: The work remains a "classic" and serves as the foundational text for later cultural works, most notably Brian Friel's play Dancing at Lughnasa The festival of Lughnasa by Máire MacNeill | Open Library
While not a PDF of MacNeill’s book, the National Folklore Collection (Dúchas.ie) provides the raw data MacNeill used. You can read the original handwritten manuscripts from schoolchildren in the 1930s that describe Lughnasa celebrations. MacNeill’s book acts as the index and analysis for these archives. the festival of lughnasa maire macneill pdf