Irish Folk and Fairy Tales

In Irish Folk and Fairy Tales, William Butler Yeats delivers a vast collection of stories, songs, and poetry from his home country and Ireland's historical and legendary past. These writings helped secure Yeats' recognition as a leading proponent of Irish nationalism and cultural independence, and they also helped him spearhead the Irish Literary Revival. Originally published in two separate books near the end of the nineteenth century, these tales preserve a rich and charming heritage in a superbly authentic Irish voice.

In this volume, extraordinary Irish characters are brought to life through the incandescent poetic voice of W.B. Yeats, the first Irish writer to be honoured with the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1923. Born and educated in Dublin, Yeats was fascinated by both Irish legends and the occult from an early age, which are brilliantly explored in Irish Folk and Fairy Tales.

These legendary stories include Trooping Fairies, a Banshee, Kings and Queens, Giants, Devils, and the enigmatic Irish Leprechaun, which will delight and entertain readers of all ages. Poets, readers, children, and adults will all fall in love with these classic Irish Folk and Fairy Tales from one of the world's greatest poets, W. B. Yeats.