Meeting the Other Crowd
The Fairy Stories of Hidden Ireland

This is a wonderful and infuriating book. First, the wonderful aspects. It’s a remarkable collection of reminiscences and anecdotes, which all have the ring of truth, being accounts of “meetings” which have been handed down largely within families over some generations. The tellers, ordinary Irish p......more

Meeting the Other Crowd can be read two ways. As a source book of authentic Irish folklore and the history of fairy lore, it’s good. Lenihan is a folklore preserver who’s combed his chosen habitat (southwest Ireland) for all the legends, fairy-tales and pub talk about Ireland’s mystic beliefs he co......more

"Faeries, come take me out of this dull world, For I would ride with you upon the wind, Run on the top of the dishevelled tide, And dance upon the mountains like a flame". ~ William Butler Yeats I'd like to start this review by making it perfectly clear how much I absolutely L-O-V-E-D this book! Meeting t......more

"Otherwise he would now be no more than just another member of that vast legion of great storytellers silent forever in the graveyards of Ireland" Genuinely one of the greatest pieces of art I've read in my entire life. I'm so happy this exists in the exact form it does. Life-changing.......more

This is great! Never did I think Fairies could be so scary. Its amazing to me that the author was able to collect all these stories from people that would otherwise be unknown and the stories themselves forgotten. This book although composed of different stories really paints a picture in your mind......more