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Children (12 years and up) and adults will love the story of our hero, Darby O'Gill, that daring Tipperary man, and the Good People (also known as fairies and leprechauns) in turn-of-the-century Ireland. Long out of print, this is the original story on which the 1959 Walt Disney movie was based, much beloved the world over.
This collection of tales includes the story of Darby's fantastic sojourn among the fairies, in which he cleverly escapes their mountain home, yet wins the friendship of King Brian Connors of the Good People. You'll be fascinated by the story of how the Good People were expelled from heaven and banished to earth, and why they choose Ireland as their home. You'll laugh at the hilarious adventures of King Brian when he is caught out after cock-crow and becomes as helpless as a baby. And in the last chapter, perhaps the most thrilling of the book, Darby does battle and matches wits with the banshee and the ghosts--with the aid of King Brian and the Good People:
Twas then Darby just nearly gave up for lost. He felt his eyes growing dim and his limbs numb. There was no air coming into his lungs so that he knew the black spell was on him, and all that was left for him to do was to sink down in the road and then to die.
But at that minute there floated from a great way off the faint cry of a voice the despairing man knew well.
Keep up your heart, Darby O'Gill, cried Brian Connors; we're coming to resky you, and from over the fields a wild cheer followed them words.
Faugh-a-balla--clear the way! sprang the shrill war-cry of a thousand of the Good People.
So fast came the King's fairy army that the great cheer was still echoing among the trees when the gold crown of Brian Connors sparkled up from beside the knowledgeable man's knees. At that the persecuted man, sobbing with joy, knelt down in the muddy road to shake hands with his friend, the master of the Good People.
So welcome to the world of Darby O'Gill--a world of great fun, good people, and grand laughter.
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