Standish O'Grady; selected essays and passages

A master of the Celtic Revival brings Ireland into sharp, living focus. Ireland speaks in these pages. In this selected essays collection, Standish O'Grady blends the storyteller's pulse with the essayist's clarity, moving from the textures of nineteenth century Ireland to the deep currents of Gaelic culture and history. These irish literary essays are not decorative antiquarianism: they are arguments for imagination, identity, and national memory, shaped through classic irish prose anthology-style excerpts and reflections. Expect celtic mythology essays and meditations on irish heroic legends, set against the moral and political weather of their time. The result is an irish mythology classics volume that reads with urgency: part literary criticism, part cultural portrait, part passionate defence of what legend can preserve when history frays. O'Grady is a key voice among celtic revival writers and a recognised precursor to the irish literary revival, making this book valuable both as a pleasurable classic irish prose anthology for curious readers and as an irish studies reference for libraries, celtic studies coursework, and anyone tracing how modern Ireland reimagined its past. Republished by Alpha Editions in a careful modern edition, this volume preserves the spirit of the original while making it effortless to enjoy today - a heritage title prepared for readers and collectors alike.