Book Review - Lady Wilde

There are hints throughout that these fairies are somewhat of a reflection of the irish people themselves. So much of lady wilde's book is built on this kind of folklore, because information about the early history of ireland during the time of the celts was limited. Celtic priests known as druids would safeguard the information and pass it down from generation to generation by word of mouth. They didn't believe in writing their history down. What we have for them is oral traditions and folk lore that was transcribed by the first christian missionaries who came to ire to convert these celts.