Irish Folklore

From the bestselling author of The Mouse That Roared comes a witty tale of a leprechaun in New York. Timothy Patrick Fergus Kevin Sean Desmond McGillicuddy (for short) is a leprechaun diplomat on a mission to convince the President of the United States to halt the construction of a new U.S.-owned airport on a tract of Little People land in Ireland. With the belief “mischief is me nature” and the help of a 10-year-old American boy, he proves wee folk a big force to be reckoned with. This special 60th Anniversary edition features a new introduction by journalist and author Quentin ...

When Maura begins delving into her Irish heritage she discovers a bit more than she bargained for. A mischievous faery named Moonshadow whisks her away to Faery to gain her help rescuing an ancient ancestor from the clutches of a dark spell.

Getting lucky is a good thing, isn't it? Mona figured she was onto a good thing after winning five hundred dollars and an all expense paid trip to Ireland, just in time for St. Patrick's Day. She figured she was onto a good thing when she found the leprechaun, underneath a four leaf clover. Only finding a leprechaun might not be quite as lucky as folks will tell you. You know you've got a good story when you see the line, “Hello. My name is Inigo Montoya. You stole my scratch ticket. Prepare to die.”

Every day, a beloved father dies. Every day, a lover departs. Every day, a woman turns 40. All three happening together brings a moment of reckoning. Medieval historian Elizabeth Boyle made sense of these events the best way she knew how - by immersing herself in the literature that has been her first love and life's work for over two decades. Fierce Appetites is the exhilarating and deeply humane result.

Shanahan's Stone is a tale about greed, vengeance, redemption, and love. So much history and mythology has become misinterpreted and altered over the years. Although modern day depictions describe leprechauns as little men dressed in green who hoard pots of gold, ancient Irish folklore depicted them quite differently. Shanahan's Stone breaks from these cliches and many other contemporary Irish stereotypes. It weaves an imaginative and unique story steeped in colorful Irish folklore.