Meeting the Other Crowd: The Fairy Stories of Hidden Ireland - Softcover

Eddie Lenihan

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1585423076 ISBN 13: 9781585423071

Publisher: Jeremy P Tarcher, 2004

Synopsis

The Other Crowd', 'The Good People', 'The Wee Folk' and 'Them' are a few of the names given to the fairies by people in Ireland. Honoured for their gifts and feared for their wrath, the fairies remind us to respect both the world we live in and forces we cannot see. In Meeting the Other Crowd, Eddie Lenihan presents a book about a hidden Ireland, a land of mysterious taboos, dangers, other worldly abductions, enchantments and much more. It is a world which most Irish people acknowledge exists, but which few of them, except the very oldest or professional folklorists, know much more about. Eddie Lenihan opens our eyes to this invisible world with the passion and bluntness of a great storyteller. In doing so he provides one of the finest collections of Irish folklore in modern times.

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Product Description:

Paperback. Pub Date: 2004 Pages: 352 in Publisher: Penguin Group (USA) Incorporated The Other Crowd The Good People The Wee Folk and Them are a few of the names given to the withfairies by the people of Ireland. Honored for their gifts and feared for their wrath. the fairies remind us to respect the world we live in and the forces we cannot see.In these tales of fairy forts. fairy trees. ancient histories. and modern true-life encounters with The Other Crowd. Eddie Lenihan opens our eyes to this invisible world with the passion and bluntness of a seanchai. a true Irish storyteller.

Review:

"Mr. Lenihan is one of the few traditional story-tellers--seanchai in Gaelic--still working in Ireland."

About this edition

• Publisher: Jeremy P Tarcher
• Publication date: 2004
• ISBN 10: 1585423076
• ISBN 13: 9781585423071
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 352