A collection of stories recounting Irish encounters with the Devil. Whether one is a night-rambler, a fisherman, a gambler or a plain ordinary farmer, there are certain things one does not do, certain conventions that must be obeyed, such as not fishing on Good Friday or talking to spectral figure in graveyards in the dead hours of the night. But sadly, common sense cannot always be depended upon. People get themselves into dangerous predicaments in spite of all warnings. The only trouble is that when the cause of trouble id the Devil, the consequences for the luckless victim are very serious indeedunless he has the presence of mind to beat the Evil One.

"The Other Crowd," "The Good People," "The Wee Folk," and "Them" are a few of the names given to the fairies by the people of Ireland. Honored for their gifts and feared for their wrath, the fairies remind us to respect the world we live in and the forces we cannot see.In these tales of fairy forts, fairy trees, ancient histories, and modern true-life encounters with The Other Crowd, Eddie Lenihan opens our eyes to this invisible world with the passion and bluntness of a seanchai, a true Irish storyteller.