PREFACE.

CONTENTS.

THE FATE OF THE CHILDREN OF LIR; OR, THE FOUR WHITE SWANS.

THE FATE OF THE CHILDREN OF TURENN; OR, THE QUEST FOR THE

THE OVERFLOWING OF LOUGH NEAGH, AND THE STORY OF LIBAN THE MERMAID.

CONNLA OF THE GOLDEN HAIR, AND THE FAIRY MAIDEN.

THE VOYAGE OF MAILDUN.

THE FAIRY PALACE OF THE QUICKEN TREES. [LXXVII.] CHAPTER I.

THE PURSUIT OF THE GILLA DACKER AND HIS HORSE. CHAPTER I.

THE PURSUIT OF DERMAT AND GRANIA. CHAPTER I.

THE CHASE OF SLIEVE CULLINN.

THE CHASE OF SLIEVE FUAD.

OISIN IN TIRNANOGE; [CXLIX.] OR, THE LAST OF THE FENA.

THE VOYAGE OF THE SONS OF O'CORRA. [CLV.]

THE FATE OF THE SONS OF USNA. [CLXIX.]

NOTES.

LIST OF PROPER NAMES.

THE END

FOOTNOTES:

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OLD CELTIC ROMANCES

OLD CELTIC ROMANCES

translated from the gaelic

BY

P.W. JOYCE, M.A., LL.D., T.C.D.
M.R.I.A.

One of the Commissioners for the Publication of
the Ancient Laws of Ireland
President of the Royal Society of Antiquaries, Ireland

Author of

"A SOCIAL HISTORY OF ANCIENT IRELAND"
"THE STORY OF ANCIENT IRISH CIVILISATION"
"A SHORT HISTORY OF IRELAND"
"A CHILD'S HISTORY OF IRELAND"
"IRISH NAMES OF PLACES"
"ANCIENT IRISH MUSIC"
AND OTHER WORKS RELATING TO IRELAND

"I shall tell you a pretty tale"
—Coriolanus.

1920