{"product_id":"folktales-of-ireland","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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Without doubt the finest group of Irish tales that has yet been published in English.\"—\u003ci\u003eThe Guardian\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\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\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\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\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"The University of Chicago Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54218479370584,"sku":"9780226639987","price":22.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0278\/1295\/4195\/files\/9780226639987_e07e474f-4866-479d-8241-40f9b27e76cd.jpg?v=1771308042","url":"https:\/\/agendabookshop.com\/products\/folktales-of-ireland","provider":"Agenda Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}