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Donegal Fairy Stories (original 1900; edition 1968)

by Seumas MacManus

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Title:Donegal Fairy Stories
Authors:Seumas MacManus
Info:Dover Publications (1968), Paperback, 256 pages
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Donegal Fairy Stories by Seumas MacManus (1900)

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Is deisciobal úṁal a ṫoirḃireas, le ur-

raim ṁóir, an leaḃairín beaʒ so

do ċuiṁne na seanċurḋe ʒaeḋeal

aċ sin do ċonʒḋuiʒ beó ḋúinn

tre ʒráḋ tíre aʒus ʒráḋ

sʒéalaiʒeaċta aṁáin

sean sʒéalta dreáʒa

ár ʒciniḋ, ó aois ʒo

n-aois aʒus ó

ʒiúm ʒo

ʒlún
It is a humble disciple who dedicates with

great reverence whit little book to the

memory of those Gaelic shanachies

who have kept alive for us --

through love of country and

love of story-telling only

-- the fine ancient tales

of our race, from age

to age and from

generation to

generation
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Our Tales

Tales as old as the curlew's call are today listed to around the hearths of Donegal with the same keen and credulous eagerness with which they were hearkened to hundreds of years ago.
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Please note that the book with ISBN 0486219712 is not the same book as the Swordpoint Intercontinental, Ltd., edition, ISBN 095445300X (see below). While both are from the original, the Swordpoint book is edited with modern English, grammar and punctuation, with digitally-enhanced illustrations. It is the best edition. The description for the Swordpoint edition is:
Ten delightful original Irish fairy tales from County Donegal. Translated from the Irish language by Seumas MacManus and first printed in 1900, this new edition, published in County Donegal, Ireland, has modern language, punctuation and word usage, digitally enhanced original line drawings, and newly-commissioned, full-colour cover art by Donegal artist John Quigley. Edited by Joseph A. Greenleaf of Malin Head, Co Donegal, all of the original flavour and character of the stories remain, ready to be read to your children and grandchildren. The 'wee red man,' the talking horses, the two- and three-headed giants, Prince Connal, Jack, Taig the Tailor, Manis the Miller and all the others live once more between the covers. So, light the turf fire, fill your glass, pull up some wee creepie stools and read Donegal Fairy Stories. The years will fall away, and you'll be flying over the castle walls, nine miles high! As Seumas would say, 'Ciad and Dark Eye lived a long life and a happy one, and may you and I do the same.'
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Amazon.com Product Description (ISBN 0486219712, Paperback)

Discover 10 favorite folk tales, all epitomizing the special charm and enchantment of the Irish imagination. Capturing the distinct flavor and language of old Ireland, the stories include "Hookedy-Crookedy" and "The Snow, the Crow and the Blood." Includes 33 full-page illustrations by Frank Verbeck, one of L. Frank Baum's favorite artists.

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