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A collection of folktales containing some of the mythological and magical themes which provided inspiration to Yeats in his poetry. W.B. Yeats (1865-1939) , Irelands greatest poet, spent long periods of his formative years with his mothers family, the Pollexfens, in Sligo, on the northwest coast of Ireland. This collection of folktales contains some of the mythological and magical themes which were an immense inspiration to Yeats in his poetry. The Sligo countryside, the beautiful seashore around Enniscrone, Easky and Aughris and the romantic Lough Gill are the backdrop to stories of magic, romance and great heartbreak. Ben Bulben, the strange and majestic Sligo table-mountain, was also one of the great symbolic influences on Yeats. There Diarmuid Duibhne, hero of the celebrated story of Diarmuid and Grinnne, died of injuries received from the wild boar of Ben Bulben, compounded by the ill-will of his old enemy Finn Mac Cumhail. Yeats himself is buried in Drumcliffe churchyard, under bare Ben Bulbens head. Dating from both the pre-Christian and early Christian periods, these haunting and enduring stories from one of Irelands most beautiful areas are a sample of the riches of the I

Author

Bracken, Pauline.

Publisher

Mercier Press ; Irish American Book Co., c1992.

Published

1992

Language

EN

ISBN

9781856350327

Rating

3.25 / 5 (4 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14