Irish Fairy Tales

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Irish Fairy Tales

by Edmund Leamy

EN·~3 hours·22 chapters

Chapters

22 total

FAIRY TALES.

0:00

PRINCESS FINOLA AND THE DWARF.

22:31

THE HOUSE IN THE LAKE.

28:43

THE LITTLE WHITE CAT

28:32

THE GOLDEN SPEARS.

24:14

THE FAIRY TREE OF DOOROS.

23:54

THE ENCHANTED CAVE.

31:24

THE HUNTSMAN’S SON.

27:21

NOTES.

0:00

I. The Birds of the Mystic Lake.

1:21

Description

In a remote, windswept moor a young girl named Finola lives in a tiny beehive‑shaped hut with a bitter old woman and a mute dwarf who visits once a month with a sack of corn. The silence of the endless landscape is broken only by Finola’s own singing and the occasional thunder of distant waves, creating a world that feels both timeless and hauntingly intimate. When a sudden, mysterious invitation arrives from a tiny, bright‑clad fairy, the dwarf is drawn into an underground realm of glittering pillars, golden tables, and enchanted objects that promise a voice he has never known.

The story unfolds with Finola’s quiet longing and the dwarf’s growing devotion, setting the stage for a magical encounter that could change their fates. As the fairy’s wand of speech glimmers, the promise of communication and wonder beckons, inviting listeners to step into a realm where ordinary lives meet extraordinary enchantment.

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Language

en

Duration

~3 hours (189K characters)

Publisher of text edition

Project Gutenberg

Credits

Produced by David Edwards, Dan Horwood and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive)

Release date

Jul 4, 2009

Rights

Public domain in the USA.

About the author

Edmund Leamy

Edmund Leamy

1848–1904

An Irish writer, journalist, and politician, he is best remembered today for fairy tales that helped bring Irish folklore to young readers. His life joined literature and public life, giving his stories a strong sense of national feeling as well as wonder.

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