Irish Folk and Fairy Tales

Irish Folk and Fairy Tales gathers Irish stories, poems, songs and folkloric accounts selected and edited by W. B. Yeats. Its supernatural material includes traditions concerning the fairies, the solitary leprechaun, the mischievous pooka, merrows and banshees, alongside narratives shaped by rural belief and storytelling.

A dedicated ghost section includes “Grace Connor”, “The Black Lamb”, “Song of the Ghost”, “The Radiant Boy” and “The Fate of Frank M’Kenna”. The collection also brings together tales involving legendary figures, enchanted encounters and otherworldly dangers, preserving the variety of Irish oral and literary tradition as it was gathered for an English-speaking audience in the late 19th century.