@colinjmccracken: The De Búrca Rare Books edition of Douglas Hyde's Beside the Fire reintroduces a cornerstone of Irish folklore, originally published in 1890. This significant work, a collection of Irish Gaelic folk stories gathered by the future President of Ireland, is essential because it features the Irish text and its English translation on facing pages, faithfully preserving the language and narrative tradition. The modern De Búrca publication is a high-quality volume, typically bound in elegant green buckram cloth, and is enhanced with a new, insightful scholarly introduction by Liam Mac Mathúna, making it an attractive and vital resource for collectors, linguists, and anyone interested in the Celtic Revival. #irish #folklore #rarebooks #ireland #fantasybooktok

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