Island Stories : Tales and Legends from the West (2 ed)

The Aran and Blasket Islands have been a source of inspiration for writers and artists.

Liam O'Flaherty, a world renowned author, based some of his finest stories on incidents from Aran life.

John Millington Synge came to Aran and the Blaskets as a visitor and found in the character of the people the material from which he created his dramas.

Sean O'Sullivan, the Folklorist, presents a selection of folktales, told in the natural idiom of the Seanchai or storyteller who handed his stock of tales down to the next generation.