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Title: Irish Wonders by D.R. JR MCANALLY ISBN: 0-517-12396-7 Publisher: Gramercy Pub. Date: 06 November, 1996 Format: Hardcover Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $7.99 |
Average Customer Rating: 3 (5 reviews)
Rating: 1
Summary: Good for the illustrations
Comment: I love all things Irish! However, this book is useless. The vast majority of the book is written, as one reviewer put it, like the Irish speak. This makes the book completely unreadable- I tried a few chapters and gave up. It took so much concentration to figure out what the words were, that I couldn't string them together to form a logical thought. This may have well been written in Gaelic. If this book gets translated into proper English, I'll be the first in line to buy it. Until then, I'll enjoy the pretty pictures...
Rating: 4
Summary: Great Stories... But... Hard To Follow
Comment: I gave this book 4 stars because I enjoyed reading it.. but the language was something I hadn't expected.. It is written exactly like Irishmen talk.. for an example: Tipperary, whos father was a farmer there, an' had a shmart bit av land wid no end av shape grazin' on it, an' the Tipperary boy was n't bad at all, only as shtupid as a donkey. This was taken from the story "The Rock of Cashel.. So if you buy this book.. be prepared to over look the obvious spelling/language problems but the stories are just as interesting. (I feel this pook should be given 3 and a half stars but I will go up a number instead of down. The book is interesting)
Rating: 3
Summary: Charming folktales from old Ireland.
Comment: (The book I read was a 1977 reprint of the original 1888 edition, and some of the things I mention here might not apply to later editions.)
This charming book contains many folktales collected around Ireland before the close of the Nineteenth Century. As the title says, there are tales about ghosts, giants, pookas, the devil, etc. A distinctive feature of this book is that the author records not just the tale, but records it in the dialect of the teller!
However, I use the word "charming" because the stories are humorous, but rarely terribly interesting. Also, the author's use of the vernacular, while an interesting feature, requires the reader to pay particular attention when reading, and to be familiar with certain Irish words (e.g. shebeen, poteen, omadhawn, etc.).
As such, I would not call this a great book, but it is a good one - a charming one.
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Title: Irish Myths and Legends by Lady Gregory, William Butler Yeats ISBN: 0762404515 Publisher: Running Press Pub. Date: April, 1999 List Price(USD): $4.95 |
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Title: Treasury of Irish Myth, Legend & Folklore by William Butler Yeats ISBN: 051748904X Publisher: Gramercy Pub. Date: 11 May, 1988 List Price(USD): $14.99 |
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Title: A Field Guide to Irish Fairies by Bob Curran, Andrew Whitson ISBN: 0811822761 Publisher: Chronicle Books Pub. Date: October, 1998 List Price(USD): $12.95 |
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Title: Irish Fairy and Folk Tales by WILLIAM BUTLER YEATS, PAUL MULDOON ISBN: 0812968557 Publisher: Modern Library Pub. Date: 11 February, 2003 List Price(USD): $11.95 |
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Title: FAIRY FOLK TALES OF IRELAND by William Butler Yeats ISBN: 0684829525 Publisher: Scribner Pub. Date: 02 March, 1998 List Price(USD): $14.00 |
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