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Fairy tales of Ireland Irish folktales and Celtic tales blend. Irish folktales were put down in writing in the 1800s, mainly. They are oral fictional tales of the Irish-speaking districts, originally told in various dialects about semidivine, dwarfish beings and persons they met, and other incidents. Some of these being have their roots in Celtic mythology. Some tales are retold. - TK

Connemara poneys, suggestive of Irish fairy tales and other folktales of Ireland
  1. Paddy Corcoran's Wife
  2. Jamie Freel and the Young Lady
  3. Grace Connor
  4. The Greedy Fox
  5. The Woman without Stockings
  6. The Giant's Stairs
  7. Billy and the Tiny Man in a Three-Cornered Hat
  8. The Girl Who Got the Better of the Gentleman

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