Irish Fairy Tales

Irish Fairy Tales
Cover of the first edition, 1920
AuthorJames Stephens
IllustratorArthur Rackham
Cover artistArthur Rackham
GenreFolktale
PublisherMacmillan & Co.
Publication date
1920
Publication placeUnited Kingdom
Media typePrint (hardcover)
OCLC6835250
LC ClassPZ8.S58 Ir[1]
Preceded byReincarnations (1918) 
Followed byDierdre (1923) 

Irish Fairy Tales is a retelling of ten Irish folktales by the Irish author James Stephens. The English illustrator Arthur Rackham provided interior artwork, including numerous black and white illustrations and sixteen color plates. The stories are set in a wooded, Medieval Ireland filled with larger-than-life hunters, warriors, kings, and fairies. Many stories concern the Fianna and their captain, Fionn mac Uail, from the Fenian Cycle of Irish mythology.[2][3]

The book was first published by Macmillan and Company in 1920. It is one of Stephens' better-known works.

  1. ^ "Irish fairy tales" (1st US ed.). LCCN Permalink. Library of Congress (lccn.loc.gov). Retrieved 2016-10-05.
  2. ^ Peters, Vincent (19 February 2007). "Fionn MacCumhail". Triskelle. Retrieved 5 January 2010.
  3. ^ "Fenian Cycle". Encyclopædia Britannica. 2010. Retrieved 5 January 2010.