Children's ✦ Penny’s Take 🎧 Audiobook
Favorite Irish Fairy Tales
Philip Smith · 2013
🎙 Narrated by Des Keogh
76/100
👍 Worth It
Six short, punchy Gaelic folk tales built on cleverness beating brute strength — giants, hags, and a wily tailor included. It's a slim collection, so don't expect much runtime, but what's here is genuine folklore rather than a modern gloss. Des Keogh's authentic Irish brogue carries the whole thing and is honestly the main reason to press play.
✦ Penny’s Take — this is The Review Group’s own editorial assessment. Penny’s analytical review line researched this book from real sources and scored it across the lenses shown below. It’s an honest first-party read — not a page-by-page personal one. The gold ✓ Penny Tested mark is reserved for books Penny reads cover to cover herself.
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🎙 Narration: excellent Des Keogh's authentic Irish accent and stage-actor delivery are the standout feature of this short collection.
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Verdict receipt0–100
Faith & family safety88
Substance / usefulness68
Craft & writing80
Originality82
Evidence & accuracy80
Hype vs delivers75
Age-fit78
Human-eye read78
Penny’s verdict76
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