Irish Folktales

I cannot understand why folks would unfairly criticize this volume. Having delved deeply into the likes of Yeats and Graves, I can attest that the sampling of tales and legends in Glassie is _precisely_ representative of the Irish folk literature. If a reader finds the preponderance of "bar tales" (funny, I couldn't find many, but I don't frequent bars) offensive, perhaps he should choose a less alcohol-infatuated culture than the Irish: I doubt the merest mention of alcohol would grace Inea Bushnaq's collection of Arabic folktales, which is also published by Pantheon. If you can't stand the heat, get out of the kitchen! Meanwhile, if you _truly_ want to be bored and offended, try reading Rolleston's archaic rendering of the myths of the Tuatha de Danann: I can't remember how many times I fell asleep despite being quite the devotee of the mythologies of world's cultures.

Henry Glassie is a great researcher, but the format is kind of academic. I was looking for something a little more entertaining.

A collection of irish folktales, written long ago. Learned a lot about banshees, little people, etc.

I have yet to encounter one of the Pantheon folklore series that was not a good read. This is no exception. My regret is that they have not published more and that some of their folklore books seem out of print. I enjoyed this book and I am happy to recommend it. Since my major interest is Celtic folklore, this volume was both welcome and entertaining.

Love to read about my homeland.

A must have for anyone who wants to be knowledgeable on Irish Folk Tales.. Thirty pieces of silver is an excellent story.

A wonderful collection of fairy tales from Ireland. Some are short. Some are very long and some are hard to understand while others are super simple.

Interesting. For school

Love it. The entire folk tale series is excellent value and good reading.

No this is not what I thought, not really a good book