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A Reading Book in Irish History

A Reading Book in Irish History

by P. W. Joyce

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Author
Joyce, P. W. (Patrick Weston), 1827-1914
Credits
Produced by Chris Curnow, Asad Razzaki, The Internet Archive for some images and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net
Language
English
LoC Class
DA: History: General and Eastern Hemisphere: Great Britain, Ireland, Central Europe
Subject
Ireland -- History
Category
Text
eBook-No.
33439
Project Gutenberg
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/33439
Release Date
August 15, 2010
Copyright
Public domain in the USA.

Contents

  1. 1.A READING BOOK IN IRISH HISTORY BY P. W. JOYCE, LL.D.
  2. 2.PREFACE.
  3. 3.CONTENTS.
  4. 4.I. LEGENDS AND EARLY HISTORY. [1]
  5. 5.II. THE SONG OF INISFAIL.
  6. 6.III. THE RELIGION OF THE PAGAN IRISH.
  7. 7.IV. CUSTOMS AND MODES OF LIFE.
  8. 8.V. HOW THE CHILDREN OF LIR WERE TURNED INTO SWANS.
  9. 9.VI. THE FOUR WHITE SWANS ON LAKE DARVRA.
  10. 10.VII. THE FOUR WHITE SWANS ON THE SEA OF MOYLE.
  11. 11.VIII. HOW THE CHILDREN OF LIR REGAINED THEIR HUMAN SHAPE AND DIED.
  12. 12.IX. HOW RELIGION AND LEARNING FLOURISHED IN IRELAND.
  13. 13.X. THE RED BRANCH KNIGHTS.
  14. 14.XI. THE FLIGHT TO ALBAN.
  15. 15.XII. CONCOBAR'S GUILEFUL MESSAGE.
  16. 16.XIII. THE RETURN TO EMAIN.
  17. 17.XIV. TROUBLE LOOMING .
  18. 18.XV. THE ATTACK ON THE SONS OF USNA.
  19. 19.XVI. DEATH OF THE SONS OF USNA.
  20. 20.XVII. AVENGING AND BRIGHT.
  21. 21.XVIII. THE WRATH OF FERGUS MAC ROY.
  22. 22.XIX. ANCIENT IRISH PHYSICIANS: Part I.
  23. 23.XX. ANCIENT IRISH PHYSICIANS: Part II.
  24. 24.XXI. THE FENA OF ERIN.
  25. 25.XXII. THE CHASE OF SLIEVE CULLINN.
  26. 26.XXIII. SAINT BRIGIT: Part I.
  27. 27.XXIV. SAINT BRIGIT: Part II.
  28. 28.XXV. SAINT BRIGIT: Part III.
  29. 29.XXVI. IRISH SCRIBES AND BOOKS.
  30. 30.XXVII. THE GILLA DACKER AND HIS HORSE. [34]
  31. 31.XXVIII. THE FENA CARRIED OFF BY THE GILLA DACKER'S HORSE.
  32. 32.XXIX. DERMOT O'DYNA AT THE WELL.
  33. 33.XXX. DERMOT O'DYNA FIGHTS THE WIZARD-CHAMPION , AND AFTER A TIME RESCUES HIS COMRADES.
  34. 34.XXXI. SAINT COLUMKILLE: Part I.
  35. 35.XXXII. SAINT COLUMKILLE: Part II.
  36. 36.XXXIII. PRINCE ALFRED IN IRELAND.
  37. 37.XXXIV. THE VOYAGE OF MAILDUNE.
  38. 38.XXXV. AN EXTRAORDINARY MONSTER.
  39. 39.XXXVI. MAILDUNE MEETS HIS ENEMY, IS RECONCILED TO HIM, AND ARRIVES HOME.
  40. 40.XXXVII. TENNYSON'S "VOYAGE OF MAILDUNE."
  41. 41.XXXVIII. ST. DONATUS, BISHOP OF FIESOLE. [53]
  42. 42.XXXIX. ST. DONATUS, BISHOP OF FIESOLE:
  43. 43.XL. HOW IRELAND WAS INVADED BY DANES AND ANGLO-NORMANS.
  44. 44.XLI. THE WATCH-FIRE OF BARNALEE.
  45. 45.XLII. CAHAL O'CONOR OF THE RED HAND: KING OF CONNAUGHT.
  46. 46.XLIII. " CAHAL-MORE OF THE WINE-RED HAND."
  47. 47.XLIV. SIR JOHN DE COURCY.
  48. 48.XLV. HOW SIR JOHN DE COURCY WAS CAPTURED AND THROWN INTO PRISON.
  49. 49.XLVI. SIR JOHN DE COURCY ACCEPTS A CHALLENGE.
  50. 50.XLVII. SIR JOHN DE COURCY AND THE FRENCH CHAMPION.
  51. 51.XLVIII. THE GREAT EARL OF KILDARE AND THE EARL OF ORMOND.
  52. 52.XLIX. ANCIENT IRISH MUSIC.
  53. 53.NOTES AND EXPLANATIONS. — FOOTNOTES:
  54. 54.Transcriber's Notes:

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