West Irish Folk-Tales and Romances. Collected and Translated by William Larminie. With Introduction and Notes, and Appendix Containing Specimens of the Gaelic Originals Phonetically Spelt. London: Elliot Stock, 1893. First Edition. The Camden Library. Large Paper Edition. Publisher’s half leather over cloth boards, title in gilt to spine. Binding lightly worn, contetns pages in fine bright condition.

Irish poet and folklorist William Larminie was born in Co. Mayo in 1849.

This volume is a collection of eighteen folktales collected from counties Mayo (Achill Island), Galway (Renvyle) & Donegal (Malinmore, Glencolumkille), recording the names of those who narrated the tales.