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Add this copy of The King Of Ireland's Son to cart. $52.47, new condition, Sold by Booksplease rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Southport, MERSEYSIDE, UNITED KINGDOM, published 2010 by Kessinger Publishing.
Add this copy of The King of Ireland's Son to cart. $72.07, good condition, Sold by Bonita rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Newport Coast, CA, UNITED STATES, published 2010 by Kessinger Publishing.
The King of Ireland's Son by Padraic Colum, with illustrations by Willy Pogany, is a retelling of Irish folk tales. Colum interlaces a dozen or more traditional stories - master thieves, stolen babies, girls who must spin seven shirts from bog-cotton to return their brothers to human form - and weaves in characters from ancient histories - the Gobaun Saor, smith of the gods; the Spae-Woman, peacemaker of the gods - plus characters like the Enchanter of the Black Backlands, Fedelma the Enchanter's Daughter, the King of the Land of Mists. Two youths - the King of Ireland's Son and Gilly the Goatskin - succeed in a series of tasks to find their way to the life that is their due; and there is even a beloved ugly girl who finds the beauty that she deserves.
