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Hero-Tales of Ireland

Hero-Tales of Ireland

by Jeremiah Curtin

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Compiler
Curtin, Jeremiah, 1835-1906
Credits
Produced by David Edwards and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive)
Language
English
LoC Class
GR: Geography, Anthropology, Recreation: Folklore
Subject
Folklore -- Ireland
Category
Text
Project Gutenberg
eBook-No. 63866
Release Date
November 23, 2020
Copyright
Public domain in the USA.

Contents

  1. 1.Untitled
  2. 2.CONTENTS.
  3. 3.INTRODUCTION.
  4. 4.HERO-TALES OF IRELAND.
  5. 5.ELIN GOW, THE SWORDSMITH FROM ERIN, AND THE COW GLAS GAINACH.
  6. 6.MOR’S SONS AND THE HERDER FROM UNDER THE SEA.
  7. 7.SAUDAN OG AND THE DAUGHTER OF THE KING OF SPAIN; YOUNG CONAL AND THE YELLOW KING’S DAUGHTER.
  8. 8.THE BLACK THIEF AND KING CONAL’S THREE HORSES.
  9. 9.THE KING’S SON FROM ERIN, THE SPRISAWN, AND THE DARK KING.
  10. 10.THE AMADAN MOR AND THE GRUAGACH OF THE CASTLE OF GOLD.
  11. 11.THE KING’S SON AND THE WHITE-BEARDED SCOLOG.
  12. 12.DYEERMUD ULTA AND THE KING IN SOUTH ERIN.
  13. 13.CUD, CAD, AND MICAD, THREE SONS OF THE KING OF URHU.
  14. 14.CAHAL, SON OF KING CONOR, IN ERIN, AND BLOOM OF YOUTH, DAUGHTER OF THE KING OF HATHONY.
  15. 15.COLDFEET AND THE QUEEN OF LONESOME ISLAND.
  16. 16.LAWN DYARRIG, SON OF THE KING OF ERIN, AND THE KNIGHT OF TERRIBLE VALLEY.
  17. 17.BALOR ON TORY ISLAND.
  18. 18.BALOR OF THE EVIL EYE AND LUI LAVADA HIS GRANDSON.
  19. 19.ART, THE KING’S SON, AND BALOR BEIMENACH, TWO SONS-IN-LAW OF KING UNDER THE WAVE.
  20. 20.SHAWN MACBREOGAN AND THE KING OF THE WHITE NATION.
  21. 21.THE COTTER’S SON AND THE HALF SLIM CHAMPION.
  22. 22.BLAIMAN, SON OF APPLE, IN THE KINGDOM OF THE WHITE STRAND.
  23. 23.FIN MACCOOL AND THE DAUGHTER OF THE KING OF THE WHITE NATION.
  24. 24.FIN MACCOOL, THE THREE GIANTS, AND THE SMALL MEN.
  25. 25.FIN MACCOOL, CEADACH OG, AND THE FISH-HAG.
  26. 26.FIN MACCOOL, FAOLAN, AND THE MOUNTAIN OF HAPPINESS.
  27. 27.FIN MACCOOL, THE HARD GILLA, AND THE HIGH KING.
  28. 28.THE BATTLE OF VENTRY.
  29. 29.FOOTNOTES
  30. 30.NOTES. — Elin Gow, the Swordsmith from Erin, and the Cow Glas Gainach. — Saudan Og and the Daughter of the King of Spain, &c. — The Black Thief. — The King’s Son from Erin, the Sprisawn, and the Dark King. — Amadan Mor. — Cud, Cad, and Micad. — Cahal, Son of King Conor. — Coldfeet. — Lawn Dyarrig, Son of the King of Erin, and the Knight of Terrible Valley. — Balor and Glas Gavlen. — Art, the King’s Son. — Shawn Mac Breogan. — The Cotter’s Son and the Half Slim Champion. — Fin MacCool, the three Giants, and the Small Men. — The Hard Gilla.

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