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Ireland's Ghosts, Legends, and Lore
E. Ashley Rooney
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Description for Ireland's Ghosts, Legends, and Lore
Paperback. Over 30 spine-tingling tales of ghosts, legends, and lore from Ireland Num Pages: 157 pages, 34 color photos. BIC Classification: 1DBR; VXQG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 151 x 229 x 10. Weight in Grams: 306.
There's no clear-cut beginning or end between the conclusion of paganism and the beginning of Christianity in Ireland. The old gods lingered, but the Celtic Church was established, thanks to St. Patrick, by the fifth century in Ireland. Stirring Irish tales of demons and banshees, restless dead, and magical beasts were written down by Christian scribes centuries later. Christianity did not lead to happiness on this island, however. Its history has been dominated by its striving for independence from Great Britain. Its beautiful, but bleak, landscape of ruined castles, devastated abbeys, prehistoric stone circles, and foggy bogs contain many vengeful ... Read more
There's no clear-cut beginning or end between the conclusion of paganism and the beginning of Christianity in Ireland. The old gods lingered, but the Celtic Church was established, thanks to St. Patrick, by the fifth century in Ireland. Stirring Irish tales of demons and banshees, restless dead, and magical beasts were written down by Christian scribes centuries later. Christianity did not lead to happiness on this island, however. Its history has been dominated by its striving for independence from Great Britain. Its beautiful, but bleak, landscape of ruined castles, devastated abbeys, prehistoric stone circles, and foggy bogs contain many vengeful ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Schiffer Publishing Ltd United States
Number of pages
157
Condition
New
Number of Pages
160
Place of Publication
Atglen, United States
ISBN
9780764345081
SKU
V9780764345081
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About E. Ashley Rooney
E. Ashley Rooney has written many books about ghosts, legends, and lore of places around the world, including: Haunted London, English Ghosts, Legends, and Lore and Scotland: Ghosts, Legends, and Lore. Ciaran McHugh is a landscape photographer from Sligo in the northwest of Ireland. He has written many of the captions that accompany the images.
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