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- Charting the Folklore of Ireland
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- Gregory: A Book Of Saints And Wonders
Digital Books | Galway County Library
- Gregory: Cuchulain Of Muirthemne
History & Heritage | Galway County Library
- Gregory: Gods And Fighting Men
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- Joynt: The Golden Legends Of The Gael
Digital Books | Dublin City Public Libraries
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Ireland’s biodiversity is rich and varied
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With the foundation of The Folklore of Ireland Society (An Cumann le Béaloideas Éireann) in 1927, the idea of the scientific collection, preservation, indexing and publication of the folklore of Ireland , in all its richness, variety and imaginative intensity, gained momentum.
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Ruins of St. Mullins, founded by St. Moling
Sepia photograph of St. Mullins ruins and its graveyard taken from the Moat by W.O'Leary and included in a booklet entitled St. Mullins by local historian Patrick O'Leary.
Carlow County Library
View of River Barrow at St. Mullins
View of River Barrow at St. Mullins County Carlow. Showing wooded hillsides and picnic area with trees in the distance.
Carlow County Library
Title page of Buile Suibhne, the Irish Texts Society
Title page of Buile Suibhne, the Irish Texts Society
Carlow County Library
Teampall Mór, St Mullins
View of the Teampall Mór at St Mullins showing the pointed west doorway. It is the oldest church at St. Mullins. All that remains is a portion of the nave and chancel.
Carlow County Library
Sign to St Laserian's Holy Well
Directional finger post sign to St. Laserians Holy Well Old Leighlin. This Holy Well is a popular place of pilgrimage from ancient times.
Carlow County Library
Round Tower Base at St Mullins
A view of the base of the Round Tower at St Mullins. Remains of Round Tower at St. Mullins Co. Carlow consisting of a circular base. The ruin consists of four rows of granite ashlar.
Carlow County Library
Picnic area at St. Mullins
View of Picnic area situated beside the River Barrow at St. Mullins in South County Carlow. This is a popular scenic area developed in conjunction with the important ancient site associated with St. Moling.
Carlow County Library
Doorway at Teampall Mór, St Mullins
Close-up view of the pointed west doorway of Teampall Mór at St. Mullins. The pointing is not an original feature of the ruin but rather a later insertion. Teampall Mór or "great church" is the oldest church on this ancient site.
Carlow County Library
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Search for All Fetured Audio/Video Media »O'Grady, Standish, The Coming of Cuculain, Dublin: The Talbot Press, 1894
O'Grady, Standish, The Coming of Cuculain, Dublin: The Talbot Press, 1894
Yeats, W.B., Poems, London: T. Fisher Unwin Ltd
Poems by the Anglo-Irish poet, William Butler Yeats (1865-1939) dedicated to his muse Maud Gonne contains revisions of some his most famous works, plays and poems such as The Wanderings of Usheen, The Countess Cathleen, The Rose and The Land of Heart's Desire.
Dublin City Public Libraries
Yeats, W. B. Yeats, Early Poems And Stories, London: MacMillan And Co., 1925
Early Poems And Stories by William Butler Yeats published 1925 contains a collection of poems and stories from the late 1880s and early 1890s.
Digital Books | Dublin City Public Libraries
Ancient Cures, Charms and Usages of Ireland
Ancient Cures, Charms and Usages of Ireland: contributions to Irish lore by Lady Wilde, author of "Ancient Legends of Ireland," "Driftwood from Scandinavia," etc. London: Ward and Downey, 12, York Street, Covent Garden, W.C. 1890.
History & Heritage | Other
Fairy Legends and Traditions of the South of Ireland
Fairy Legends and Traditions of the South of Ireland, by T. Crofton Croker, Esq. A new and complete edition by T. Wright, Esq. M.A., F.S.A., etc. With illustrations by Maclise and Green.
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Legendary Fictions of the Irish Celts
Legendary Fictions of the Irish Celts, collected and narrated by Patrick Kennedy. London: MacMillan and Co. and New York, 1891.
History & Heritage | An Chomhairle Leabharlanna