{"product_id":"folktales-of-ireland-9780226639987","title":"Folktales of Ireland","description":"Few 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. \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\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"University of Chicago Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51966956273938,"sku":"9780226639987","price":24.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_2d23043f-dc77-4cf0-8686-211704bd384a.jpg?v=1768916186","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/folktales-of-ireland-9780226639987","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}