{"product_id":"folktales-of-ireland-9780226639987","title":"Folktales of Ireland","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Sean O'Sullivan\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: University of Chicago Press\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: University of Chicago Press\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Fairy Tales, Folk Tales, Legends \u0026amp; Mythology\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFew countries can boast such a plentitude of traditional folktales as Ireland. In 1935, the creation of The Irish Folklore Commission set in motion the first organized efforts of collecting and studying a multitude of folktales, both written as well as those of the Irish oral tradition. The Commission has collected well over a million pages of manuscripts. \u003ci\u003eFolktales of Ireland\u003c\/i\u003e offers chief archivist Sean O'Sullivan's representation of this awe-inspiring collection. These tales represent the first English language collection of Gaelic folktales. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Without doubt the finest group of Irish tales that has yet been published in English.\"--\u003ci\u003eThe Guardian\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"O'Sullivan writes out of an intimacy with his subject and an instinctive grasp of the language of the originals. He tells us that his archives contain more than a million and a half pages of manuscript. If Mr. O'Sullivan translates them, I'll read them.\"--Seamus Heaney, \u003ci\u003eNew Statesman\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"The stories have an authentic folktale flavor and will satisfy both the student of folklore and the general reader.\"--\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"University of Chicago Press","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":47591318225047,"sku":"9780226639987","price":2952.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9780226639987.webp?v=1774972440","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/folktales-of-ireland-9780226639987","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}