —New York Post It started in 1845 and before it was over more than one million men, women, and children would die and another two million would flee the country. Measured in terms of mortality, the Great Irish Potato Famine was the worst disaster in the nineteenth century—it claimed twice as many lives as the American Civil War. A perfect storm of bacterial infection, political greed, and religious intolerance sparked this catastrophe. But even more extraordinary than its scope were its political underpinnings, and The Graves Are Walking provides fresh material and analysis on the role that Britain’s nation-building policies played in exacerbating the devastation by attempting to use the famine to reshape Irish society and character. Religious dogma, anti-relief sentiment, and racial and political ideology combined to result in an almost inconceivable disaster of human suffering. This is ultimately a story of triumph over perceived destiny: for fifty million Americans of Irish heritage, the saga of a broken people fleeing crushing starvation and remaking themselves in a new land is an inspiring story of revival. Based on extensive research and written with novelistic flair, The Graves Are Walking draws a portrait that is both intimate and panoramic, that captures the drama of individual lives caught up in an unimaginable tragedy, while imparting a new understanding of the famine’s causes and consequences. “Magisterial . . . Kelly brings the horror vividly and importantly back to life with his meticulous research and muscular writing. The result is terrifying, edifying and empathetic.” —USA Today

Meeting the Other Crowd

Meeting the Other Crowd
Title Meeting the Other Crowd PDF eBook
Author Eddie Lenihan
Publisher Penguin
Pages 353
Release 2004-02-02
Genre Fiction
ISBN 1101167335

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"The Other Crowd," "The Good People," "The Wee Folk," and "Them" are a few of the names given to the fairies by the people of Ireland. Honored for their gifts and feared for their wrath, the fairies remind us to respect the world we live in and the forces we cannot see. In these tales of fairy forts, fairy trees, ancient histories, and modern true-life encounters with The Other Crowd, Eddie Lenihan opens our eyes to this invisible world with the passion and bluntness of a seanchai, a true Irish storyteller.