Sligo Folk Tales

Book excerpt: County Sligo, has a rich heritage of myths and legends which is uniquely captured in this collection of traditional tales from across the county. Here you will find tales of the traditional rural ways of life among the residents of Sligo, their customs, and superstitions, alongside stories of legendary heroes, epic battles, and heroic deeds, as well as fantastical accounts of mythical creatures, faeries, witches, and ghostly goings-on. In a vivid journey through Sligo's varied landscape, local storyteller Joe McGowan take the reader to places where legend and landscape are inseparably linked