Irish fairy and folk tales vs The King of Ireland's Son: Which Should You Read?

Irish fairy and folk tales William Butler Yeats · 1800 ★★★★☆ 3.8 351 pages · ≈ 6 h 30 m · Challenging

Includes tales of fairies, changelings, ghosts, witches, saints, the devil, giants, kings, queens, and robbers.

The King of Ireland's Son Padraic Colum · 1916 ★★★★☆ 4.1 316 pages · ≈ 5 h 51 m · Challenging

“Connal was the name of the King who ruled over Ireland at that time.”

I Connal was the name of the King who ruled over Ireland at that time. He had three sons, and, as the fir-trees grow, some crooked and some straight, one of them grew up so wild that in the end the King and the King's…