The Children Of Tuireann
by Douglas Hyde (An Craoibhin)
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- Very Good
- Paperback
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- Condition
- Very Good
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About This Item
Original 1941 Dublin Talbot Press First Irish Edition Thus With Una Hyde B/W Cover Illustration of the Three Sons Of Tuireann. Clean Very Good Clean Tight Condition. Some light sunning on board edges only. Hint of foxing on last two pages. NOT a library copy. NO inscriptions NO writing Wrap around Green Card stock cover.. 58 pp+ Glossary. Known in Irish Shanachie circles as, "One of the Three Sorrowful Tales of Storytelling" Tells of the Tuatha De Dannan having to perform impossible tasks before the battle against the monstrous Fomor. Here retold by one of the Fathers of the Gaelic revival, Douglas Hyde translated into English. One task is to retrieve a murderous spear that drips blood (Later Grail Spear and Spear of Destiny) from Persia. See Three Geese In Flight Celtic Book Scans
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One of the "Three Great Irish Tales of Storytelling" Here by Douglas Hyde
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- Bookseller
- Three Geese In Flight Celtic Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 6565
- Title
- The Children Of Tuireann
- Author
- Douglas Hyde (An Craoibhin)
- Illustrator
- Una Hyde Cover Illustration
- Format/Binding
- Paperback
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Talbot Press
- Place of Publication
- Dublin
- Date Published
- 1941
- Size
- 12mo
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
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- Bookseller catalogs
- Irish; Celtic Studies; Medieval and Early Medieval; Fantasy Literature; Megalithic/Goddess/Geomancy;
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