Download or read book Bloody Irish written by Bob Curran and published by Merlin Publishing. This book was released on 2002 with total page 206 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book discusses the ancient Celtic beliefs about death and how these were assimilated by Christianity: the importance which the ancient Celts and early Christians placed on blood; and how the Christian Church transmuted the vampire from an ancestor's ghost to a malevolent demon. Stories of spooky, mystical, and bloody tales are relayed.