Irish Ghost Stories
Folklore, Fear & The Supernatural
Flame Tree Publishing
Will be published approx. on 20. January 2026
Book
Hardback
416 pages
978-1-83562-773-0 (ISBN)
Description
Ghosts and spirits abound in this glorious gift edition of Irish tales, building on the history, mythology and the folklore of the Emerald Isle. Stories include The Child That Went with the Fairies, The Canterville Ghost, The Last of Squire Ennismore, and more. A range of celebrated Irish authors from the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries offer mystical, atmospheric tales of lost souls and haunted landscapes.
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Series
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Illustrations
3 Line drawings, black and white
Dimensions
Height: 170 mm
Width: 118 mm
Thickness: 24 mm
Weight
320 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-83562-773-0 (9781835627730)
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Maura McHugh (Introduction) lives in Galway, Ireland and graduated with an MA in Irish 19th Century Supernatural Fiction. She writes across a variety of media, including prose, theatre, film/TV, video games, and comic books. Her 2019 short story collection The Boughs Withered (When I Told Them My Dreams), was nominated for the British Fantasy Award for Best Collection, and its title story was reprinted in Shadow Voices: 300 Years of Irish Genre Fiction, edited by John Connolly. She also writes non-fiction and appears on podcasts and radio, where she interviews, reviews, and discusses pop culture.