An edition of Tales of the Wicklow hills
(2007)
Tales of the Wicklow hills
2000 years of history, myth, legend and local stories
by Richard Marsh
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History, myth, legend, ghost tales, humour and local stories collected from medieval manuscripts and old and modern written and oral sources.
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Tales of the Wicklow hills: 2000 years of history, myth, legend and local stories
2007, Richard Marsh - Legendary Books (imprint), Richard Marsh
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in English
0955756804 9780955756801
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"These stories of fact and fancy range from the 1st century BC “Naming of Baltinglass”, part of the mythological history of Ireland, to current oral accounts of recent incidents in “The Vale of Avoca”. (from Preface)"
Table of Contents
Foreword by Dáithí Ó hÓgáin
Preface
The Naming of Baltinglass
The Melodies of Buchet’s House
Saint Kevin and Glendalough
Fingal Rónáin
Feagh McHugh O’Byrne
Michael Dwyer
The Hanging of John Moore
Hempenstall – “The Walking Gallows”
The Vale of Avoca
Thomas Moore and the Meeting of the Waters
Bob Pyne
The Avoca “Non-leprechaun”
The Tigroney Ghost
The Cherrymount Fairy
The Avoca Púca
“Me and Thee”
The Mottee Stone
The Fairy Tree
The Violation of a Fairy Fort
The Moving Statue
The Big Snow
Toss Byrne’s Stroke
Jimmy Treacy
Miscellaneous Tales
A Redcross Púca
Poulaphuca
The Ball Moat
“Ned Sheehy of Dromin”
A Mysterious Incident in Rathdangan
The Gates of Heaven
Saint Bridget’s Head Stone
Baltinglass Bell Tower
Shawn Reilly
The Athgreany Stone Circle
“The Night We Riz the Tan”
A Bray Ghost Story
Saint Patrick in Wicklow
A Rathnew Stroke
The Glenmalure Man
Notes on the Stories
Sources: Published and Oral
Edition Notes
Includes end notes and bibliographical references.
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First Sentence
"These stories of fact and fancy range from the 1st century BC “Naming of Baltinglass”, part of the mythological history of Ireland, to current oral accounts of recent incidents in “The Vale of Avoca”. (from Preface)"
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