Seán Mac Giollarnáth. Peadar Chois Fhairrge.

Seán Mac Giollarnáth. Peadar Chois Fhairrge.

Seán Mac Giollarnáth. Peadar Chois Fhairrge. Scealta Nua Agus Seanscealta D’Innis Peadar Mac Thuathalain. Nach Maireann Do Shean Mac Giollarnath. First Edition. Dublin, Oifig Diolta Foillseachain Rialtais, 1934. 18 x 11 cm. 171 pages. Illustrated. Quarter blue cloth over paper covered boards. Red title. Hard cover. Inside orginal dust jacket, now inside clear archival jacket. Very good in very good dust jacket.

Seán Mac Giollarnáth (1880-29 January 1970) was an Irish folklorist.
A native of Coill an Bhogaigh, Gurteen, Ballinasloe, Mac Giollarnáth lived for a time in London before moving to Dublin where he taught at St. Enda’s, Rathfarnham. From 1909 to 1916 he was editor of An Claidheamh Soluis. He acted as a courier for the Old I.R.A. during the Irish War of Independence. In 1923 he was appointed District Justice, which he held till he retired in 1950.
He held a lifelong interest in wildlife and folklore, which formed the basis for much of his published work. He was awarded an LL.D by the National University of Ireland in the 1960s.

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Seán Mac Giollarnáth. Peadar Chois Fhairrge.
Seán Mac Giollarnáth. Peadar Chois Fhairrge.
Seán Mac Giollarnáth. Peadar Chois Fhairrge.
Seán Mac Giollarnáth. Peadar Chois Fhairrge.
Seán Mac Giollarnáth. Peadar Chois Fhairrge.