Over Nine Waves

Informationen zum Autor Marie Heaney was born in County Tyrone and began her teaching career in schools in Northern Ireland. She and her family moved to Dublin in 1972 where she still lives. As well as Over Nine Waves she has also written The Names Upon the Harp , a book of Irish legends for children (Faber, 2000, illustrated by P. J. Lynch) and as an editor with Townhouse Publishing in Dublin has produced several anthologies, including Heart Mysteries , a personal selection of Irish poetry. Marie Heaney has also contributed to newspapers and journals and has written for radio and television. Klappentext Journalist Marie Heaney skillfully revives the glory of ancient Irish storytelling in this comprehensive volume from the great pre-Christian sequences to the more recent tales of the three patron saints Patrick, Brigid, and Colmcille. Zusammenfassung 'These legends are the action-packed stories - of ancient heroes, huge battles, attempted invasions, prophecies and spells, clashes between the underworld and the real world, abductions, love affairs and feasts - which have fascinated the Irish mind for more than 2,000 years .

Product details

• Authors: Marie Heaney, Heaney Marie
• Assisted by: Marie Heaney (Editor)
• Publisher: Faber & Faber
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 22.05.1995
• EAN: 9780571175185
• ISBN: 978-0-571-17518-5
• No. of pages: 272
• Dimensions: 128 mm x 198 mm x 22 mm
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature > Fairytales, sagas, legends; FICTION / Fairy Tales, Folk Tales, Legends & Mythology, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Folklore & Mythology, Folklore, myths & legends, Folklore; Legends; Mythology, Fiction: Traditional stories, myths and fairy tales, Folklore studies / Study of myth (mythology)