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24 books with the same feel
Include books by the same authorThe Hounds of the Mórrígan
Pat O'Shea · 472 pages
When a ten-year-old boy finds an old book of magic in a bookshop in Ireland, the forces of good and evil gather to do battle over it.
The Celtic Twilight: Myth, Fantasy and Folklore
W.B. Yeats · 212 pages
Comments by Bob Corbett March 2012 The Celtic Twilight is divided into two parts. The first, written mainly in 1902, but some pieces as early as 1892, are small notes Yeats made in west Ireland as he was out gathering experiences and stories of others. The second part of the book, about 40% of the text, are poems set in Ireland and relevant to his exploration of the spirit world of Ireland.
Key of Light
Nora Roberts · 352 pages
Key Trilogy 1 Fate brings three women together for a chance to unlock their deepest desires. Malory has the soul of an artist and an eye for beauty. She must find the Key of Light--on the first of three dangerous quests that could fulfill her destiny... or forever destroy her life. ------------- 'The pleasure of your company is desired for cocktails and conversation. 8pm, 4th September. W
The Táin: From the Irish epic Táin Bó Cúailnge
Anonymous · 291 pages
Dreamer's Pool
Juliet Marillier · 449 pages
After escaping her wrongful imprisonment, magical healer Blackthorn, living on the fringe of a mysterious forest with a former prison mate named Grim, is duty bound to assist anyone who asks for her help. "In exchange for help escaping her long and wrongful imprisonment, embittered magical healer Blackthorn has vowed to set aside her bid for vengeance against the man who destroyed all that she on
A Wizard Abroad
Diane Duane · 355 pages
Sent on vacation to her aunt's home in Ireland, teenage wizard Nita becomes entangled in a magic battle to save the country from the ghosts of its past.
The Call
Peadar O Guilin · 307 pages
For the last twenty-five years every teenager in Ireland has been subject to "the call" which takes them away to the land of the Sídhe, where they are hunted for twenty four hours (though only three minutes pass in this world)--handicapped by her twisted legs, Nessa Doherty knows that very few return alive, but she is determined to be one of them.
Myths & Legends of the Celtic Race
T.W. Rolleston · 333 pages
Gold
Talia Vance · 393 pages
"Brianna, a seventeen-year-old Daughter of Danu, flees to Ireland to escape her sworn enemies, the Sons of Killian, and finds herself in league with another former nemesis in her battle against the Sons"--
The Fire Opal
Regina McBride · 304 pages
There was a time when Maeve O'Tullagh led a simple life; a time when she and her mother, Nuala, collected kelp on the foreshore near their cottage in Ard Macha; a time when she played among the Celtic ruins with her older brothers and daydreamed about the legendary Holy Isles, an enchanted land ruled in a past age by a beautiful goddess. But after Maeve's sister, Ishleen, is born, her mother sinks
The Grey King
Susan Cooper · 208 pages
*"Fire on the Mountain Shall Find the Harp of Gold Played to Wake the Sleepers, Oldest of the Old..."* With the final battle between the Light and the Dark soon approaching, Will sets out on a quest to call for aid. Hidden within the Welsh hills is a magical harp that he must use to wake the Sleepers - six noble riders who have slept for centuries. But an illness has robbed Will of nearly al
The White Raven
Diana L. Paxson · 436 pages
This haunting retelling of the tale of Tristan and Iseult (here called Drustan and Esseilte in accordance with Celtic legend and language) goes back to early versions, before Mallory and Wagner, to explore the nature of love, duty and loyalty. The story is told by Branwen, cousin and companion to Esseilte, daughter of the High King of Eriu (Ireland). The two young women save the life of a badly
The Grey Horse
R.A. MacAvoy · 212 pages
Set against the colorful and magical backdrop of Ireland, The Grey Horse chronicles a time when the Irish people suffered under harsh English overlords who sought to destroy their culture and way of life. Into the Irish town of Carraroe, a magnificent, completely grey stallion appears. The horse brings with him the promise of better times and magical happenings, for he is actually the shape-shif
Leprechauns and Irish Folklore
Mary Pope Osborne, Natalie Pope Boyce · 121 pages
Join Jack and Annie as they research leprechauns and Irish folklore and find out the facts behind the fiction.
Shadowmagic
John Lenahan
A Lord of the Rings for the 21st century. Only a lot shorter. And funnier. And completely different.Conor thought he was an average teenager. OK, so his father only had one hand, spoke to him in ancient languages and was a bit on the eccentric side but, other than that, life was fairly normal. Until, that is, two Celtic warriors on horseback and wearing full armour appear at his front door and try