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Books in the Irish genre:

Irish Sketches and Miscellany (1882)

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Travel sketches from Ireland.

Author(s): Edwin Waugh
Illustrator(s): Randolph Caldecott

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Celtic Fairy Tales (1892)

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A choice selection from the great wealth of Irish, Scottish, Welsh and Cornish folk and fairy tales. Read online at archive.org.... View More

Author(s): Joseph Jacobs
Illustrator(s): John D. Batten

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More Celtic Fairy Tales (1895)

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A second selection from the vast riches of the Celtic folk and fairy tale. Read online at archive.org.

Author(s): Joseph Jacobs
Illustrator(s): John D. Batten

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Freckles (1904)

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A one handed orphan takes on the job of protecting the valuable trees in the Limberlost from timber pirates.

Author(s): Gene Stratton-Porter
Illustrator(s): E. Stetson Crawford

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Molly Bawn (1904)

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The story of an Irish flirt. Read for free online at Project Gutenberg.

Author(s): Mrs. Hungerford
Illustrator(s): Arthur Rackham

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Irish Fairy Tales (1920)

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A collection of Irish fairy tales. Read for free online at Internet Archive.

Author(s): James Stephens
Illustrator(s): Arthur Rackham

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The Wee Men of Ballywooden (1930)

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Arthur Mason was an Irish sailor and gold prospector. He learned about the Wee Men from his mother when he was a boy growing up in Ireland. In this first book he tells of the Night of the Big Wind and how the Wee Men recovered their bagpipes from the... View More

Author(s): Arthur Mason
Illustrator(s): Robert Lawson

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Moving of the Bog (1931)

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This chapter from From the Horn of the Moon was published in St. Nicholas magazine, Volume LVIII, Number 9, July 1931, page 644. The pictures by Robert Lawson are printed at much larger scale than in the book.... View More

Author(s): Arthur Mason
Illustrator(s): Robert Lawson

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Pigs in the Castle (1931)

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This short story, published in The Golden Book Magazine for July 1931, pages 73-80, is illustrated with some of Robert Lawson's etchings, including "New Milk," "A Wailing by the Shore," "The Cluricaun," and "The Leprechaun."... View More

Author(s): Arthur Mason
Illustrator(s): Robert Lawson

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Granny’s Wonderful Chair (1936)

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When Snowflower is seated in her grandmother’s chair, it tells her stories.

Author(s): Frances Browne
Illustrator(s): Denys Watkins-Pitchford

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Old John (1936)

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An Irish fairy tale.

Author(s): Máirín Cregan
Illustrator(s): Helen Sewell

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From the Horn of the Moon (1937)

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In this second book about the adventures of the Wee Men, we learn about the Moving of the Bog, Willie the Wagger and the Fishing Clan, and the Pigs in the Castle. Robert Lawson drew the pictures.... View More

Author(s): Arthur Mason
Illustrator(s): Robert Lawson

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The Wee Men of Ballywooden (1937)

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Arthur Mason was an Irish sailor and gold prospector. He learned about the Wee Men from his mother when he was a boy growing up in Ireland. In this first book he tells of the Night of the Big Wind and how the Wee Men recovered their bagpipes from the... View More

Author(s): Arthur Mason
Illustrator(s): Robert Lawson

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The Wee Men of Ballywooden (1952)

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Arthur Mason was an Irish sailor and gold prospector. He learned about the Wee Men from his mother when he was a boy growing up in Ireland. In this first book he tells of the Night of the Big Wind and how the Wee Men recovered their bagpipes from the... View More

Author(s): Arthur Mason
Illustrator(s): Robert Lawson

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The Godstone and the Blackymor (1959)

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The author of The Sword in the Stone tells of his adventures in the west of Ireland. Read online at archive.org. ... View More

Author(s): T. H. White
Illustrator(s): Edward Ardizzone

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Best in Children’s Books Volume 39 (1960)

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A compendium of stories, poems and articles, some of which have new illustrations.

Author(s): Hans Christian Andersen
Carolyn Sherwin Bailey
Carolyn Haywood
Richard Holberg
Ruth L. Holberg
Phyllis Krasilovsky
Juniper Sage
Anna Sewell
Et al
Illustrator(s): Marguerite de Angeli
Richard Scarry
Peter Spier
Et al

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Folk Songs of England, Ireland, Scotland and Wales (1961)

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A large collection of songs with musical arrangements.

Author(s): William Cole
Illustrator(s): Edward Ardizzone

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The Turret (1963)

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Miss Bianca, Bernard and the Mouse Prisoner’s Aid Society are called on to rescue Miss Bianca’s mortal enemy from a gruesome fate. Read online at archive.org. ... View More

Author(s): Margery Sharp
Illustrator(s): Garth Williams

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Shoe Full of Shamrock (1965)

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Davie O’Sullivan gets his wish with the aid of an odd little man, a robin’s feather and a small green plant.

Author(s): Mary Francis Shura
Illustrator(s): N. M. Bodecker

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The Growing Summer (1966)

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Four children spend the summer in the south of Ireland with a Great Aunt of the right sort. Read online at archive.org. ... View More

Author(s): Noel Streatfeild
Illustrator(s): Edward Ardizzone

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