The authors go out of their way to avoid implicating any individuals or locations in these tales. They give the people who have had ghostly sightings generic names (ie. Mr A, Mrs B, their daughter C), and only mention locations in very general terms ( ie. a house in County Kilkenny). A ghost story loses its "kick" when you can't connect it to a time and specific place or at least provide some background. The authors fly from old stereotypical story to old story about "doors slamming" and "bumps in the night" rarely devoting more than a page to each tale. For all anyone knows these guys are making all this up. Furthermore given the title of this book, I expected it to have an Irish theme. With the exception of the chapter on banshees, most of the stories are so generic they could apply to any western country or culture. All in all, a very dull read.

This book is the offspring of an article in a newspaper, where the authors asked contributors to send their Irish ghost stories. It covers those tranditional stories of banshees and like. It appears long-winded by nonetheless an interesting read.

I found this book to be a wonderful find. Instead of the typical horror shlock, this is a compilation from supposed real life experiences. A Church of England priest helped compile these stories from Victorian-era Ireland. If you are a fan of Victorian Ghost Stories buy the book, turn off the lights and read it by candle-light on a sotrmy night.

This is the worst book in its category, full of contradictions within itself and with its textbook to. Read it only if you must, and only after reading other books when preparing for exams.

a fair source of review but use as a supplement to some text source.

Pavlik wrote a great part of this book in his Palm, as himself said. It must be true, because only by this way somebody can write a book about such an exciting subject with so little intelligent speech.
This book it is only a collection of facts and figures for rookies, not for people interested in new media and journalism.