Celtic Fairy Tales

About Celtic Fairy Tales

The Celtic nation has a rich history of folklore, with Celtic folk tales, fairy tales, and mythology that has remained popular for years, largely because of the imaginative and compelling world contained in the legends. The stories are gathered from Celtic individuals that were told over and over through generations, collected by authors such as Joseph Jacobs.

Celtic tales often have fairies, elves, giants, goblins, and other magical beings. The stories often depict heroics, adventure and romance. Magic was an overall theme, and appears in more than a few tales.

Celtic Fairy Tales, Folk Tales and Fables List:
Andrew Coffey
The Adventures of Covan the Brown-Haired
Beth Gellert
Brewery of Eggshells
The Black Thief and Knight of the Glen
The Believing Husbands
Connla and the Fairy Maiden
Conal Yellowclaw
The Enchanted Deer
The Escape of the Mouse
The Field of Bolianus
The Fairy Nurse
Guleesh
Gold-tree and Silver-tree
The Horned Women
Hudden and Dudden and Donald O'Neary
The Hoodie-Crow
How Ian Direach Got the Blue Falcon
How Fin Went to the Kingdom of Big Men
Ian, the Soldier's Son
Jack and His Comrades
King O'Toole and His Goose
The King of Waterfalls
The Lad with the Goat-Skin
The Lady of the Mountain
The Lady of the Fountain
Munachar and Manachar
Preface
The Shepherd of Myddvai
The Sprightly Tailor
The Story of Deidre
The Story of Manus
Smallhead and the King's Sons
The Tale of Ivan
The Three Crowns
The Wooing of Olwen
The Wonderful Tune