The Tangle-Coated Horse and Other Tales: Episodes from the Fionn Saga

About this book

Ella Young was born in 1867 in the little village of Feenagh County Antrim. "From childhood I heard tales of ghosts banshees haunted castles mischievous and friendly sprites snatches of ballads and political arguments....It was not until I came to Dublin and met Standish OGrady A.E. and Kuna Meyer that I realized what a heritage waited for me in Celtic literature. I read every translation I could get learned Irish and betook myself to Gaelic Ireland where by turf fires I could hear the poems of the Fianna recited by folk who had heard the faery music and danced in faery circles...".