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Fairy and Folk Tales of the Irish Peasantry

by William Butler YEATS (1865 - 1939)

Hy-Brasail - The Isle of the Blest - The Phantom Isle

This is a collection of Fairy and Folk tales. The poet William Butler Yeats collected them from around the Western part of Ireland and translated them near the end of the 1800s. - Summary by Michele Eaton

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Listen next episodes of Fairy and Folk Tales of the Irish Peasantry:
A Legend of Knockmany , Giants - The Giant's Stairs , King O'Toole and His Goose , Kings, Queens, Princesses, Earls, Robbers - The Twelve Wild Geese , Munachar and Manachar - Donald and his Neighbours , Saints, Priests The Priest's Soul - The Priest of Coloony , The Devil The Demon Cat - The Long Spoon - The Countess Kathleen , The Haughty Princess - The Enchantment of Gearoidh Iarla , The Jackdaw , The Lazy Beauty and Her Aunts , The Story of Conn-eda , The Story of the Little Bird - Conversion King Laoghaire's Daughters , The Three Wishes Part 1 , The Three Wishes Part 2