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Buy Now	Best-Loved Irish Legends (hb) Eithne Massey Stories from long, long ago, part of an ancient oral tradition, handed down from generation to generation and written down by the Christian monks of medieval Ireland. New pocket-sized hardback edition

Buy Now	A Bewitched Land (pb) Ireland's Witches Bob Curran A unique insight into the fascinating overlap between witch belief and the vast range of fairy lore that held sway for many centuries throughout the land.

Buy Now	A Fire in his Head (pb) Stories of Wandering Aengus Loreto Todd A unique fantasy adventure that takes the theme of W.B. Yeats' poem The Song of Wandering Aengus as its motif and draws into its telling a rich Celtic legacy of myth, legend and language.

Buy Now	A Haunted Land (pb) Bob Curran Stories of the amazing variety of hauntings to be experienced throughout the country.

Buy Now	Here, There and Everywhere (CD) Stories from Many Lands Liz Weir Why do skunks have an awful smell? What would the sky taste like? Was the snow always white? CD version.

Buy Now	Here, There and Everywhere (pb) Stories from Many Lands Liz Weir Why do skunks have an awful smell? What would the sky taste like? Was the snow always white?

Buy Now	Irish Legends (pb + tape) The Boyne Valley Book and Tape Brenda Maguire Ireland's favourite legends read by Gay Byrne, Cyril Cusack, Maureen Potter, John B. Keane, Rosaleen Linehan and Twink.

Island Stories (pb) Tales and Legends from the West Curriculum Development Unit A play, stories and folklore from JM Synge, Maurice O’Sullivan and Thomas and Liam O’Flaherty.

Buy Now	Legendary Ireland (pb) Myths and Legends of Ireland Eithne Massey This beautiful book visits twenty-eight richly atmospheric sites and tells the mythological stories associated with them.

Buy Now	The Leprechaun's Challenge (pb) Catherine O'Neil A Tall Tale about the Leprechaun Finn, who uses his powers to save a gossipy and bitter old crone.

Buy Now	The Leprechaun's Riddle (pb) Catherine O'Neil Another Tall Tale about the Leprechaun Finn. This time he must come up with a clever riddle to protect his gold.