{"product_id":"folktales-of-ireland-sean-osullivan-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\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Sean O'Sullivan\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0226639983\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780226639987\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Chicago Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/15\/1999\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 365\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.83lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.03h x 5.38w x 0.81d","brand":"Sean O'Sullivan","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43981510705407,"sku":"9780226639987","price":41.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_585a2248-36ae-492d-842f-7f6406ff96d6.jpg?v=1683256009","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/folktales-of-ireland-sean-osullivan-9780226639987","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}