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Welcome To Folklorebook.com

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• In The Ould Ago, meaning 'a long time ago', is a
  book of Illustrated Irish Folklore book by Johnny
  McKeagney. Comprising two hundred intricately
  hand-drawn illustrated pages of Irish traditions,
  crafts, history, emigration stories, countryside,
  wildlife, myths and customs it is all sewn
  together in a case-bound hardback A3 size cover.
• A self-taught historian and artist, his prefaces
  are written by some heavy-hitting academics and
  historians. For forty years Johnny collected
  folklore by pen and tape recorder from counties
  straddling both sides of the border in Ireland.
  He details stories and events then sketches all
  the salient points with a fine nib so that
  readers of any age can easily visualise the
  topics.

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• In The Ould Ago has been selected for admission
  to many Ivy League university libraries,
  including Harvard, Notre Dame, UCLA and Boston
  College, as well as New York Public Libraries and
  Library of Congress in Washington. Johnny's
  illustrated and written collection is preserved
  in the Fermanagh museum while his recorded
  material is being digitised by the UCD Folklore
  Department for the National Irish Archive.
• Sadly Johnny passed away on the 1st of December
  2010, just 5 weeks after seeing his life's work
  published. Seeing his stories and illustrations
  published gave him tremendous happiness. His wife
  Teresa passed on the 1st of November 2018. May
  God rest their souls.

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• After the fifth reprint, In The Ould Ago hardback
  book (ISBN 978-0-9566976-0-8) is
  available here or as an eBook on amazon Kindle.
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• Recent Media
• Illustrated book capturing hundreds of personal
  histories is a must-have
•      IrishCentral.com 26 November 2021
• As lockdown has kept people cooped up, a greater
  curiosity of their local area has taken root
•      Fermanagh Herald 28 November 2021
• Fermanagh book enjoys a new reprint and interest
•      Impartial Reporter 4 December 2021
• Fermanagh shopkeepers memory being kept alive by
  familys reprint of his local history book
•      BelfastLive.co.uk 8 December 2021
• New edition of illustrated book capturing essence
  of Ireland released
•      IrishPost.com on 18 January 2021

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