The Poolbeg Book of Irish Ghost Stories ed. David Marcus (Poolbeg Press, 1990, 1-85371-112-8, £5.99, viii+302pp, tp, an)
19 ghost stories by Irish writers or set in Ireland. Compare with other anthologies by Peter Haining, Joseph Hone and Peter Tremayne.
- vii · Introduction · David Marcus · in
- 1 · Hand in Glove · Elizabeth Bowen · ss The Second Ghost Book ed. Cynthia Asquith, James Barrie, 1952
- 14 · The Homing Bone · Conall Cearnach · ss The Fatal Move and Other Stories by Conall Cearnach, M. H. Gill and Son, Ltd., 1924
- 26 · One of the Family · Terence de Vere White · ss Irish Ghost Stories ed. Joseph Hone, Hamish Hamilton, 1977
- 42 · A Private Ghost · Joyce Cary · ss The New Yorker November 10 1956
- 53 · Teigue of the Lee · T. Crofton Croker · ss Fairy Legends and Traditions of the South of Ireland: Part II by T. Crofton Croker, John Murray, 1828, uncredited.
- 61 · The Dead Soldier · Mary Lavin · ss Tales from Bective Bridge by Mary Lavin, Little, Brown, 1942
- 80 · The Ship That Sailed Too Soon · Aodh de Blácam · ss (r)
- 103 · Earth-Bound · Dorothy Macardle · ss The Dublin Magazine December 1923
- 114 · Passages · Anne Devlin · ss The Way Paver by Anne Devlin, Faber and Faber, 1986
- 135 · Let Me Go · L. A. G. Strong · ss The Strand Magazine December 1946
- 146 · The Apparitions of Oul’ Darmody · Seumas O’Kelly · ss (r)
- 161 · Saint Bakeoven · Eric Cross · ss Silence Is Golden by Eric Cross, 1978
- 174 · The Sixth Figure · Brian Power · ss 1980
- 186 · An Account of Some Strange Disturbances in Aungier Street · Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu · ss Dublin University Magazine December 1853, uncredited.
- 212 · Brock · Robert Bernen · ss Irish Ghost Stories ed. Joseph Hone, Hamish Hamilton, 1977
- 228 · The Captain in the Pipes · Joseph Hone · nv Irish Ghost Stories ed. Joseph Hone, Hamish Hamilton, 1977
- 252 · The Last of Squire Ennismore · Mrs. J. H. Riddell · ss The Penny Illustrated Paper Christmas 1886
- 261 · The Raising of Elvira Tremlett · William Trevor · ss Transatlantic Review #60, June 1977
- 282 · The Wine Breath · John McGahern · ss The New Yorker April 4 1977
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