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: Paternoster Row, 1898. Second Edition. Pp xxviii, 258. Publisher’s buff cloth, decorated in blind with floral motif, title lettered in gilt to spine. Light fading to cloth, but overall a nice bright copy.

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

First published in 1893, 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.