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THE OLD PLAID SHAWL
From a photograph
It is from the lips of the aged peasantry that most
of the folk tales, folk songs, ran us, etc., have been
taken down by Dr. Douglas Hyde and oLhers. This
picture presents the characteristic costume of the older
village folk in Ireland, and the spinning wheel denotes
an industry which has not yet died out.
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EDITORIAL BOARD
AND ADVISORY COMMITTEE
THE HON. JUSTIN McCARTHY, M.P., Editob-in-Chibf
Maubicb Francis Eoan, LL.D^
of the Catholic University,
Washington
Ladt Gbbooby
Standish O'Gbady
d. j. cdonoghxjb
Prof. F. N. Robinson, of Har-
vard University
W. P. Ryan
Douglas Hydb, LL.D.
Jambs Jbffbey Rochb, LL.D.,
Editor The. PUot
G. W. Russell ("A. E.^)
Stephen Gwynn
Prof. W. P. Tbent, of CJolumbia
University
Prof. H. S. Pancoast
John E. Redmond, M.P.
Chables Welsh, Managing Editor
Author of * The Life of John Newbery ' (Gk>ldsmith'8 friend and publisher).
SPECIAL ARTICLES and THEIR WRITERS
IbISH XiITEBATUBB
MODEBN IbISH PoETBY ....
Eably Ibish Litebatubb . . .
Ibeland's Ii^luencb on Eubo-
PEAN Litebatubb
Ibish Novels
Ibish Faiby and Folk Tales . .
The Ibish School of Obatoby
Thb Sunniness of Ibish Life . .
Ibish Wit and Humob . . . .
Thb Ibish Litebaby Theateb . .
A Glance at Ibeland's Histoby .
Stbeet Songs and Ballads
Justin McCarthy
William Butler Yeats
Douglas Hyde, LL.D.
Dr. George Sigerson
Maurice Francis Egan, LL.D.
Charles Welsh
J. F. Taylor, K.C.
Michael MacDonagh
D. J. ODonoghue
Stephen Gwynn
Charles Welsh
AND Anonymous Yebsb
BIOGRAPHIES and LITERARY APPRECIATIONS
BY
Geobge W. Russell (** A.
W. P. Ryan
Chables Welsh
Douglas Hyde, LLJD.
T. W. ROLLESTON
G. Babnbtt Smith
H. C. Bunneb
G. A. Gbeenb
E.") W. B. Yeats
S. J. RiCHABDSON
Standish O'Gbady
d. j. o'donoghue
Austin Dobson
Dr. G. SiGEBSON
N. P. Willis
Lionel Johnson
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noirti-nAti 3710
An X)^mA '^&teAts6. (Sz^opSn Juinn) XTTT
ssfiAtUA ASUS AlinAin tiA rroAoine.
Hig ATI f -Af Aig titiiti (An C|VdOtt>!n "oo Cttif ftof 6 MAt
rseutui-Oe) 8713
A Os-An-Aig -ATI Cfiit Ce-AfisAitce. (t)icco) . 3734
Coiftifn tiA ti-Aicintie. (•oicco) . . . 3736
t)e-An ATI 'pifiHuAi*. (-oicco) . . . 3748
Hiwf e tiA 5cteAf . (t)icco) . . . 3760
tnotifOn Af\An t>p-Aiff5e. (•oicco) . . 3762
An t)Ux\6ditt "oo tti A t>^AX) A\{ A TinAtA'ify. (t)icco) 3764
mAtAtl^ipin. (-oicco) 3776
An La6a tieA[\5. (t)icco) .... 3778
CAOitie-At) nAt)C[w ITltiife. (-oicco) . . . 3788
Coi)A]\ tiltiif e. (-OICCO 3794
ITluife -Aguf lOfej!). (-oicco) .... 3806
Tl-Aorh pe-A-OAf . (-oicco) 3812
ITlAfi t-Aini5 ^n c-S-Ainc in f-An G-AgtAif . (-oicco) 3823
pio§Aif\ nA Cfioife 11-AoifiCA. (^n c-Ac-Aif\
nHot>e4in) 3828
t3e-An n-A t)C|\f wbO .... 3830
ttAinn 1 ng-AetieitS. (cpumnigte teif An sCt^Aoittin
AoilMnn) 3833
piccitin AS suAin xia ri-6meAiin.
Se4§-An -An 'OTom-Aif . ("Con-in ni-AOt." p. S.
S^a^Oa) 3843
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CONTENTS OP VOLUME X.
PAflB
The Irish Drama. — Stephen Owynn. . . . xiii
Introduction. — The Modern Literature of the Irish
Language. . . . . w • . 3711
Folk Tales and Folk Songs.
King of the Black Desert. — Douglas Hyde. . 3713
Bingleted Love of my Youth. — Folk Song
from " Love Songs of Connacht." . . . 3735
Coirnin of the Furze. — Douglas Hyde. . . 3737
The Red Man's Wife.— Folk Song from " Love
Songs of Connacht." 3748
The Knight of the TrickB.— Douglas Hyde. . 3751
My Grief on the Sea. — Folk Song from " Love
Songs of Connacht." 3763
The Boy who was Long on his Mother. — Doug-
las Hyde 3765
The Brow of Nefin. — Folk Song from " Love
Songs of Connacht." 3777
The Red Duck.— D. Hyde. Trs. by C. Welsh. 3779
The Keening of the Three Marys. — Tradi-
tional Folk Ballad.— Douglas Hyde. . . 3789
Mary's Well. — A Religious Folk Tale. — Doug-
las Hyde 3794
Mary and St. Joseph. — Folk Song. — Douglas
Hyde. 3807
Saint Peter.- A Folk Story.— Douglas Hyde. 3813
How Covetousness Came into the Church. —
Douglas Hyde. . . . . . . 3823
The Sign of the Cross For Ever.— Folk Song. 3829
The Woman of Three Cows. — J. Clarence
Mangan 3831
Irish Ranns.— Dottfirro* Hyde. .... 8833
Historical Sketch.
Shane the Proud. — A fragment of Irish His-
tory.— P. J. O'Shea S843
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CAiUn r\A mbtaitfie. (S^Aintir t)utt$AiU) . . 3874
^n 5-AT) mA|iA. (S^Ainuf X)«tt5Aitt) 3874
P-Aitfs^At. (An Ctu\oit>fTi Aoit>inn) 3878
^A*5 5At>A. (S^Aintir X)«ti$iMtt). . . 3886
S^A'bn^ — ^bti^ife Af— (-An z-AtAifi peAX)A|\
Uog-dife) 3940
"til Af'OiA A t>ti!'6eA6Af" (p-A'otvAic t^os^ife 3962
Se^tf ijti C^icinn — ^Pfdf '^^e'teAlAt (aii c-At-Aifi
OT)«inn!n) 3968
Soif n6 fiAf If pe^ffi ATI t)-Aite — An CneAfti-Aipe —
t)ttaif e Af— (tJn-d til 'p^^if 6e-AttAiS) 8966
An tl^iffi ^ouA -Af An n5iot)tA6An — (Uom-Af
H-AoOa) 3976
AntriAcAitA 3982
piitieaCc
AiCfige An 1leA<^cutu\i$. (An Ue^Ccu^AC) 3910
An Ctair-o'^pt^, (An ne-A6c<itiA6) . . . 3916
If f At)A 6 cuif eAt) flof . (An He^^uutvAC) 3922
ItlAttAto^n t>6eif. (pe-Af s^n -Ainm) 3928
Cflfti-A cfoi-Oe CAiUn. (SeAn-^t^f^n) 3932
t)-An-6nuic 6if e^nn 0. (X)onne-A'6 ITI-ac Conm-A|iA) 3936
DtiAtriA SAT! tiuAti-gAeiieits
Ca^aX} An cfus^in. (An Ctu\oit>!n AoitJmn) 3988
CUnUAS An ha SeAH-tJg'OAtlAlt). gAe-beitse Af^ a
tif uii ctiA<^c inf n-A ri-imteAt>|iAiti feo 6 I. 50 IX. . 4011
CtmCAS HA 11tlA'0.tl§X)AnAlt) jAe-beAUCA a l^pJit
An-obAif 1 m-t36Af tA. . . • • .
Ho 1 n^Ae'Oeits inf An ImteAt^Af fo. . . 4026
CoffOs ....-..- 4031
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Pbose by Modern Ibish Authors.
The Priar^s Servant Qirl.— James Doyle. —
Trs. by Mary Doyle 3875
The " Gad Mam.''— James Doyle. — Trs. by
Mary Doyle 3875
An Allegory. — Douglas Hyde. — Trs. by
Norm^ Borthuoick 3878
Tim, the Smith. — James Doyle. — Trs. by Mary
Doyle 3887
Seadna'8 Three Wishes. — From " Seadna." —
Rev. Peter O'Leary 3941
The Thankfulness of Dermot. — Patrick
O'Leary 3953
Geoffrey Keating. — From " Irish Prose." —
Rev. Patrick 8. Dineen 3959
"East, West, Home's Best." — From "An
Cneamhaire." — Agnes O. Farrelly. . . 3967
The Cavern. — Prom "An Giobl&chan.-' —
Thomas Hayes 3977
The Echo.— From "An Giobl&chan." T. Hayes. 3983
Poetry.
Raftery's Bepentance. — Douglas Hyde. . 3911
The Ctiis-dd-pl6.— (Political.)— A. Raferty. . 3917
How Long Has It Been Said?— (Political. )—
A. Raftery 3923
The Curse of the Boers on England. — (Politi-
cal.) — Lady Gregory 3928
Grief of a GirPs Heart. — (Love Song.) — Lady
Gregory 3933
The Fair Hills of Eire. — (Patriotic.) — Dr.
George Sigerson. 3937
Modern Play.
The Twisting of the Bope.— Douglas Hyde. . 3989
Biographies op Ancient Celtic Writers^ whose
work appears in Volumes I-IX. . . . 4011
Biographies op Modern Celtic Writers^ whose work
appears in Volume X 4025
Glossary 4031
Index 4041
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LIST OP ILLUSTRATIONS IN VOLUME X.
PAOB
THE OLD PLAID SHAWL. Frontispiece
From a photograph.
It is from the lips of the aged peasantry that most of the Folk
Tales, Folk Songs, Ranns, eto.,have been taken down by Dr.
Douglas Hyde and others. This pioture presents the oharaoteris-
tio oostiime of the older village folk in Ireland, and the spinning
wheel denotes an industry which has not yet died out.
PATRICK J. O'SHEA. (Conan Maol.) 8842
From a photograph by Allison's, Belfast, Armagh and
Dublin.
PART OF A PROCLAMATION CONCERNINO SHANE
TEffi PROUD 8872
Photographic facsimile from the original.
THE REV. PATRICK 8. DINEEN 8968
Photographed from the painting by Jack B. Teats.
TDRLOUOH O'CAROLAN 4010
From a painting formerly in the possession of J. Hardiman,
after the print engraved and published by John Martyn,
Dublin, 1822«
MAP OF IRELAND IN THE PRESENT DAY . • . 4080
After Joyce and others.
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THE IBISH DRAMA.
In an article in the Fortnightly Review for December,
1901, Mr. Stephen Owynn, the eminent critic^ told the
story of the Irish Literary Theater. We present here his
account of the Irish National Dramatic Society, written
[in December, 1902. With regard to the first named he
says: —
Its work may be summed up in a sentence: It produced
in Ireland, with English actors, seven plays written in
English on Irish subjects. These were : two by Mr. Yeats,
< The Countess Cathleen ' and ^ The Land of Heart's De-
sire'; two by Mr. Martyn, 'The Heather Field' and
^Maeve'; one by Miss Milligan, 'The Last Feast of the
Fianna '; one by Mr. Moore, ' The Bending of the Bough ';
and one, 'Diarmuid and Orania,' by Mr. Teats and Mr.
Moore in collaboration. At the time when the last was
produced by Mr. Benson, a troupe of amateurs played Dr.
Hyde's ' Casadh an t-Sugfi.in,' and the advantage that Irish
amateurs had, even over good English professionals, for
the purpose in hand was obvious. I suppose that this oc-
cnn^ to Mr. Fay, for it was after this that he and some
friends — all of them people earning their bread by daily
labor — ^banded together to devote their leisure to the acting
of Irish plays; and the new experiment was inaugurated
last Easter, when this company of Irish actors played two
Irish plays, *'A. E.'s" 'Deirdre' and Mr. Yeats' 'Cath-
leen ni Hoolihan.' It was renewed on a much larger scale
this Samhain-tide, when in the course of a week some plays
(including one short farce in Gaelic) were given; the sub-
jects ranging from poetic handling of the oldest mythology
down to contemporary satire on the town corporation.
The whole thing was absolutely and entirely uncommercial.
Authors and actors alike gave their services for the benefit
of Cumann na Gael, under whose auspices the plays were
produced, calling themselves the Irish National Dramatic
Company.
The more one thinks about it, the plainer one sees that
for full enj<^ment of drama the auditor must be one of a
(^^pathetic crowd. For instance, a comedy of Mr. Shaw'd
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played before the Stage Society is infinitely more enjoya-
ble than when it is played in Kennington or Notting Hill.
But the Stage Society, which makes an ideal audience for
wit, is perhaps too sophisticated for poetry; too much
under the domination of modern comedy. In Dublin Mr.
Yeats and the rest had a hall full of people not less intelli-
gent but less over-educated, less subservient to the critical
faculty; in a word, more natural. This audience had all
the local knowledge necessary to give dramatic satire its
point (and that is scarcely possible in a place so big as
London), and had also a community of certain emotions
arising out of distinctive ideas. And, above all, the people
composing it came to the theater much as they might have
gone to church or to a political meeting, ready to 1^ moved
by grave emotions or by serious ideas. Two of the plays
could, I think, have held their own with any audience. But
without that special audience ^ Cathleen ni Hoolihan ' and
* The Laying of Foundations ' would have been by far less
dramatic than they were.
It should be said at once that these plays were for the
most part extremely modest in scope. Only one had so
many as three acts or required a change of scene ; and two
or three were at best " curtain raisers.'^ In this class must
be put Mr. McGinley's * Eilis agus an Bhean D6irce '
(^Eilish and the Beggar Woman ^), which I cannot criti-
cise, as no text was procurable and my Gaelic was not equal
to following the dialogue closely. I do not think that a
higher rank can be claimed for Mr. Yeats^ farce, ^ A Pot of
Broth,^ which, however, afforded Mr. W. G. Fay the chance
for a capital piece of broad comic acting. The story is one,
common among Irish peasants, of a beggar, who comes to a
churlish woman's house, and knowing well that asking will
get him neither bite nor sup, plays on her credulity by dis-
playing a wonderful stone which will make the best of
broth. All he asks is the use of a pot and water in it, and
while the miserly housewife listens to his praise of the
saving to be effected by such a stone, he dilates upon its
other qualities — its effect on a chicken if you put it in with
it, or on a ham-bone or the like — till gradually one eatable
after another slips into the pot, and the beggar in a fit of
generosity presents the stone to the housewife, taking in
return merely the broth and a few unconsidered trifles.
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That was all, and it was little enough. But it was interest-
ing to find Mr. Teats as a purveyor of laughter — for the
little piece was genuinely droll, and interesting too— to
notice how, for his comedy as for his tragedy, he went to
folk lore and the peasant's cottage.*
I may dismiss at once Mr. Seumas O'Cuisin, author of
^ two of the plays. His * Bacing Lug ' was a little story of
sea-faring folk, apparently so cut down as to be barely in-
telligible. This was in prose ; his other production, ^ The
Sleep of the King,' was simply a poetic tableau, showing
how Connla, son of Conn the Hundred-fighter, left a prof-
fered throne to follow after a fairy woman.
^^ He follows on for ever, when all your chase is done,
He follows after shadows, the King of Ireland's son."
Mrs. Chesson has put the gist of it into the haunting little
poem from which I quote these two lines, and put it much
more elBfectively than Mr. O'Cuisin. Still, his little piece
in verse — and very creditable verse — ^gave the troupe their
- one opportunity of showing how they spoke what was writ-
ten in meter. They spoke verse not as actors generally do,
but as poets speak it, in a kind of chant, which I confess
seems to me the natural and proper manner.
^ It was just this quality — the absence of all stage manner-
^^ isms, the willingness to speak poetry simply as poetry, to
speak it for its own sake, and not to show the actor's ac-
complishments — that rendered possible the production of
* Deirdre; ' and it would have been a pity for work so good
not to have been produced. Nevertheless I cannot regard
* Deirdre ' as a good or successful piece of drama. The au-
- thor, " A. E., " ranks high in my judgment as a lyrical
poet, but even as a lyrical poet his appeal must necessarily
be to the few. Mystic in the blood and bone, he stands
habitually apart, and moves in ways of thought and emo-
tion where it is difiScult to follow him. And yet it was
striking to observe how well the audience responded to his
interpretation of the famous and beautiful story, and to
the thoughts that he wove into its fabric. The first act
tells how the sons of Usnach found Deirdre in the secret
abode where the High King Conchobar had secluded her
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fatal beauty, and how she fled with Naisi, obedient to the
voice of a new wonder; and in this act I could see little or
nothing to praise. But in the second, which shows Deirdre
in the kingdom that Naisi and his brother had won on the
shore of Loch Etive, there was work of a very different
quality. In a passage of singular beauty the poet — for the
play, though written in prose, is sheer poetry — ^shows
Deirdre looking out on a glorious sunset. It is the sunset
not of one but of many days, she says, and the stars that
had lost each other in the mists and heat of the sun, know
again their friends' faces across the firmament. And so,
too, she and Naisi, awaking at last from the long swoon of
sunshine, see at last into each other's hearts, and she sees
in him a regret. It is the regret of pride that he has fled
without confronting King Conchobar; the regret of chiv-
alry that he has broken the rules of the Bed Branch Order.
It is, indeed, for comradeship in the Bed Branch that he
pines, not knowing it; and on the top of this discourse
comes the shout of a man of Erin from his galley in the
loch. And Deirdre, who has Cassandra's gift, foreknows
the whole; so that when Fergus enters, the dearest of
Naisi's friends, with pledge of forgiveness and of restora-
tion to the Bed Branch, she has no heart to greet him. She
can only implore Naisi to stay, and her sorrow angers him,
till her love and her knowledge yield to his pride.
I thought the whole of this act very well planned and
full of beauty, and, even when the beauty was recondite,
it conveyed itself surprisingly well. Deirdre in her lament
says that the Oods have told her her love and happiness are
ended, and are yet immortal, for they are destined to live
forever as a memory in the minds of the Gael ! and one felt
that slight stir run through the silent audience which tells
of a point gone home. And the spectacular beauty, even
on that mean stage, was considerable; the figures moving
behind a gauze veil in costumes designed by the author,
who is artist as well as poet, and moving no more than was
essential for the action. It was a great relief to see actors
stand so still, and never to have attention distracted from
the person on whom it naturally fell. But the whole thing
was too literary, depended too much on the accidental
beauties of thought or phrasing, and not enough on a
strong central emotion, I do not think that ^^A. E,"
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achieved more than to demonstrate the possibility of a
drama on an Irish heroic subject which should appeal to
an Irish audience. But such a drama would have to be
> written by a most skillful dramatist.
The other two plays of which I have to speak had their
way^ as it seemed, made almost absurdly easy for them ; so
directly did they spring out of the mind of the audience.
And yet these things are not quite so easy as they appear,
and Mr. Ryan succeeded when Mr. Moore and Mr. Martyn
had failed. Mr. Moore's ^ Bending of the Bough ' was a dra-
matic satire on Irish politicians: so was Mr. Martyn's
^ Tale of a Town.' But though Mr. Moore and Mr. Martyn
knew well how Ibsen had done that sort of thing, they were
not familiar at first-hand with local politics; they did not
show that perfect knowledge of local types which gave a
value to * The Laying of Foundations.'
The action of this comedy passes in the house of Mr.
O'Loskin, town councilor (and patriot), immediately after
a municipal election. To him come his friends. Alder*
man Farrelly and another, for a discussion of pros-
pects. The alderman and his ally have their own little
game to play; to secure for a building syndicate in which
they are concerned the contract for erecting a new asylum.
Mr. O'Loskin, on his part, desires the post of city architect
for his son Michael. There is an obvious fitness in the ar-
rangement by which Mr. O'Loskin will back the one job,
while Mr. Farrelly completes the other; indeed, the only
obstacle to this and all other good plans lies in one Nolan,
the editor of a plaguy print, who has succeeded in captur-
ing one of the wards, and will have a new means of annoy-
ance — as if his Free Nation^ with his rancorous comment
on the private arrangements of public men, were not
troublesome enough already. "And the worst of it is,"
says Alderman Farrelly, with pious indignation, " that I
don't believe the fellow can be squared." Needless to say,
the Free Nation has its counterparts in real life: the
United Irishman, and another clever paper, The Leader^
have been for some time back making things very unpleas-
ant for patriot publicans and others. Nor was this all.
Even the obiter dicta of prominent men found a new pub-
licity given to them on the stage. " This fellow Nolan,"
says Alderman Farrelly, " is never done putting absurd no-
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tions into poor people's heads. He says a working man
ought to get twenty-four shillings a week. Twenty-four
shillings!" (They all roar with laughter.) "Eighteen
shillings is plenty for any laboring man. What would they
do with more if they had it? Drink it ! " And he slaps
his thighy leans back^ and drains his tumbler of mon-
strously stijBf whisky and w^ater. This trait did not lose
any of its pungency before an audience which remembered
how a certain Lord Mayor had recently fixed eighteen shil-
lings as the highest wage any working man should look
for.
After the opening dialogue the action begins to develop.
Michael^ the future city architect, is an almost incredibly
ingenuous youth. He only knows his father as the promi-
nent patriot, the liberal subscriber to charities. And he is
vastly overjoyed at the prospect, but he does not see how
it is to be accomplished. How exactly is Alderman Far-
relly going to secure favors from Alderman Sir John Bull,
the leading Unionist? How is he, Michael, going to con-
sent to receive them? Mr. O'Loskin has to explain that
Sir John Bull is a large employer of labor, and, no matter
what his politics, which is the better patriot, the man who
gives the means of livelihood to hundreds, or one of your
starveling fellows who goes about making trouble and stir-
ring up ill-will? Michael yields easily, for Michael is en-
gaged, and this will mean marriage; but the young lady.
Miss Delia, is not so sanguine. She has been infected with
the venom of Nolan, she distrusts Mr. O'Loskin, she warns
Michael against a trap. Nevertheless, Michael accepts.
Two months later finds him installed, and coming grad-
ually face to face with facts. Alderman Farrelly is right-
eously indignant because Michael has pedantically re-
ported that the foundations of the new asylum are being
laid with four feet of concrete instead of the stipulated
eight. Worse still, Michael has condemned, root and
branch, certain slum tenements — not knowing that they
are the joint property of Alderman Farrelly and his own
father. Here again one may observe that the audience bore
in mind how a rickety tenement owned by a prominent and
patriotic member of the Corporation had finally collapsed,
killing some of the inmates. Michael's eyes are finally
opened completely by an interview with Mr. Nolan, and.
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Delia backing him^ he takes his stand. In vain does Al-
derman Farrelly inclose a check for £500 as " a wedding
present/^ In vain does Mr. O'Loskin tear his paternal
hair. " Michael, I always thought you would take after
me. See what comes of giving a boy a good education."
(That, I will be bold to say, is a stroke of irony worthy of
Swift himself.) Michael is obdurate, and the curtain falls
on his righteous protestations.
Up to a certain point, as will be evident, the thing is
purely analogous to Ibsen's work — ^but might have been
written by one who had never read a line of that master.
Only, if Ibsen had drawn Michael as Mr. Ryan drew him,
and as Mr. Kelly represented him, there would certainly
have been a third act, showing, in a bitter sequel, Michael's
surrender. This is a defect in the art, for Michael is ill-
drawn; and Miss Delia is rather a needlessly aggressive
young lady. But whatever Mr. O'Loskin and Mr. Farrelly
have to say and do is excellent, and the sentence which I
have quoted is a fair illustration of the irony which per-
vades the whole. And a wholly subordinate character,
Mrs. Macfadden, wife of the third town councilor, has an
admirable scene in which she speaks her mind of Miss
Delia and her extraordinary notions and goings on. Noth-
ing could be better played than this was by Miss Honor
Lavalle ; she was the Dublin Catholic bourgeoise to the life.
I do not say that the play was a masterpiece. I do say
that it was live art ; and that here was a new force let loose
in Ireland : the clear sword of ridicule, deftly used from the
point of greatest vantage, striking home again and again.
Here there was no reference to the stranger; here was Ire-
land occupied with her own affairs, chastising her own cor-
ruption. I wish I could have been present on the Saturday
night when the programme began with *The Laying of
Foundations ' and ended with * Cathleen ni Hoolihan.'
That would have been to see drama pass from its cauteriz-
ing the ignoble to its fostering the noble in national life :
from the comedy of municipal corruption to the tragedy,
brief, indeed, but drawing centuries into its compass of
Ireland's struggle for freedom.
It is necessary to explain for English readers that *• Cath-
leen ni Hoolihan " was one of the names which poets in the
eighteenth century used to cloak, in the disguise of love-
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songSy their forbidden passion for Ireland ; that the ^^ Shan
Van Vocht," or " Poor Old Woman," was another of these
names; and that Eillala, near which, in 1798, is laid the
scene of Mr. Yeats' play, is the place where Humbert's ill-
starred but glorious expedition made its landing. But
there was no need to tell all this to the Dublin audience.
The stage shows a peasant's house, window at the back,
door on the right, hearth on the left. Three persons are in
the cottage, Peter Oillane, his wife Bridget, and their sec-
ond son Patrick. Outside is heard a distant noise of cheer-
ing, and they are wondering what it is all about. Patrick
goes to the window and sees nothing but an old woman
coming toward the house; but she turns aside. Then on
a sudden impulse he faces round and says, ^^ Do you re-
member what Winnie of the Cross Roads was saying the
other day about the strange woman that goes through the
country the time there 's war or trouble coming? " But
the father and mother are too busy with other thoughts to
attend to such fancies; for Bridget is spreading out her son
Michael's wedding clothes, and Peter is expecting the boy
back with the girl's fortune. A hundred pounds, no less.
Things have prospered with the Gillanes; and when
Michael, the fine young lad, comes in with the bag of
guineas he is radiant with thinking of the girl, Delia
Cahel, and Bridget is radiant with looking at him, and
Peter with handling the gold and planning all that can be
done with it. And through it all again and again breaks
the sound of distant cheering. Patrick goes oflf to learn
the cause, and Michael goes to the window in his turn.
He, too, sees the old woman, but this time she is coming to
the house, and her face is seen for a moment, pale like a
banshee's, through the thick glass of the window. And
Michael shivers a little. " I 'd sooner a stranger not to
come to the house the night before the wedding." But his
mother bids him open the door, and in walks the old way-
farer.
Miss Maud Oonne, as every one knows, is a woman of
superb stature and beauty; she is said to be an orator, and
she certainly has the gifts of voice and gesture. To the
courage and sincerity of her acting I can pay no better
tribute than to say that her entrance brought instantly
to my mind a half -mad old-wife in Don^al whom I have
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always known. She spoke in that sort of keening cadence
so frequent with beggars and others in Ireland who lament
their state. But for all that, tall and gaunt as she looked
under her cloak, she did not look and she was not meant to
look like a beggar ; and as she took her seat by the fire, the
boy watched her curiously from across the stage. The old
people question her and she speaks of her travel on the
road.
BmBGirr. It is a wonder you are not worn out with so much
wandering.
Old Woman. Sometimes my feet are tired and my hands are
quiet, but there is no quiet in my heart. When the people see me
quiet they think old age has come on me, and that all the stir has
gone out of me.
BiUDGET. What was it put you astray ?
Old Woman. Too many strangers in the house.
Bridget. Indeed, you look as if you had had your share of
trouble.
Old Woman. I have had trouble indeed.
Bruogb^. What was it put the trouble on you ?
Old Woman. My land that was taken from me.
BiUDOET. Was it much land they took from you f
Old Wobian. My four beautiful green fields.
Peter (aside to Bridget). Do you think, could she be the
Widow Casey that was put out of her holding at Eilglas a while
ago?
BRmGET. She is not. I saw the Widow Casey one time at the
market in BaUina, a stout, fresh woman.
Peter ifo Old Woman). Did you hear a noise of cheering and
you coming up the hiU ?
Old Woman. I thought I heard the noise I used to hear when
my friends came to visit me. {She begins singing half to herself.)
" I will go cry with the woman.
For yellow-haired Donough is dead,
With a hempen rope for a neck-cloth,
And a white cloth on his head."
The sound of her strange chant draws the boy over to her
as if by a fascination; and she tells him of the men that
had died for love of her.
*•*' There was a red man of the O'Donnells from the North, and a
man of the O'SuUivans from the South, and there was one Brian
that lost his life at Clontarf by the sea, and there were a great
many in the West, some that died hundreds of years ago, and there
are some that will die to-morrow."
The boy draws nearer to her, and plies her with ques-
tions, and the old people talk pityingly of the poor crea-
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ture that has lost her wits. They offer her bread and milk,
and Peter, under his wife's reproaches, offers her a shil-
ling. But she refuses.
'* If any man would give me help he must give me himself, he
must give me all.'*
And Michael starts to go with her, to welcome the friends
that are coming to help her. But his mother interposes
sharply, with a note of terror, and she reminds him whom
it is he has to welcome. Then turning to the stranger —
Maybe you don't know, ma'am, that my son is going to be mar-
ried to-morrow.
Old Woman. It is not a man going to his marriage that I look
to for help.
Pktbr (to Bridget). Who is she, do you think, at all ?
BRmoET. You did not tell us your name yet, ma'am.
Old Woman. Some call me the Poor Old Woman, and there are
some that call me Cathleen ni Hoolihan.
It sounds flat and cold when you write it dowh; it did
not sound cold when it was spoken. And the audience felt,
too, in a flash, all that lay in Peter's comment, " I think I
knew some one of that name once. It must have been some
one I knew when I was a boy."
The stranger goes out then, chanting an uncanny chant,
after she has told them what the service means that she
asks of men. " They that had red cheeks will have pale
cheeks for my sake; and for all that they will think they
are well paid." And she leaves the boy in a kind of trance,
from which his mother tries to waken him with talk of his
wedding clothes. But as Bridget speaks the door is thrown
open, Patrick bursts in with the neighbors : " There are
ships in the bay; the French are landing at Killala! "
Delia Cahel may come with him, may cling about
Michael; but the chant is heard outside and the bride-
groom flings away the bride and rushes out, leaving them
all silent. Then old Peter crosses to Patrick and asks,
" Did you see an old woman going down the path? " And
the lad answers, " I did not ; but I saw a young gir- and
she had the walk of a queen."
The actors played the piece as it was written; that is,
they lessened instead of heightening the dialect and the
brogue; they left the points unemphasized. But they had
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the house thrilling. I have never known altogether what
drama might be l^fore. Take a concrete instance. Few
things in modern literature seem to me so fine as the third
act in * Herod ' ; few pieces of acting have pleased me bet-
ter than Mr. Tree's in that scene. But I have never felt in
reading it over that I missed anything by lacking the stage
presentment^ and I felt obscurely glad to be spared the
sense of an audience only half in sympathy. ' Herod *
came to the audience from outside; Mr. Yeats put before
them in a symbol the thought of their own hearts. He had
such a response as is only found in England by the singers
of patriotic ditties in the music halls. ^' Cathleen ni Hooli-
ban " is the Irish equivalent for the ^^ Absent-minded Beg-
gar " or the " Handy Man." It is superfluous to do more
than suggest the parallel.
I do not for a moment mean to imply that these Irish
plays are worthy the attention of English managers.
There is no money in them. They will be played, no doubt,
a few times in Dublin, where Mr. Fay and his fellows have
taken a small house for occasional performances. They
will be played up and down through the country to people
paying sixpences and pennies for admission. Some of
them will, I hope, be produced by the Irish Literary So-
ciety in London for an Irish audience. But wherever they
are played they will represent a wholly different order
of dramatic art from that which prevails in the English
theater; and the difference will lie chiefly in their inten-
tion, first, in the fact that they are not designed to make
money.
Wherever they are played I hope they may find per-
formers so good as Mr. W. G. or Mr. F. J. Fay, or Mr.
Digges — ^an actor of extraordinary range, who played the
parts of Naisi, of Michael Oillane, and of Alderman Far-
relly, with equal success. The ladies of the company were
hardly equal to the men, but Miss M. Quinn and Miss M.
nic Shiubhlaigh both acted with fine intelligence. And the
whole company, by their absence of stage tricks, showed
the influence of Mr. Yeats, who is President of the com-
pany.
Part of the propaganda was an address delivered by him
on the scheme which he has so much at heart for establish-
ing a fixed manner by means of notation for speaking verse.
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I was unable to be present, but have heard his views before,
and have heard Miss Farr speak or chant verse on \kU
method, accompanying herself on a queer stringed instru-
ment.
The important thing is the deliberate attempt to re-estab-
lish what has never died out among Irish speakers —
a tradition of poetry with a traditional manner of speak-
ing it. Put briefly, it comes to this : Mr. Yeats and many
others wanted to write for Ireland, not for England, if
only because they believed that any sound art must ad-
dress itself to an audience which is coherent enough to
yield a response. The trouble was that Ireland had lost
altogether the desire to read, the desire for any art at all,
except, perhaps, that of eloquent speech — and even in that
her taste was rapidly degenerating. What the Gaelic
League has done is to infuse into Ireland the zeal for a
study which, as Dr. Starkie says, "is at heart disinter-
ested." What Mr. Yeats and his friends have done is to
kindle in Ireland the desire for an art which is an art of
ideas. No matter in how small a part of Ireland the desire
is kindled, nothing spreads so quick as fire.
It is noticeable that Mr, Fay's company has more and
more limited its efforts to two types of play — the prose
idyll, tragic or comic, of peasant life, and the poetic drama
of remote and legendary subjects. In the former kind a
new dramatist has revealed himself, Mr. J. M. Synge,
whose little masterpiece, ' Kivers to the Sea,' was the most
successful of five plays produced by the company at the
Royalty Theater in London in the spring of 1904. Mr.
Synge had not been heard of before, but his work in prose
is no less accomplished and complete than that of Mr.
Yeats in poetry, in the days of poetic plays. " A. E.'s "
* Deirdre ' has been succeeded by Mr. Yeats' Morality ^ The
Hornglass,' written like it in cadenced prose, and this by
' The King's Threshold ' and ' The Shadowy Waters/ In
both of these plays we have heard Frank Fay and Maire nic
Shiubhaigh speak beautiful and dramatic verse as it is
seldom spoken, and in * The Shadowy Waters,' especially,
what the piece lacked in dramatic quality was made up by
the mounting, which showed how much solemn beauty
could be achieved with little cost from common materials
handled by an artist
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It is satisfactory to add that a theater has been ar-
ranged in Dublin where these players will in future have
the advantages of a proper stage, however modest its di-
mensions*
In September, 1903, we learn from an article by Mr. W.
B. Yeats in Samhain that the movement, the beginnings of
which Mr. Stephen Gwynn has chronicled in the foregoing,
has grown to such an extent that the year's doings could not
be described in detail.
Father Dineen, Father O'Leary, P. Colum, and Dr. Hyde
produced new plays which, with those by "A. E.," Mr.
Cousins, Mr. Ryan, W. B. Yeats, Dr. Hyde, Lady Gregory,
etc., were witnessed not only by thousands throughout the
length and breadth of Ireland, but by large and apprecia-
tive audiences in London as well. The Irish Literary
Society of New York also has been active in presenting
several of these plays, and the effect of the new-born Irish
drama is being strongly felt in this country also.
Ifet Lady Gregory say the last word on this subject :
" There has always, on the part of the Irish people, been
a great taste for dramatic dialogue. The ^ Arguments of
Oisin and Patrick ' are repeated by peasants for hours to-
gether with the keenest delight and appreciation. Other
dramatic * arguments * appeal to them — the * Argument of
Raftery with Death,' the * Argument of Raftery with
Whisky,' or the argument between a Connaught herd and a
Mnnster herd as to the qualities of the two provinces.
These old pieces are recited and followed with excitement,
showing how naturally the dramatic sense appeals to the
Celtic nature. It is curious, therefore, that only now
should Irish drama be finding its full expression, and not at
all curious that it has taken such a hold upon the country.
The dramatic movement has made really an enduring im-
pression upon the life and intellectual activity of the
people/'— [C. W.
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THE MODERN LITERATURE OF THE IRISH
LANGUAGE.
We shall see in this last volume specimens of the ordinary
Irish language of the people, as they have had it for the last
couple of hundred years, and as they have it now. There is
nothing but modem Irish to be found in this volume, and
hence the reader must form his own opinion of the old Irish
literature by the help of the English translations that have
been given in the other volumes. We give here no old Irish,
because it is too difficult to understand for any person who
has not made a special study of it.
There are stories, songs and sayings of the people themselves
to be found in this book, and a great many of these have
been written down by scholars from the mouths of old people
in Ireland who did not know how to read and write their
own language. But there is another portion of the book
which is the work of the cleverest writers, the work of writers
who are Tnaking a modem literature for the people of Ireland
to-day, such as Father Peter O'Leary, James Doyle, Conan Maol
(O'Shea), Patrick OTLeary, Thomas Hayes, Father Dinneen,
Miss O'Faiielly, Tadhg O'Donoghue, and others.
It is a very difficult thing to put correct tasteful English
upon Irish, for it is my opinion that there are no two languages
in the lands of Christendom which differ more between them-
selves than they do. And although they have been so long
standing side by side upon one island, very little is the trace
that either of them has left upon the other, and it is very
little that the people who speak thei.. have learned from one
another either.
The schools of Ireland also, are, alas, under the dominance
rf people to whom the English Government has given the
(MWitrol over them, and these people have always been against
the Irish, and against the language of the country. Not on©
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of them knows anything about it, more than so many asses
or bidlocks. Four of these men are judges from the courts
of law, who have no particle of knowledge about education;
but since their ordinary work is to condemn the guilty, they
condemn the people of Ireland, sentencing them to life-long
ignorance about the things that concern themselves and their
country. Another of them is the Provost of Trinity College,
that place that is Fuath na nGaedheal, and a great number
more of them are wealthy country gentlemen, without any
special knowledge of schools or scholarship; and these men
practically forbade the Irish language to be taught in the
schools or to be spoken to the scholars until three or four years
ago. A change has come now. God grant that it may be a
lasting one!
I do not think that there was ever any other country in
the lands of Christendom in which such a scandal was to
be witnessed as in Ireland — masters and mistresses of schools
who did not know a word of Irish, " teaching " ( !) children who
did not know a word of English! It is no wonder that the
spirit of literature was banished out of the people, and that
all instruction, intelligence, wisdom and natural ability, that
had come down to them from their ancestors before them, were
driven out of them. But now — ^thanks to the Gaelic League-—
the Irish language is coming to itself again, and it is evident
at last to the whole world that if Ireland is to be a nation
apart, or anjrthing at all except an ugly English county,
(imitating, in a manner lifeless, feeble, and cold, the manners
of the English), she muH turn to her own language again,
and create herself a new literature in it.
And Ireland is beginning to do this, even already, and
there are specimens of what she is doing in this book. These —
the works of the last ten years — are yet nothing but the first
pring blossoms. The summer is to come with the help of
32"
THE KENG OP THE BLACK DESERT.
This story was told by one Laurence O'Flynn, from near Swinford, in
the Gonnty Mayo, to my friend, the late F. O'Conor, of Athlone, from
whom I got it in Irish. It is the eleventh story in the " Sgenlnidhe
Gaodhalach."— Douglas Hyde.
When 0*Conor was king over Ireland, he was living in
Eathcroghan of Connacht. He had one son, but he, when he
grew up, was wild, and the king could not control him,
because he would havo his own will in everything.
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niAC-^iS^ ** f AoiUm nA6 biruit cO lonnAnn n)6|v&n "oo "detinAtfi."
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1 n-Aic A cinn f 6in:
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The King of the Black Desert. 37lS
One morning he went out
His hound at his foot,
And his hawk on his hand,
And his fine black horse to bear him,
and he went forward, singing a verse of a song to himself,
until he came as far as a big bush that was growing on the
brink of a glen. There was a ^ay old man sitting at the
foot of the bush, and he said, " ^Lng's son, if you are able to
play as well as you are able to sing son^s, I should like to
play a game with you." The King's son thought that it was
a silly old man that was in it, and he alight^, threw bridle
over branch, and sat down by the side of the gray old man.
The old man drew out a pack of cards and asked, " Can
you play these? "
" 1 can," said the King's son.
" What shall we play for? " said the gray old man.
" Anything you wish," says the King's son.
^' All right; if I win, you must do for me anjrthing I shall
ask of you, and if you win I must do for you anjrthing you
ask of me," says the gray old man.
" I'm satisfied," says the King's son.
They played the game, and the King's son beat the gray
old man. Then he said, ''What would you like me to do
for you, King's son?"
" I won't ask you to do anything for me," says the King's
son, " I think that you are not able to do much."
** Don't mind that," said the old man. " You must ask me
to do something. I never lost a bet yet that I wasn't able to
pay it."
As I said, the King's son thought that it was a silly old
man that was in it, and to satisfy him he said to him — ** Take
the head of my stepmother and put a goat's head on her for
a week."
" I'll do that for you," said the gray old man.
The King's son went a-riding on his horse
His hound at his foot,
His hawk on his hand— ^
and he faced for another place, and never thought more about
the gray old man until he came home.
He found a cry and great grief before him in the castle. The
servants told him that an enchanter had come into the room
where the Queen was, and had put a goat'sr-head on her in place
of ixer own head.
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AmAC," Af f An fig. puAif An mAOf ^%^y Aguf CuaiO f6 tec A5
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!rhe King of the black Desert^ 37l7
**By my hand, but that's a wonderful thing," says the
King's son. " If I had been at home I'd have whipptid the
head off him with my sword."
There was great grief on the King, and he sent for a wise
councillor and asked him did he know how the thing happened
to the Queen.
" Indeed, I cannot tell you that," said he, " it's a work of
enchantment."
The Eang's son did not let on that he had any knowledge
of the matter, but on the morrow morning he went out
His hound at his foot,
His hawk on his hand,
And his fine black horse to bear him,
and he never drew rein until he came as far as the big bush
on the brink of the glen. The gray old man w&s sitting there
under the bush and said, ** King's son, will you have a game
to-day? " The King's son got down and said, " I will." With
that he threw bridle over branch and sat down by the side
of the old man. He drew out the cards and asked the King's
son did he get the thing he had won yesterday.
"That's all right," says the King's son.
" We'll play for the same bet to-day," says the gray old man.
" I'm satisfied," said the King's son.
They played — ^the Kind's son won. " What would you like
me to do for you this time? " says the gray old man. The
King's son thought and said to himself, " I'll give him a hard
job this time." Then he said, " there's a field of seven acres
at the back of my father's castle, let it be filled to-morrow
morning with cows, and no two of them to be of one colour
or one height or one age."
" That shall be done," says the gray old man.
The King's son went riding on his horse.
His hound at his foot,
His hawk on his hand,
and faced for home. The King was sorrowful about the Queen ;
there were doctors out of every place in Ireland, but they
could not do her any good.
On the morning of the next day the King's herd went out
early, and he saw the field at the back of the castle filled with
cows, and no two of them of the same color, the same age,
or the same height. He went in and told the King the
wonderful news. "Go and drive them out," says the King.
The herd got men, and went with them driving out the cows.
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The King of the Black Desert. 3719
but no sooner would he put them out on one side than they
would come in on the other. The herd went to the King again,
and told him that all the men that were in Ireland would not
be able to put out these cows that were in the field. " They're
enchanted cows," said the Ring,
When the King^s son saw the cows he said to himself, " I'll
have another game with the gray man to-day ! " That
morning he went out,
His hound at his foot.
His hawk on his hand,
And his fine black horse to bear him,
and he never drew rein till he came as far as the big bush
on the brink of the glen. The gray old man was there before
him, and asked him would he have a game of cards.
" I will," says the King's son, " but you know well that I
can beat you plajdng caiSs."
" We'll have another game, then," says the gray old man.
" Did you ever play ball?"
"I did, indeed," says the King's son; "but I think that
you are too old to play ball, and, besides that, we have no
place here to play it."
"If you're contented to play, I'll find a place," says the
gray old man.
" I'm contented," says the King's son.
" Follow me," says the gray old man.
The King's son followed him through the glen until he came
to a fine green hill. There he drew out a little enchanted rod,
spoke some words which the King's son did not understand,
and after a moment the hill openS and the two went in, and
they passed through a number of splendid halls until they
came out into a garden. There was everything finer than
another in that garden, and at' the bottom of the garden there
was a place for playing ball. They threw up a piece of silver
to see who would have hand-in, and the gray old man got it.
They began then, and the gray old man never stopped until
he won out the game. The King's son did not know what ho
would do. At last he asked the old man what would he desire
him to do for him.
" I am King over the Black Desert, and you must find out
myself and my dwelling-place within a year and a day, or
I shall find you out and you shall lose your head."
Then he brought the King's son out the same way by which
he went in. The green hill closed behind them, and liie gray
old man disappeaml out of sight.
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AtntenA totf,
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jtAiO fnof Aije CIA An Aic a ^tb An Hig Af An t>fAfAC t)ub 'nA
C6tfinui^e.
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(eAjtbAtt) Af An 5CAC munA bpAgAi^ An c-oi^fe 65 An '0|tA0i1>-
eA'odif fin AmA^, CAittjM^ f6 a CeAnn."
t)f b|t6n m<J|t 1 gCAifteAn An fig An LA fin. tM ceAnn ^AbAif
AH An mbAinfiogAin, A^uf An niAC-fig "out A5 c6|tuiSeAec t>haoi'6-
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bed nA niAf b."
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A feAt>AC Ap A boif
A'f A tApAlt btieAJ ^ub t)'A iom6Af.
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gcnoc, Aguf 50 f Alb T)0|\<iA'OAf nA b-oi-OCe A5 ccaCc, jAn fiof
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The King's son went home, riding on his hone,
His hound at his foot,
His hawk on his hand,
and he sorrowful enough.
That evening the King observed that there was grief and
great trouble on his young son, and when he went to sleep
the King and every person that was in the castle heard heavy
sighing and ravings from him. The King was in grief — ^
goat's head to be on the Queen ; but he was seven times worse
when they told him the (whole) story how it happened from
beginning to end.
He sent for a wise councillor and asked him did he know
where the King of the Black Desert was living.
" I do not, indeed," said he, " but as sure as there's a tail
on a cat, unless the young heir finds out that enchanter he
will lose his head."
There was great grief that day in the castle of the King.
There was a goat's head on the Queen, and the King's son
was going searching for an enchanter, without knowing
whether he would ever come back.
After a week the goat's head was taken off the Queen, and
her own head was put upon her. When she heard of how
the goat's head was put upon her, a great hate came upon
her against the King's son, and ^he said, " That he may never
come back alive or dead ! "
Of a Monday morning he left his blessing with his father
and his kindred, his traveling bag was bound upon his shoulder,
and he went,
Hi« hound at his foot.
His hawk on his hand.
And his fine black horse to bear him.
He walked that day until the sun was gone beneath the
shadow of the hills and till the darkness of the night was
coming, without* knowing where he could get lodgings. He
noticed a large wood on his left-hand side, and he drew
towards it as quickly as he could, hoping to spend the nie^ht
under the shelter of the trees. He sat down at the foot of a
large oak tree, and opened his traveling bag to take some food
and drink, when he saw a great eagle coming towards hinu
" Do not be afraid of me, King's son; I know you, you are
the son of O'Conor, King of Ireland. I am a friend, and if
you grant me your horse to give to eat to four hungry birds
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eA6c."
" C15 teAC All CApAtt 'OO Oeit A^AX) AgUf pAltce," Af f All niAC
f ^S> " cfO stJf t>f 0nA6 ni6 Ag fSAfAtfiAttic teif ."
" ZA 50 mAiC, b^i-O mife Ann f o A|t mAi'Din AmAfA^ te ti-6if ge
nA 5f6ine." Ann fin •o'f ofSAit ff a gob ni6f, ^^115 Sfeim a^ An
SCApAtt, DuAit A "OA tAoiO AnAgAi'O A C6ite, teAtntiig A fsiAtAn,
AJUf "O'lmtlg Af AtflAfC.
'O'lt Agtif 'o'Ot An niAC f!g a fAit, 6tJitt An mAtA-fiObAit fAOi
nA 6eAnn, Aguf nio|\ OfA'OA 50 fiAiO f6 *nA ecotAti, Ajtif nfof
•OOipS f 6 50 •oc-Ainig An c-iotA|t Ajuf guf 'OtibAlfC : ** C-d f6 1
n-Am "ouinn tteit '5 imteACc, cA AifceAf f a'oa pdttiAinn, toeif Sjteim
Ajt 'OO rtiAtA A^uf t6ini fUAf Af mo ^ftiim."
" /ACc, mo Of 6n ! " Af feifCAn, " CAitfri'O m6 fSAfAtfiAinc te mo
CO A^uf te mo feAt>AC."
" HA blot) bf 6n ofc," Af fife ; " bfti-O fiAT) Ann f o f difiAt)
ntlAlf tlUCfAf CO Af Alf ."
xVnn fin t6im f6 fUAf Af a 'Ofuim, gtAC fife fgiACAn, Aguf Af
50 bfAt t6ite Y^" ^^* tu5 f! ^ tAf enocAib Aguf ^teAnncAib,
tAf tflWIf tflOlf AgUf tAf COIttab, Stif fAOIt f^ 50 fAlb f6 Ag
■oeifeAt) An •ootfiAin. TluAif bi An gfiAn A5 T)tit fAOi fjAite nA
5cnoc, CAinig fi 50 CAtArti 1 tAf f AfAig rtiOif, Ajuf 'oubAifC teif :
" teAn An CAf An Af tAoib "oo tditfie "oeife, Agtif b^Aff Ait) f^ tO
50 ceA6 cAfAt). CAitpt) mife fitteAt) Af Aif te fotACAf "00
m*6AntAiC."
teAn feifeAn An CAf An, Ajuf niof bf a'oa 50 "ocAinis f6 50 "oci
An ceAC, A^uf CuAit) f 6 AfceAC. X>i f eAn-'otime tiAt 'nA fui-Oe *f ^^
gcoif neutt ; "o'^if ig f 6 t -oubAifc, " Ceu-o mfte f Aitce f OtfiAt), a
fhic TliS Af "RAC-Cf UA6An ConnAtc."
" Tlf't edtAf AgAm-fA ofc," Af fAn mAC fig;
" t)i Aitne AgAm-f A Af "oo feAn-AtAif ," Af fAn feAn ■ouine tiAt ;
" f Ul-O f lOf ; If "OOlS 50 bf tilt CAf C AgUf OCf Uf Of c,"
" nt't m6 f AOf UAtA," Af fAn mAC ffg. t)uAit An feAn ■otiine a
X>S boif AnAgAi'O A C6ite, Aguf tilini5 beifc f eif bif eAC, A^uf teAg-
A'OAf bofo te mAif c-f e6it, cAoif-fe6it, mtiic-f edit Aguf te neAfc
AfAin 1 tiltAif An ftiic f!g, Aguf "oubAifU An feAn -ouine teif : " It
Ajuf 6t -oo filit, b'^i-oif 50 mbu-O f A'OA 50 bf uigfit) CO A teit^-o
Afif ." X)'it Aguf -o'dt f^ oif eA-o Aguf bti-O itiiAn teif, Aguf tug
bui-OeACAf Af A f on;
/Ann fin "oubAifC An feAn 'ouine, "cA cO "out A5 cOfuigeAec
Rig An f Af Aig "OtJib ; ceifig A5 co-otA-O Anoif , Ajuf fAtAit> mife
Cfe mo teAbf Alb te feutAinc An -ocis tiom Aic-6difiniiit>e An ffg
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that I have, I shall bear you farther than your horse
would bear you, and, perhaps, I would put you on the track
of him you are looking for."
"You can have the horse, and welcome," says the King's
son, " although I am sorrowful at parting from him."
"All right, I shall be here to-morrow at sunrise." With
that she opened her great gob, caught hold of the horse, struck
in his two sides against one another, took wing, and
disappeared out of sight.
The King's son ate and drank his enough, put his traveling
bag under his head, and it was not long till he was asleep,
and he never woke until the eagle came and said, " It is
time for us to be going, there is a long journey before us;
take hold of your bag and leap up upon my back."
" But my grief ! " says he, " I must part from my hound
and my hawk."
" Do not be grieved," says she, " they will be here before
you when you come back."
Then he leaped up on her back; she took wing, and ofl
and away with her trough the air. She brought him across
hills and hollows, over a great sea, and over woods, till he
thought that he was at the end of the world. When the sun was
going under the shadow of the hills she came to earth in the
midst of a great desert, and said to him, " Follow the path on
your right-hand side, and it will bring you to the house of a
friend. I must return again to provide for my birds."
He followed the path^ and it was not long till he came to
the house, he went in. There was a gray old man sitting
in the comer. He rose and said, " A hundred thousand
welcomes to you. King's son, from Bathcroghan of Connacht."
" I have no knowledge of you," said the King's son.
" I was acquainted with your grandfather," said the gray
old man. " Sit down ; no doubt there is hunger and thirst
on you."
" I am not free from them," said the King's son.
The old man then smote his two palms against one another,
and two servants came and laid a board with beef, mutton,
pork, and plenty of bread before the King's son, and the old
man said to him, " Eat and drink your enough. Perhaps it
may be a long time before you get the like again."
He ate and drank as much as he desired, and thanked him
for it.
Then the old man said, "You are going seeking for the
King of the Black Desert; go to sleep now, and I will go
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fin "©'frilgAa AtnAC." Ann pn, Ou^it f 6 a Oof a ; eAint^ feittttife^C,
Aguf -ouOAifc f 6 teif " CAtJ^Mf An m^c fig s© "oci a f eom^A." tus
f6 50 f eomtvd bfeilg 6, Aguf niof f^p^'OA juf Cuic ^6 'nA Co'otd'6;
A|t m^i'oin, tS Af nA tfiil|UiC, tilinis An fe^n "ouine Agtif "ouO-
Aif c : " 6if 1$, zS AifceAjt pa-oa f <Jtfi-A'o. C-diCp*6 cii ctJij ceu-o
mfte 'OeunAtfi f oirfi me-A-Oon-tde."
" TH f eu-OfAinn 6 -00 t>eun-Aifi," A^t f An niAC fig;
" m-d'f niAfCA6 niAit tii, G^Af pAi-O mif e CApAtt "ouic O^AjtpAf
CO An c-AifceAH."
" 'OeunpA'o niAjt ■o^AfpAf cuf a," A|t f An niAC ftg,
tus An feAn 'ouine neAfc le n'lte Aguf te n'dt -od, Aguf nuAif
01 f 6 filtAC, tu5 f e geAffAn beAS bin -06, Aguf ■oubAif\c : " UAbAi|\
ceAt) A Cinn "oo'n JeAf f -dn, Agtif nuAif fcoppAf f^, ^€a6 ftiAf 'f^n
A6f Aguf petcpiti CO cf! eAtAi'Oe Cotfi geAt te fneACCA. If ia-o
fin Cf! ingeAnA Rig An f ilf Aig "Ouib. t)6i'0 nAipicIn glAf 1 mbeut
CAtA ACA, fin i An ingeAn if 6150, A^uf n!*l neAC be6 'o'f eu-of a-O
CO "OO tAbAlfC 50 Cig Tllg An f if Alg "Ouib A6C f. TltlA1|t fcopf Af
An seAjtfiln, b^fO cO 1 ngAf "do toC ; ciucf Ait) nA cf! eAlAitie 50
CAtAtti A|t bfUA6 An toCA pn, Aguf ■oeunf Alt) cfiOf mni (bAn) O5
■DfOb f6in, AgUf fACAlO flA-O AfCeAC 'f^n tOC A5 fn-Attl AgUf Ag
fine. CongbAig "oo fOil Af An nAipicfn glAf Aguf nuAif geobAf
cO nA tnnS 65A *yAn I06, ceif ig Aguf fig An nAipicfn Aguf nA f^Af
teif. Ueifig 1 bf otA6 f A01 Cf Ann Aguf nuAif tuicf ai-O nA mnA djA
AniA6, -oeunf Alt) beif c aca eAtAi*6e •6fob f 6in Aguf inite<)eAi'0 fiAt)
•f An A6f . Ann fin, "o^Af f ai-O An ingeAn if dige, " X)etinf ai'O ni6
ni-O Af bit "oo'n c6 b^Af f Af mo nAipicfn -oAni." CAf 1 tAtAif Ann
fin, A5tJf CAbAif An nAipicfn -of, f AbAif nAC bftait nf-O Af biC A5
CeAfCAt UA1C, ACC "OO CAbAlfC gO cig A 1l-AtAf, AgUf innif T)! 5Uf
mAC ffg CO Af Cff COtflACCAlg*"
Tlinne An mAc ffg jaC nit) wAf 'otibAifc An feAn 'ouine teif,
A5Uf nuAif Cu5 f 6 An nAipicfn -o'lngin Rig An f Af Aig t)uib, 'otib-
Aifc f 6 : "If mife niAC Hi ConCubAif, Rfg ConnACc. CAbAif m€
50 "ocf "o'ACAif : f A-OA m6 "d'A C6f uigeACc."
" riAf bfeAff "Ouic m^ nf-O ^igin eite -00 'OeunAifi 'Ouic ? ** Af
fife.
" ttf't Aon nft> eite A5 ceAf cAt UAim, Af f eif eAn.
** rriA tAif b^AnAim An ceAC "ouic nAC mb^i-O cO f Af ca ? "Af fife;
" to^i-OeAT)," Af f eif eAn.
" Anoif /' Af fife, " Af -D'AnAm nA n-innif -oo m' AtAif juf mife
■00 Cu5 Cum A Cige-feAn to, Aguf b^i-O mife mo CAfAit) ttiAiC
•Ouic; A^uf tei5 ofc f6in,** Af pfe, "50 bfuit m43f-COtfiACc
■OfAOI-OeAtC AgAT)."
" "Oetinf AT) mAf -oeif cO," Af f eifeAn.
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through my books to see if I can find out the dwelling-place
of that King." Then he smote his palms (together), and a
servant came, and he told him, " Take the King's son to his
chamber." He took him to a fine chamber, and it was not
long till he fell asleep.
On the morning of the next day the old man came and said,
"Rise up, there is a long journey before you. You must
do five hundred miles before midday."
"I could not do it," said the King's son.
" If you are a good ridej^ I will give you a horse that will
bring you over the journey."
" I will do as you say," said the King's son.
The old man gave him plenty to eat and to drink and,
when he was satisfied, he gave him a little white garran and
said, " Give the garran his head, and when he stops look up
into the air, and you will see three swans as white as snow.
Those are the three daughters of the King of the Black Desert.
Thero will be a green napkin in the mouth of one of them,
that is the youngest daughter, and there is not anyone alive
except her who could bring you to the house of the King of
the Black Desert. When the garran stops you will be near
a lake, the three swans will come to land on the brink of
that lake, and they will make three young women of them-
selves, and they will go into the lake swimming and dancing.
Keep your eye on the green napkin, and when you get the
young women in the lake go and get the napkin, and do not
part with it. Go into hiding under a tree, and when the
young women will come out two of them will make swans
of themselves, and will go away in the air. Theu the youngest
daughter will say, * I will do anything for him who will give
me my napkin.' Come forward then and give her the napkin,
and say that there is. nothing you want bui ^o bring you to
her father's house, and tell her that you are a king's son from
a powerful country."
The King's son did everything as the old man desired him,
and when he gave the napkin to the daughter of the King
of the Black Desert he said, ** lam the son of O'Conor, King
of Connacht. Bring me to your father. Long am I seeking
him."
" Would not it be better for me to do something else for you? ''
said she.
" I do not want anything else," said he.
"If I show you the house will you not be satisfied? " said
she.
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3726 nig Ail f AfiMS Otji5.:
/Ann fin finne f! e-AUx •Of f 6in -dguf •otiOAittc : " t^m fUAf A^t
mo ttiuin, A^uf cuif 'oo liltfiA fAoi mo ttiuin6-At, Aguf con^O^iS
5f eim cfUAi-O."
Hinne f6 AtfitAi-O, Aguf CtvdiC ff a fgiAtilnA, t Af 50 b|\AC t4iCe
CAf enocAiO A'f C^t^ Ste^nncAib, C^ft ttiuif Aguf tAjt ft^iOciO, 50
■ocAinis f! 50 CAUdrti m^f "00 Oi An SftAn as "out pAoi. Ann fin
•otiOAifC f! teif : " An Of eice^nn cO An ceAC mOf fin tAtt 1 Sin
ceAO tn*AtAf • StAn te^u. Am Af bit O^i-OeAf bAojAt ofc, b6i'0
mife te "oo CaoiO." Ann fin "o'lmtiS fi uai-O.
CuAi'6 An mAC jtig Cum An cige, Ouai-O AfceAO, A^uf cia •o'freic-
f eA-O f 6 Ann fin 'nA f ui-Oe 1 goAtAoif Oif , aOu An f edn 'ouine tiAC
■o'lmif nA cAifOAi-O Aguf An tiAtf Oit) teif.
" peicim, A tfiic fij," Af f eif eAn, " 50 Of u-din cij m4 Am^t itoitfi
ti Aguf btiA-OAin. CA fTAt) 'o'frAs cii An bAite ? "
" A|t mAi-om An'oiti, ntiAif 0! m6 A5 6if$e Af mo teAbui'O, eonn-
AifC m€ cuAg-ceAtA, |\inne m6 t6im, fs^f m6 mo t>A Coif ai|\, Aguf
fteAtfinAig m6 Cotfi f a-oa teif feo."
" X)A|i mo UAifi, if mOf An gAifgi^Oe^Cc "oo |\inne ciS," Af f An
f e^n f !$.
" X)'f eu-of Ainn f u-o niof ion54ncAiSe *nA fin "oo "OeunArfi, ■oA
n-05t\06Ain," Af fAn mAC fig.
" CA cft neiCe AgAm •ouic te T)eunAtti," Af fAn f eAn fig, " t
mA'f ffii-oif teAC lA-o "OO "OeunAtfi, beit) fojA mo tfiOif inJeAn
AgAT) mAf ifinAoi, Aguf munA "ocis tCAC iat) "oo "OetinArti, CAittp'O
c(i "00 CeAnn mAf OAitt cuit) ttiAit "oe "OAoiniO 65A f OtfiAt)."
Ann fin •ouO^ifC f 6, " tl! Ofonn ite r\S Ot in mo tig-fe, aCc
Aon uAif AtfiAin 'fAn cfeACcrtiAin, Aguf 01 f6 AjAinn Af mAi-oin
An-oiO."
" If cumA tiom-f A," Af fAn mAC f i$ ; " C15 tiom cf ofgA-O "oo
•OeunAtfi Af feA-O miof a "oA mbei'deAtw cf ua-OO^ ofm."
" If T)6iS 50 'OC15 teAc "out 5An Co^otA-O mAf An sceu'onA ? " Af
fAn f eAn fig.
" d5 tiom 5An Atfif Af ," Af fAn mAC fig.
" tDfii-O teAbui-O cf uAi-O As^r) AnoCc mAf fin," Af fAn feAn
f !§ ; " CAf tiom 50 T)CAif b6Anf Ai-O m6 "Ouic 6." tug f 6 AmAC
Ann fin 6, -] tAifb^An f6 "00 cf Ann mOf A^uf jAOtOs Aif, t "ouO-
Aif c : " Ceif 1$ f UAf Ann fin Aguf co-OAit in fAn n^AOtOig, Ajuf
b! f ^i-O te ti-6ifge nA gf 6ine."
CuAit) f^ ftiAf in fAn ngAOtOis, a6c Cotti tuAt Ajuf Oi An feAn
fig *nA Co'otA'O, tAini5 An ingeAn 05 Aguf tug AfceAO 50 f eomfA
bfeAg 6, Aguf Con^OAiS f! Ann pn 6 50 fAiO An feAn fig Af c!
6if$e; Ann pn Cuif f! 6 AmAO Afif 1 njAOtOij An CfAinn.
te H-^ifge nA Sf 6ine, CAinig An feAn f!g Cuige Aguf •otiOAifC,
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** I will be satisfied/' said he.
** Now," said she, " upon your life do not tell my father that
it was I who brought you to his house, and I shall be a good
friend to you, but let on," said she, "that you have great
powers of enchantment."
" I will do as you say," says he.
Then she made a swan of herself and said, " Leap up on
my back and put your hands under my neck, and keep a
hard hold."
He did so, and she shook her wings, and off and away with
her over hills and over glens, over sea and over mountains,
until she came to earth as the sun was going under. Then
she said to him, " Do you see that great house yonder? That
is my father's house. Farewell. Any time you are in
danger I shall be at your side." Then she went from him.
The King's son came to the house and went in, and whom
should he see sitting in a golden chair but the gray old man
who had played the cards and the ball with him.
" King's son," said he, " I see that you found me out before
the day and the year. How long since you left home? "
** This morning when I was nsing out of my bed I saw a
rainbow; I gave a leap, spread my two legs on it and slid
as far as this."
"By my hand, it was a great feat you performed," said
the old King.
" I could do a more wonderful thing than that if I chose,"
said the King's son.
" I have ilSree things for you to do," says the old King, " and
if you are able to do them you shall have the choice of my
three daughters for wife, and unless you are able to do them
you shall lose your head, as a good many other young men
have lost it before you."
Then he said, "there he's neither eating nor drinking
in my house except once in the week, and we had it this
morning."
"It's all one to me," said the King's son, "I could fast
for a month if I were on a pinch."
" No doubt you can go without sleep also," says the old King.
" I can, without doubt," said the King's son.
"You shall have a hard bed to-night, then," says the old
King. " Come with me till I show it to you." He brought
him out then and showed him a great tree with a fork in it, and
said, " Get up there and sleep in the fork, and be ready with
the rise of the sun."
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3728 ttiS All ^^rAig "Otiitt.
** Ca|| AfiuAf Atioif, T CAf tiom-f A 50 ■ocAift)6Ain:Ai'6 in6 "buic An
nit) ACA AgAt) te 'oeun^j^tti An-oiO."
tu5 r^ An XDAC fig 50 bf UAC lots t tAif b^-dr r^ "^O f eAn-e^ir-
Leiln, Aguf 'oubAinc teif ^ " CaiC 5AC taite <ito6 \An scAif teAn fin
Anii\6 *f^" ^^^» 1 ^lot) f6 'oeuncA a^a'o fCAt mil 'Oc6i'6eAnn ^n
SfiAn pAoi, C]vAtn6nA." 'O'lmtig f6 uAit) Ann pn.
tofAiS An niAc fij A5 obAif , aCc b! nA CI06A sfeAmuigCe -o^A
66ile Cofti C|tUAi"6 pti, nAjt freut) fft Aon etoC aca -oo COsbAit, Ajtif
•oil mbei'OeA'O f4 A5 obAi|\ 50 "oci An tA f o, nf beit>eA*6 cloC Af aii
gCAifteAn, Suit) f6 fiof Ann pn A5 fmuAineAti cf^At) -00 bu-O
C6i|\ '66 •6eunAtfi, Asuf n^ot^ bfA-OA 50 -ocilinis inJeAn An CfeAn-
fig Cui^e, T "oubAif c, " Ca-o 6 p-dt "oo bfCin ? " P'lnnif f 6 -Oi An
obAif -oo b! Aige te "oeunAtfi. " Ha cuifxeA'd fm bf 6n ofc ; 'oetin-
pAit) mife 6," Af pfe. Ann pn Cuj f! AfvAn, niAif\c|redit 7 pfon
•06, tAntuiins AinA<i f tAicin •ojVAoi'OeAecA, bwAit buiUe Af An c-f eAn-
CAifteiln, A5Uf pAoi 6eAnn tndimi'o b! 5AC tnte 6tol^ "06 Af bun
An to6A. " Anoif ," Af Pfe, " nA n-innif "oo ni*AtAif guf mife -oo
finne An obAif <>uir,'*
HuAif bl An SfiAn A5 "out fAoi, cfAtn6nA, tAinij An feAn fig
Ajuf -oubAifc : " peicim 50 bf uit •o'obAif tA4 -oeuncA A^AryJ**
" C4," Af f An mAC fig, " C15 tiom obAif Af bit -oo •bennAtti."
^AOit An feAn fig Anoif 50 fAib ctStfiACc ttidf 'OfAoit^eACcA A5
An mAC fig, A5Uf T)ubAifC teif , " S6 -o'cbAif tA6 AmAfdC nA cLoCa
00 tOgbAit Af An toC, Aguf An cAifteiln vo Cuf Af bun mAf b!
H eeAnA."
Cu5 f6 An mAC ftg A-bAile A^uf "oubAifc teif, " Ceif ig -00
Co'OtA'b 'f An Aic A fAib CO An oitxie Af6if ."
tluAif ^uAit^ An feAn-fig *nA 6ox>IaX> t-Ainig An ingeAn 65 ^Aguf
tug AfceAC 6 cum a feomfA f6in, A^uf CongbAig Ann pn 6 50
fAib An feAn fig Af ci 6if ge Af mAi-oin ; Ann x^n Cuif f! AmAC
Afff € 1 nsAbtbig An cfAinn."
t,e n-eifige nA ^feine* tAinig An feAn fig 1 'oubAifC : ** ZA f6
1 n-Am "ouiu •out scionn lo'oibf e,"
" Hi't -oeipif Af bic Of m," Af f An mAC fig, " mAf zA pof A^Am
50 "ocis tiom m obAif tA€ "beunAifi 50 f 6i<>."
CuAit) f6 50 bfUAC An toCA Ann fm, aCc n'of feu-o f6 ctoC
t)'f eiceilt, bt An c-uif^e Cotti -oub pn. Suit> f 4 fiof Af CAf fAig ;
Aguf n!of bfA-OA 50 T)cAini5 pionnguAtA, bu-b n-6 pn Ainm ingme
An CfeAn fig, euige, Aguf "oubAif c : " Cat) cA ajat) te -oeunAtfi
An-oiii 1 *' X)'innir f^ "bi, A^uf "oubAif c p : "HA bfo-b bf 6n of c ;
C15 ttom-fA An obAif pn "beunAfti -buiu." Ann pn tug f! *66
Af^n, mAifC-pebit, Aguf cAoif -f ebit Aguf ffon. Ann pn tAff Ain^
p AmAC An cftAicin -Of Aoi<)eA<iCA, buAit uifge An toCA t6iCe, Asuf
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He went up into the fork, but as soon as the old King was
asleep the young daughter came and brought him into a fine
room and kept him there until the old King was about to rise.
Then she put him out again into the fork of the tree.
With the rise of the sun the old King came to him and
said, " Come down now, and come with me until I show you
the thing that you have to do to-day."
He brought the King's son to the brink of a lake and showed
him an old castle, and said to him, ** Throw every stone in
that castle out into the loch, and let you have it done before
the sun goes down in the evening." He went away from him
then.
The King's son began working, but the stones were stuck to
one another so fast that he was not able to raise one of them,
and if he were to be working until this day, there would not
be one stone out of the castle. He sat down then, thinking
what he ought to do, and it was not long until the daughteit
of the old King came to him and said, '' What is the cause of
your grief? " He told her the work which he had to do. " Lei
that put no grief on you, I will do it," said she. Then she
gave nim bread, meat, and wine, pulled out a little enchanted
rod, struck a blow on the old castle, and in a moment every
stone of it was at the bottom of the lake. " Now," said she,
" do not tell my father that it was I who did the work for you."
When the sun was going down in the evening, the old King
came and said, " I see that you have your day's work done."
" I have," said the King's son; " I can do any work at all."
The old King thought now that the King's son had great
powers of enchantment, and he said to him, "Your day's
work for to-morrow is to lift the stones out of the loch, and to
set up the castle again as it was before."
He brought the King's son home and said to him, '' Gb to
sleep in the place where you were last night."
When the old King went to sleep the young daughter came
and brought him into her own chamber and kept him there
till the old King was about to rise in the morning. Then
she put him out again in the fork of the tree.
At sunrise the old King came and said, "It's time for you
to get to work."
"There's no hurry on me at all," says the King's son,
" because I know I can readily do my day's work."
He went then to the brink of the lake, but he was not able
to see a stone, the water was that black. He sat down on a
rock, and it was not long until Finnuala — ^that was the name
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of the old King's daughter — came to him and said, "What
have you to do to-day?" He told her, and she said, "Let
there be no grief on you. I can do that work for you." Then
she gave him bread, beef, mutton, and wine. After that she
drew out the little enchanted rod, smote the water of the lako
with it, and in a moment the old castle was set up as it had
been the day before. Then she said to him — " On your life,
don't tell my father that I did this work for you, or that you
have any knowledge of me at all."
On the evening of that day the old King came and said,
" I see that you have the day's work done."
" I have," said the King's son, " that was an easy-done job."
Then the eld King thought that the King's son had more
power of enchantment than he had himself, and he said, " You
have only one other thing to do." He brought him home then,
and put him to sleep in the fork of the tree, but Finnuala came
and put him in her own chamber, and in the morning she
sent him out a^ain into the tree. At sunrise the old King came
to him and said : " Come with me till I show you your day's
work."
He brought the King's son to a great glen, and showed him
a well, and said, " My grandmother lost a ring in that well, and
do you get it for me before the sun goes under this morning."
Now, this well was one hundred feet deep and twenty feet
round about, and it was filled with water, and there was an
army out of hell watching the ring.
When the old King went away Finnuala came and asked,
" What have you to do to-day? " He told her, and she said,
" That is a diflScult task, but I shall do my best to save your
life." Then she gave him beef, bread, and wine. Then she
made a sea-bird of herself, and went down into the well.
It was not long till he saw smoke and lightning coming up
out of the well, and (he heard) a sound like loud thunder, and
anyone who would be listening to that noise he would think
that the army of hell was fighting.
At the end of a while the smoke went away, the lightning
and thunder ceased, and Finnuala came up with the ring.
She handed the ring to the King's son, and said, "I won
the battle, and your life is saved. But, look, the little finger
of my right hand is broken; but perhaps it is a lucky thing
that it was broken. When my father comes do not give him
the ring, but threaten him stoutly. He will bring you then
to choose your wife, and this is how you shall make your
choice. I and my sisters will be in a room, there will be a
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hole in the door, and we shall all put our hands out in a
cluster. You will put your hand through the hole, and the
hand that you will keep hold of when my father will open
the door that is the hand of her you shall have for wife. You
can know me by my broken little finger."
" I can; and the love of my heart you are, Finnuala," says
the King's son.
On the evening of th t day the old King came and asked,
" Did you get my grandmother's ring? "
" I did, indeed," says the King's son ; " there was an army
out of hell guarding it, but I beat them; and I would beat
seven times as many. Don't you know I'm a Connachtman? "
" Give me the ring," says the old Kine.
"Indeed I won't give it," says he; I fought hard for it;
but do you give me my wife, I want to be going."
The old King brought him in and said, " My three daughters
are in that room before you. The Hand of each of them is
stretched out, and she on whom you will keep your hold until
I open the door, that one is your wife."
The King's son thrust his hand through the hole that was
in the door, and caught hold of the hand with the broken
little finger, and kept a tight hold of it until the old King
opened the door of the room.
" This is my wife," said the King's son. " Give me now
your daughter's fortune."
" She has no fortune to get, but the brown slender steed
to bring you home, and that ye may never come back, alive
or dead ! "
The King's son and Finnuala went riding on the brown
slender steed, and it was not long till they came to the wood
where the King's son left his hound and his hawk. They were
there before him, together with his fine black horse. He sent
the brown slender steed back then. He set Finnuala riding
on his horse, and leaped up himself.
His hound at his heel,
His hawk on his hand,
and he never stopped till he came to Rathcroghan.
There was great welcome before him there, and it was not
long till himself and Finnuala were married. They spent a
long prosperous life; but it is scarcely that (even) the track
of this old castle is to be found to-day in Bathcroghan of
Connacht.
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As f euCAinc cige m* AtAn;
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3735
RINGLETED YOUTH OF MY LOVE,
(Translated by Douglas Hyde in " Love Songs of Connacht/']
Ringleted youth of my love,
With thy locks bound loosely behind thee,
You passed by the road above,
But you never came in to find me ;
Where were the harm for you
If you came for a little to see me ;
Your kiss is a wakening dew
Were I ever so ill or so dreamy.
If I had golden store
I would make a nice little boreen
To lead straight up to his door,
The door of the house of my storeen ;
Hoping to God not to miss
The sound of his footfall in it,
I have waited so long for his kiss
That for days I have slept not a minute.
I thought, O my love ! you were so —
'As the moon is, or sun on a fountain.
And I thought after that you were snow,
The cold snow on top of the mountain ;
And I thought after that you were more
Like God's lamp shining to find me.
Or the bright star of knowledge before.
And the star of knowledge behind me.
You promised me high-heeled shoes,
And satin and silk, my storeen.
And to follow me, never to lose.
Though the ocean were round us roaring ;
Like a bush in a gap in a wall
1 am now left lonely without theie.
And this house, I grow dead of, is ail
That I see around or about noe.
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COIRNIN OF THE FDEZE
(Translated by Douglas Hyde.)
Long ago, in the olden time, there was a widow, whose name
was Bridget O'Grady, living in the County Galway. She had
an only son, whose name was Teig. He was bom a month
after his father's death in a little wood of furze that was grow-
ing on the side of a hill near the house. For that reason the
people called him " Coirnin* of the Furze " as a nickname.
The poor woman was suddenly taken ill as she was -driving
the cows up the side of the hill.
When Teig was bom he was a fine infant, and grew well
till he was four years of age, but from that time on he did not
grow an inch until he was thirteen, nor did he put a foot under
him to walk a step, but he was able to go quickly enough on
his two hands and his back, and if he would hear anyone
coming to the house he would strike his two hands under him,
and would go of a single leap from the fire to the door, and
he would put a hundred thousand welcomes before whoever
came. The youth of the village liked him greatly, for they
used to get great amusement out of him every night. From
the time he was seven years of age he was handy and useful
to his mother, and to his grandmother who was living in the
one house with him. In the harvest time he used to go on
his hands and his back up the side of the hill, and he used to
be eating the furze blossoms like a goat. There was a little
river on it there, between the house and the hill, and he used
to f^o over the river of a leap, as airy as a hare.
The grandmother was a silly old woman ; she was deaf and
almost dumb, and many was the fight herself and Teig used
to have.
One day the mother said to Teis:, " Teigeen, I must put a
leather seat on your breeches ; I'm destroyed buying frieze, and
as soon as I have it done, you must go to a tailor to learn a
trade."
" Bv mv word," says Teig, " that is not the trade I'll have.
A tailor is only the ninth part of a man. If yon sjive me a
trade at all, make a piper of me. I've a great liking for the
music."
"Let it be so," says the mother. The day after that she
went to the town to get the leather, and when the little lads of
* Pronoanoed <* Cnmeen."
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the village found that the mother was gone, they got a buck
goat that belonged to lame Paddy Kelly, and they put Coimin
riding on it. Off and away with the buck, bleating as loud as
he could, and Coimin on his back screeching like a person out
of his senses, with fear lest he shoidd fall, and the boys of
the village after him. The buck faced for Paddy's cottage;
and when Paddy saw the buck and his rider coming he thought
that it was the old boy that was coming for him. Paddy had
not walked a step for seven years before that, but when he saw
the buck coming in at the door he went of a single leap out
through the window, and called on the neighbors to save him
from the devil that was after him.
The boys were laughing and clapping their hands till they
set the buck mad, and off. again with him, out of the house.
When Paddy saw him coming the second time, off and away
with him, and the buck with Coimin on his back after him.
There were long horns on the buck, and Coimin had the
" drowning man's grip " on them. Paddy faced for Galway,
with the buck following him. The cry rose, and the people of
the villages on each side of the road came out, and such shouting
there never was before in the County Galway. Paddy never
stopped till he came into the City of Galway, and the buck and
his rider at his heels. It was a market day, and the streets were
filled with people. Paddy began crying and yelling on the
Siople to save him, and they were making a mock of him.
e went up one street and down another street, and he was
going until the sun was setting in the evening.
Coimin saw fine apples on a board, and an old woman near
them, and there came a great wish on him to have a share of
the apples. He loosed his grasp on the buck's horns, and went
with a leap on the board of apples. Away for ever with the
old woman, and she left the apples behind her, for she was
half dead with the fright.
It was not long that Coimin was eating the apples, when
his mother came by, and when she saw Coimin she cut the
sign of the Cross on herself, and* she said — " In the name of
God, Coimin, what brought you here?"
" Ask that of Paddy Kelly and his buck goat; there's luck
on you, mother, that my neck is not broken."
She put Coimin into her apron and faced for home.
But it's curious the thing that Happened to Paddy Kelly.
When Coimin parted with the buck, the animal followed Paddy
out on the high road, came up with him, put his two horns under
him, threw Paddy upon his own back, and never stood still
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nuAif "o'^iitig f 6 Aft niAi'oin, nl f Ait> Ati poc te pAgAit be6 nA mA|\t> J
Aguf 'Dul>Ait\c tiA "OAoine uite 50 mbut) j!>oc "oivAofOeACcA "oo W
Ann. Af Caoi Af bit tii5 f4 coifi'OeACc "oo liAfoin O CeAtlAig,
put) nAC fAitt Aije te feA6c mbtiA-OnAib jioirfie fin.
CuAit^ An fseut Cfti-o An z\^y 50 scuaLai-O 5A6 tiite fOAjt, t>eAn, t
pAifoe 1 scon-oA^ nA gAittitfie 4, Aguf if lonrOA cujt-fiof "oo W
Aijt, foitft C|Vdtn6nA An tA6 fin. t)ut>Ai|\c ctiix) $u|\ poc 'otiAoi'6-
eACCA -oo 01 1 bpoc jiAi-otn, t 50 ^ib f 6 t^AnnpiiiftceAC teif ; "oub-
Aijtc cuiT) eite 50 tt\X)u'6 feAjt fit)e Coi^tntn, A^tif 50 mbu-O C6i^
A "OdgA-dj
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Tlf SitA-OAiS, A^uf 6! SfOAnn m6x< aca A5 6ifceA6c te Coijtnln A5
innfinc 1 'ocAoib nA niA|\cuiSeA6cA "oo bi Ai^e 50 gAittirh A^t itiuin
pmc p^i'oln tif CoAttAig, Aguf 5A6 nit> tAjttA teif a^ poA-O An
tA6.
An 01*660 fin, ntiAitt 6uai'6 Coifnln Aft a tOAbuit), CAinig bt\6n
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1 tei5 "oflinn co"otA"6." A6c nfoft fcop f6 50 niAi-oin.
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f Ati nA c6ttiA|tf AnnA 50 jiAib cO t^Ann-pAifcOAC teif nA fitie, Aguf
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n! peti"Of A iSf Alt) ffiAit "OO tieunAtfi -66. Teifvig A-bAite Anoif A^uf
"' A|t niAi-oin AinAf a6, AbAif te "oo ifiAtAif 50 fAib bfionT^tdiT) bjteAg
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till he came home. Paddy came off at the door, and the buck
fell dead at the threshold. Paddy went to sleep, for he was
half dead and it was late in the night, and when he arose in
the morning the buck was not to be got alive or dead; and
all the people said that it was an enchanted buck that was in
it. Anyway it gave power to walk to Paddy Kelly, a thing he
had not had for seven years before that.
The stoiy went through the country till every man, woman,
and child in the County of Galway heard it, and many was the
version that was on it before the evening of that day. Some
said it was an enchanted buck that Paddv had, and that he
was in league with it; others said that Cfoimin was a fairy
man, and that it would be right to bum him.
That night Coirnin told everything about the way the buck
took him to Galway, and the boys came to Bridget O'Grady's
house, and they had great fun listening to Coimin telling
about the ride that he had to Galway on the back of Paddy
Kdlly's buck, and everything that happened him throughout
the day.
That night when Coimin went to bed some sorrow came over
him, and instead of sleeping he began sighing. His mother
asked him what was on him. He said that he did not know.
" There's nothing on you but nonsense," says she. " Stop
that sighing and let us sleep." But he did not stop till morn-
ing.
In the morning he was not able to eat a morsel, and he said
to his mother —
" I'll go out till I see if the air will do me good."
" Maybe it would," says she.
With that he struck his hands under him and went of one
leap to the door, and out with him. He faced for the furze,
and he did not stop till he came in amongst it. He stretched
himself between two bushes, and it was not long till he was
asleep. He had a dream that the buck was beside him trying
to make him talk. He awoke, but instead of the buck there
was a fine wizard man beside him, and he said, " Coimin,
don't be afraid of me ; I'm a friend, and I'm here to give you
profitable counsel if you will take it from me. You are a
cripple since you were bom, and a laughing-stock to the boys
of the village ; I am the buck goat that took you to Galway,
but I am changed now to the form in which you see me. I
was not able to get the change till I should have given you that
ride, and now I have great power. I would have cured you on
the spot, but the neighbors would have said that you were in
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3742 Coifnfn nd n-^icinne.
ASdt> 50 fAil> tuiO AS irilf te coif tiA ti-Ait>ne "oo MufpA'O fiOOAt
Asuf t6C "Ouic ; AbAifi An f uv ceu'ond t^ Cf i ffiAi'oin ah'oiaiS a
C^te, A5«r Cttei'Op'6 f! 50 bpuit f6 lrtO|\. TlUAIf |IA6Af c^ Ag
cdjiuiSeA^c «A tuiOe jeoOAit^ c« I Ag pilf CAoO-fiof -oe'tt CtoiC
tfidiii niSeACdm acA a^ t>ttuA6 ha ti-AiDne; CAt>Ai|\ teAC 1 A^uf
t>|ii]iC f, A5«r ^^ ^" r^S> ^E^T ^^'"^ ^^ lonnAn fAf a "oo fit AtiA^AiD
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An tA fin. Ua|\ Y^" oi-OCe Cum nA ti-Aice f eo ; bfii-O An pocA
6i|i c65tA A5Atn-fA, aCc a|\ -oo OcaCa con5l>AiS •o*inncinn a^at)
f6in, Astif nA ti-innif "oo *Ouine a|\ bit 50 bf acaiD cO mife. ImCig
Anoif. SUn teAC."
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t)eA5 t6if , T CAinis f 4 A-bAite, tOt$Aif eA6 50 teCf. DpeAtnAiS An
ffiACAif nAC fAit> f6 Cotfi sfUAmAC Aguf W f6 ftit mil n'oeACAi'O
f6 AinA6, Ajuf -ouOAifi: f1, " SAoitim, a tfnc, 50 n-oeAitnAi-O An
C-A6f mAiC "Ouic."
" Rinne 50 t>eirfiin/' Af f eifeAn, " Ajuf CAbAitt f wo te n*iCe
X^Atn Anoif."
An oit>ee fin, 1 n-ilic -oo beit as f eicttlU Co-OAit f^ 50 t>fei;$,
A^uf A|i niAi-oin "oubAifc f^ te n-A itii;tAi|\, " t>\ bttionstOi-o ©iteAg
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concf^tCA cmceAnn fiAX) AinA6."
CaiC Coifnfn An tA A5 fintiAfneA'6 a|\ An scOififil'O "oo W Aige
teif An nsnuA^AC beAj, t a^ An f Ai'60|\eAf ni6|\ x>o t>i te f AjAit
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" t)! An ©nionstdiT) DfeAj fin a^aih At\6i|t Afff."
" 50 m^A-OAiSi-O t)iA An tfiAit, T 50 tA$t)AlSl*6 S6 An c-otc," Af
f An ffiAtAi|t ; ** euAtAi'6 ni6 50 mime X)A mt)ei*6eAt) An O^tionstOiT)
C^A'onA A5 "ouine cff oi-OCe An-oiAig a e4ite, 50 mbei'OeA'O ff f fof ."
An cpforfiA'O mAi"oin, -o'^iftiS Coijtntn 50 moC Ajuf T>ubAit\c f6
le n-A tfi^tAijt, ** t)! An bfion^tdiT) OfeAg fin A^Am Af6if Afff,
A^uf, 6 WftA 50 "ocAinis f6 CujAm cfl oit)Ce An-oiAig a C6ite,
ftACAit^ m6 te feuCAinc bfuit Aon f!finn innci. ConnAifc mft t«ib
in mo Dfion^tOiT) -oo DfiAf f a-O mo fiObAt Ajuf mo tflt "OAm."
" An t)f ACAi-O CO in fAn mbftionstdit) cA fAib An t«ib Ag f Af ? "
Afl fAn iflAtAl^t.
" ConnAncAf 50 T)eiitiin," aji f eifeAn ; " cA ff aj f Af caoO teif
An 5Ctoi6 tti6if nigeACilin ACil Af t>f uaC nA n-AiOne."
** 50 "oeittiin, nf't Aon ttiiO A5 f Af AnAice teif An jctoiC nig-
eA6Ain," A^ fAn ifiAtAijt ; " W tt\6 *fAt\ Aic fin 50 minic, A^tif nl
(eu'Of A'6 f! t>eiC Ann A-gAn-fiof T)Am.*'
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league with the fairies, and you would not have been able to
take that opinion from them. You are seated now in exactly
the same spot you were bom in, and there is a pot of gold
within a foot of your back, but you are not to touch it yet,
because you would not be able to make a good use of it. Oo
home now, and to-morrow morning tell your mother that you
had a fine dream, that there was a herb growing beside
the river that would bring walk and activity to you. Tell the
same thing to her three mornings after each other, and she
will believe that it is true. When you go seeking the herb,
you will find it growing down from the big washing stone that
is on the edge of the river. Take it with you, and boil it, and
drink the juice, and you will be able to run a race against
any boy in the parish. There will be wonder on the people
at first, but that won't last long. You will be thirteen years
old that day. Come in the night to this place. I will have the
pot of gold lifted, but for your life keep your intentions to
yourself, and don't tell any person at all that you saw me. Go
now; farewell."
Coimin promised that he would do everything the little
wizard man told him, and he came home joyous enough. The
mother observed that he was not so gloomy as he was before
he went out, and she said—*
" I think, son, the air did you good."
"It did, indeed," says he, "and give me something to
eat now."
That night, instead of being sighing, he slept finely, and in
the morning he said to his mother — " I had a fine dream last
night, mother."
" Don't give any importance to a dream,*' says the mother,
" it's contrary they fall out.'*
" Coimin spent the day thinking on the discourse he had
with the little wizard man and of the great riches he was to
get. In the morning the next day he said to his mother — " I
had that fine dream again last night."
" May God increase the good and may He decrease the bad,"
says his mother. " I often heard that if a person had the same
dream three nignts after other, it would be true."
The third morning Coimin got up early and said to his
mother, "I had that fine dream again last night, and since
it chanced that it came to me three nights after other I'll go
to see if there is any truth in it. I saw an herb in my dream
that would give my walk and my activity to me.'*
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mft An tuit>. Cuif fiof •OAm An pocA A^uf bf uit "OAm 6.**
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teif, A^uf nuAif bi fi bftiiCce Agtif An fiSg fUAf, "o'dt Cotpnin
6. in fAib f^ mOtmiT) in a bots "waih feAf f4 fUAf Af a Cor^ib
AgUf tOfAlg f6 A5 fit fUAf AgUf AnUAf. t)f lon^AncAf mdf Af
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"OiA ; Ann fin g^if fi Af nA cOrfiAf f AnnAiO Ajuf "o'innif "0610
bfionst^JiT) Coifnin, Aguf An 6aoi a bfUAif f6 OfAiX) a eof. t>i
WtgAif e ff»6f Of f A tnte, mAf Oi tofigix) Hi Sf A-OAig 'nA c6tfiAf f Ain
ffiAit Aguf bi meAf ACA uite tiiffi.
An o^tte pn, Cftiinnig buACAilti'O An ©Aite AfceA6 te t^iCgAife
■DO "OeunAffi te Coifnin Aguf te n-A tfiitAif. tluAif bio'OAf uite
AS cOtftfi* CIA fiObAtf A-O Af ceAC A<ic pilmin O CeAttAig. t)i pAt)
uite AS CAinc f aoi An 5CA01 a OfUAif Coifnin a fiObAt Ajuf t^C
A Cnilifi.
" 50 'oeiffiin If "OAifi-f A bu-O C6if "66 beiC btii'OeA^ ; *f ^ An
Of AtAt) "DO tu5 mo f^oc-gAbAif-f e "66 "oo finne An obAif, A^uf zS
fiof A5 b-uite "Ouine 50 "ocux; An tfiAf cuigcACc "oo finne f ^, <jfili'o
m6 Cof Af Aif "OAm fftin. 06, mo bf6n ! 50 bfUAif mo jI>oc bfeilg
bAf ! "
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t«ib m6, Aguf C15 te mo ifiiitAif a Cf otugAt) "so f Aib m^ mo <itdif-
ineA6 CAf 6if mo teA6c* 6 SAittifft, jtif 61 m^ f Og nA ttiibe."
" T)'f eu-of Ainn mo tftionnA tAbAifc 50 bfuit mo ifiAC A5 innfinc
nA f ifinne gtAine," Af f An tfiitAif ;
>Ann fin tof Aig cSt A5 'oeunAiifi mA^Ai-O f aoi jSAi-oin, guf imtig
f 6 AmAe;
CuAi'O 5A6 uite ni-O 50 mAiC te Coifnin A^uf te n-A tfiiltAif *nA
■OiAig feO. Aon oi"66e Aitiilin nuAif 6uai'0 An tfiiitAif A^uf nA
c<5rfiAff AnnA *nA sco-otA-O, CuAit) Coifnin Cum nA b-Aicinne. t)i
A CAf AIT), An SfUAjAC bOA^, Ann pn f onfie, A^uf bi An pocA <5if
f 61*6 X>6i
" Sed t>uic Anoif An pocA 6if ; cuif 1 "ocAif ^e 4 1 n-Stc Af bit
If coit teAC; ZS An oifeAt) Ann Aguf "OeunfAf T)uic fAt) x>o
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* Diet you see in your dream where tKe herKwas growing ?"
says the mother,
" I did, indeed," says he; " it's growing beside the big wash-
ing stone that's at the edge of the river.*'
'* Indeed there's no herb growing near tne washing stone,"
says his mother. " I was in that place often, and it could not
be in it unbeknownst to me."
" Maybe it grew in it since," says Coimin, " and I'll go to
look for it."
He struck his two hands under him, and went at one leap
to the door, and out with him. It was not long till he was
at the washing stone, and he found the herb. He gave leaps
like a deer that a hound would be following, coming home
with excessive joy.
" Mother," says he, ** my dream was true for me. I got the
herb. Put down the pot for me, and boil it for me."
The mother put the herb in the pot and about a quart of
water with it, and when it was boiled and the juice cold,
Coimin drank it. It was not a moment inside him when he
stood upon his feet and began running up and down. There
was great astonishment on his mother. She began giving
a thousand glories and praises to God. Then she called the
neighbors and told them Coimin's dream and how he got the
use of his feet. There was great joy on them all, for Bridget
O'Qrady was a good neighbor, and they all had a regard for
her.
That night the boys of the village gathered in to make
rejoicing with Coimin and his mother. When they were all
discoursing who should walk in but Paddy Kelly ! They were
all talking of how Coimin got his walk, and the activity of
his bones.
" Indeed, it's to myself he has a right to be thankful ; it's
the jolting my buck goat gave him that did the work, and
everyone knows that the ride he took gave me back the use
of my feet again. Och! my grief that my fine buck died!"
" You lie ! " says Coimin ; " it's the herb that cured me. I
had a dream three nights after other that the herb would cure
me, and my mother can prove it that I was a cripple after
coming from Galway till I drank the juice of the herb."
" I'd take my oath that my son is telling the clean truth,"
Rays his mother. Then each of the people began mocking
i^ddy, till he went out.
Everything went well with Coimin and his mother after
that. One night, when his mother and the neighbors went
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3746 Coittnin tvd ti-Aianne:
^ SAOtUm 50 typiLStrAfO m6 4 in f ^n t>pott a ^ai© f4 Ann," Afi
TA Coif nin ** a6c b^AfpAit) ni6 f oinn T)6 A-t^^ile tiom."
** TIA uAO^ifi VeAC f 6f ^, a6c XAo'b bfionstdit) eite ^i^^'o niAtt
W ^s^T) Ce^n^ Asuf, 'tiA tH^iS fin, C15 tedc itoinn -o^ "oo tADAittc
leAC. CeAnitdi$ ^n Ci&tAtfi fo A^uf cuif ce^C A|t bun in f^n
mbAtt Af |itt5At> tOy A^uf ni feicpit> cO ^6in nii Aon T>tiine 1 n-Aon
CIS teAC, VA boCc ITAT) "oo beAtA. SUin teAc Anoip — n! feicfit>
c6 «i6 nfof tnd/'
Cnif Coifnin An pouA ffof in f An bpott, A^uf ct\6Ai:65 of a
Ctonn, Agof C^ini^ f^ A-bAite.
Aft mdiTMn, "oubAiitc f 6 te n-A ifii^tAitt : " t)f bfionstdit) eite
A^Ain Af^f Afff," T An CfeAf mAi-oin, T)tibAi|\c f6 t6i, " ZA mo
t>fttons;UVt'o piof Anoif s^n Aifi^f , bf fi A^Am A|\6if 50 ■oftteAe mA^t
W ff ASAm An ■oil uAi^t eite ; fin cf f uAif e An-biAit) a C^ite, Ajuf
C15 tiom 6 fed innfeACc t)uic nAC bpeicfit) cO Ui boec f At) T)o
l^eAtAy' a6c n! C15 tiom Aon f u"o eite "oo |iAt) teAc "o^A tAoib."
An o%t>Ce fin, duAi-b f^ 6um Art pocA 6if, t tug tAn fpojiAin
t>^ AbAite teif, Agtif A|t mAi-oin tug f 6 "oo'n tfiAtAift 6. " ZS nfof
md/* A-oeif f 6, " in f An -Aic a •ocAinig fin Af , Ajtif ^eobAi-b m^
tvnc 6 nuAif bdi-beAf f ^ A5 ceAf cAt uaic, aCc n-A cuif Aon CeifC
ofm vl'S, tAoib."
IWof bf A-OA 'nA "biAiS feo, 5ii|t CeAnnAiJ tDj^fgi-o ri! SiU'oai$ b6
bAinne t 6ttif Af f euf aC I. Cuai-O f! f 6in A^tif Coif nin Af AgAit)
50 mAiC, Ajof nuAif bf f 6 fiCe btiAt)An "o^Aoif , CeAnnAig f6 gAbi
iltCAf mOf CAttfiAn cimCiott nA n-Aicinne, Agtif Cuif ceAC bfe-Ag
A|i bun Af An mbAtt Af f ugAt) 6. SeAt jeAff *nA -OiaiS fin p6f
fi beAn. t)! muifigm ifi6f Aige, A^uf ntiAif puAif fe bAf te feAn-
AOif, t>*fA5 f^ 6f A5«f AifsiOT) AS A Ctoinn, Agtif ni f ACAi'b Aon
THitiie %H> CMinAiS in f An cig fin tA boCu AfiAtfia
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to sleep, Coimin went to the furze. His friend the little
wizard was there before him, and the pot of gold was ready
for him. " Here now is the pot of gold for you, stow it away
in any place you like; there's as much in it as will do you
throughout your life."
" I think I'll leave it in the hole where it was," says Coimin,
" but I'll bring a share of it home with me.".
" Don't take it with you yet, but have another dream like the
one you had already, and after that you can take a share with
you. Buy this ground and set up a house on the spot where
you were bom, and neither you yourself nor anyone in the
same house with you will ever see a day's poverty during your
life. Farewell to you now; you shall see me no more."
Coimin put the pot down in the hole and clay on the top of
it, and came home.
In the morning he said to his mother — " I had another dream
last night, but I won't tell it to you till I see if I will have it
again three nights after other."
" The second morning he said — " I had the dream again last
night;" and the third morning he said to her — " My dream is
true now without doubt. I had it last night just as I had it
the two other times, that's three times atier one another, and I
can tell you this — that you won't see a poor day during your
life, but I cannot tell you anything else about it."
That night he went to the pot of gold, and brought the full
of a purse of it home with him, and in the morning he gave it
to his mother. " I have more," says he, " in the place where
that came from, and I'll get it for you when you'll be wanting
it, but ask no question of me about it."
It was not long after this till Bridget O'Grady bought a
milch cow and put her on grass. She herself and Coimin
went on well, and when he was twenty years of age he bought
a large holding of land round the furse, and set up a fine house
on the spot where he was bom. A short time after that he
married a wife. He had a large family, and when he died of
old age he left gold and silver to his children, and not a person
who lived in that house saw a poor day ever.
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3748
De^n AH pn titiAiti;
CA f lAt) "d'A itA-^
CA p-A-o •o'A fA-O
4 ifiile 5fil'6 50 "ocus cu ■OAtn cut,
CiX) 50 Opuit peAf te pi^SAit
'S teif An cAitUiiti tDe^n An fi^ HuAtty;
X>o tu^Af nAot ml
1 Dp^lOfiSn, ccAnsAitce c^tuAt'Oy
tDotUAit) Af mo 6dotAit>
Aguf mite stdf ^r f^'o r«^r»
tAt^AfpAinn-fe p-Oe
tTlAt^ tAt^A^pA-O CAtA coif CUAin,
te ponn "oo t>eiC fince
Sfof te t)eAn An fif TluAit).
&Aoit mife A 6eu"o-feAt\c
50 mbei-o' Aon cigeAf i-oif m4 'f Cu
SAOit m6 'nnA "O^iS-fin
50 mb^euspA mo teAnt> A|t "oo $tOin8
TTlAttACc HiS Tleitfie
Af An c6 pn t^Ain "bfom-f a mo Ctfl,
Sin, Aguf uite 50 tfii^t
tuCc bf^ige Cuif i-oif m6 Y tu.
C-A CjVAnn Ann f An ngi^if'oin
Aif A t^pikfAnn "ouitteAt^A^ aY bUAC t)uit)e,
xXn UAi^ teAgAim mo U&tfi Aif
If u&iT)if nA6 mbfifCAnn mo Cf oitie ;
•S 6 f 6Uf 50 DAf
A'f 6 'o'f ^S-Ait o ftAlCeAf AnUAf
XXon pOi^in Attii^in,
A'f 6 •oY'^S^it o X)eAn An f^if Huai-O;
XXCC 50 "OCIS tA An Cf AOgAlt
'nnA feut)f A^ cnuic Aguf cuAin,
Tiucf Alt) fmiiic Af An ngf^in
'S tjfiiti nA neuttcA toxix X)ut) teif An n^uAt,
t)^i'0 An f Aifge cifm
XVY ciocf Ai-O nA bfOncA Y "^ C|\tiAi$'
'S b^it) An ciiittiO^ AS fsf eA-OAC
An tA fin f Aoi t)eAn An f i|\ Huai-O.
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3749
THE RED MAN^S WIFE.
(Tranalated by Douglas Hyde in " Love bongs of Gozmaoht.'']
lis what they say.
Thy little heel fits in a shoe,
Tis what they say.
Thy little mouth kisses well, toa
Tis what they say.
Thousand loves that you leave me to rue ;
That the tailor went the way
That the wife of the Red man knew.
Nine months did I spend
In a prison closed tightly and boimd;
Bolts on my smalls*
And a thousand locks frowning around;
But o'er the tide
I would leap with the leap of a swan.
Could I once set my side
By the bride of the Red-haired man.
I thought, O my life,
That one house between us love would be j
And I thought I would find
You once coaxing my child on your knee ;
But now the curse of the High One
On him let it be,
And on all of the band of the liars
Who put silence between you and me.
There grows a tree in the garden
With blossoms that tremble and shake,
I lay my hand on its bark
And I feel that my heart must break.
On one wish alone
My soul through the long months ran.
One little kiss
From the wife of the Red-haired man.
But the day of doom shall come.
And hills and harbors be rent;
A mist shall fall on the sun
From the dark clouds heavily sent;
The sea shall be dry.
And earth under mourning and banj
Then loud shall he cry
For the wife of the Red-haired man.
* There are three "smalls/' the wrists, elbows, and ankles. In Irish
romantio literature we often meet mention of men being bound ''with
the binding of the three smalls."
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3760
iiiT>me riA gcteAS.^
tH peitm^ji [no 'ouine-tt^f At] Ann f An"'cf|v ^cj tri "iwtt© Ai^e
dCc son thAC ATfiAin. tZ^m^ r^ T^6 [RiT>i|\e ltd jcteAf] tm^e
AfceA6 ciuiCfi6fiA oit>Ce» Ajuf 'o'lAfp f€ t6ircin ©6 p6in A^uf
•oo'n •oA-'ji-'^«5 "oo Oi i fi-6ifif eACc teif .
•* SuAtiAC Viom iHAf c4 f6 ASAm te c'AgAi-O," Af f An freitm^f,
** Ate ciiJf>tiAi'6 ni6 Tfttiic 6 Agup "oo -o' t>A*f -*eu5.** PjwC piip^p
f^-b t>6il> Coifi mAiC aY W f6 Aige, Ajaf nuAif W An fuip^ii
CAitce, "o'lAfu An RiTMfe a^ An T)iL-*ji-'eu5 T^ ^ipS^ r^^f A^uf
pfOfA 5Aif^t>eACz:A •oa 'OetinAifi -oo'n f eAf f o, as CAif DeAnc nA
n^nfoifiAjitA t>i ACA.
X)'^fiS An T>A-'f- 'eu5 Aguf finneA'OAii s^ir^-OeACCA -Od, Ajtir
nf fACA An 'oaine feo AfiATfi piofA ^ifp'OeACcA niAji iat) pn,
" mAifeAt>,** A'oeijt An 'ouine-uAf At, peAfi An cige, ** niof DpeAff
tiom An oifeAt> fo [x>e fAit>t>)teAf] *nS nA nit>eit>eAt> mo ffiAc
lonniLnn pn ["oo] l>eunAffi."
** lei5 tiom-f A 6," Af tlit>i|te nA jcteAf , ** 50 ceAnn tS Agtif
DtiA'OAin, A^ttf D^i'b f6 CoTfi ntdiC te ceACCAji t>e nA buACAittiO
fe6 ACA ASAtn/*
** tei5i:eAt>," Af f An T>uine-uAf At, " Ate 50 'Daa5fidit> cti aji Aif
Cus^m 6 1 sceAnn nA btiAtinA."
" O ciOOtiAt),'* Af Ki-Dif e nA jcteAf , " aji Aif 6u5At) 6."
PfiC bf^ACf AfC Ajl mAI'Oin, til Af nA fflA^Ae, T)6ir>, nUAtf D!OT>Af
AS t>at A5 imteA6Cy A^uf teig An T>uine-t3AfAt An niAC te6, A^uf
■o'fAn flAT) AtnulS tA AJUf t)tlAt>Ain.
1 5ceAnn a* t4 Ajuf t)tiAt>Ain tAims ftAX) Afif A-bAite Auije,
A^uf A ffiAC |:4in 1 n-4infeA6c te6. t)i f4 [as] pAife offA, Aguf
Of pAitce fiompA Ai^e, A^uf bi oit>Ce ffiAiC aca. Huai^ Dio'OAf
CAH^if A fuip^if, "DuOAifc Hfoijte nA scteAf teif An t)A-V*®«5
6ifn$e TMJAf Afff Ajuf sAifp'OeACc T)o t>eunAifi T)o*n T)uiTie-tiAfAt
■oo bi cAbAifiu An Cfuip^f T>6it>.' Anoif Of a tfiAC p6in Ann, |rf eifin,
A^uf Of f6 1 njAf T)o OeiC Cotfi mAiC te ceACcAf aca.* ** Hi't f 6
'nA gAifSi-OeAe |r6f Coifi mAit te mo CuiT)-fe peA^, aCc teij tiom-f a
^," At* KiTMite nA scteAf, " Ait peA-O til Ajtif OtiA-OAin eite."
** teisfreA-o," Af feifCATi, " aCc 50 T)cifiOivAit> cu Af Aif CugAm
€ 1 t;<^eAnn An td Ajuf btiAt>Ain." t)tiOAiitc f4 50 •oaiiOiiA'b.
ti'imCiS PAT) teO, An tS Af nA ftiii|u\e 'f 6if 01*6 nA mAi-one, Ajtif
■o-f AnAt)Ati AmtiiS Ul Ajtif btiA-bAin eite; Ajuf 1 jceAnn An tS
Ajuf btiA-OAin ^onnAifc An "otiine-uAf At An coftituAT>Af A5 ceACc
* CA AH rsent fo focdt a^i pocAt 50 T>i>eA6 mAf t)o ftiA«iteAf Ajuf mAf -oo
T^piohAf ffof 6 6 fte«t iflAfCAin RvAi-d ui $iottA|tni^t (fQr|foe I mbevftA), 1
3Com>Ae ha ^Aittifhe.
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THE KNIGHT OP THE TRIC3KS.
Written down word for word by me from the dictation of Martin Rua .
O Gillarna, or " Forde," near Monivea, Co. Galw^ (a small farmer, .
about 50 years old, Irish-speaking only). — ^Douolab firns.
There was a fanner [read gentleman] in the country, and he
had only one son. And this man [the Knight of the Tricks]
came in to see him, on the evening of a night, and asked
lodgings for himself and the twelve who were along with him.
" I think it miserable how I have it for you," said the gentle-
man, " but I'll give it to you and to your twelve." Supper
was got ready for them, as good as he had it, and when the •
supper was eaten, the knight asked these twelve to rise up and
perform a piece of exercise for this man, showing the deeds
[accomplishments] they had.
The twelve rose up and performed feats for him, and this
man had never seen any feat like them. " Musha," says the
gentleman, the man of the house, " I wouldn't sooner [own]
all this much riches, than that my son should be able to do
that."
" Leave him with me," said the Knight of the Tricks, " till
the end of a year and a day, and he will be as good as any of
these boys that I have."
" I will," says the gentleman, " but [on condition] that you
must bring him back to me at the end of the year."
" Oh, I will bring him back to you," said the Knight of the
Tricks.
Breakfast was got for them in the morning of the next
day when they were going a-departing, and the gentleman let
the son with them, and they remained away a day and a year.
At the end of the day and the year, they came home again
to him, and his own son along with them. He was watching
for them, and had a welcome for them, and they had a good
night. When they were after their supper, the Knight of the
Tricks told the twelve to rise up and perform feats for the
gentleman who was giving them the supper. Now his own
son was there also, and he was near to being as good as any
of them.
" He is not yet a champion as good as my men are, but let
him with me," said the Knight of the Tricks, " for another day
and a year."
" I will," said he, " but that you will bring him back to me at
the end of the day and a year." He said he would bring him.
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3752 TliT>i|\& tiA scteAf.
■OO t)eiC All Alf Afff AgUf A iflAC Le6.
CAiCeA'OAf All fuip^Af, Aguf nuAitt t>io'OA|t V^if a fuip^ji,
•OUt^Alf C f 6 te tl-A Cult) peAft ^Ittlge fUAf AJUf piOf a JAIfSI-OeACCA
•DO 'OeuiiAifi "oo'ti •oume-uAf At •oo t>l caOai(\c iia ^nAoiifiOiteACc (?)
•DOit). "O'^ittiS fiA-o ftJAf , cff pt^ "oeu^, Ajuf Da 6 A rhAC An peAji
•DO b'feAff "oe'ti m^A'o pn. Hi jtAit^ FeA^t Af t)iC lotiri-dnn ceA^tu
■DO t>Ainc x>6 aCc Hfoife ha gcteAf p6in.
"Oeiit An T)uine-tiAf At, " nf't peA^t A|\ t)iC aca lonnAnn gAifji-O-
eACc "OO "OeunAtfi te mo ifiAC p6in."
" m't, 50 •oeifftm," A|t Ki-oitte nA jcteAf " Aon freA^t lonnAnn a
"OeunAtfi aCc mif e ; Ajuf mA tei^eAnn cu •OAtfi-f a 6 tA Aguf
t)tiA'6Ain eite, M^X> f6 'nA SAif^fOeAC Coifi niAiC tiom p6in."
" niAif eA-O, teispeA-o," A^t f An "Duine-uArAt, " teigpt) tn€ teAC
6," A'ceif f 6.
Aniof, niof lAftf f6 Ai^t, An c-ahi f o, a tAt^Aiftc Af Aif Afif, niAn
finne f 6 nA n-AmAnncA eite, Aguf nfo|\ Cui^t f 6 Ann a geAf Ait^ 6;
1 5ceAnn An Ul Aguf btiA-OAin, t)i An 'ouine-UAf al A5 pAnAtfiAinc
^5«r ^5 r^^l' ^^ "•-* ^^c, aCc ni C-Ainig An mAC r\A Ki-oif e nA jcteAf .
t)! An u-ACAift, Ann fin, pAoi itnni'Oe tfiOifi nAC ^^t> An mAC as
ccaCc A-t>Aite Cuije, Aguf T>ut)Ai|\u f 6 : " p6 b'^ -diu "oeV "ootfiAn
A t>puit f 6, CAiCpi-O m6 A t'^SAit AtnAC."
"O'lmCiS f 6 Ann fin Aguf Of f 6 A5 imteACu juf CAit f6 c^tf oitjCe
Aguf cff td A5 piSt>At. ti^ini5 Ann fin AfceA6 1 n-Aic a fAit) -dfuf
t>reAS, Aguf AmuiS AnAgAit) An "oofuif rftOitt l^f C|\i pf "oeus A5
buAtAt) b-dijte Ann } Aguf feAf f 6 A5 f euCAinc A^t nA C|\f f eA^AiO
•oeu5 "0*21 buAtAt), Ajuf Of Aon t^eAft Arh^in "o'^ OuAtA'O te "O-A-V'
'eu5 ACA. CAinis f6 'f^" ^^^ ^ tvAOA-OAf AfceAC Ann a meAfs Ann
pn, Aguf *f ^ ^ ^^^ V^^^ ^* -^5 DuAtA'O An T>M^e teif An "O-A-V-'^WS
eite.
Cui|t f6 f Aitce foiiti An AtAi^t Ann pn. " O ! a aCai|\," A-oeif
f 6, " nf't Aon f A$Ait a^ax) o^Mn. tli pnne c«f a," A'ceif f 6, " "00
gnACA (snOty) ceAfc ; nuAif Of cu [A5] T)eunAiti mAi^gAi-O teifeAn
nfon iAtt|t cu Aif ; mif e ["oo] tAOAif c Af Aif CugAt)/'
** If ff Of T^n,** A-oeif An c-AtAif 3
- XVnoif," A'oeif An mAC, " nf Oftiigp'6 cu f euCAinc ofm AnoCc^
aCc "Deunf Af Cff cotAim "oeus ■ofnn Aguf cai tp'beAf ^f^nA coit^ce
Af An uftdf Ajuf *oeuff Ai'O tli*oife nA ^cteAf mS AitnigeAnn cu
•00 tfiAC offA ftt\ [= Ann A meAf5-fAn] 50 Ofuigp-O cfl 6. til
t>6iX> mif e AS iCe Aon g|tdin A^uf b^i-O nA cinn eite A5 iCe. t)6i1>
mif e ."out Anonn 'f AnAtt 'f aj t)UAtA'6 ppocA Ann fAntscuix) eite
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They went away with themselves the next day, after their
morning's meal, and they remained away for another day and
a year. And at the end of the day and a year the gentleman
saw the company coming to him again. He gave them a
welcome and a supper, for joy them to be back again and his
son with them.
They ate their supper, and when they were after their
supper he said to the men to rise up and perform some feats for
the gentleman who was showing them this kindness. They
rose up, thirteen men, and his son was the best man of alll the
lot. There was no man at all able to take the right from him
[overcome him] but the Knight of the Tricks himself.
Says flie gentleman then, ** There's not a man of them able
to jperform feats with my own son."
^* There is not indeed one man," says the Knight of the
Tricks, " able to do it but me, and if you leave him to me for
another day and a year he will be a champion as good as
myself."
" Musha, then I will," says the gentleman, " TU let him
with you," says he.
Now this time he did not ask him to take him back, as he
had done the other times, and he did not put it in his con-
ditions.
At the end of the day and the year the gentleman was wait-
ing and hoping for his son, but neither the son nor the Knight
of the Tricks came. The father was then in great anxiety lest
his son was not coming home at all to him, and he said, *' what-
ever place in the world he is in, I must find him out."
He departed then, and he was going until he spent three daya
and three nights traveling. He then came into a place where
there was a fine dwelling, and outside of it, over against the
great door, there were thirteen men playing hurley, and he
stood looking at the thirteen men playing, and there was a
single man hurling against twelve of them. He came in
amongst them then, to the place where they were, and it was
his own son that was playing against the other twelve.
He welcomed his father then. " Oh, father," says he, " you
have no getting of me, you did not do," says he, " your business
right : when you were making your bargain with him you did
not ask him to bring me back to you."
" That is true," says the father.
** Now," said the son, " you won't get a sight of me to-night,
but thirteen pigeons will be made of us, and grains of oats
thrown on the floor, and the Knight of the Tricks will say thai
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3754 llix>t]\e HA 5cleAf.'
x>e nA colAtnAiO. Seot>Ait> cu 'oo foSAti A^uf t>^|t|:Ai'0 en teif
5U|i D*6 m^ C65pAf cu. Sin 6 An coifiApCA Deipim 'omc, i fioCc
50 n-AiCne6CAit> cu mife AmeAfS nA ^cotAm eite, A^of mA to^Ann^
cu 50 ceAftc, b€it> mfe a^ao An uAif pn."
T)'i:A5 An niAC 6 Ann pn, A^uf tilims f€ AfceAC Ann f An ceA6,
A^uf eui|% Ri'Dipe nA ^cteAf pAilce foiifie. t)ut>Ai|«c An t>uine-
uAf At 50 "DciLints f6 AS lApfAi'O A ifiic nuAifi nAC t>cus An Ri'Qipe
Ai% Aif teif 4 1 ^ceAnn nA btiAt>nA. ** Hiof Cutp cu pn Ann f An
niA|i5At>," Af f An Ri-Difie, " a6c 6 tAim^ ^^ ^oth frAX>A pn x>^A
lAf ]iAit>, CAiCpiTft f 6 OeiC A5At>, mil *f f 6it>t|« leAC a Co^'O AmAC"
flu5 f4 Af ceAC Ann pn 6 50 feomfiA a |iaiO c^ii cotAim "oeu^ Ann,
A^Uf t>UOA1|\C f6 teif, A pO^A COtAim t>0 tO^At^ AmAC, ASUf t>A
mDut> fi-6 A ifiAC f€in t>o togf At^ f6 50 'OCiucfA'O teif a eon^DAiU
til nA cotAim uite A5 piocAt> nA n^jUnA coffce 'oe'n uftAf, aCc
Aon CeAnn AtfiAin "do Of ^AOAit tAf c A^uf A5 buAtAt> ppocA Ann
f An scuit) eite aca. t)o to$ An T>uine-uAf At An ceAnn pn. ** "CS
t>o ffiAC ^nOCAi^te A5At>/' Ajt f An RiT>i[ie.
CaiC pAt) An oitxie pn buit (?) a 66ite, A^uf t)'iniCiS An T>uine-
UAf At A^Uf A fflAC An tA Ap nA ifliLtlA^ A^Uf T>f^5AT>A|« RlOlfe nA
SCteAf. HuAi|i bi pAT> A5 t)ut A-bAite Ann pn, Ciltni^ pAt> 50
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f An AonA6 t>'iA|\f An niAC Af a AtAip ff eAn^ T>o £eAnnA6 A^uf t>o
"OeunAffi AOAfCAif t>6. ** "Oeunf Ait> mife fCAit "oiom f4in," A'oetf
f^, ** A^uf t>iotf Ai'b cu m^ Af An AonAC fo. Uiucf ai'O KiT>tf e nA
SCteAf Cu5At> Ai% An AonAC — ci f4 "oo t>* teAnAifiAinc Anoif — ^Aguf
ceAnn6^Ait> f4 mife uaic. TluAif b6it>eAf cu '5 Am' 1>iot, it A
CAbAlf An C-At>AfCA|« UAIC a6c con^bAi^ 6U5AT> f4in 6, A^f [if]
f6ix)n* tiom-fA ceACc Af Aif Cu^t> — ^a^c An c-Al>AfCAji T>o Conj-
bAiU**
Kinne An mAc fCAit t>6 f6in Ann pn, A^uf fUAiji An c-aCaiji
At^AfCAft A^uf <ium f4 Aif €. CAfjiAin^ f6 fUAf Ann pn Af An
AonA£ 6, Ajuf If seAfifi t>o bi f4 *nA feAf Ath Ann pn, nuAif Cilinis
fliT>i|%e nA 5cteAf Cui^e A^uf t>NAff f4 cia tfi^At) T)o beit>eAt> Af
\n fCAit Ai^e^ " Cfii ceut> puncA " t>ei|i An t)uine-uAf aU ** Ciu-
^liA:t> mife pn x)uic,'* T>ei|i Hi'oife ha jcteAf — CitlbfAt> f4 fut>
All bit t>6 A5 fijit 50 bf uijf eAt> f4 An mAC Af Aif, mA|\ bi pof
-M^e 50 mAiC 5uf b'^ x>o bi Ann f An fCAiU ** UiubtiAit> mife t>uic
€ Af An AifsioT) pn,** Af f An T>uine-uAf At, ** a6c nf CiubtiAit> m6
An C-At>AfCA|U** ** t)ut> eeA|%C An C>At>Af CAf T)0 CAbAlfC,** Af f An
1l]t>iiie.
T)*imCiS An KiT)ife Ann pn A^uf An f CAit teif, Aguf "o'lmCig An
■Doine-UAf At Af A beAtAC f4in A5 t)ut A-bAite. ACc nf fAib f6
Ate Am-jiJ Af An AorAC 'f An Am a 'DcAinic An mAC piAf teif Afip
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if you recognise your son amongst those, you shall get him. I
will not be eating my grain, but the others will be eating. I
will be going back and forwards and picking at the rest of
the pigeons. You shall get your choice, and you will tell him
that it is I you will take. That is the sign I give you now,
so that you may know me amongst the other pigeons, and if
you choose right you will have me then."
The son left him after that, and he came into the house, and
the Knight of the Tricks bade him welcome. The gentleman
said that he was come looking for his son, since the Knight did
not bring him back with him at the end of the year. " You
did not put that in the bargain," said the Knight, " but since
you are come so far to look for him you must have him if you
can choose him out." He brought him in then to the room
where the thirteen pigeons were, and told him to choose out his
choice pigeon, and if it was his own son he should choose that
he might keep him. The other pigeons were picking grains of
oats off the floor, all but one, who was going round and picking
at the others. The gentleman chose that one. "You have
your son gained," said the Knight.
They spent that night together, and the gentleman and his
son departed next day and left the Knight of the Tricks. When
they were going home then, they came to a town, and there was a
fair in it, and when they were going into the fair the son asked
the father to buy a rope and make a halter for him. " I'll
make a stallion of myself," said he, " and you will sell me
at this fair. The Knight of the Tricks will come up to you
on the fair — ^he is following you now — and he will buy me
from you. When you will be selling me don't give away the
halter, but keep it for yourself, and I can come back to you —
only you to keep the halter."
The son made a stallion of himself then, and the father got
the halter and put it on him. He drew him up after that on
the fair, and it was short he was standing there when the
Knight of the Tricks came up to him, and asked him how
much would he be wanting for the stallion. " Three hundred
pounds," says the gentleman. " I'll give you that," said the
Knight of Tricks — he would give him anything at all hoping
that he might get the son back, for he knew well that it was
he that was in the stallion. " I'll give him to you at that
money," said the gentleman, " but I won't give the halter."
" It were right to give the halter," said the Ejriight.
The Knight went away then, and the stallion with him, and
the gentleman departed on his own road going home, but he
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X\n tA A|t nA ifii^ttAC, nuAi^ bfo'OAtt A5 "out Af ceA6 Ann f An AonA6
eile, T)ut>Ait\c An mAC : ** 'OeunpAi'O m6 f CAit •oiom p6in Aguf
ciucfAit) Tli-oitte nA gcteAf Afif "oom' CeAnnA6. CiuOjiAfb f6
Ai^SioT) A^ t)iC ofm A lA^^pAf cu, a6c cuif Ann fAn mA^^SAt) nA6
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AonAe Ann fin, Aguf t^inne f6 fCAit "06 pfiin Aj^uf Cuif An c-AtAift
AtJAf UAf Ai^ Aguf If seA^f "oo t^i f 6 Ann, 'nA f eAf Aiti, nuAi^^ tAinis
Hfoiite nA scteAf CtJise Aguf "o'fiAf fuig f6 "O^ cia tti^At) "oo l^eit-
eA-O Af An fUAit Aije. " S6 ceti-o pOncA," a^ fAn •ouine-uAf aU
" CiiSttfAi-b mife fin "ouic," A-oeif f6. " A6c n! CiOl^fAi-O m6 An
C-AtiAfCAtt "bUIC." " XyuX) CeA^C An C-A-bAf CAf tAl^AlfC Af ceA6
*f An mApsAt),'* Af An Tli'oi|te, aCc n! t>f tiAitt f 6 6.
"ONmCiS Hi-oitte nA jcteAf Ann pn A5«f An fCAil teif, A^iif
■o'imCiS An "oume-uAfAt Af a OeAlAC A5 "out A-l^Aile, aCc n! i\Ait>
f6 1 mbeAfnA a' Cofctiini A5 "out AniAC Af An AonAC Am [nuAif]
A •ocAinis An mAC Afff f uAf teif .
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A^Ainn, a6c nf't fiof AgAm cfeu-o "OeunfAf An LA-Am^tvAC tinn;
ZA AonAC Ann a teiCeit) fe6 "d'Aic AtnA^t Aguf CAit^dnsAmAoit)
Ann."
Ct]A*DAtt mAf fin Ajt An AonA6 An tA Af n-A th^f a6, A^tif finne
An mAC fCAlt "06 f^in, Agtlf CUlf An^C-AtAlf A-bAfCAf Alf, AgUf If
SeAff "oo Oi f6 'nA feAf Aiti Af An AonA6 1 n-Am tiinig Tlit)if e nA
SCteAf Afff Cuise; t)'fiAfftiiS An Hi-oife cia rfi^At) "oo l^ei-OeAt)
f 6 A5 lAff Ai-O Af An fCAit t^feig pn "oo t)i Aige Ann fAn A^AfCAf .
" tlAoi jceuT) pfJncA zA mife A5 lAffAi-O Aif ," Af fAn "otiine-tiAf aU
niof f AOlt f 6 50 •ociflt^fA'6 f 4 fin x>6. ACc ni 6or\'S^66A'(> Aif giot)
Af t)iC An f CAit O'n Hi-oif e; ** Ciii^fAi-O m6 pn "otiic," At)eif f4.
Cuif f6 A tdfft Ann A ii6cA Ajuf tu5 f6 An nAoi gceu-o piincA -bO,
Ajuf fU5 f6 Af An fCAit teif An UAiifi eite, Agtif "o'lmtig f6 teif
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mAfSAt) An C-A-bAfCAf CAttAlfC Af Alf X}6:
t)'f An f 6 A5 f fiit 50 t^fittf eAt) An mAC, aCc nfof fitt f 4. tug
f4 f«Af 4 Ann pn Aguf "out^AifC f 6 nA6 fAit> Aon tfiAiC X>6 Cfuf 6n
(?) [OeiC A5 fflit] 50 bf^C teif, n-A te n-A CcaCc Af Aif Afff 50
bf^C.
tti5 Hi-oif e nA gcteAf Ann pn An mAC teif, Agtif bf f 4 CAbAifC
*C uite f 6ifc pionnfiif Aguf "Of oC-uf/ii'oe "06, Aguf ni teigf eA-O f 4
4 Af bofo te Aon "ouine A5 ite a beAtA, a6c b! f 6 Ann pn ceAn-
5Aitce, A5«f An tA teigf eA-b f 4 nA ^Aif gi-big eite AmA6, nf teigf eA-b
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was only just out of the fair when the son came up to him
again. ** Father," says he, " you have got me to-dav, but
there is a fair in such-and-such a place to-morrow, and we'll
go to it."
The next day when they were going into the other fair, the
son said, " I will make a stallion of myself, and the Knight of
the Tricks will come again to buy me. He'll give you any
money that you may ask for me, but put it in the bargain that
you will not give him the halter." They drew up on the fair
then, and he made a stallion of himself, and the father put a
hajlter on him ; and it was short he was standing there when
the Knight of the Tricks came to him and asked him how much
he'd be wanting for the stallion. " Six hundred pounds,"
says the gentleman. "I'll give you that," says he; "but I
won't give you the halter," said the gentleman. " It were only
right to give the halter into the bargain," said the Knight,
but he did not get it.
The Knight of the Tricks departed then, and the stallion
with him, and the gentleman went on his way, going home ;
but he was not as far as the custom-gap, going out of the fair,
when the son came up with him again.
" It is well, father," says he, " we have gained this time, but
I don't know what will to-morrow do with us. There is a fair
in such-and-such a place to-morrow, and we will go down to it."
They went to the fair accordingly next day, and the son
made a stallion of himself, and the father put a halter on him,
and it was short he was standing on the fair when the Knight of
the Tricks came up to him again. The Knight asked how much
he would be wanting for that fine stallion that he had there
by the halter. " Nine hundred pounds I'm asking for him,"
says the gentleman. He never thought he would give him
that. But no money would keep the stallion from the Knight.
" I'll give you that," says he. He put his hand in his pocket
and gave him the nine hundred pounds, and with the other
hand he seized the stallion and went off with him so quick
that the gentleman forgot to put it into his bargain that he
should give him back the halter.
He waited, hoping the son would return, but he did not. He
gave him up then, and said that there was no good for him to
be expecting him for ever, or expecting him to ever come back
again.
The Knight of the Tricks then took away the son with him,
and was giving him all sorts of punishment and bad usage,
pnd would not let him [sit down] at table with anyone to eat
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3768 Hi'oitte tiA scte^f.
f 4 eif e^Mi ted; t)f f6 f e^t x^AxyA rriAf fin, ASUf Tli'oitte tiA jcteAf
^5 ctif "ottoC-ifieAf Aift -Agtif A5 CAtJAifC uite f 6ifc pionniiif "od;
tuiu f 6 ^m^iC 5ti|i imCig Tli'oit^e tia gcte^if ati tA fo Af tJAite,-
Ajuf •o'f45t>Af6 f6 eifeATi Ann f An l^ptiinneOis if iif-oe 'f^*^ ceAC,
'n ^ic nA6 f Ail^ t^u-o Af bit te f ^gAit Aise ; Agtif 6 ceAn^Aitce
Ann fin, f uAf i n-iif-oe. Aguf nuAif t>i '6 uite "Ouine imtigte Ann
fin, Ajuf 5An A^ An c-f [tAi-o a6c 6 f 6in Aguf An CAiUn, t)'iAt\t^ f^
•oeoC uifge 1 n-Ainm "06, Af An gCAitin. "Otit^Aifc An CAitin 50
mDei-OeA-O f Aic6iof uiit|\i X)A t>f AgAii a mAigifcitt AniA6 f, 50 mAf-
0d<iA"6 f 6 !.
" til Ctoiffity •ouine Af t)it 50 "oed 6," A-oeiit f 6, " nS bicO
f AicCiOf A|\ t)it Ojic, nf mif e innf e6CAf [ = inne6f Af] x>6 6." tug
f I ftiAf An •oeoC uifse Cuige Ann fin, Ajtif nuAi^ <iui|t f6 a Ctois-
lonn Ann f An uifge, A5 6t An uifge, finne f6 eAfcon "o^ f 6in Agtif
CtJAi-O f 6 ffof Ann f An f oiCeAC. X)> f fotAn X)eA^ «if ge CAot> Amui$
■oe 'n "ooittif t>! [A5] ftit 50 n-oeAdAit) f6 AfceA6 Ann f An AbAinn,
Aguf 6Ait fi AniAC Ann fAn f|totin 5A6 a ^aiI> •o'^uigteAe 'f^^
f oiteA6 AIC1. til feif eAn A5 imteACc Ann finr Aguf 4 *nA eAfcuin
Ann fAn AbAinn, A5 CAfpAinjc A-t5Aite.
tluAif C4ini5 Ki-oiite nA ^cteAf A-bAite, Cuai'6 f6 fUAf 50 t>f eic-
f eAti f 6 An f eA^t "o'f-As f 4 ceAngAitce, Aguf nf bf uai^ f6 6 f oitfie
Ann. *0'tMAf[\tiiS f6 x>e 'n CAittn Aft Aifig fi 6 A5 imteA^c.
'Otit>Ai[\c An CAitIn r\'A^ Aifig, aCc 50 "ocus fi f6in DfAon uifje
f UAf euige.
" Aguf cA '^ Ctiit^ cu An ftiiSteA6 "oo bf AgAt) ? " A-oeiit f6.
** CaiC ni6 'f-A« ff oCAn AmAC 6," Af fife.
" CA f 4 imtigte 'nA eAf cuin Ann fAn AbAin," At)eitt f 4, " steuf-
Ai5i"6 fUAf," A-oeit^ f6, teif An "oil-V-'eus SAifgi-OeAC, "50
teAnf AmAoi-o 6."
HinneA'OAit x}S itiA'OAi'O "oetis wifge t)iol> p^in Aguf teAnA-OAfi
Ann fAn At>Ain 6 ; Ajuf nuAitt l^fo'OAtt A5 ccaCc f uAf teif Ann fAn
AbAinn "o'^iimS f6 'nA etin Af An AtJAinn Ann fAn A^f.
riuAiit f uAif PAT) fin AniA6 stif imtig f 6 Af An AbAinn, finneA-OAf
•oA feAbAC "oetis "oiob f 6in Aguf •o'lmCiSeA'OAjt An-oiAig An 6in —
uife65 "OO finne f6 '06 f 6in — Agtif bfo-OAtt A5 ceA6r ftiAf teif.
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•out uAtA, W f Aic6iof m6\i Aif t)! beAn A5 cAtAt Amuig Af jii^ifc
©Am.' tuifting f 6 'nuAf Af An A6f, 6 OeiC 'nA eun, 1 njAf "oo'n
6oif ce, Aguf finne f6 jf^nA coifce X>6 p 6in.
tuif ting fiAt) f 6in 'nA "OiaiS Ajuf finneA-OAf "oA CeAf c-ffAncA6
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his food, but he was there tied, and the day he would let the
other champions out he would not let him out with them. He
was like this for a long time and the Knight of the Tricks
putting dishonor on him, and giving him every kind of punish-
ment.
It fell out that on this day [of which we are going to tell]
the Knight of the Tricks went from home, and left him at the
window that was highest in the house, where he had nothing
at all to get, and him tied there, up on high. And then when
everybody was gone away and nobody left on the street (i.e.,
about the place) but himself and a servant-girl, he asked the
girl, in the name of God, for a drink of water. The girl said
that if her master were to find it out he would kill her.
"Nobody shall ever hear it," says he: "don't be a bit
afraid, it's not I who'll tell him." She brought up the drink
of water to him then, and when he put his head into the water,
drinking the water, he made an eel of himself, and he went
down into the vessel. There was a little streamlet of water
beside the door, that was running until it went into the river,
and she cast out into the little stream all the remains that she
had in the vessel. He kept going, then, and he an eel, in the
river, drawing towards home.
When the Knight of the Tricks came home, he went up to
see the man he had left bound, and he did not find him there
before him. He asked the girl if she felt [perceived] him
going, or if she perceived anjrthing that gave him leave to go.
The girl said that she perceived nothing, but that she herself
brought a drop of water up to him.
"And where did you put the leavings that you had?"
says he.
" I threw it out into the little stream," says she.
" He's gone as an eel into the river," says he. " Prepare
vourselves," says he to the twelve champions, *' till we follow
him."
They made twelve water-dogs of themselves, and they fol-
lowed him in the river, and when they were coming up with
him in the river, he rose up as a bird, out of the river into
the air.
When they found this out. that he had gone out of the river,
they made twelve hawks of themselves, and pursued after the
bird — it was a lark he made of himself — and they were coming
up to him.
When He found them closing on him, and that he was not
able to escape from them, there was great terror on hint
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3760 Ki-oitte n^ jcteAf.
•oeus •o!ot> F^iti, [Ajuf tM An nt'oife 'ha eo1teAe-|^|\At1CAel; tof AtJ-
eAT>Att AS iCe All Coittce Ann fin Aguf f Aoit pA-o 6 l>eiC itce aca,
aCc nf iiAil>; t)f pAT) A5 iCe An eoijice 50 fAiO pA-o 1 njAf 'oo
DeiC f iltAC.
nuAif ifieAf feifeAn 50 fAiO a f Ait itce aca, Aguf nAC fAt^A'DAf
lonnilnn nid|t-An eite x>o 'OeunAifi, •o'eifiS f6 fUAf Aguf finne f^
ponnAC -o^ F^n, Aguf t>Ain f 6 An ctoi^ionn t)e'n "o-A f jtAncAC 'De«5
Aguf "oe'n coiteAC:
"Of ceAt) Aige •out A-t>Aite x>*S AtAif Ann pn nuAif Wo'OAf uite
mAfit> Aige. XVsur r*^ "oeitte Hi'Difte nA gcteAf . «
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There was a woman winnowing [oats] out in a bare field. EJe
descended out of the air from being a bird, near to the oats»
and he made a grain of oats of himself.
They themselves descended after him, and made twelve
turkeys of themselves, and the Knight was the turkey cock.
They began eating the oats, and they thought that they had
him eaten, but they had not. They were eating the oats Until
they were near to being satiated.
When he considered that they had enough eaten and that
they were not able to do much more, he rose up and made a
fox of himself, and took the heads off the twelve turkeys and
turkey cook.
He had leave to go home to his father then, when be had
iiem all killed. And that is the end of the Enight of Tricks.
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3762
mo t>KOn Ain ^n ©rAmniqeo
mo t>x^6n Aijt Alt Op^iff^e
If € zA mdf,
If 6 5At>Ait 1*0111 m6
'S mo rfiite fc6[\.
'O't^S-d'O *f^« tnbAite m6
"OeufiAffi bfdin,
5An Aon cf flit CAft f Aite tiom
Coitxie hA 50 "oeO.
mo t^tin r\At Cftiit tntfe
*5^f tno ifiiiiffiiTi tfSn
1 S-cOige tAi5e4\n
no 1 s-cofi-OA^ An CtitAifi^
mo tSfdn haC Of uit mife
'juf mo ttifte st^-A-O
Ai|t boft) toinge
CfiAtt 50 'meficij
LeAbuit) tuACjVA
til fOm Af^ift,
A5Uf 6A1C m6 AmA6 ^
te ce-df An tA6;
tAinis mo Sttil-O-f A
te mo tA6l>
gtiAVA Ai[\ gUAUdin
Astif t>eut Af l>euU
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3763
MY GRIEF ON THE SEA.»
(Tramslatkd bt DovGUUBi Htdx.|
My grief on the sea.
How the waves of it roll t
For they heave between me
And the love of my soull
Abandoned, forsaken.
To grief and to care.
Will the sea ever waken
Relief from despair?
My grief and my trouble !
Would he and I were
In the province of Leinster
Or county of Clare.
Were I and my darling —
Oh, heart-bitter wound I—
On board of the ship
For America bound.
On a green bed of rushes
All last night I lay.
And I flung it abroad
With the heat of the day.
And my love came behind me—
He came from the South ;
His breast to my bosom.
His mouth to my mouth.
*TAitiraI1y: My grief on the sea, It is it that is big. It is it that is
goin^ betweou me And my thousand treasures. I was left at home
Making grief. Without any hope of (goine) over sea with me, For ever
and aye. My grief that I am not, And my white moorneen, In the
province of Leinster Or County of Clare. My sorrow I am not, And my
thousand loves On board of a ship Voyaging to America. A bed of
rushes Was under me last night And I threw it out With the heat of
the day. My love came To my side, Shoulder to shoulder And mouth
on mouth. [" Love Songs of Connacht.'^]
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3764
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A ©tr-AT) 6 foir Of tilti^tfi^in j:)6fCA "oa^ t>* Ainm pil"otUM5 -Aguf
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Aon oit>f e ACA te tiA sctiix) f Ai-OGfif "o' fil^Giia Aige. t)i T)il acjva
ZAlftiAn, b6, Aguf p6ife ^At^Af aca, Aguf tJI utiAifm ACA 50
tlAOA'OAf f Alt>Glf.
Aon oitJCe Atfiilin, ©i pi^'ottAi^ ceA<ic A-UAite o teA6 'oume
rfiuiiincifi$, Aguf nuAif tAini^ f6 Cotfi ^rA-OA teif An f oitis tfiAoit,
CAini5 fCAn "ouine tiAt ahiaC Aguf •ouGai|\c : " go mbeAnnAi^i'O
"OiA 'Otiic.'* " 50 mbeAnnAiS' "Oia 'gtif TTItii^e '6uic," a^ p^-o-
tiAig. " Ca-o Ac-d AS cuf t)^6in o^c ? " AH f An f cAn 'otiine. " tlt't
mofi&n 50 "oeiifiin," a^ pA-otiAig, " ni tJ^itJ m€ a t^jrAX) be6, Aguf
nf't niAC *nS in^eAn te cAoineAti wo "OiaiS nuAif Seol^Af m6 bilf ."
" t)* ^i-oitt nAC mbei'OeA niAjt pn," a^ f An feAn-'ouine. " pAfAOf !
b^i-beAt)," Af pil-ottAis, " c-Aini btiA'bAin Agtif pee p6fCA, Aguf
ni't Aon Cof AmtACc t:6f ." " 5^^ m'f ocAt-f a 50 mb^i-b niAC 65
A5 "DO tfinAoi, cf 1 ttAite 6'n oi-OCe Anoec." CuAit> pA-OfAig A-tJAite,
tOCSilifeAC 50 teOf, Aguf -o'lnnif An fgeut "00 TluAtA. " ^x^a !
nf fAiO Ann f An CfeAn 'ouine a6c sosAiLLe, a tJi A5 "oeunAtfi niAg-
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til b|\dn ni6f Aif TltiAtA, Ajuf T)uOaii\c fl teif An nAOit>eAn4n :
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THE BOY WHO WAS LONG ON HIS MOGnBER.
(Translated by Douglas Hyde.)
Thebe was long ago a married couple of the name of Patrick
and Nuala O'Seerahan. They were a year and twenty
married, without having any children, and there was great
grief on them because they had no heir to leave their share
of riches to. They had two acres of land, a cow, and a pair
of goats, and they supposed that they were rich.
One night Patrick was coming home from a friend's house,
and when he was come as far as the ruined churchyard, there
camp out a gray old man and said, " God save you."
" God and Mary save you," says Patrick.
"-What's putting grief on you? " says the old man.
"There isn't much indeed putting grief on me," says
Patrick, " but I won't be long alive, and I have neither son
nor daughter to keen after me when I find death."
" Perhaps you won't be so," says the old man.
"Alas! I will," says Patrick, "I'm a year and twenty
married, and there's no sign yet."
" Take my word that your wife will have a young son
three-quarters of a year from this very night."
Patrick went home, joyous enough, and told the story to
Nuala.
"Arrah, there was nothing in the old man but a dotard
who was making a mock of you," says Nuala.
" Well, * time is a good story-teller,' " said Patrick.
It was well, and it was not ill. Before half a year went
by Patrick saw that Nuala was going to give him an heir,
and there was great pride on him. He &gan putting the
farm in order and leaving everything ready for the young
heir. The day that sickness came on Nuala, Patrick was
planting a young tree before the door of the house. When
the news came to him that Nuala had a young son, there
was that much joy on him that he fell dead with heart-disease.
There was great grief on Nuala, and she said to the infant,
"I will not wean you from my breast until you will be able
to pull up out of the roots the tree that your father was
planting when he died."
The infant was called Paudyeen, or little Pat, and the
mother nursed him at her breast until he was seven years old.
Then she brought him out to see was he able to pull up the
tree, but he was not. That put no discouragement on the
mother; she brought him in, and nursed him for seven years
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Ajuf tug cloC feA6c mbUAtniA eite "bO, -dguf ni t^Aib Aon t)tiA6-
Ailt Atin f All cTf lotiilnii te^Cc fUAf leif i n-ob^iif .
p^oi CeAtin 'oei|\i'6 tiA ceitf e blM'OnA •oeug tug -a xfi\AtA^\^ AmA6
6, Le peuC^inc An |\^.iO f6 loniltin An c^tAtin •oo CA^tfAitis, -aCc ni
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6ui|\ fin Aon ■OfoC-ttiif neA6 Af An xhStAifK.
tus ff C10C feACc nit)UAt)nA etle X}6, Aguf fAoi CeAnn 'oeifi'6
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tu5 An ifi^tAitt awaC 6 Aguf •outtAi^tc : " ITIu^ (munA) tJ-puit cu
lonilnn An C|tAnn fin to tA|\]\Ain5 Anoif, ni tiO&^Ai'O ni6 Aon t^fiAon
eite cfCe "Otiic." Cuif p^i-oin fmugAifte Af a tilrfiAit), Aguf f uAi^t
Sfteim At\ Oun An CfAinn. x\n Ceu-o-iAffAit) "oo Cuj f6, C^tdit f6
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n-oeAf nAi-O f eAf AfiAtti •OetinAtti." " t)eunf Ait> m^ mA\\.SAX> teAC,"
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joif ce -oo nA bA (buAib) 50 mb^it) -oo <ieu"o-pf onn f ^i-O.'*
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t:6in," If fCAff mo mAi"oe-Uiifi* 'r\A An gteuf pn." tofuiS f^
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more, and there was not a lad in the country who was able
to keep up with him in his work.
At the end of fourteen years his mother brought him out
to see was he able to pull up the tree, but he was not, for the
tree was in good soil, and growing greatly. That put no
discouragement on the mother.
She nursed him for seven more years, and at the end of
that time he was as large and as strong as a giant.
His mother brought him out then and said, " Unless you
are able to pull up that tree now, I will never nurse you again."
Paudyeen spat on his hands, and got a hold of the bottom
of the tree, and the first effort he made he shook the ^rouna
for seven perches on each side of it, and at the second effort
he lifted the tree from the roots, and about twenty ton of clay
along with it.
" The love of my heart you are," said the mother, " you're
worth nursing for one and twenty years."
"Mother," says Paudyeen, "you worked hard to give me
food and drink since I was bom, and it is time now for me
to do something for you in your old days. This is the first
tree I ever pulled up, and I'll make myself a hand-stick of it.
Then he got a saw and axe, and cut the tree, leaving about
twenty feet of the bottom, and there was a knob on it as big
as a round tower of the round towers that used to be in
Erin at that time. There was above a ton weight in the
hand-stick when Paudyeen had it dressed.
On the morning of the next day, Paudyeen caught a hold
of his stick, left his blessing with his mother, and went away
in search of service. He was traveling till he came to the
castle of the King of Leinster. The king asked him what he
was looking for. "Looking for work, if you please," says
Paudyeen.
"Have you e'er a trade?" says the king.
" No," says Paudyeen, " but I can do any work in life that
ever man did."
" I'll make a bargain with you," says the king; " if you
can do everything that I'll order you to do during six months,
I'll give you your own weight in gold, and my daughter as
yoiftr married wife; but if you are not able to do each thing
you shall lose your head."
" I'm satisfied with that bargain," says Paudyeen.
" Go into the bam, and be threshing oats for the cows till
your breakfast is ready."
Paudyeen went in and got the flail« and the flaile^T^ was
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DO X>i Ann fAn fsiobOL buAilce Aige.- Ann fin Cuai-O f6 AniA6 Ann
f An nsAtttJA Aguf tofuig A5 buAUvO nA f cAca coifce Aguf cftuit-
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cu ni6. C^it) Aguf betf cuptA buiceut) tiifge Cum 'nA feAfO-
f 65AncA Af An to6 iiT) ffof, Aguf b^i-O An Leice f UAjt 50 Le6f nuAif
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gfiAn f Aoi, An T:\iAtn6nA fo."
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pAi-oin AfceAC *fAn njteAnn Aguf finne polt AfceAC 50 bun An
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ngteAnn. Ann fin t)On f€ fUAf An potU
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•00 tAiTfie, Aguf nfof bfA"o 50 "OcAinis pAi-oin Cuige Aguf T)ub-
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Anoif ? " " tlf't Aon f UT) eite te 'oeunAifi a^ax> An'oii), aCc b^i-O
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Af Af nt)Att 5tic, Ajuf -o'lnntf "Od An Caoi Af tAO-Om pAi-oin An
toC, Aguf nAC fAib fiof Aige Cf eut) "oo b6Aff a-O f 6 "66 te "oeunATfi.
" CA fiof A^Am-fA An ni-b nAC mb^fO f 6 lonAnn a "OeunAtfi, Af
mAi-Qin AmAf AC, CAbAif fjfibmn X)6 Cum -00 "OeAfbfAtAf 1 ngAitt-
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■QCiucf Ait> f6 Af Aif." Af mAi-oin, tA Af nA ifiAfAC, jAif An f!S
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only like a traneen in Paudyeen's hand, and he said to himself,
*" My hand-stick is better than that contrivance." He begar
threshing with the hand-stick, and it was not long till he had
all that was in the bam threshed. Then he went out into
the garden and began threshing the stacks of oats and wheat,
so that he sent showers of grain throughout the country.
The king came out and said, " Hold your hand, or you'll
destroy me. Go and bring a couple of buckets of water to
the servants out of that loch down there, and the stirabout
will be sufficiently cool when you come back."
Paudyeen looked round, and he saw two great empty barrels
beside the wall. He caught hold of them, one in each hand,
went to the lake, and brought them filled to the back of the
castle door. There was wonder on the king when he saw
Paudyeen arriving, and he said to him, " Go in, the stirabout's
ready for you."
Paudyeen went in, but the king went to a Dall Glic, or
cunning blind man that he had, and told him the bargain
that he made with Paudyeen, and asked him what he ought
to give Paudyeen to do.
" Tell him to go down and teem [bail out] that lake, and
him to have it done before the sun goes under this evening."
The king called Paudyeen, and said to him, "Teem that
lake down there, and let you have it done before the sun
goes under this evening."
"Very well," says Paudyeen, "but where shall I put the
water."
" Put it into the great glen that is near the lake," says the
king.
There was nothing but a scunce [ditch-bank] between the
glen and the lake, and the people used to make a foot-road of it.
Paudyeen got a bucket, a pickaxe, and a loy [narrow spade],
and he went to the lake. The bottom of the glen was even
with the bottom of the lake. Paudyeen went into the glen
and made a hole in the bottom of the lake. Then he put
his mouth to the hole, drew a long breath, and never left
boat, fish, or drop of water in the lake that he did not draw
out through his lx)dy, and cast into the glen. Then he closed
up the hole.
Wlien the king looked down he saw the lake as dry as the
palm of your hand, and it was not long till Paudyeen came
to him and said, "That work is finished, what shall I do
now? "
"You have nothing else to do to-day, but you shall have
plenty to do to-morrow."
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cu t>Am nff> nA6 mb^i-O An feAf pn lonnAn a •OeunAtfi, bAinp-O
ni(^ An ccAnn t>Ioc."
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ripuit T)0 -beAftif AtAif 1 n-tffionn, Aguf 50 mbu-O rfiAiC teAC
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1 ti-i|rfionn A^uf rAbAif tu^Am 6, 50 mb^i-O ArtiAfC a^ahi Aif."
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That night the king sent for the Dall Glic, and told him the
way that Paudyeen teemed out the lake, and [said] that he
did not know what to give him to do.
*' I know the thing that he won't be able to do. To-morrow
morning give him a writing to your brother in Galway, and
tell him to bring you forty tons of wheat, and to be back
here in twenty-four hours. Give him the old mare and the
cart, and you may be sure he won't come back."
On the morning of the next day the king called Paudyeen
and gave him the writing and said to him, " Get the mare and
the cart, and go to Galway. Give the writing to my brother,
and tell him to give you twenty tons of wheat, and be back
here in twenty-four hours."
Paudyeen got the mare and the cart, and went on the road.
The mare was not able to travel more than four miles in the
hour. Paudyeen tied the mare to the cart, put it on
his shoulder, and ofE and away with him over hills and
hollows, till he came to Galway. He gave the letter to the
king's brother, got the wheat, and put it on the cart. When
he put the mare under the cart, there were two halves made
of its back [the load was so heavy]. Then Paudyeen put the
wheat back into the bam. When the people of the castle
went to sleep, Paudyeen went to the harbor, and he never
left a chain on the shipping that he did not take with him.
Then he dug under the bam [slipped the chains under] and
tied them round it, and off and away with him, and the barn
with all that was in it on his back. He went over hills and
glens, and never stopped till he left the bam in front
of the king's castle. There were ducks, hens, and geese in
the bam. Early in the morning the king looked out of his
room, and what should he see but his brother's bam.
" My soul from the devil," said the king, ** but that's the
most wonderful man in the world." He came down and found
Paudyeen with his stick in his hand standing beside the bam.
" Did you bring me the wheat? '* says the king.
" I brought it," says Paudyeen, " but the old mare is dead."
Then he told the king everything he had done from the time
he went away till he came back.
The king did not know what he should do, and he went to
the Dall Glic, and said to him, " Unless you tell me a thing
which that man will not be able to do, I will strike the head
off you."
The Dall Glic thought for a while and said, " Tell him that
your brother is in hell, and that you would like to have a
light of him; and to bring him to you, until you have a
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Cuif pAi-oln fnitiSAifte Af a tfiAi-oe, t^u^it An bdCA^t, A^uf n!ot\
t^pAT) 50 •oc-dini5 f4 50 ^eAUA ip^inn. ttuAil f^ buitte -d|\ -An
n^eACA 'oo Cmt\ Afce^fi AweAfj n-d n-oiAttAt 6, Ajuf fiiibAit f6
pftin AfceA6 'nA 'Oiai$^ tluAif ConnAi^tc t)etfibOt) 6 aj ccaCc,
tilini^ pAicCiof Alts Aguf 'o'pAtrnuiS f6 "66 Cfeut) "oo t>\ a'
ceAf cilt tiAit> :
** "OeAf GfiAtAiji ffg lAi^eAn ACil a* ccaj* cilt uAim," Af P-Ai"ofn.
" pioc AniA6 4," A^t t)etfit)iit):
X)*feuC p-Ai-oin tAfc, aCc puAiji f6 nTof md n-d •o-d fMei-o peAf
A jiAlO |:iACA1t ITA'OA 1 JCeAttC-t^t^ A gCAItbAlT) tlACCAfAlg ACA.
" x\f pAic6iof nA6 wbei'OeA'O An peA^t ceAfc ASAm^*^ a|1 p^i-ofn,
** aomAniTAi'b ni6 An c-iotnUAn aca tiom, Aguf C15 teif An fig a
■6eAt\t>tV&tA1tt t!)10CA'6 Af CA."
CiomAin f 6 T)il fnCit) aca AniA6 t^oiitie, Aguf nfo^t f cop 50 •ocdinis
f4 1 UlCAitt CAifteilin An t^Tg; ^nn fin gdif f^ -Af An fig Agtif
'Dut^Ai^ic teif, "pioc AmA6 'OO •OeAitOtvAtAitt Af nA p|i (ireAftAiti) f e<5."
tluAitt -o'^euC An i\!S Ajtif ConnAifc f6 nA "oiAGAit te n-AtJAfCAib
OffA, Uf fAlCClOf Alf, f St^eAT) f 6 At\ pill-Oin AJllf "OUGAltlC, " CAt)Al|l
Af Alf lA*©."
'tof tiig pdi-oTn '5-d mbuAtAt) te ^a ifiAi-oe, jtif 6111^1 f 6 ajx Aif 50
ti-ipt^ionn lAt).-
CuAit> An f!$ Cum An "OAitt gtic, Ajtif -o'lnnif -06 An ni-O "oo
Itmne piliT)Tn, Agtif "otiOAittc teif, " n! tig teAC innpnc •OAm Aon
nTt> nAC Uftiit f4 lonilnn a t>eunAtfi, Agtif CAittp-O cti "oo CeAnn
Af niAi-oin AmilfAC."
" UAl^Aif lAffAit) eite "bAm," Af f An T)AtV, 5^^c> " ^S^f
nT ©^itJ An ConnA6cAC a tJfAt) bed; x\f tnAi-oin AmdfAC,
AbAif teif. An cobAf acS 1 tAtAif An CAifteAin "oo tAo-O-
mAX> ; WoX> fif f 61*6 AgAT), Ajuf nuAif A geobAf cu f!of Ann f An
cobAf 6, AbAif teif nA fif (f eAfAib), An <ito6 tfiuitinn acA te coif
An OAttA "oo CAiteAth flof 'nA tfitittAC, Aguf niAf b6CAit) fin 6."
XVf mAi'Oin, UA Af nA tfjAfAC, gAif An ffg pdi'oin Aguf "oubAifC
teif : " z^it) A5«f ZAottn An cobAf pn zS 1 tdCAif An CAif tedin,
Agtif nuAif A O^i-OeAf f6 'oetincA a^at), beuffAi-O 1116 y^aca ntiA"6
•buic, If f uAf AC An cAibfn 6 pn acA of c.**
t)! nA fif f^i-O A5 An fTg te pAi-oin boCc •00 ifiAfbA-O, "od
bf eii-of A-b pAt) 4.
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look at him. But when they get him in hell, they won't let
him come back."
The king called Paudyeen and said to him, '^ I have a
brother in hell, and bring him to me until I have a look at
him."
" How shall I know your brother from the other people that
are in that place? " said Paudyeen.
" He had a long tooth in the very middle of his upper gum,"
says the king.
Paudyeen spat on his stick, struck the road, and it was not
long till he came to the gate of hell. He struck a blow upon
tLiC gate which drove it in amongst the devils, and he himself
walked in after it. When Belzibub saw him coming there
came a fear on him, and he asked him what he was wanting.
" A brother of the King of Leinster is what I am wanting,"
says he.
"Well, pick him out," says Belzibub.
Paudyeen looked round him, but he found more than forty
men who had a long tooth in the very middle of their upper
gums.
" For fear I shouldn't have the right man," said Paudyeen,
" I'll drive the whole lot of them with me, and the king can
pick his brother out from among them."
He drove forty of them out before him, and never stopped
till he came to the king's castle. Then he called the king
and said to him, " Pick out your brother from these men."
When the king looked and saw the devils with horns on
them, there was fear on him. He screamed to Paudyeen, and
said, "Bring them back."
Paudyeen began beating them with his stick, till he sent
them back to hell.
The king went to the Dall Glio and told him the thing
Paudyeen did, and said to him, " You cannot tell me anything
that he is not able to do, and you shall lose your head
to-morrow morning."
" Give me another trial," says the Dall Glic, " and the
Connachtman won't be long alive. Tell him to-morrow
morning to teem the well that is before the castle. Let you
have men ready, and when you get him down in the well,
tell the men to throw down the millstone that is beside the
wall on top of him, and that will kill him."
On the morning of the next day the king called Paudyeen,
and said to him, " Go and teem that well in front of the castle,
and as soon as you have that done I'll give you a new hat;
that's a miserable old caubeen that's on you."
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Aguf tofuig ^5 CAf|\Ain5 An uifge Afce-AC Ann a Oeut, Aguf "oA
P5-AfCA'0 Am AC uAit) Afif 50 fAit> An cobAf lonnAnn a^^X ^T*^ ^^S^*
t)i f oinn tJeAg 1 mbtin An cobAif nA6 ^tAitt CAo-OmCA, • Aguf Cuai'O
p^-ottdis ffof te nA cifmiugAt). C^inig nA pf teif An sctoiC tfj6itt
tfiuiLinn Aguf <iAiteA"OAf ffof At\ tfiuttA6 |i)iliT)in 6. t)! An pott
•00 ©I 1 LAi\ nA ctoiCe 50 "offeAC Cotti mdf te ceAnn pAi-oln, A^uf
f AOit f6 sut* to* 6 An tiACA nuA'O "oo CAit An ^tfj fiof Cuige, A^tif
gLAOti f 6 f uAf : " zS^m toui-OeAC 'ofoc, a tfiiliSif cif , Af f on An
tiACA nuAi'O." x\nn fin tAinig f6 fUAf teif An gctoiC tfjuitinn Af
A CeAnn. t>i tofOt) ni6|\ Aige Af An Iiaca nuAt). X)i longAncAf Af
An itfg Aguf A^t n-mte t)uine eite, ntiAi^t ConnAifc fiAt) P-Ai-oin
t3if An gctoiC ffimtinn A|\ a CeAnn.
X)i fnof AS An ftg nAC ^ Aili Aon itiAit "06 Aon nf-O eite "oo tAtoAi^tc
T)o 'pAi'oin te 'oeunATfi, Ajuf ■outoAifc f 6 teif, " if cu An f eAfto-
]fr6$AncA If f eAf ]\ -00 toi AgAm A|\iAtfi ; nf't Aon i\\X} eite AgAm "ouic
te 'oeunAtti, Aguf ca|\ tiom-f a, 50 •ocugAi'O ni6 •00 ttiAi\AfCAt 'otiic.
rii't m' ingeAn feAn 50 teCf te pdfAt), aCc nuAif a to^i-OeAf f!
btiAtiAin Aguf fiCe "D'AOif, 1:15 teAC ! "oo toeit AgAt)."
" tlf't "o'lngeAn a' ceAf cAt uAini," Af p^li'ofn.
tug An t^fg 4 Cum An Cifce, An -Aic a f Aito 50 teCf Cif, A^tif
■outoAif c teif : ** toAin T)!oc T)o tiACA nuA-O, A^uf c6it) Af ceAC
'f A* fsiltA."
" 50 'oeirhin. ni toAinpti mC mo tiACA "Oiom, bf onn cuf a 0|\m 6,"
il|\ p-Ai-oin, ** toeitieA-b f^ Cotti mAit "Ouic mo bfifce "oo toAinc
■olom."
HI jiAito An oi^teA*© 6ii\ Aguf a tfieA'66CA'0 tiACA p-AiT)in, aCc
focfuig An f!$ teif A5 UAtoAifc "oC "oA ttiAtA 6if. Cui^t pAi-ofn
ceATin ACA f A01 5aC AfCAtt, f uAif Sfeim Aif a rfiAitje, An haca
nuAt> Af A CeAnn, Astif Af 50 tofiAC teif, CAf cnocAito A5«f
SteAnncAito, 50 •ocAinig f4 A-toAite.
TluAif ConnAifc T>Aoine An toAite pAi-oin A5 ceACc teif ^^n ^ctoiC
ffitiitinn Af A CeAnn, to! longAncAf mCf offA ; aCc nuAif ConnAifC
An ffiAtAif An •oA ifiAtA 6if, tou-O toeAg n-Af tuic ff mAf to te tiit-
JAife.' tofuiS pAi-ofn, Aguf Cuif f^ ceAC tofeAg Af toun "od
f6in, Aguf 'o'A ffiACAif. "Rinne f6 ceiCfe teiC (teAtAnnA) rye 'n
tiACA nuAt), Agtif finne ctoCA cdinne "tofoto t)o 'n ceACj Conjtouig
f^ A tfiACAif mAf ifinAoi tiAfAit 50 tofUAif f! toAf te feAn-^oif,
Agtif CaiC f 6 f ftin X)^aCa tt)AiC 1 n5fA*0 X)6 Aguf nA 5-cOtftAf f An.
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The king had the men ready to kill poor Paudyeen if they
were able.
Paudyeen came to the brink of the well, and lay down with
his mouth under, and began drawing the water into his mouth
and spouting it out behind him until he had the well all as
one as dry. There was a little quantity of water on the bottom
of the well that was not teemed, and Paudyeen went down to
dry it. The men came then with the great millstone, ani.\
threw it down on the top of Paudyeen. The hole that was in
the middle of the stone was just as big as Paudyeen's head,
and he thought it was the new hat the king had thrown down
to him, and called up and said, " I'm thankful to you, master,
for the new hat." Then he came up with the millstone on his
head. He had great pride out of the new hat. There was
wonder on the king and on every one else when they saw
the millstone on his head.
The king knew that it was no use for him to give Paudyeen
anything else to do, so he said to him, " You're the best servant
that ever I had. I've nothing else for you to do, but come
with me till I give you your wages. My daughter is not
old enough to marry, but when she is one and twenty years
of age you can have her."
" I do not want your daughter," said Paudyeen.
The king brought him then to the treasury, where there
was plenty of gold, and said, "Take off your new hat and
get into the scales."
" Indeed I won't take off my new hat ; you gave it to me,"
said Paudyeen ; " you might as well take off my breeches."
There was not as much gold as would weigh Paudyeen's
hat, but the king settled with him by giving him two bags of
gold. Paudyeen put one of them under each oxter [arm-pit],
got hold of his stick — his new hat on his head — ^and off and
away with him over hills and hollows till he came home.
When the people of the village saw Paudyeen coming with
the millstone on his head, there was great wonder on them;
but when the mother saw the two bags of gold, it was little
but she fell dead with joy.
Paudyeen began working, and set up a fine house for himself
and his mother. He made four parts of the new hat, and
made comer-stones of them for the house. He kept his mother
like a lady, \intil she died of old age; and he spent a good
life himself, in the love of Qod and of the neighbors.
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X>S nit)6i'0inn-fe ai^ tfl^Ld Tl^ipiti
*S mo Ceu-o-SfiAt) te mo e^oiO,
If U&SA6 Coi'oedtAmAOif i n-6iti^eAC'o
THah An c-^inin Aif An 5-cfAoiOj
*S6 "00 ©4tUn toinn t)fiAtttA6
X>o ifieti'OAiS Ait\ mo piAn,
-Agtif co-ouvb citSm n! f eu'OAim;
X>S mt)eit>inn-fe ai|\ nA cuAncAiO
TTlAft bu'O 'OtiAt 'OAm» ^eoDAinn fp^fC)
mo C^ifoe uite jTAOi DuAi'OfeA'O
XVguf SfUAim offA 5aC t6.
piof-fSAiC nA n5|\uA5A6
puAif bUAit) A'f cLu Annf 5A6 5Le6,
*S suf t)'6 mo Citoi-Oe-fciS cA *nnA JUAt "Dutt^
A^uf t)eAn mo t|\uAi$e n!*t t)e6.'
11A6 Aoittinn "oo nA li-4inintt>
A ^t\i$eAf 50 n-ilt^'o,
*S A Co'DtuigeAf 1 n-^m^ACc
X\itt Aon 6ftAOi0in AitiAin.*
tl! mA^ fin 'OAm f 6in
xV*f "oo m* Ceti-o mfte 5t^'6;
If f A'OA 6 nA C6ite OftitAinn
filftS^Af ^a6 Uu'
Ca-o 6 -00 OfCAtnuSA-O Aii\ nA fp6AftAl5
CtiAC ti5 ceAf Aif An UL,
Ha Aif An L&n-mAfA a^ 6if ige
Le n-eu-oAn An Ctoi-be Si^x> I
TtlAf fiSt) Gfof An c6 iit)
A Oeif An-coit -00 *n SM^
triAf 6tiAnn Aijt tftAtA f t6it>e
t)o tjt^isfeA'O A 5U^C*
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3777
THE BROW OF NEFIN.
(TbanbxiAtid bt Douglas Htdi.)
[** Love Songs of Connacht."J
Did I Stand on the bald top of N^fin
And my hundred-times loved one with me^
We should nestle together as safe in
Its shade as the birds on a tree.
From your lips such a music is shaken,
When you speak it awakens my pain,
And my eyelids by sleep are forsaken.
And I seek for my slumber in vain.
But were I on the fields of the ocean
I should sport on its infinite room,
I should plow through the billows' commotion
Though my friends should look dark at my doom.
For the flower of all maidens of magic
Is beside me where'er I may be,
And my heart like a coal is extinguished,
Not a woman takes pity on me.
How well for the birds in all weather.
They rise up on high in the air.
And then sleep upon one bough together
Without sorrow or trouble or care;
But so it is not in this world
For myself and my thousand-times fair.
For, away, far apart from each other,
Each day rises barren and bare.
Say, what dost thou think of the heavens
When the heat overmasters the day,
Or what when the steam of the tide
Rises up in the face of the bay ?
Even so is the man who has given
An inordinate love-gift away.
Like a tree on a mountain all riven
Without blossom or leaflet or spray.
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AN LACHA DHEARG.
Bgriobh me an sgeul so, focal ar fhocal. o bheul sean-inhna de mhuinntir
Bhriain ag Cili-Aodain, anaice le Coiiite-mach i goondae Mhuigh-E6.
An C|iAoibhin.
Bhi rlgh i n-Eirinn, fad 6 shoin, agos bhi d4 'r '6ag mac aige.
Agus ghabh so amach U ag siiibhal anaice le loch, agus chonnairc
se lacha agus dha cheann d6ag d' 6anachaibh 16ithe. Bhi si [ag]
bualadh an domhadh ceann deag uaithi, agus ag congbh&il aoin
cheann deag 16ithe f6in.
Agus th&inig an righ a-bhaile chuig a bhean fein, agus dubhairt
se leithe go bhfacaidh s6 iongnadh m6r andhiiSi, go bhfacaidh se
lacha agus dh& cheann deag d' 6anachaibh leithe, agus go raibh
81 ag dibirt an d6mhadh ceann deag uaithi. Agus dubhairt an
bhean leis, ^' ni de thir nd de thalamh thii, nach bhfuil fhios agad
gur gheall si ceann do'n Deachmhaidh agus go raibh si chomh
cine^ta agus go dtug si amach an dd cheann d6ag."
^' Ni de thir nd de thalamh thu," ar seisean, '' t& dhd cheann
d6ag de mhacaibh agam-sa, agus caithfidh ceann dul chuig an
Deachmhaidh."
" Ni h-ionnann na daoine agus ednacha na gcnoc le cheile,''
[ar sise].
Ghabh se sios ann sin chuig an Sean-Dall Glic, agus dubhairt
an Sean-Dall Glic nach ionnann daoine agus eanacha na gcnoc le
ch6ile. Dubhairt an righ go gcaithfidh ceann aca dul chuig an
Deachmhaidh, '^ agus cad 6 an ceann," ar seisean, ^' bh^arfas me
chuig an Deachmhaidh ? "
^'Td do dhd-deag cloinne ag dul chum sgoile, agus abair leo
Idmh thabhairt i Idimh a-cheile, dul chum sgoile, agus an ch6ad
fhear aca bheidheas 'san mbaile agad go dtiubhraidh tii din6ar
maith dh6, agus cuir an fear deiridh chum bealaigh ann sin."
Rinne s6 sin. An t-oidhre do bhi ar deireadh, agus nior fh6ad
se an t-oidhre chur chum bealaigh.
Chuir s6 amach ag tiomdint ann sin iad, seisear ar gach taoibh
agus an taobh do bhi ag gn6thughadh, bhi s6 ag tarraing fear
[fir] uaithi, agus d'd. thabhairt do'n taoibh do bhi ag cailleamhain.
Faol dheireadh bhain aon fhear amhdin an liathr6id de'n aon
fhear deag. Dubhairt an t-athair leis, ann sin, "a mhic," ar
Aeisean, ^' caithfidh tii dul chuig an Deachmhaidh."
" Ni rachaidh mise chuig an Deachmhaidh, a athair,'* ar aokean
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THE RED DUCK
IWritten down in Irish by Douglas Hyde at the dictation of an old
woman in County Mayo, and translated from the French of G. Dottin
by Charles Welsh.]
Once upon a time in Ireland, and a long time ago at that, there
was a king who had twelve sons. He went one day to walk
by the borders of a lake, and there he saw a female duck with
twelve little ones. Eleven of them she kept close by her side,
but with the twelfth she would have nothing to do, and was
always chasing it away.
The King went home and told his wife that he had seen a
very wonderful thing that day; that he had seen a female
duck with twelve little ones. Eleven she kept close by her side,
but with the twelfth she would have nothing to do, and was
always chasing it away.
His wife said, "You're neither of people or land. Do you
know that she has promised one of her brood to the
Deachmhaidh, and that the duck is of such a fine breed that
she has hatched out twelve."
" You're neither of people or land," he replied. " I have
twelve sons, and one of them must certainly go to the Deachm-
haidh."
His wife answered him, " People and birds of the hillside
are not the same thing."
Then he went to find the old blind diviner, and the old blind
diviner told him that the people and the birds of the hillside
were not the same.
The King told the old blind diviner that one out of his
children must go to the Deachmhaidh. " And what I want to
know," said he, " is which one shall I send to the Deachm-
haidh."
" Your children are now going to school. Tell them to walk
hand-in-hand as they go to school, and that you will give to
him who shall be first in the house again a good dinner; and
it will be the last one that you will be sending away."
He did so, but it was his son and heir who was the last one,
and he couldn't think of sending his son and heir away. He
then sent them to play a hurling; match — six on one side and
six on the other — and from the side which won he took one away
and gave it to the side which lost. At last, a single one swept
away the ball from the eleven others. Then he said to that
one, " My son, it is you that will be going to the Deachmhaidh."
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3780 An Lacha Dheargs
^'tabhair dham costas, agus rachaidli me ag f^achain m' fhor-
D'imthigh 86 ar maidin, agus bhi 8& ag siubhal go dt&inig an
oidhche, agus casadh asteach 1 dteacb beag 6 nach raibh ann acht
sean-fhear, agus chuir 86 failte roimh Realandar mac righ Eireami.
" Ni'l mall ort " [ar seisean leis an mac righ] '^ do sbaidbbhreas
do dheimamb amirach m& ta aon mhaith ionnat id' fowl-eindhy
[seilgire]. Ta inghean righ an Domhain-Shoir ag tigheacht chuig
an loch beag 8in shios, am&rach, agus nior thdinig si le seacht
mbliadhnaibh roimhe ; agus b6idh da cheann d6ag de mhndibh-
coimhdeacht leithe. Teirigh i bhfolach ann san tseisg go gcaithfidh
siad a dd cheann d6ag de cochaill diobh. Leagfaidh sise a cochall
f6in leith-thaobh, mar t& [an oiread sin] d' on6ir innti, agus nuair
gheobhas tusa amuigh ann san tsn&mh iad, eirigh agus beir ar an
gcochalb FiUfidh sise, asteach ar ais, agus dearfaidL si, *^ a mhlc
righ Eireann tabhair dham mo chochau." Agus d6arfaidh tusa
nach dtiubhraidh [tti]. Agus d6arfaidh sise leat, " muna dtugann
tii ded' dhe6in go dtiubhraidh tii ded' aimh(lhe6in 6." Abair
16ithe nach dtiubhraidh tii ded' dheoin, na de d' aimhdhe6in di 6
[muna ngeallann si do ph6sadh]. Dearfaidh si, ann sin, nach
bhfuil sin le f&^hail agad mur [=muna] n-aithnigheann ti. i aris.
Ge6bhaidh siaa amach uait ann san tsn&mh aris, agus d6anfaidh
siad tri easconna d6ag diobh f6in. B6idh sise 'na rubailin [ear,
baillin] suarach ar uachtar ; ni thig ^leithe bheith ar deireadh-
mar t& on6ir innti, agus b6idh si ag caint leat. Aithne6chaidh tti
air sin i, agus abair go dtogfaidh tii i f6in i gc6mhnuidhe, an ceann
a bheidheas ag caint leat. D6arfaidh sise ann sin, ^'Caillte an
sgeul, an fear thug a athair do'n Desrchmhaidh areir, geaUamhain
p6sta ag inghin Righ an Domhain-Shoir andhiii air' ! "
[Dubhairt an mac righ leis an sean-fhear go ndeanfadh 86 gach
rud mar dubhairt s6 leis. Chuaidh 86 amach ar maidin chuig an
loch agus thdrla h-uile sh6rt go direach mar dubhairt an sean-
fhear.
Nuair bhi an bhean gn6thaighthe aige] d'imthigh an d&-'r'eug
cailin a-bhaile. Tharraing sise amach slaitin draoidheachta, agus
bhuail si ar dh& bhuachalUn buidhe i, agus rinne si d4 chapall
marcuigheachta dhiobh.
Bhi siad ag siiibhal ann sin, go dtainig an oidhche, agus bhi si
ag teach oncaU di, ar dtuitim na h-oidhche. Agus dubhairt si le
mac righ Eireann eochair rtima na 86ad d' iarraidh ar an oncal,
agus go bhfuighfeadh s6 i f6in astigh ann san nima roimhe. [Ni
raibh fhios ag an oncal, go raibh sise ann, chor ar bith, agus shaoil
36 gur ag iarraidh a Inghine f6in thdinig mac righ Eireann chuige.]
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" I will not be going to the DeachmhaidK," said lie. " Give
me some money and I will go and make my fortune." He
started off the next morning, and walked until it was night,
and came to a little house where there was nobody but an old
man, who welcomed R^alander, the son of the King of Ireland.
" It will be no delay of you," said he, to the son of the
King, " to make your fortune to-morrow morning, if you are
any good as a hunter of birds. The daughter of the King of
the Eastern World is coming to the little lake you see down
there to-morrow morning. She will have twelve women
attendants with her. Hide yourself in the rushes until they
throw down their twelve hoods and cloaks. The daughter of
the King will throw her hood and cloak in a separate place
from the rest ; and when you see them go in to swim, jump up
and take her hood and cloak. The Princess will come to the
edge of the lake, and she will say, " Son of the King of
Ireland, give me my hood, and cloak." And you will tell her
then that you will not; and she will say to you, " If you don't
give it to me with a good will, you will give it to me with a
bad will." Tell her that you will neither give it to her with a
§ood will or a bad will, unless she will promise to marry you.
he will then say, that you shall not have her, unless you can
recognise her again.
Then she and her attendants will swim away, and they will
be changed into thirteen eels. She will be the smallest and the
meanest one, but she will lead, because she is a person of
honor, and could not follow her train, and she will speak to
you. You will recognize her again by this, and you will say
that you will marry the eel who has spoken to you. Then she
will say, " Oh, unhappy story, he whose father sent him to the
Deachmhaidh last night, has to-day received a promise of
marriage from the daughter of the King of the Eastern
World."
The King's son told the wise old man that he would do all
that he told him to do. The next morning he went to the lake,
and everything happened as the wise old man had said.
When he had gained the daughter of the King of the
Eastern World, the twelve attendants started for home.
The Princess drew a magic wand and struck two tufts of
yellow ragwort with it, and they were at once turned into two
saddle-horses. They travelled on until night was coming,
and when night came, they found themselves at the home of
an uncle of hers. She told the son of the King of Ireland to
ask her uncle for the key of the treasure chamber, and that he
would find her in that chamber. The uncle did not know that
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3782 An Lacha Dhearg^
Fuair 86 an eochair 6'n oncal, agus chuaidh 86 asteacli, agus
foair s6 mar bean bhredgh astigh ann san rdma i. iBhf siad ag
caint go h-am snipeir. D'iarr s{ air, a cheann do leagan ar a
h-uchd. Binne 86 sin, agus chuir si biordn suain ann a cheann go
maidin. Nuair tharraing si amach an bior&n ar maidin, dhiUsigh
s6, agus dubbairt si leis go raibh fathach m6r le marbhadh aige
ar son inghine a h-oncail.
Gliabh s6 amach chum na coille [ag iarraidh an fhathaigh].
" Fud, fad, feasog ! " ar san fathach, " mothaighim boladh an
Eireannaigh bhr6agaigh bhradaigh."
" Ndr ba soirmid (?) bidh nA digh ort, a fhathaigh bhr6ich ! "
" Cad 6 [is] fearr leat-sa caraigheacht ar leacachaibh deaiga
no gabhail de sgeannaibh glasa i mbarr easnacha a-cheile ? **
"Is fearr liom-sa caraigheacht ar leacachaibh dearga, 'n &it
a mbeidh mo chosa mine uaisle i n-uachtar, agus do spdga mio-
stuamacha ag dul i n-iochtar."
Bug an dias gaisgidheach ar a ch6ile, agus d& dt6idhfidhe ag
amharc ar ghaisge ar bith nd ar chruadh-ch6mhrac, is orra rachd
d'amharc. Dheanfadh siad cruadh&n de 'n bhog&n agus bogdn
den chruadh&n, agus tharrongadh siad toibreacha fior-uisge tre
l&r na gcloch glas. [Bhi siad ag troid mar sin] gur chuimhnigh
mac righ Eireann nach raibh fear a chaointe n& a shinte aige.
Leis sin thug s6 fdsgadh do'n fhathach do chuir go dtl na gli^a
6, agus an dara f&sgadh go dti an bdsta, agus an triomhadh
f&sgadh go meall a blurdghaid go doimhin.
" F6d glas OS do chionn a fhathaigh ! "
" Is fior sin ; 8e6ide mac-righ agus tigheama bh6arfas m6 dhuit,
acht sp6r&il m'anam dam."
" Do she6ide i Idthair a bhodaigh ! '' " Bh6arfaidh m6 cloidh-
eamh solais a bhfuil faobhar an ghearrtha agus faobhar an
bhearrtha [air agus] treas faobhar, teine 'na chiU, agus ceol ann
a mhaide."
" Cia [chaoi] bhfeachaidh m6 mianach do chloidhimh ? "
" Sin thall sean-smotdn maide [ata ann sin] le bliadhain agus
seacht gc6ad bliadhan."
'' Ni fheicim aon smota *san gcoill is m6 chuir grdin orm 'na do
shean-cheann fein." Bhuail s6 i gc6mhgar a chinn a bhinn agus
a mhuin6ill 6. Bhain se an ceann de, gan meisge gan mearbhal.
Chaith s6 naoi n-iomaire agus naoi n-eitrighe uaidh e.
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she was there at all, but he thought it was in search of his
own daughter the son of the King of Ireland had come.
He got the key from the uncle; he went in and found her
in the chamber in the form of a beautiful woman. They talked
together until supper time. She asked him to rest his head on
her bosom; he did so, and she trust the pin of sleep into his
head, until morning.
When she took out the pin he woke up, and she told him
that he had a giant to kill because of her uncle's daughter.
He went out into the woods to seek the giant. "Fud fod
fisog," said the giant, "I smell the smell of a lying Irish
rascal."
"May you be without the food and without the drink, you
dirty giant."
" Which do you prefer, to fight on the red-hot flagstones, or
shall we fight to plunge the knives of gray steel in each other's
sides? "
" I prefer to fight on the red-hot flagstones, where my small
Eretty feet shall be on top, and where your heavy, ill-built
oofs shall be going to the bottom."
The two warriors then attacked each other, and if you would
go to see the brave and the fierce fighting, it is there that you
would go to see it. They made a hard place of a soft place
and a soft place of a hard place, and they made wells of
fresh water run over the gray fiagstones. And so they went
on fighting until the son of the King of Ireland remembered
that he had no one who would keene over him if he died,
nor who would lay him out or wake him.
Thereupon he gave the giant a terrible grip, and buried him
into the ground up to his knees, and then another which
buried him up to his waist, and then another which buried
him deep up as far as the lump of the throat. " Now for a
green turf over your head, giant."
"It is true. The treasures of the sons of the kings and
lords I will give them to you, but spare my life."
"The treasures on the spot, you rascal."
"I will give you the sword of life, which has an edge to
cut and an edge to raze, and a third edge of fire in the back,
and music in the handle."
" How shall I try the temper of your sword? "
" There is an old block of wood which has been there for
seven hundred years."
"I see no block in the wood which is more frightful than
your head." He smote it at the point where the head joins the
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3784 An Lacha Dhearg:
^' Is ffor sin," ar san ceann, '^ da dteidhinn snas ar an goolainn
aris, a raibh i n-Eirinn ni bhainfeadh siad annas me ! *'
^' Is dona an ghaisgidheacht do linne td nuair bhi tn shnas ! "
TMinig se abhaile [agos ceann an fhathaigb ann a Uimli] agna
dubhairt an t-oncal go ndbh tiian d'& inghin gnothaighthe aige.
" Ni bnidbeach diot-sa t& m6, a bbodaigh," ar se;
Ghabh se asteach ann sin go did a chailin mn& fein, agns chnir
si biordn suain ann a cheann aris go d' eiiigh an la. Bhi d61&8
m6r air nuair nach ndbh cead cainte aige Uithe go maidin. [Nnait
dhiiisigh s6 ar maidin dubhairt si leis] '^ ta fathach eile le marb-
hadh agad, sin d' obair andiii ar son inghine m' oncail aris."
Chuaidh s6 chum na coiUe, agus thainig an fear m6r roimhe.
'* Fud. fad, feas6g ! mothaighim boladh an Eireannaigh bhiadaigh
bhr6agaigh ar fud m' fhoidin diithaigh ! "
'^Ni Eireannach bradach nk br6agach m6, acht fear le ceart
agus le c6ir do bhaint asad-sa."
" Cia fearr leat, caraigheacht ar leacachaibh dearga na gabhail
de sgeannaibh glasa i mb&rr easnacha a-cheile ? '*
^' Is fearr liom-sa caraigheacht ar leacachaibh dearga, 'n &it a
mbeidh mo chosa mine uaisle i n-uachtar, agus do spdgi mfo-
stuamacha ag dul i n-{ochtar."
Bhi siad ag troid ann sin gur chuimhnigh mac righ Eireann
nach raibh fear a chaointe n& a shinte aige. Leis sin thug b6
fasgadh do'n fhathach go dti na gluna, agus an dara f&sgadh go
di an basta, agus an triomhadh f&sgadh go dti meaU a bhr%haid
'san talamh.
" F6d glas OS do chionn a fhathaigh ! "
" Is fior sin, is tu an gaisgidheach is fearr d'4 bhfacaidh m6
riamh no d'4 bhfeicfidh m6 choidhche. Agus bh6arfaidh m6
6e6ide mac-righ agus tigheama dhuit, acht sp6rail m'anam.''
" Do sheoide i Idthair a bhodaigh ! ^'
"Bh6arfaidh m§ each caol donn duit, bh6arfas naoi n-uaire
ar an ngaoith roimpi, sul mbeiridh [sul do bheir] an ghaoth 'na
diaigh aon uair amh4in uirri.'*
Thog s6 an cloidheamh agus chaith s6 an ceann d6, agus chuir
s6 naoi n-iomaire agus naoi n-eitrighe uaidh 6 le neart na buille
sin.
"Och6n go de6?*^ ar san ceann, "d4 bhf&ghainn dul suas ar
an gcolainn aris, agus a bhf uil i n-Eirinn ni bh6arfadh siad anuaa
m6/'
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neck. He cut off his head without error or mishap ; he threw
it nine ridges and nine furrows away from him.
" It is true," said the head, " if I could only join my body
again, all that is in Ireland could never cut it off."
" It is a wretched business the feat you did perform when
you were there." He went to the house with the head of the
giant in his hand, and the uncle told him he had gained the
third part of his daughter.
" I am in no way grateful to you for that, you churl."
He went, into the house and sat by the young girl, who
again put the pin of sleep into his head until the da^n of
day. He had great sorrow because he was not allowed to
speak to her until the morning. When he woke up in the
morning, she said to him, ''You have another giant to kill;
that is your task again for the daughter of my uncle."
He went to the wood to seek the giant. '* Fud fod fis5g,"
said the giant, " I smell the blood of a lying Irish rascal."
" I am neither lying nor a rascally Irishman, but a man
who will make you do right and justice."
"Which do you prefer, to fight on the red-hot flagstones,
or shall we fight to plunge the knives of gray steel m each
other's sides?'*
" I prefer to fight on the red-hot flagstones, where my small
pretty feet shall be on top, where your heavy ill-built hoofs
shall be going down."
They fought until the son of the King of Ireland remembered
that there was no man to weep for his loss or to lay him out
when he was dead. Thereupon he caught the giant in a grip,
and forced him up to his knees into the earth ; a second sent
him in up to his waist, and a third up to the lump of his throat.
" A green turf over your head, giant ! "
" It is true that you are the best fighter than I ever saw,
or ever shall see, and I will give you the treasures of the sons
of kings and lords, but spare my life."
" Give me the treasures on the spot, you rascal."
" I will give you my light-brown horse, which will beat the
wind in swiftness nine times before the wind can beat him
once."
He lifted the sword, cut off the giant's head, and by the force
of the blow sent it nine ridges and nine furrows away.
"Alas, what luck," said the head; "if only I got on my
body again, all that there is in Ireland could never take me
down again."
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^^ Budh bheag an ghaisgidheacht do rinne tii, nuair hhi tii slmafl
uirri cheana ! "
Th&inig se a-bhaile aim sin, agus thdinig an t-oncal amach
roimhe aris : '^ Ta d4 dtrian de m' inghin gnothuighthe agad
anocht."
" Ni buidheach diot-sa t& me, a bhodaigh.**
Ghabh s6 asteach ann sin ann san ruma, agus fuair 86 a chailin
mnd fein roimhe, agus n{ raibh bean 'san domhan budh bhre&gh-
dha 'n& i. Bhl siad ag caint go h-am suipeir, agus dubliairt si
leis tar 6is an t-suip6ir a cheann do leagan ar a h-uchd, agus
nuair rinne s6 sin chuir s{ bior&n suain ann go maidin. Bhi s6
triobldideacli nuair nacb raibh cead cainte aige leithe go maidin.
[Nuair dhuisigh s6 dubhairt si leis.] '' T& fathach eile le marbh-
adh agad ar son inghine m' oncail aris andiii, agus t& faitcbios
orm go bhfiiighfidh tu cruaidh e seo. Acht se6 coiledinin beag
madaidh dhuit, agus leig amach faoi n-a chosaibh e, agus b*
6idir go dtiubhraidh se congnamh beag duit. Agus amharc ar
an meadhon-lae de'n Id, ar do ghualainn dheis, agus geobhaidh
tii mise mo cholum geal, agus bhearfaidh me congnamh dhuit."
Chuaidh se chum na coille agus thdim'g an fathach m6r
chuige. "Ni mharbhochaidh td mise le do choinin granna mar
mharbh td mo bheirt dhearbhrdthar, a raibh fear aca cdig
bliadhna agus fear aca seacht mbliadhna go leith."
^' Fuair me garbh go le6r iad sin f6in," ar sa mac righ
Elreann.
Ghabh siad de na sgeannaibh glasa i mbdrr easnacha a-cheile,
chuirfeadh siad cith teineadh d'd gcroicionn arm agus eadaigh.
Nuair thdinig an meadhon-laS, d'amharc 86 ar a ghualainn
dheis agus chonnairc se an colum geal. Nuair chonnairc an
fathach mcSr an colum, rinne se seabhac de fein, acht rinne sise
tri meirrliuin di fein, de'n choiledn, agus de mhac righ Eireann,
agus throid siad leis an seabhac ann san aer, agus thuirling siad
ar an talamh aris. Dubhairt an fathach m6r ann sin, " is td an
fear gan cheill, cad e 'n sort oc^-dl atd agad, thd f6in agus an dd
ruidin grdnna sin ? Ni'l aon fhear le fdghail le mise do mharbhadh
acht Realandar mac righ Eireann."
'' Miss an fear sin."
"Md's td e," ar san fathach, "tarmochaidh [tarrongaidh] td
an cloidheamh so." Shdith se a chloidheamh asteach 'san
gcarraig, agus dubhairt, " tarraing an cloidheamh so md 's td
Realandar."
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"It was a pretty small good you did when you were up
there before."
He went to the house then, and the uncle came out to meet
him, and said, " You have gained two-thirds of my daughter."
" I am in no way grateful to you for that, you churl."
He went indoors then, and in the room he found his young girl
before him, and there was no woman in the whole world who
was more beautiful than she. They talked until supper-time,
and after supper she told him to lay his head upon her breast,
and when he had done so, she put the pin of sleep into his
head until morning. He was vexed because he was not allowed
to speak to her until morning.
When he was awake, again, she said to him, " You have yet
another giant to kill for the daughter of my uncle to-day,
but I fear that it will be hard for you; but here is a little
dog for you, let him follow at your heels, and it is possible that
he may be of some use to you; and in the middle of the day
look over your right shoulder; you will find me there in the
form of a white dove, and I will bring you help."
He went to the wood, and the great giant came to him.
"You will not kill me with your horrible little dog, as you
have killed my two other brothers, one of whom was five years
old and the other seven and a half."
" I found them, nevertheless, fierce enough,'* said the son of
the King of Ireland. Then each of them plunged their gray
steel knives at each other's sides, and they would send a rain
of fire out of their skins, their arms and their clothes.
When the middle of the day came, he looked upon his right
shoulder, and he saw the white dove. When the giant saw the
dove he changed himself into a falcon; but she made
three hawks, one of herself, one of the little dog, and one
of the son of the King of Ireland, and they fought with the
falcon in the air, until they came down to earth again.
" You are a fool," the great giant said then. " What
joke are you playing me, you and those two wretched little
things? The man that could kill me is not to be found, except
E^alander, the son of the King of Ireland."
" I am that man ! "
" If you are," said the giant, " you will pull out this sword."
He plunged his sword into a rock, and said, " Pull out the
sword if you are Realander."
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3788 CAoine^'6 tiA z^i tfiuitte:
Tharraing ^ an cloidheamli, agos bhnail s& an fathach m6r
leis, affUB chaitli ae an ceann d6. Bhi 86 f6m loite. Bhi gearradh
m6r moi bhonn a chfch' deas [deise]. Thanaing si amach
buideull beag iocshliinte, agus chneasaigli si 6. Chuaidli s6 a-
bhaile ann sin, agus thiiidg an t-oncal roimlie.
" T4 m'inghean gn6thmglithe agad anocbt/'
** Ni buidheacli diot-sa at& mise a bhodaigb."
Ohabh se asteach ann a r&ma f^m, agus foair 86 a bhean
astigh ann roimhe.
cAomexvO HA cm ttitime.
[From Douglas Hyde's *' Religious Sonjs of Connsoht."]
K^dAm^oi'o turn An cft^iOe
go tno6 A|\ niAi'oiti AmS^ti
(Oedti A^uf oC 6n 6,)
** A |^eA'OAi|\ tiA n-AbfCAt
(066ti Aguf o6 6n 6.)
" triAif eA*6 1 A ttlAig'oeAn,
CotitiAittc tn6 A|t bAXX €,
(066n A^uf oC 6ti d.)
AStif tif r6 ^At>tA so CttUAl'6
1 tA|\ A t\AthAX>,
(06611 A^uf o6 6n 0.)
" t)i tti-oilf *nA Aice
AS«r t^tis r6 st^eim tAifti' Aif,"
(0C6n A5«f o6 6n 6.)
" mAifeA-O A ttj-oilif 0|Vd'DAiS
Ctteut) "DO i\ititie mo St^'6 0|\c ! **
(066n Aguf oC 6n 6.)
LUerdUy: We shall so to the mountains early in the morning to-
morrow, ochone and ochoue, ! Peter of the apostles, did you see my
white liOVe. Ochone and ochone, 01
Mush a, O Mother, I did see him just now. ochone and ochone, 01
And he was caught firmly in the midst of nis enemies, ochone and
ochone, O!
Judas was near him, and he took a hold of his hand, ochone, etc.
" Musha, O yile Judas, what did my lore do to you, ochone," etc.
He nerer did anything to child or infant, ochone, etp. And he p^t
t^gpr on his aiotker nerer* ochone, et^.
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He pulled out the sword and smote the great giant, and cut
off his head. He was wounded himself; he had a great cut
above his right breast; she drew out a little bottle of balsam
and cured him.
He went into the house then and the uncle said to him,
"You have gained my daughter this evening."
" I am not at all grateful to you for it, you churl.''
He went into his room and there found his wife before him.
THE KEENING OF THE THREE MARYS.
A Traditional Folk Ballad.
Taken down from O'Keamey, a schoolmaster near Belmallet, Co. Mayo.
[From the "Beligioas Songs of Connacht/' by Douglas Hyde.]
Let us go to the mountain
All early on the morrow,
(Ochone agus ochone, O !)
'^Hast thou seen my bright darling,
O Peter, good apostle?"
(Ochone agus ochone, O I)*
"Aye! truly, O Mother,
Have I seen him lately,
(Ochone agus ochone, O I)
Caught by his foemen,
They had bound him straitly."
(Ochone agus ochone, 1)
* Judas, as in friendship
Shook hands, to disarm him/'
(Ochone agus ochone, O !)
O Judas ! vile Judas I
My love did never harm him,
(Ochone agus ochone, O !)
• This is nearly in the curious wild metre of the ori^nal. ** A<»n8/'= •* and," is
pronounced "ocreus " In another version of this piece, "which I heard from my
friend Michael MacRnaicfiirigh, the cttr-/d ran most curiously. deM 6ch agus fU-A Hch
d», after the first two lines. andtffA 6ch, at^is, Qch 6n Rafter the next two. Thus:—
teA^i&'6 AnuAf 1 ti-ufro a mktAi^ 6
(06, 66, AT;tjf 06 Vit An)
^Ab^iio A tett. A i6a rhtii^e Ajuf cAoinigi^e.
(Ot 06, Aguf 66 lir\ 6.)
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3790 CAOitie^'6 ns cfi tfiuife.
•** til "^eAttiiAit) f 6 ApiArii
(066n Aguf o6 6ti 6.)
(OC6n Aguf oC 6ti 6.)
(0(i6n A^uf oC On 6.)
(OCOn A5«f oC 6ti 6 1)
>A5Uf tJuAiceA-OAix fiof
A\i CtoCAiO TiA fpAfoe 1
(OC6n -Aguf oC On
CuAit) f1 1 tAige
(OCOn -A5«f oe On I)
" tiuAiti'O m6 p^in
Aguf nA t>Ain te mo tfiiltAi|i."
(OCOn ^5Uf 06 On !)
•" touAitpmi'O Cu p^in.
x\'f m-A|\t)OOAmAoiX) t)o ttiAt4i|t,'*
(OCOn A^uf oO On !)
ScpOiceA'o-Af\ An b|tAi$ teO
An tA fin n-A UAtAip,
(OOOn -ASUf oO On I)
XVOc "DO tCAn An ttiAig'oeAn
Iat) -Ann fAn tipAf aO
(OOOn -A^uf oO On !)
•* CiA An t)eAn f fin
'Tl-A|\ n"oiAi$ Ann f An tJf-Af aO ! "
(OCOn Aguf oO On I)
** j;o •oeittiin mA cA beAn Ap bit Ann
'Si mo rfiACAif,"
(OCOn Aguf oO On !)
They tore with them the captive, that day from her presence, ochone,
etc. But the Virgin followed them, into the wilderneus, ochone, etc.
What woman is that after us in the wilderness, ochone, etc. Indeed,
if there is tmy woman in it, it is my mother, ochone, etc.
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No child has he injured.
Not the babe in the ciadle,
(Ochone agus ochone> O !)
Nor angered his mother
Since his birth in the stable.
(Ochone agus ochone, O !)
When the demons discovered
That she was his mother,
(Ochone agus ochone, O I)
They raised her on their shoulders.
The one with the other ;
(Ochone agus ochone, O !)
And they cast her down fiercely
On the stones all forlorn,
(Ochone agus ochone, 1)
And she lay and she fainted
With her knees cut and torn.
(Ochone agus ochone, O !)
" For myself, ye may beat me,
Bu^ oh, touch not my mother."
(Ochone agus ochone, O !)
^ Yourself — we shall beat you,
But we'll slaughter your mother."
(Ochone agus ochone, O !)
They dragged him off captive.
And they left her tears flowing,
(Ochone agus ochone, O !)
But die Virgin pursued them.
Through the wilderness goinj^
(Ochone agus ochone, O I)
** Oh, who is yon woman ?
Through the waste comes another."
(Ochone agus ochone, O !)
'* If mere comes any woman
It is surely my mother."
(Ochone agus ochone, O !)
When the demons found out that she herself was his mother, ochone,
etc., they lifted her up upon their shoulders on hish, ochone, etc.
And they smote her aown upon the stones of the street, ochone, etc.
She went into a faint, and her knees were cut, ochone, etc.
Beat myself,' but do not touch my mother, ochone, etc. We shall
beat yourself, and we shall kill your mother, ochone, etc.
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" A 66111, treuC, pAsAim ot^c
COfAin mo thAt^\i,
(OC 6n Aguf ot 6n 6.)
Con^b^i^ ti^im f
go 5Ctt!oen 66^1*0 m€ An fiilif fe6/*
(Oe6n Ajtif oC 6n 6 !)
tltiAitt Cu^Udi'O Ati ffiAig'oeAti
An ceiteAOiiA-O c^vdi-Oce,
(066n A5«f oe 6n 6 !)
Ctis f! t6ini t^tt An ns^t^-OA
Agtif t^im* 50 ct\Ann nA p^ife
(0C6n A5«f oC 6n 6 1)
CiA ti-6 An peAtt bfeAg fin
Att CtiAnn nA pilife
(066n Aguf oe dn 6 1)
An 6 nA6 n-Aitni$eAnn cu
T)o tflAC A ifi-AtAitt ?
(OCCn A^tif 06 6n 6 I)
An 6 fin mo teAnO
A •o'lomCAix m6 cttf ^&ite,*
(066n A^uf oC 6n <5 I)
Ho An 6 fin An leAnO
T)o n-oiteA"6 1 n-ucc tfl^if\e ?
(Oecn Aguf oC 6n 6 I)
* i» * « ^ i
CAlteA'OAf AnUAf 6
'Ha fp<5tAib ^e^t^t^tA
(066n A^uf ot 6n 6 !)
" Sin eu^AiO Anoif 6
Aguf CAOini5i"6 0«t^ f-Ait Aif ,"
(OCCn, A^uf ot 6t\ 6 I)
^.tAO-O Af nA ctti tflui|\e
50 scAoinpimi'o A^ nsfii-O geAt
(Oe<5n, A5Uf 06 6n 6 I)
O "DO Cult) mnA-CAOince
te b|\eiC f 6f A tfiAtAiit
(0C6n, A5Uf oe 6n 6!)
1m that my ebild that I carried for three-quarters of a year, oohone,
eta Or is that the child that was reared in the bosom of Mary,
ochone, etc.
O Owen (i,e,9 John) see, I leare to thee the care of my mother, ochonci
etc. Keep her from me until I finish this passion, ochone, etc.
When tne Virgin heard the sorrowful notes, ochone, etc. She (rave
a leap past the gnard, and the second leap to the tree of the passion,
ochone, etQ.
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" O John, care her, keep her,
Who comes in this fashion,"
(Ochone agus ochone, O !)
But oh, hold her from me
Till I finish this passion."
(Ochone agus ochone, O I)
When the Virgin had heard him
And his sorrowful saying,
(Ochone agus ochone, 1)
She sprang past his keepers
To the tree of his slaying.
(Ochone agus ochone, 1)
^ What fine man hangs there
In the dust and the smother ?'*
' (Ochone agus ochone, O !)
*'And do you not know him?
He is your son, O Mother."
(Ochone agus ochone, O !)
^ Oh, is that the child whom
I bore in this bosom,
(Ochone agus ochone, O !)
Or is that the child who
Was Mary*s fresh blossom?"
(Ochone agus ochone, O !)
They cast him down from them,
A mass of limbs bleeding.
(Ochone agus ochone, O I)
*' There now he is for you,
Now go and be keening."
(Ochone agus ochone, O !)
Go call the three Marys
Till we keene him forlorn,
(Ochone agus ochone, O !)
O mother, thy keeners
Are yet to be born,
(Ochone agus ochone, O !)
Who IB that fine man on the tree of the paasion, oohone, etc. la it
that yon do not reoogaise your son. O mother, oohone, etc.
They threw him down [a mass of] cut limbs, odione, etc. There he is
for you now. and keene your enough orer him. oohone, etc.
Call the three Marys ontil we keene our brignt lore, ochone, etc. Thy
share of woman-keeners are yet to be born, ochone; etc.
Thou shalt be with me vet in the garden of Paradise, oohone, etc.
Until thoa be a ... (?) womi^n in the bright city of the |(raee«|
oehone, and odioiie. ^t^.
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b^t-O ctj tiom-fA
{Ot6n A^uf ot 6n 6 I)
So pAit> cu "DO Oe^n iomtik'6 (?)
1 5CiLtAi|i git tiA nst^r^
{OC6r\ Asuf ot 6n 6 1)
rotoxvn ttiume.
A t>i:^t> 6 foin "DO 0! cob^f be^nn^igte 1 nit)Aite An cobAif,* 1
50011*0^6 Illui$ 66. t3i niAifiifCif Atiti f^ti i^ic a bfuit An cobAf
^noify 'ASUf If A^ tofs AtuOtvA tiA mAinifCfe 'oo bfif ah cobAf
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A^uf A Cult) fSfiof A-odtf Ctim iiA cife fe6, teAgA'DAf Ati tftAinifaf,
Agtif nfof fi^5AX)A^ ctoC Of ciotiti ctoiCe "oe'ii Atcditt n-df 6Ait-
eAt>A^ f^of .
t)tiAt>Aiti d'ti tA t)© teA5A"OA|i Ati Atu6if, 'f 6 fiti tA f^it ftltiif e
V Ati eAftftdC, Y®^*^ ^l^^f ^^ cobA|t Am AC Af tofs ha ti-AtcOtwi, Aguf
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•00 b! A5 btin An Cntiic 6'n tS x>o bfif An cobAf AmAC
t)i b]UtAitt boCc AS "otit nA ftije An Ul ceti-onA, Aguf euAi'6 f6
Af A beAtAC te pAix)i^ "oo f A-O A|t tofs nA n-Alc<5tusi beAnnAigte,
Aguf bf lonjAncAf mC^t Ai^t ntiAi|t ConnAifc fe uobA|t bfeAg Ann
A tl--4lC. CuAI-O f6 Att A SlOnAlb Agtif COf Alg f 6 A^ jVA-O A i:>A1'D|ie
nuAi^ CuAtAi'6 f6 gtiC A5 fA-O, " ctiif "Oioc "Oo bfCgA, zS cu Af
CAlAtfi beAnnAigCe, zS cu Af bf uaC CobAif Ttluif e, A^uf cA tftigeAf
nA mflce caoC Ann. D^i-O "ouine l6i$eAfCA te uifge An cobAif
pn AnAgAi-O 5aC uite "Ouine "o'^ifc Aipfionn i UitAif nA ti-AtcdfA
t)o b! Ann fAn -Aic Ann a bfuit An cobAf Anoif, mA bfonn fiAt)
cumtA Cf! ti-uAife Ann, i n-Ainm An Jd^tA'j^ An Ttlic Ajuf An
SplOf Alt) tlAOIlfl."
tluAif bf A f>Ait)feACA fAi-Oce A5 An mbfUtAif t)'feuC f6 fUAf
* This 18 not the Roscommon Ballintubber. celebrated for the ancient
castle of the O'Conors, which is called in Lrisn " Baile-an-tobair Ui Chon-
ohubhair," or " O' Conor's Ballintubber," but a place near the middle of
the County Mayo, celebrated for its splendid abbey, founded by one of
the Mao a' MhUidhs, a name taken by the Stauntons [Mac-a-Veely, i.e..
" son of the warrior," now pronounced so that no remains of any yulgar
Irish sound may ciin^ to it, as " Mac Eyilly 11. The prophecy is current
in Ma^o that when the abbey is re-roofed Ireland shall be free. My
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Thyself shall come with me
Into Paradise garden.
(Ochone agus ochone, O !)
To a fair place in heaven
At the side of thy darling,
(Ochone agus ochone, O !)
MARY'S WELL.
A Eeligious Folk Tale.
[From the " Religious Songs of Connaoht/' by Douglas Hyde.]
[Taken down from Prdinsias O'Oonchubhair.]
Long ago there was a blessed well in Balfintubber (i.«., town
of the well),* in the County Mayo. There was once a
monastery in the place where the well is now, and it was on
the spot where stood the altar of the monastery that the well
broke out. The monastery was on the side of a hill, but when
Cromwell and his band of destroyers came to this county, they
overthrew the monastery, and never left stone on top of stone
in the altar that they did not throw down.
A year from the day that they threw down the altar — ^that
was Lady Day in spring — ^the well broke out on the site of
the altar, and it is a wonderful thing to say, but there was
not one drop of water in the stream that was at the foot of
the hill from the day that the well broke out.
There was a poor friar going the road the same day, and
he went out of his way to say a prayer upon the site of the
blessed altar, and there was great wonder on him when he
saw a fine well in its place. He fell on his knees and began
to say his paternoster, when he heard a voice saying: "Put
off your brogues, you are upon blessed ground, you are on
the brink of Mary's Well, and there is the curing of thousands
of blind in it; there shall be a person cured by the water of
that well for every person who heard Mass in front of the
altar that was in the place where the well is now, if they be
dipped three times in it, in the name of the Father, the Son,
and the Holy Spirit."
When the friar had his prayers said, he looked up and
friend, Colonel Maurice Moore, told me that when he was a young boy he
often wondered why the people did not roof the abbey and so free Ire-
land without any more trouole. The tomb of the notorious Shaun-na-
Bagart, the priest hunter, which is not far from it, is still pointed out
by the people. It is i>robably he who is the " spy " m this story, though
his name is not mentioned.
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eti'DAigiO-bf^ise, mA^t W ttiAC Ait a CeAnn, Coifi ni6|\ Agtif t)o Of
A|\ CeAnn IDA-OtUSi-AttA.
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te clApfolAf, tA Af nA ifiAjiACy b! Of cionn ryA ^161*0 •OAOine Ann^
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Aif le fA'OAfc mAiC.
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oiticfeACA 6 5aC uite Conx)A6 A5 ceACc 50 CobAf thtiiite, Aguf
nf "t^eACAi-O Aon neA6 aca Af Aif gAn beiC t6i$eAfCA ; Aguf f Aot
CeAnn CAniAitt "oo bi-OeA-^ 'OAoine Af ciofCAib eite f 6in, A5 ceACc
50 "oci CobAf Tiluife.
t)! f eAf mi-Cf eit)tfieA6 *nA C6ifinuit>e 1 ngAf "oo t)Aite-An-cobAi|\ .
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beAnnAigte. "OubAifC fe nAC fAib Ann aCc pifCfedgA, Aguf te
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Cum An cobAif Ajwf Cum a CeAnn f aoi An uif ge. puAif An c-Af Att
fA-OAfc, aCc cugA-b An mA5A'o6if A-bAite Cotti "OAtt te bun "oo
bfCige.
pAoi CeAnn btiA'OnA tuic f 6 AmAC 50 fAib f AgAfC A5 obAif mAf
SAfbA-oCif A5 An T)uine-uAf At "oo bf "OAtt. t)f An f AgAf c steufCA
mAf f eAf-oibf e, Aguf ni fAib fiof A5 "ouine Af bit 50 mbu-O f AgAfC
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tluAif tAinig f6 turn nA ti-Aice a fAib An f AgAfC Ag obAif, fuit>
f 6 ffof . " HaC m<5f An cf uAg 6," Af feif eAn, " nAC •0C15 tiom
mo gAfOA bf 6Ag -o'^eiceAt ! "
StAC An 5Aft>A"o6if Cf UAig "66 A^uf "OubAifC, " ZS poy A^Am
cA bfuit peAf "oo l^igfedCA-O tu, aCc cA tuAC Af a CeAnn mAf
SeAtt Af A 6f ei-oeAifi."
" tietfim-f e m*f ocAt nAC n-oeunp ai-O mife fpfbeA-odifeACc Aif>
Ajuf focf Ait> me 50 mAit 6 Af f on a tfiobtOi'oe," Af f An "ouine
UAfAt.'
" Atz b'6it>if nAf ttiAit teAC -out Cffx) An Cf tige-f tAnAigte acA
Aige," Af f An ^-af 'OA'odif ;
" If cumA tiom CIA An Cf tige Ar-A Aige mA tu^Ann f 6 mo fAt>Af c
•OAm,*' Af f An 'ouine UAfAt:
xVnoif, bf -Of oC-Ct<i Af An 'ouine-uAf At, mAf bfAit f4 A tAn 'oe
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saw a large white dove upon a fir tree near him. It was the
dove who was speaking. The friar was dressed in false clothes,
because there was a price on his head, as great as on the
head of a wild-dog.
At any rate he proclaimed the story to the people of the
little village, and it was not long till it went out through the
country. It was a poor place, and the people in it had nothing
[to live in] but huts, and these filled with smoke. On that
account there were a great many weak-eyed people amongst
them. With the dawn, on the next day, there were about forty
people at Mary's Well, and there was never man nor woman
of them but came back with good sight.
The fame of Mary's Well went through the country, and it
was not long till there were pilgrims from every county coming
to it, and nobody went back without being cured; and at the
end of a little time even people from other countries used to
be coming to it.
There was an unbeliever living near Mary's Well. It was
a gentleman he was, and he did not believe in the cure. He
said there was nothing in it but pishtrogues (charms), and to
make a mock of the people he brought a blind ass, that he
had, to the well, and he dipped its head under the water.
The ass got its sight, but the scoffer was brought home an
blind as the sole of your shoe.
At the end oT a year it so happened that there was a priest
working as a gardener with the gentleman who was blind.
The pnest was dressed like a workman, and nobody at all
knew that it was a priest who was in it. One day the
gentleman was sickly, and he asked his servant to take him
out into the garden. When he came to the place where the
priest was working he sat down. "Isn't it a great pity,"
says he, " that I cannot see my fine garden? "
The gardener took compassion on him, and said, "I know
where there is a man who would cure you, but there is a price
on his head on account of his religion."
" I give my word that I'll do no spying on him, and 111
pay him well for his trouble," said the gentleman.
" But perhaps you would not like to go through the mode-
of-curing that he has," says the gardener.
" I don't care what mode he has, if he gives me my sight,"
said the gentleman.
Now, the gentleman had an evil character, because he
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f A^A^cdiO jioitfie fin ; t)iti5^ni ^n c-Ainm t>o t>{ ^if . xVf 6aoi Af(
bit gtAC An fAjAfc meifneAC Ajuf 'oubAipc, " Dfo-O t)o Cdifce
^61*6 Af m^M'oin smS^^C^ ^S^r ciomAinpiti mife tti 50 t)ci ilic "oo
t^igif, ni ti5 te c6if ce6if n-d te Aon T>uine eite beiC 1 tAt^ijt a6c
w^fCf ^5«r ^^ ti-innif T)*4^on 'ouine a^ bit cA bpuit cu A5 •out, no
piof CSX} 6 "OO gnAite (gnO)."
A^ niAit)in, IS s^ ns tf!\Sx<st, bi c6ifce t)tn5Am |i4it>, Aguf Cuai'6
fd i:6in AfceAC, teif 4^n n5A|fOA'D6ii\ -o'^ CiomAinc. " fsn, tuys,
Ann f An mbAite An c-Ain f o," Aft f 6 teif sn g-cdif ce6if , " Aguf
ciomAinpi-O An 5A|f6AX)6itt ni6." t)f An c6ifce6itt *nA biteAtfinAC,
Aguf W ^wo Ai^, Aguf gtAC f6 fOn 50 mbei'OeA'O f6 Ag fAifte nA
c6ifce, te f AgAit smst cia An Aic jUMb fiAt) te "out. t)i a Jtetif
beAnnAigte A5 An fAgAttc, CAOb-Afcig X)e'n eu'OA^ eite. Huai^
CAngA-OA^ 50 CobAi\ Thuiiie "otibAiitc An fAgAfc teif, " If fAjAttc
mife, zS ni6 "out te "oo fA-OAitc "©'frAgAit "ouic 'f^" ^^^ ^f 6Aitt
cu d." Ann fin turn f6 cfi uAi|te Ann fAn cobA^t 6, 1 n-Ainm An
AtAft An Thic Aguf An Spioitdit) flAOitti, Aguf CAini5 a fAtiAfC
CUlje COtfl niAlt AgUf bl f6 AflAtfl.
" t)euf f Ai-O m6 ceux) pOnc "ouic," Af f a bin^Am, " Cotti tuAt
AgUf fA6f Af ni6 A-bAite."
t)i An c6ifce6i|\ aj f Aifte, Ajuf 6oifi tuAt Aguf 6onnAifC f 6 An
f AjAf c Ann A Steuf beAnnAigte, Cuai-O f6 50 tuCc An "otige Aguf
bf Alt f ^ An f AgAfC. X>o SAbA-O Aguf "oo Cf oCAt> € jAn btteiteAifi
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■O'f AgAlt Af Alf, An f A5A|tC t)© f AOfA-O, AtC nIOf tAbAlf f6 f OCAt
Af A f on.
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Ajuf 6 gteufCA niAf gAf •6AT)6itt, Aguf "o'lA^f f 6 obAif Af t^in^Ain
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boi6c, Ai|t, Aguf finne f6 niAftugA-O ui|tfi, Aguf "0*^-^5 teAt-thAfb
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bf At) te f AnAtfiAinc aca. jAbA'OAf 6 fAn Aic Ceu'onA sp thAftAig
f6 An CAitIn, Aguf Cf ocAt)Af 6 A^t C^iAnn, Aguf •o'f A5AX)a^ Ann pn
d 'nA Cf oCA-b.
xVf niAi-oin, An tA Af nA ifiAjiAC, bf tnittiiSini'b "oe ifiiotcbSAib
c^uinnigte, niAf Cnoc mbf, titnCiott An CfAinn, A^uf n!of feut)
X)uine Af bit "out AnAice teif, niAf geAtt s^ sr\ tnbotAt> bf^An
•00 b! cimCiott nA n-4ice, Aguf "ouine A|t bit "oo fACAib AnAice
teif, T)o -bAttf A-O nA wfotcdgA d.
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betrayed a number of priests before that. Bingham was the
name that was on him. However, the priest took courage, and
said, " Let your coach be ready on to-morrow morning, and
I will drive you to the place of the cure; neither coachman nor
anyone else may be present but myself, and do not tell to
anyone at all where you are going, or give anyone a knowledge
of what is your business."
On the morning of the next day Bingham's coach was ready,
and he himself got into it, with the gardener driving him.
" Do you remain at home this time," says he to the coachman,
" and the gardener will drive me." The coachman was a
villain, and there was jealousy on him. He conceived the idea
of watching the coach to see what way they were to go. His
blessed vestments were on the priest, inside of his other clothes.
When they came to Mary's Well the priest said to him, " I am
going to get back your sight for you in the place where you
lost it." Then he dipped him three times in the well, in the
name of the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit, and his
sight came to him as well as ever it was.
" I'll give you a hundred pounds," said Bingham, " as soon
as I go home."
The coachman was watching, and as soon as he saw the
{)riest in his blessed vestments, he went to the people of the
aw, and betrayed the {)riest. He was taken and hanged,
without judge, without judgment. The man who was after
getting back his sight could have saved the priest, but he
did not speak a word in his behalf.
About a month after this, another priest came to Bingham,
and he dressed like a gardener, and he asked work of
Bingham, and got it from him; but he was not long in his
service until an evil thing happened to Bingham. He went
out one day walking through his fields, and there met him
a good-looking girl, the daughter of a poor man, and he
assaulted her, and left her half dead. The girl had three
brothers, and they took an oath that they would kill him as
soon as they could get hold of him. They had not lone to
wait. They caught him in the same place where he assamted
the girl, and han^ him on a tree, and left him there hanging.
On the morning of the next day millions of flies were
gathered like a great hill round about the tree, and nobody
could go near it on account of the foul smell that was round
the place, and, anyone who would go near it, the midges would
bund him.
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tAifS beATi Aguf m-AC "ftinsAni ceut) pOnc "o'^oti "otiiTie "00
064^ttpAt) AH cofp ^rriAC. Tlinne cult) rtiAit •o^^oine lAffAi-O Aif f iti "oo
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ni fidiO friof A5 luCu An ci$e guf fAgAfc "oo W Ann, 6if "oa mbeit)-
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ttin^Am Aguf •oubAfA'OAf I6i 50 fAib eOLAf ACA Af\ t)uine "oo
t)ibf eOCAt) nA miotcd^A. " CAbAif tu^Am 6," Af pf e, " A^uf
mA'f p^i-oif leif nA miolcOgA •oo "Oibifu ni ti-6 An -ouAif fin geoGAf
fe A6c A feACc n-oifeA*o.
" ACc," A|t fiAt)-fAn, " "oA mbeit)' fMOf A5 ttiec-An-'oti$e Aguf
•oA n5AbA*0A0if 6, "OO <itto<i|:A"OAOif 6, niAf CfoC fiAt) An peAf "oo
jTUAlf tUSL-bAf C A f Ut Af\ Alf "OO." " >ACU," A|\ flf^, " nAC b|:eii'opA'6
f 6 nA mfotcdjA •00 "t^ibittc jAn fMOf Ag ttiCc-An-'otiSe ? '*
" rii'l ^lOf AgAinn," A^t fiA'o-f An, " 50 ngtACpAmAoit) c6tfiAi|tte
teif."
An oit)6e pn StACA-OAf cOrtiAifte teif An f A^AfC, Agtif "o'lnnif
•pAt) "DO CAT) -oubAiiic bCAn tiingAm.
" Hi't AgAm Adc beAtA f AogAtCA te CAitteAttiAinc," Af f An
f A^Afc, " Agtif b^Aff Ai-b ni6 1 Ap f on nA n*OAOine bo6c, 6if
b6it) ptAig Ann f An ci|\ mtinA gcuiitp-b ni6 "oibifc Af nA miotcOg-
Aib. Af tnAi"oin AinA|\A<i, b6it) iAf\|tAit) AjAtn 1 n-Ainm "06 iat) "oo
•Oibit^c, Aguf cA tnuiniSin A^Am Aguf "oCtCAf 1 nT)iA 50 f4bAtf ai-O
f6 tn6 6 mo Cuit) nArtiA*o. C6it> Cuig-An beAn-tiAfAit Anoif, Aguf
AbAi|\ t6i 50 mb^it) m& 1 n5A|\ "oo'n CfAnn te b-^ipge nA ^f^ine
A|\ mAi-oin AmA|\A6, Aguf AbAif t6i p|\ "oo belt f^it) aici teif ah
gcofp "OO <iti|\ 'f An tiAi$."
CuAit) fiAt) Cum nA mnA-uAifte, Aguf "o'lnnif pAt) "o! An m^A^o
■DUbAlfC An f AgApC.
" 1TIA 6i|\iSeAnn teif," Af pf e, " b^it) An -ouAif f 61*6 A^Am "06,
Aguf 0|fo6eAit> m6 mOif-feifeAf f eAf •00 beiC 1 tACAiit."
CAit An f A5A|\c An oit)6e pn 1 n-tittnAi$tib, A^uf teAt-tiAif f oitti
6ip$e nA 5f6ine CuAit) f6 eum nA ti-Aice a f Aib a gtetif beAnn-
AiJCe 1 bf otAC. Cuif f6 pn Ai|t, Aguf te C|\oif Ann a teAt-tAitti
Aguf te uifse coift^eA^CA Ann fAn tAiifi eite, Cuai-^ f6 Ctim nA
b-Aice A f Alb nA miotcOgA. tof ai$ f 6 Ann pn A5 t^igeAt) Af a
teAbAf A^tif A5 cfAtA-O uifge CoifiteA^CA Af nA mfotc65Aib, 1 n-
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Bingham's wife and son offered a hundred pounds to anyone
who would bring out the body. A good many people made
an effort to do that, but they were not able. They got
dust to shake on the flies, and boughs of trees to beat them
with, but they were not able to scatter them, nor to go as far
as the tree. The foul smell was getting worse, and the
neighbours were afraid that the flies and noisome corpse would
bring a plague upon them.
The second priest was at this time a gardener with Bingham,
but the pMBople of the house did not know that it was a priest
who was in it, for if the people of the law or the spies knew they
would take and hang him. The Catholics went to Bingham's
wife and told her that they knew a man who would banish
the flies. " Bring him to me," said she, " and if he is able
to banish the flies, that is not the reward he'll get, but seven
times as much."
" But," said they, " if the. people of the law knew, they would
take him and hang him, as they hung the man who got beck
the sight of his eyes for him before." " But," said she, " could
not he banish the flies without the knowledge of the people of
the law? "
"We don't know," said they, "until we take counsel with
hinu"
That night they took counsel with the priest and told him
what Bingham's wife said.
" I have only an earthly life to lose,'* said the priest, " and
I shall give it up for the sake of the poor people, for there will
be a plague in the country unless I banish the flies. On
to-morrow morning I shall make an attempt to banish them in
the name of God, and I have hope and confidence in Gk)d that
he will save me from my enemies. Go to the lady now, and
tell her that I shall be near the tree at sunrise to-morrow
morning, and tell her to have men ready to put the corpse in
the grave."
They went to the lady and told her all the priest said.
" If it succeeds with him," said she, " I shall have the reward
ready for him, and I shall order seven men to be present."
The priest spent that night in prayer, and half an hour
before sunrise he went to the place where his blesBed vestments
were hidden: he put these on, and with a cross in one hand,
and with holy water in the other, he went to the place where
were the flies. He then began reading out of his book and
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3802 Cobalt ttluii\e.
Ainm Ati >ACa|\ All TDic Aguf ati SpiOftAi-o HAOirfi. T)'6ifiS An cnoc
tnlotcOs, Aguf 'o'eicill fiAt) r^Af 'f^Mi A6f, Aguf finne^'OxXft An
fp6iit Cotti "DOitCA teif Ati oit)Ce. Hi fAitJ fiof A5 tiA •OAOiniG cia
AH AlU A t1'OeA<iA*OAf, A<iC pAOl CeAtiti teAt-uAifte til t^iiO ceAiiTi "ofoO
te peiceAt (peicpnc).
t)! tOC$i^lfe tfldf Af flA •OAOItllG, ACC nfO^ OpA-OA 50 bpACA'OAf
An fpi-be •oCif A5 ceA6c, Aguf gtACO fiAt) Af An f AgAfc t^iC teif
Corti CApA A*f W Ann. tug An f AgAjic "oo nA boinn Aguf tCAn An
fpf'6eA'o6i|\ 6, Agiif fgiAn Ann jaC tAitti Aije. TluAi|t n^f feut)
f6 ceAiic f uAf teif, CaiC f 4 An fpAn 'nA "^lAig. TluAitt Of An fsiAn
A5 •out Ca|1 $UAtAin An CfAgAifc, Cwif f6 A tArti C16 fWAf, A5«r
5Ab f6 An fSiAn, Aguf CAit f4 An fsiAn a^ Aif s^n f^ACAinc
CAOt) fiA|t -D^. t)uAil ff An peA|i, Aguf CuAit f! cfft) A Ct\oit>e, 5U|t
tuic f6 niAttt), Aguf "o'lmtiS An fAjAttc f ao^.
puAif nA pf copp tiingAm, A^uf CuifeA'OA^ Ann f An tiAig 6, aCc
nuAif <iuA*OAf co|\p An fpit)eA"o6t\A "oo Cuft, puAifeA'OAf nA milce
■oe tti665Ait) mCfVA cimCiott Aitt, Aguf ni ^ib Sfeim pe6tA a^ a
CnAtfiAib nA6 fAib itce aca. Hi Cop|t66At> fiAt) 'oe'n Cofp A^tif
nio|i feur) nA "OAOine iat) "oo fUA^A-O, Ajuf b'^igin "odib nA cnAifiA
■OfrAgMit Of cionn CAtrtiAn.
Cuif An fAgAfc A gieuf beAnnAi$te 1 bfotAfi, Aguf "00 W A5
obAi]\ *f An n5A]\'6A ntiAif\ etiif beAn tiingAni fiof ai]\, Agtif "o'lAfji
Ai^i An "ouAif "DO JtACA-O A|\ fon nA miotcCsA "OO "OfblfC, AJtlf f
•DO tAbAifc "Do'n feAf T)o "^ibif 1AX) mA b1 eOtAf Aije ai^.
" CA e6tAf A^Atn A1|t, AgUf "OUbAlfC f4 tiom An "OUAIf T)0
tAbAifc (iwige AnoCc, mAf ci^ fOn Aije An ci^ •o'fAsbAit fut mA
5Cf oCf Ai-O tuCc An 'oliSe 6."
" Se6 "Otiic !," Af fife, Aguf f eA6AiT) f! f pO|iAn 61^ "06.
Af mAi-oin, tA Af nA rtU|\A6, "o'lmtiS An fAgAfC 50 coif nA
f Aif\|\5e ; f uAi^t f 6 tons "oo bi A5 ■out Cum nA PfAince, CuAiti f6
Af bofX), A^uf Corti tuAt Aguf 'o'frAs f6 An cuAn Cuif f4 ai|\ a
eU'OAlg fA^AipC, A^Uf CU5 btll-OeACiAf t>0 "OiA fAOl n-A tAbAlftC
f AOf . tli't pof AgAinn CAT) t^|ttA "06 'nA "OiAiS fin.
UAf 6if fin -DO bi-^eA-O "DAoine "OAttA Ajtif cao6a aj cigeACC
50 CobA|\ ttlui|\e, Aguf niof f itt Aon •omne aca AfiAtfi Af Aif gAti
A belt t^igeAfCA. xVCc ni ^ib fut) niAit a^ bit AfiAtfi Ann f ah
cff feo, nA^t niitteAt> te •ouine ^igin, Aguf niitteAt> An cobAf, WAf
fo;
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scattering holy-water on the flies, in the name of the Father,
the Son, and the Holy Ohost. The hill of flies rose, and flew
up into the air, and made the heaven as dark as night. The
people did not know where they went, but at the end of half
an hour there was not one of them to be seen.
There was great joy on the people, but it was not long till
they saw the spy coming, and they called to the priest to run
away as quick as it was in him to run. The priest gave to
the butts * (took to his heels), and the spy followed him, and
a knife in each hand with him. When he was not able to
come up with the priest he flung the knife after him. As the
knife was flying out past the priest's shoulder he put up his
left hand and caught it, and without ever looking behind him
he flung it back. It struck the man and went through his
heart, so that he fell dead and the priest went free.
The people got the body of Bingham and buried it in the
grave, but when they went to bury the body of the spy they
found thousands of rats round about it, and there was not a
morsel of flesh on his bones that they had not eaten. The rats
would not stir from the body, and the people were not able to
hunt them away, so that they had to leave the bones overground.
The priest hid away his blessed vestments and was working
in the garden when Bingham's wife sent for him, and told him
to take the reward that was for banishing the flies, and to
give it to the man who banished them, if he knew him.
" I do know him, and he told me to bring him the reward
to-night, because he has the intention of leaving the country
before the law-people hang him."
^^ Here it is n>r you," said she, and she handed him a purse
of TOld.
On the morning of the next day the priest went to the brink
of the sea, and found a ship that was going to France. He
went on board, and as soon as he had left the harbor he put
his priest's clothes on him, and gave thanks to God for bringing
him safe. We do not know what happened to him from that
out
After that, blind and sore-eyed people used to be coming
to Mary's Well, and not a person of them ever returned without
being cured. But there never yet was anything good in this
country that was not spoilt by somebody, and the well was
. spoilt in this way.
*Thi8 *8 the absurd way the people of Oonnaoht translate it when
talking English. " Bonn " means both " sole" (of foot) and " butt."
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SOi UobAf ttlutfte;
t)! cdiUti 1 nit3Aite--dti-cobAif, Agup tM f! a|\ ci »eiC pOfCA, tittdlfi
" rif't Aon ftit) ASAfw te CAOAif c •00 feAn-6AoC|an CAiUige, ciL
ni6 bo-OAtuMgCe aca," A|1 f An c^itin.
CA06 aY cA tnife," Af f An cf eAn-Ce^n.
xVf niAit)in, tA Af nA tfiiLt^C, W fOite An 6diUn 615 niitineAC,
A^uf A|t mAi'oin *nA OiaiS fin t>! ff beAg-nAC •OAtt, Ajuf "oubAifC
nA c6tfiAffAnnA ^o mbu'O 66^f< "Of T>ut ^ TobAf itluife.
Af niAi-oin 50 moty 'o'fiifiS f!, Agtif ^uAit^ f! Cum An uobAitt,
aCc Cf^ut) 'o'feicpeA'O ff Ann a6c An cfeAn-beAn 'o'lAff An "o^ifc
ui^ift *nA ftii-Oe AS bfUAC An cobAif , Ag ciAftd'O a cinn of cionn ah
cobAi^ beAnnAi$te.
" t^lf-fSflOf 0|tC, A CAItteAC Sf AnnA, An Ag f AtACAt> CobAiji
Thuif e AC-d cu ? " A^ f An cAitln ; " imtig teAC no bttiffit> m€ •00
ifiuineut."
" tli't Aon on6i^ r\S meAf as^'o Af "Oia n-d a^ ftluife, ■o'eicig
cu •o6ittc "DO tAbAifu 1 n-on6if •061b, Aft An A-ObAji fin ni Cunif ai'O
cu Cu f6in 'f A" cobAtt.*'
puAif An CAitfn st^eim Aft An scAiUig, Ag f euCAinc f •00 fCfeAC-
Aitc 6'n cobAf, a6c teif An fCf eACAitc "00 b! eAuoffA "oo tuic An
beifc AfceA6 *f^" cobAtt Ajuf bAiCeAt> iat);
O'n t& fin 50 "DCi An td f o ni |Uib Aon t^igeAf Ann f An cobAfV;
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Mary's Wett: 3805
There was a girl in Ballintubber and she was about to be
married, when there came a half-blind old woman to her asking
alms in the honor of God and Mary.
"IVe nothing to give to an old blind-thing of a hag, it's
bothered with them I am," said the girl.
"That the wedding ring may never go on you until you
are as blind as I am," said the old woman.
Next day, in the morning, the young girl's eyes were sore,
and the morning after that she was nearly blind, and the
neighbours said to her that she ought to go to Mary's Well.
In the morning, early, she rose up and went to the well,
but what should she see at it but the old woman who asked
the alms of her, sitting on the brink, combing her head over
the blessed well.
" Destruction on you, you nasty hag, is it dirtying Mary's
Well you are?" said the girl; "get out of that or I'll break
your neck."
"You have no honor nor regard for God or Mary, you
refused to give alms in honor of them, and for that reason
you shall not dip yourself in the well."
The girl caught a hold of the hag, trying to pull her from
the well, and with the dragging that was between them, the
two of them fell into the weU and were drowned.
Prom that day to this there has been no cure in the well.
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mttme A^tts iiAoih toseplu
tut nAOfhCA T>o M TlAOifi 1^>re^
T)1ifdtcdt$ r^ Tw'fi 6f btti'Oe
Asaf x>o*fi efdni t>o Oi ^5 t>^iyi,
Asttr b* ^e^rii teif beiC A5 ciie6faSAt>
Astir 4^5 mdodt^ An e^tdif ^<> IHHitife ItUCdifii
VS, AihSin x>*S |iAib An captd
A5 pdbAt Ann f An ns^iiii>in,
IHeAfS nA feifiinit^ cubA|iCA,
X)lSt 6bLA, A^ur Ai|init>e.
"Do Cttif mtiifte tXiit lonnCA
Astir tni]$ r^ te6, 1 UltAi[i,
O bolAt^ b{ieiL$ nA n-6bAtt
t>ni so cfibAiiCA "oeAf 6'n Ai|it>^i^
Ann rtn "oo tAbAif An 11inAi$t>eAn
'Oe'n e6ifif&'0 bi pAnn,
*• t)Ain t)Am nA feOit) pn
CA AS V^T ^t^ ^^ ^ci^nm
•How m-caUed ''CaldweU" in JCnffliah.
flAieraUy: Is it not holy that St. Joseph was when he married Mary
Mother; is it not that he got the gift that was better than Adam's
world P He refused the jellow gold and the crown that David had had,
and he preferred to be guiding and showing the way to Mary Mother.
One day that the couple were walking in the garden among the
fragrant cherries, apple-bloeeoms and sloes, Mary conoeiyed a desire for
them, and fancied them at onoe^ [enticed] by the fine scent of the
apples that were fragrant and nice from the High Eang [i.e., €k>d].
Then spake the Virgin with utterance that was feeble, " Pluck for me
yon jewels which are growing on the tree. Pluck me enough of them,
for I am weak and faint, and the works of the King of the graces are
growing beneath my bosom." Then spake St. Joseph with utterance
that was stout, ** I sluill not pluck thee the jewels, and I like not thy
child. Call upon his father, it is he you may be stiff with." Then
stirred Jesus olessedly beneath her bosom. Then spake Jesus hoHl:jr»
" Beml low in her presence, O tree." The tree bowed down to her in their
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MARY AND ST. JOSEPH.
From Michael Rogers and Martin O^Oalally,* in Erris Co. Mayo. —
DouoLAB Htdb.
Holy was good St Joseph
When marrying Mary Mother,
Surely his lot was happv,
Happy beyond all omer.f
Refusing red gold laid down,
And the crown by David worn.
With Mary to be abiding
And guiding her steps forlorn.
One day that the twain were talking,
And walking through gardens early,
Where cherries were redly growing,
And blossoms were growing rarely,
Mary the fruit desired.
For faint and tired she panted.
At the scent on the breezes' wing
Of the fruit that the King had planted.
Tlien spake to Joseph the Virgin,
AH weary and faint and low,
** O pull me yon smiling cherries
That fair on the tree do grow,
presence, without delay, and she got the desire of her inner-heart quite
directly ofE the tree. Then spake St. Joseph, and cast himself upon the
ground, *^Go home, O Maiy, and lie upon thy couch, until I go to
Jerasalem doing penance for my sin.*' Then spake the Yirsin with
utterance that was blessed. ^* I shall not go home, and I shall not lie
upon my couch, but you have forgiveness to find from the King of the
graces for your sins."
Three months from that day, the blessed child was bom. there came
three kings making adoration before the child. Three months from that
night the blessed child was bom in their cold bleak stable between a
bullock and an ass.
Then spake the Virgin softly and sensibly, " O Son of the King of
the friends, in what way shalt thou be on the world ? "
** I shall be on Thursday, and I sold to my enemy, and I shall be on
Friday a sieve [full] of holes with the nails. My head shall be on the
top of a spike, and the blood of my heart on the middle of the street,
and a spear of venom going through my heart with contempt upon
that day.'*
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3806 mtufe ^s^f fl^otfi lofephi
^ t)Aiii t)Ani mo f Alt ACA
Oi|t cA me tA5 pAtrn,*
A*f cfl oit>tteA6A fig HA ti^ivAfCA
As |?Af pAOi mo Ofoiii.*'
Ann fin t)o UdD^if tl^otfi 10fef»
•** til ©Atnin'O m€ "Ouic nA feOxMb
A'f ni ti-Aitt tiom "oo Ctdnm
^ gUAo-O Af AtAif t)© tein5
If Ai|\ If cOi|\ "Ouic l>eit ceAnti •
Ann pn "oo Cofpuig Tof a
^o beAnnAigte f aoi nA bpoins
Ann pn "oo tAt>Ai|\ Tof a
50 nAOtfiCA f A01 HA bfom
** Tfcig 50 ti-ifiott
Ann A pA'Onuife a etiAinm'*
t)'OtfttAiS An CfAnn flof "o!
Ann A l>pAt)nuife SAn tfiAitt;
Asuf f uAip ff miAn a cttoit)e-fa$
5lAin-t)i|\eAC O'n scfAnnj
Ann fin "oo IaDaii^ TlAotfi lOfef^
Asuf CAit € f 6in A|\ An CAtArfii
^* 5a5 A-t>Aite A mtiAiiie
A^uf tui-O A|t "OO teAbui-O;
50 'oc^'O m6 50 n-lAf uf Atem
A5 "oeunAtfi Ait|tiSe Ann mo fieACAi'ba*'
Ann fin T>o tADAif An mtiAiS'oeAn
t)e*n 6difi|U'0 W beAnnuiStey
** til fACAi'6 m€ A-t^Aite
* A'f ni tui-Ofi-O m6 A|\ mo teAt)tti'6|
A6c cA mAiteAifinAf te f AgAit A^t>
|\iS nA nsfAfCA Ann T>o f>eACAi'6."
* « * « 4
♦"Afltl A 5-CAltt" T>tlbA1^t; niAC f C ntlA1'6l$, <d6c ■DUftAlur All CAtVA0lte46
••Va5 fAUfi " Ca me Ann a jcAilt = " CCAfcaijeAnn UAim iac."
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UnKty and St. Joseph. 3800
"For feeble I am and weary,
And my steps are but faint and slow,
And the works of the King of the graces
I feel within me grow."
Then out spake the good St. Joseph,
And stoutly indeed spake he,
** I shall not pluck thee one cherry.
Who art unfaithful to me.
** Let him come fetch you the cherries,
Who is dearer than I to thee."
Then Jesus hearing St. Joseph,
Thus spake to the stately tree,
" Bend low in her gracious presence,
Stoop down to herself, O tree.
That my mother herself may pluck thee,
And take thy burden from thee,"
Then the great tree lowered her branches
At hearing the high command.
And she plucked tlie fruit that it o£Fered,
Herself with her gentle hand.
Loud shouted the good St. Joseph,
He cast himself on the ground,
** Go home and forgive me, Mary,
To Jerusalem I am boimd;
I must go to the holy city.
And confess my sin profound."*
Then out spake the gentle Mary,
She spake with a gentle voice,
"I shall not go home, O Joseph,
But I bid thee at heart rejoice.
For the King of Heaven shall pardon
The sin that was not of choice."
* These $iaMM verses are alien to the spirit of the Irish Language^ and
ftobahl/u arise from the first lialf of the next quatrain being forgoUen*
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3810 muttie Asuf tiAotfi tofepH:
r|if m! 0*11 tS pn
Husa-O An te^nt) be^nnuigte,
rn^inis ivd C|\i fiSte
As 'oeunAtfi A-OtiAiSte t)o'n te^ttOw
Cff mi O'n oit>6e fin
Ann A f cAbtA ptiAit pe^nnc^
61*01^ t>utAn A5Uf AX'AU
Ann fin "oo UdD^if An tfiAig'oeAn
50 ciOn Aguf 50 c^itti-Oe,
^ A ifiic i\iS nA soditAt)
CiA *n nOf mb^i'O cu A|t ^n Cf^AOgAt t ^
•^ to^i-O ni6 'Oi^ii'DAOin
Aguf ni6 "Diotcd AS mo nAifi^it),'
Asuf b6i'6 me t>iA nxVoine
mo 6|iiAtAi\ pott A5 nA cAttittniO;
t)6i'6 mo CeAnn 1 mt>A|\|\ f pice
*S fiiit mo Cftoi'Oe 1 uift ivd fji&i'oe,
'8 An qpteig niffie "out Cfte mo Ciioi'Oe
te fpl-oeAtAe An ts fin.
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Mcury and St. Josepk 3811
Three months from that self -same morning,
The blessed child was bom,
Three kings did journey to worship
That babe from the land of the mom.
Three months from that very evening.
He was bom there in a manger.
With asses, and kine and bullocks,
In the strange, cold place of a stranger.
To her child said the Virgin softly.
Softly she spake and wisely,
*' Dear Son of the King of Heaven,
Say what may in life betide Thee.*'
[thb babb.]
* I shall be upon Thursday, Mother,
Betrayed and sold to the foeman.
And pierced like a sieve on Friday,
With nails by the Jew and Roman.
On the streets shall my heart's blood flow.
And my head on a spike be planted.
And a spear through my side shall go.
Till death at the last be granted.
Then thunders shall roar with lightnings.
And a storm over earth come sweeping.
The lights shall be quenched in the heavens
And the sun and the moon be weeping.
While angels shall stand around me,
With music and joy and gladness.
As I open the road to Heaven,
That was lost by the first man's madness."
• • • • •
Christ built that road into heaven.
In spite of the Death and Devil,
Let us when we leave the world
Be ready by it to travel.
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3812
CliiiAtAii6 Pf6ififiAf o CottfttibAi^ 1 m'bt'At-tiiAiii, An fseut fo 6 feAti*
mnAoi "OAf ft' Ainm bftijit) m CtlAtAfAiJ 6 bhAiVe-^-^Ain i 5Conx>A6
Slitisi J, Ajtif fHAi^ wiife vAi^-feAH 6.
Ann fAn^Am a itAit) tlAotfi peAt)A|t Aguf Afi Sti^niiiSte6if A5
ftu5At nA cfjte, If lom'OA lonsAncAf "oo tAif beAn a fnti-AiSifCi|i "66,
A^tif x>A mbu-O "Ouine eite •00 t>! Ann, •o'f eicpeA-O teAt An oipi-o, if
•061$ 50 mbei-OeA-O a "OdtCAf Af a fntiAiSifa|\ niof Uli'0|te 'nA W
•o6t6Af ptieAT)Ai|\.
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t)o bi fiof A5 Af StAnuigtedif Cf^At) '00 bi 1 n-mncinn
ptieA-OAIf , A6C nfOf tAbAlf f 6 f OCAt T)'A tAOlb;
An tA Af n-A tflAf A6 "00 bfO'OAf A5 fliibAt Aflf, AJUf 'OO CAf A'O
bf AtAif boec Off A, Ajuf 6 cfom teif An Aoif, Aguf beA^-nAC
nodcCA. "O'lAff f6 "oftifc Af Af StAntngCedif, aCc ni tug SeifeAn
Aon Aifo Aif, Aguf nIof ffeA^Aif S6 a impi-Oe.
** Sin nit) eite nA6 bf tiit ceAfC," Af f a tlAOtfi peA-OAf Ann a
mnann f 6in ; bi eA^tA Aif tAbAifc teif An tTlAigifcif "o'A tAoib,
a6c b! fft A5 CAitteAtfiAinc a "onCtCAif 5A<i tiite tA«
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CAfA-O feAf "OAtt OffA, AgUf 6 Ag lAffAlti 'OftlfCe. CtlUlf Af
StAnuigtedif CAinc Aif Aguf T>ubAif c " cf eut) cA tiAic ? "
** LuA6 t6if c!n oit><ie, tuAC f uit) te n'lCe, Aguf An oifeAt) Ajtif
b^'OeAf A5 ceAf cAt «Aim AtnAfA6 ; tnA tig teAC-f a a tAbAif c •OAtn,
5eobAi"6 cu ciiiciuSA-O mdf, Aguf ci3iriu$A'0 nAC bfuit te f A$Ait
Af An Cf AogAt bf 6nA<i f o."
" If niAiC ! "DO CAinc," Af fx\n TigeAf nA, " a^c nft cu aCc aj
lAffAit) mo itieAttA-O, ni't eAf bui'O ttiAi6-t6ifcin nA ftii"o te n'lte
OfC, CA 6f Agtlf AlfSlOt) Ann "OO p6CA, AgUf bU-O C(Jlf "OUIC "DO
bUl-OeAdAf "DO CAbAlf C "DO "OtllA f A01 "OO "Oiot 50 tA "DO belt AgAT).*
Til fAib fiof A5 An "OAtt 5Uf b*6 Af StAnuigteOif "oo bf A5 CAinc
teif, Ajuf "oObAifC f 6 teif : " Tli f eAnmdfA a6c ■oftif ce acA m6
'lAffAiO, If cmnce m6 "oA mbei'beA'O fiof a^at) 50 fAib df nA
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3813
SAINT PETER.
A Folk Story.
An old woman named Biddy Case^, from near Riyerstown, in the
Co. Sligo, told this story to O'Conor in Athlone, from whom I got it.—
BouoLAB Htdb [in Bdigtous Songs of Connaefit]
At the time that Saint Peter and our Saviour were walking
the country, many was the marvel that his Master showed him,
and if it had been another person who was in it, and who had
seen half as much, no doubt his confidence in his Master would
have been stronger than that of Peter.
One day they were entering a town, and there was a
musician sitting half drunk on the side of the road and he
asking for alms. Our Saviour gave him a piece of money,
going by of him. There came wonder on Peter at that, for
he said to himself, " Many's the poor man in great want that
my Master refused, but now He has given alms to this drunken
musician; but perhaps," says he to himself, "perhaps He likes
music."
Our Saviour knew what was in Peter's mind, but He did
not speak a word about it.
On the next day they were journeying again and a poor
friar (sie) met them, and he bowed down with age and almost
naked. He asked our Saviour for alms, but He took no notice
of him, and did not answer his request.
" There's another thing that's not right," said Peter in his
own mind. He was afraid to speak to his Master about it, but
he was losing his confidence in Him every day.
The same evening they wero approaching another village
when a blind man met them and he asking alms. Our Saviour
talked with him and said, "What do you want?" "The
price of a night's lodging, the price of something to eat, and
as much as I shall want to-morrow; if you can give it to me
you shall get great recompense, and recompense that is not to
be found in this sorrowful world."
" Gkxxl is your talk," said the Lord, " but you are only
seeking to deceive me? you are in no want of the price of a
lodging or of anything to eat; you have gold and silver in
vour pocket; and you ought to give thanks to God for your
having enough (to do you) till (next) day."
The blind man did not know that it was our Saviour who
was talking to him, and Ee said to him, " It is not sermons,
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ctti$eikiifi "oo exilic uAiin."
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l>^t> Of nS Aifsiot) AjAT) 1 OfA-o," Asuf teif pn 'o'fAs f^ An -DAtU
ton! peAt)Af A5 eifceaCc leif An scOffifil'Oy Ajtif t>! 'oflit Aige a
innfeA6c "Do'n 'OAtt suf nit)ut> 6 Af StAnui$tedif "oo t>f A5 CAinc
teif , a6c ni t)|MiAif f 6 Aon f AitU xVCc "oo W f eAf eite A5 6if ceA^c
nuAif 'Oiil>Ai|tc Af Stilnuigtedif 50 fAiO 6f Aguf Aif^iot) A5 An
T>Att. t>tit> f5fiof At)6i|t miltceA6 "oo W Ann, aCc "do DI ftof Aije
nAf innif Af SUlnuiSCe<)if Aon Of eu^ AfiAtfi. Ctioffi tuAt A^uf t>i
SeifCAn Ajuf tlAotti peA'OAf imtigCe, tAinis An f^fiof A-odif eum
An 'OAltt A5ttf •OUt>Atf C teif, " UA^AIf "OAm "OO etIfO dif AJtlf
AifSiT), no cttiffeAT) f5iAn cf 6 "oo Cf ot-Oe.*'
** tll't <Jf nA Aif 510*0 A^Am " Af f An 'OAtt, " "oA nibei'6eA'6, ni
l>e«'6inn as lAffAi'O "o^f ce."
Ate teif ftn -oo f UAif An fjfiof A-odif Sfeim Atf, -oo Cuif f aoi
4, A5«f "oo 5Ain %)€ An m^At) "oo 5! Aije. T)o gAif -Agtif "oo f 5f cat)
An "OAtt 6otfi ti-Afo Agtif "o^feu-o f6, Ajtif euAtAi'O Af StAntng-
tedif Aguf peA'OAf 6.
** CA eu5c6if 'o*A "oeunAtfi Af An "OAtt," Aff a peAt>Af.
** T-^S 5^ f eAttcAC, Ajuf iniCe6CAit> f4 An Caoi eeu'onA, jAn
CAinc Af tA An OfeiteAttinAif," Af Af StAntii$te6if.
" ruigini tu, nl't Aon f u-o 1 5f otA6 uaic a mtiAigifaf,'* Aff a
peA'OAf.
-An tA 'nA "OiaiS fin •oo l>i'6eAt>Af aj fiiittAt coif fAfAig, Aguf
CAims tedtfiAn clocfdC AniA6. " Anoif a ptieA-OAif," Af Af
StAnui$teOif , " if mime A'ouDAif c c« 50 jcAittf eA 'oo heAtA Af
tno fon, Anoif ceifig tiguf CA5Aif tu f^m 'oo'n teOifiAn Ajuf
imCeOCAi-O mif e f AOf ."
T)o f tnuAln peA'OAf Aige f 6in Aguf "ouOAif c, " t)*f eAf f tiom bAf
Af t)iC eite "o'f AgAit *nA teigmc "oo teCifiAn m'lte ; cAmAoi'o cof-
tttAt Aguf tts tinn fit «Ait), Aguf mA feicim 6 A5 ceAec ftiAf
tinn f Anf Ai-O m6 Af ■oeifeA'O, Aguf C15 teAC-f a imteACc f AOf."
" X)iot) mAf fin," Af Af StAntJigteCif .-
t)o teis An te6tfiAn fSfeAt), Aguf Af 50 bfAt teif 'nA n-oiAig,
A^Uf nfOf Of At)A 50 fAlO f e A5 Of eiC OffA, Agtlf 1 Of OgAf "OOlO.
** fAn fiAf A ptieAt)Aif ," Af An StAntiiJte^if, aCc teij peAt)Af
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thA«Sifcif. •O'lompAig An TigeAfnA Af a COt Agtjf -otiOAifC fd
teif An tedifiAn, " Teifig Af Aif 50 "oci An f Af aC," Aguf finne
\ 4 AttltAI'O.
♦ •• ttijA teAC "^•« imtij teAC," •• AinAt te^r," no f iit) T)6'n rf6f c pn. b'*«>if
^tif **6iiis« tOAU " tni'6 66if tk) Oete Ann, 7 ^1115 An 'DeAihAH I"
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but alms, I am looking for. I am certain that if you did
know that there was gold or silver about me, you would take
it from me. Get off now; I don't want your talk.
" Indeed, vou are a senseless man," said the Lord; "you will
not have gold or silver long," and with that He .left mm.
Saint Peter was listening to the discourse, and he had a wish
to tell the blind man that it was our Saviour who was talking
to him, but he got no opportunity. But there was another
man listening when our Saviour said that the blind man had
gold and silver. It was a wicked robber who was in
it; but he knew that our Saviour never told a lie. As soon
as He and Saint Peter were gone, this robber came to the blind
man, and said to him, " Give me your gold and silver, or I'll put
a knife through your heart."
"I have no gold or silver," said the blind man; "if I had
I wouldn't be looking for alms." But with that the robber
caught hold of him, put him under him, and took from him
all he had. The blind man shouted and screamed as loud as
he was able, and our Saviour and Peter heard him.
" There's wrong being done to the blind man," said Peter.
" Get treacherously and it will go the same way," said our
Saviour, " not to speak of the Day of Judgment."
" I understand you; there is nothing hid from you. Master,"
said Peter.
The day after that thev were journeying by a desert, and
a greedy lion came out. *^Now, Peter," said our Saviour, " you
often said that you would lose your life for Me; go now and
give yourself to the lion, and I shall escape safe."
Peter thought to himself and said, "I would sooner meet
any other death than let a lion eat me ; we are swift-footed and
we can run from him, and if I see him coming up with us I
will remain behind, and you can escape safe."
" Let it be so," said our Saviour.
The lion gave a roar, and off and away with him after them,
and it was not long till he was gaining on them, and close
up to them.
"Remain behind, Peter," said our Saviour; but Peter let
on that he never heard a word, and went running out before
his Master. The Lord turned round and said to the lion, " Go
back to the desert," and so he did.
Peter looked behind him, and when he saw the lion going
back, he stood till our Saviour came up with him.
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te6tf)^n A5 "out a\k Aif "oo fe^f f6 50 ■oc^inis Af Stdnuigtedif
fUAf teif . " A, pe^-OAitt," Af S6, " "o'pAs c« m6 1 mb-AoS-At, -Aguf
— put) buO ttie-Af-A 'n4 fin, — t)'innif cu bfeugA.'*
" Tlinne ni6 fin," a^ peAt)-Ai\, " m^ji b! friof ^5Atn 50 bftiit
cOtfi^Cu Aj-At) Of cionn 5AC ni-O, ni n-6 x\tfiilin 4\|\ tedrfiAn An fr^f-
" CoifS "OO beut, -Aguf nS bi -aj innf eA6c bfteug, ni f^ib fiof
AgAt) Ajuf x>S bfeicfe^ m6 1 mbAojAt Am^juC '00 tfteisfeil tn^
A^lf, cA fiof A54\ni -A|\ f niu-Aincib "oo Cfoi'Oe-"
" UTo^ f muAin ni6 AfiAtfi 50 n'oeAfnAi'6 cu -Aon niO nAC iiAib
ceA|\c," Att-fA peA-o-Ajij
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VA "DO tu5 ni6 "o^ifc "oo'n feAtt-ce6it "oo bf teAt Af meifge, b1
longAncAf ope Aguf "oubAi^c cu teAC f6in juft lonrOA 'ouine boCc
•DO bi 1 n-eAfbuiO ttiOip "o'eicig ni6, Aguf 50 "ocuj m€ 'ofeifc "00
feA|\ "OO bf Af meifse niAp bi "otiit A^Am 1 gceOt; An Ul 'nA "OiAig
fin "o'eicig m& An fCAn-bf AtAif, Aguf •oubAifc cu nAC |\Aib An nit>
fin ceApc. An cjiAtnOnA ceutjnA if cuitfiin teAC Cfeu-o CilftA 1
t)CAOib An "OAitt. mineOCAit) ni6 Anoif "ouic cat) pAC t^inneAf
mA^ fin; Hinne An feAp-ce6it niof ni6 "oe ttiAit *nA |\inne fiCe
bf^&tAf "d'A fOfC 6 t^ujA-O lAt); Sti4b-da f6 AnAm CAitin 6 piAn-
CAib ifjiinn. bbi eAfbuit) boinn Aifgit) uif|\i Aguf bi fi A5 "out
peACAt) niAf bCAC "oo "OetinAtfi te nA f AgAit, aCc Coipmifs An feAf-
ce6it !, tU5 f 6 An bonn x>% cit> 50 pAib eAf bui-d "oige ai|\ p 6in An
c-Am ceu-onA; tnAiT)if teif An mb^^CAi^^, ni pAib Aon CAfbui-O
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■DAtt, 'DO b! A "OTiiA Ann A pOcA, Oif If fiop An f eAn-pocAt, " An
Aic A bftnt "oo Cifce b^i-d •oo C^^oi-Oe t6i.'*
SeAt seAjip 'nA "OiAig fin •otibAipc peAT)Af , •" A fnti^iSifCiji, c-i
e6tAf AgA*© Af nA f muAincib if uAignige 1 5C|\oi"6e An "ouine, Aguf
d'n nOimit) fe6 AniA6 s^atim "ouic Annf 5A6 nit)."
Uini6iott feA6cttiAine *nA -OiAiS-fin "oo blo-OA^ A5 fitibAt Cfe
CnocAib Aguf ftfeibcib, Aguf eAiUeA-OAjt An beAtA6; te cuicim nA
ti-oitxie C-iini5 ueinnueA6 Aguf coi^neAC Ajuf peApfttAin tpomj
t)m An 01*666 6otfi "ooitCA pn n^f freu'OA'OAf cof4n cao^aC
•o'peiceAU Utiuic peA-OAfi AnAgAi-O CAttjiAi^e Aguf toic f 6 a Cof
6otti "oonA fin n-ip f eu-o f6 coif c6ini "oo fiObAt:
CtionnAijic -ip SUlnuigtedi^ f otuf beAj f aoi bun cnuic; Ajuf
■DubAiitu S6 te peAt)Af , " f An mAp cA cu Aguf fACAit) mif e Ag
^c6t\uigeA6c congnAirfi te •oNomciAtj."
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*'Peter," said He, "you left me in danger, and, what was
worse than that, you told lies."
" I did that," said Peter, " because I knew that you have
power over everything, not alone over the lion of the wilder-
ness.'*
"Silence your mouth, and do not be telling lies; you did
not know, and if you were to see Me in danger to-morrow you
would forsake Me again. I know the thoughts of your heart."
" I never thought that you did an3rthing that was not right,"
said Peter.
"That is another lie," said our Saviour; "do you not
remember the day that I gave alms to the musician who was
half drunk, there was wonder on you, and you said to yourself
that many's the poor man in great want whom I refused, and
that I gave alms to a drunken man because I liked music.
The day after that I refused the old friar, and you said that
that was not right ; and the same evening you remember what
happened about the blind man. I will explain to you now
why I acted like that. That musician did more good than
twenty friars of his sort since ever they were born. He saved
a girl's soul from the pain of hell. She wanted a piece of
money and was going to commit a deadly sin to get it, but
the musician prevent^ her, and gave her the piece of money,
though he himself was in want of a drink at the same time.
As for the friar, he was not in want at all; although he had
the name of friar, he was a limb of the devil, and that was
why I paid him no heed. As for the blind man, his God was
in his pocket, for the old word is true, ".Where your store is,
your heart will be with it.' "
A short time after that Peter said, "Master, you have a
knowledge of the most lonesome thoughts in the heart of man,
and from this moment out I submit to you in everything."
About a week after that they were traveling through hills
and mountains, and they lost their way. With the fall of
night there came lightning, thunder, and heavy rain. The
night was so dark they could not see a sheep's path. Peter
fell against a rock and hurt his foot so badly that he was
not able to walk a step.
Our Saviour saw a little light under the foot of a hill, and
He said to Peter, "Remain where you are, and I will go to
seek help to carry you."
"There is no help to be found in this wild place," said
peter, " and don't leave me here in danger by myself."
" Be it so," said our Saviour, and with that He gave a whistle,
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DeA-OAjt, ** Aguf nS teig Ann fo m^ i mbAOgAt tiom p6in "
" t)fot> niA|\ fin," -Af Sfi SUlnuiSCedits Aguf teif fin "oo teig f6
peAt), Aguf Winis ceAtjiAtt fe^^t, A^uf cia 51 'na CAipcTn ofiu aCc
An feAji "00 fSfiof An "OAtt fCAt jtoitfte fin. X)'AiCniS f4 Af
SUnuigtediti Aguf peA-OAjt, Aguf 'out5Ai|\c f^ te n-A 6«it) fCAft
peAt)At\ 'o'ioni<iA|\ 50 c<3|\AniAC 50 'oci An Aic-66ifinui'6e 'oo t>! aca
AmeAfS nA scnoc. " Cnuif An Oei|\c feo," Af f 6, " 6f Ajuf Aif-
giot) Ann mo DeAtAC-f a fOAt seAjif 6 foin."
X)'iom6Ai|t fiAt) peAtJAti 50 •oci f eomttA f aoi CAtAtfi ; 5! ceine
T>\KeA% Ann, Aguf CuitteA-OAf An peA^ toicCe 1 nsAjt x)!, Ajuf Cuj-
A-OAjt "oeoC x)6. Chuic f6 Ann a Co'oia'6 Aguf "oo t^inne A|\
SlAnuiSte6i|i tO|\5 nA cttoif e te n-A tfi^Af , of cionn nA toice, Ajuf
nuAi^t "OOipS f6 "o'teuT) f 6 pOtJAt Cotfi mAit Aguf ■o'teut) f6 fiAtfi.
t)tii lon^AncAf Ai|\, nuAif "OuifiS f 6, Agtif 'o*pAftttiig f6 Cfeu'O -00
t>Ain x>6. X)'innif -A|\ StAnuigteOi^ '06 5AC ni-O niAp CAftA.
" SliAOit ni6," A|\ f A peA"OAt\, " 50 |iAm m6 niAf t> Aguf 50 fAiO
mfe fuAf A5 "oofUf ptAitif, A<ic nfo|\ feux) mft "out AfceAC mA|\
t>! An "ooi^uf •ottui'oce, Aguf ni jiAili ■ooi|\fe<5it\ te f-dgAit."
" Aif tins "oo t>i AgAt) '* Ap -Af StAnuigtedit^, " a6c if pfO|\
1 ; cA An f tAiteAf "opui-oce Aguf ni't f 6 te tteit p of gAitte 50
t>f Ag' mife bAf Af f on peACAi-O An 6ine "OAonnA, -00 Cuif peApj
A]! m'AtAiti. Ill t)Af coicCionncA aCc b-if nAifeAC geobAf mft, aCc
ei|te66Ai'6 ni6 Af^tf 50 5t<5fifiAtt Aguf f oifgedtAit) ni6 An ptAiCeAf
t)o X>i "o^ui-oce, Aguf t}fti"6 cuf a t)o "Ooiff e6i|i I "
" OtiA, A mnAiSifcip," Af f A peAt)Af , " nt f6i'oi|\ 50 bpuigteA
t)Af nAi|\eA<i, nAC teigp eA "OAtti-f a bAf f AgAit A|\ "oo fon-f a, cA m6
^fti-O Aguf coitceAnnAii."
" SAOiteAnn cu fin," Af Af StAntiigtediitj
CtiAinis An c-Am a fAib Sp StAnuigteOit^ te bAf fAgAit; An
Cf Atn6nA f onfie pn bf f4 f 6in Agtif An "oA AbfCAt "oeus A5 feipe,
nuAijt 'oubAittc f6, " cA f eAf AgAib A5 "out mo bjiAt." tonf Cfiob-
tdit) tfi6ti Ofi^A Aguf T)ubAi|ic saC Aon ACA " An mif e 6 ? " ACC
"oubAit^c Self eAn, " An c6 CumAf te n-A tAirti Ann f An m6if tiom.
If 6 fin An peAf b^AitpeAf m4."
"OubAifC peAT)Af Ann fin, " "oA mbeit^eAt) An "ootftAn lomtAn
1 'o'A$Ait>," Afi feifeAn, " ni b^i-O mif e 1 'o*AgAi'6," A<ic "otibAiiic Sp
StAntngtedifi teif , " fut mA goijieAnn An CoiteAC Ano6c ceitp'6
(f eunpAit>) cu m6 cfi ti-uAitte."
" "00 jeobAinn bAf fut mA ceitpnn tu," a|\ fA peAt)A|\, "50
•oeiitiin ni CeitpeAX) tu."
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and there came four men; and who was captain of them but
the person who robbed the blind man a while before that ! He
recognised our Saviour and Peter, and told his men to carry
Peter carefully to the dwelling-place they had among the hills ;
" these two put gold and silver in my way a short time ago,"
said he.
They carried Peter into a chamber under the ground. There
was a fine fire in it, and they put the wounded man near it,
and gave him a drink. He fell asleep, and our Saviour made
the sign of the cross with his finger above the wound, and
when he awoke he was able to walk as well as ever. There
was wonder on him when he awoke, and he asked " what
happened to him." Our Saviour told him each thing, and how
it occurred.
" I thought," said Peter, " that I was dead, and that I was
up at the gate of heaven ; but I could not get in, for the door
was shut, and there was no doorkeeper to be found."
" It was a vision you had," said our Saviour, " but it is true.
Heaven is shut, and is not to be opened until I die for the sin
of the human race, who put anger on My Father. It is not a
common, but a shameful, death I shall get; but I shall rise
again gloriously, and open the heaven that was shut, and you
shall 1^ doorkeeper."
" Ora ! Master," said Peter, " it cannot be that you would
ft a shameful death; would you not allow me to die for you;
am ready and willing."
" You think that," said our Saviour.
The time came when our Saviour was to get death. The
evening before that He himself and His twelve disciples were
at supper, when He said, " There is a man of you going to betray
me." There was great trouble on them, and each of them
said, "Am I he? " But He said, " He who dips with his hand
in the dish with Me, he is the man who shall betray Me."
Peter then said, "If the whole world were against you,
"I will not be against you." But our Saviour said to him,
" Before the cock crows to-night you will reneague (deny) Me
three times."
"I would die before I would reneague you," said Peter;
" indeed I shall not reneague you."
When death-judgment was passed upon our Saviour, His
enemies were beating Him and spitting on Him. Peter was
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Saint Feter. 3821
outside in the court, when there came a servant-girl to him
and said to him, " You were with Jesus." " I don't know,"
says Peter, " what you are saying."
Then when he was going out the gate another girl said,
** There's the man who was with Jesus," but he took his oath
that he had no knowledge at all of Him. Then some of the
people who were listening said, " There is no doubt at all but
you were with Him ; we know it by your talk." He took the
great oaths then that he was not with Him. And on the
spot the cock crew, and then he remembered the words our
Saviour said, and he wept the tears of repentance, and he
found forgiveness from Him whom he denied. He has the keys
of heaven now, and if we shed the tears of repentance for our
faults, as he shed them, we shall find forgiveness as he found
it, and he will welcome us with a hundred thousand welcomes
when we go to the door of heaven.
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HOW COVETOUSNESS CAME INTO THE CHURCH.
This IB a stor^ I haye often heard. The aboye yersion I got from
a man near Momyea, in Galway, though I do not ^ye hiB exact words.
I heard one nearly identical, only toxd in English, in the Co. Tipperar^^.
The story reminded me so strongly ot those strange semi-comic
mediieyal moralities, common at an early date to most European
languages — such pieces as boethe has imitated in his story of " St. reter
and the Horse-shoe '' — ^that I could not resist the temptation to turn it
into rhyme, though it is not rhymed in the original. More than one
celebrated piece of both English and French literature founded upon
the same motif sb this story will occur to the student. — ^Douqlas Htdb.
[Bdigioua Songs of Connacht]
As once our Saviour and St. Peter
Were walking over the hills together,
In a lonesome place that was by the sea.
Beside the border of Galilee,
Just as the sun to set began
Whom should they meet but a poor old man !
His coat was ragged, his hat was torn,
He seemed most wretched and forlorn.
Penury stared in his haggard eye,
And he asked an alms as they passed him by.
Peter had only a copper or two.
So he looked to see what the Lord would do.
The man was trembling — it seemed to him^ —
With hunger and cold in every limb.
But, nevertheless, our Lord looked grave,
He turned away and He nothing gave.
And Peter was vexed awhile at that
And wondered what our Lord was at.
Because he had thought Him much too good
To ever refuse a man for food.
But though he wondered he nothing said.
Nor asked the cause, for he was afraid.
It happened that the following day
They both returned that very way.
And whom should they meet where the man had been.
But a highway robber, gaunt and lean 1
And in his belt a naked sword —
For an alms he, too, besought the Lord.
"He's an ass," thought Peter, ** to meet us thus;
He won't get anything from us."
But Peter was seized with such surprise.
He scarcely could believe his eyes
When he saw the Master, without a word,
Give to the man who had the sword.
After the man was gone again
His wonder Peter could not restrain.
But turning to our Saviour, said :
^ Master, the man who asked for bread,
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An c-Aif5ioT) pn Anoif Ajuf caiC AfceAO 6 Ann fAti bpott
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Haw Covetousness came into the Churchy 3825
The poor old man of yesterday,
Why did you turn from him away ?
But to this robber, this shameless thief.
Give, when he asked you for relief.
I thought it most strange for you to do;
We needn't have feared him, we were two-,
I have a sword here, as you see.
And could have used it as well as he ;
And I am taller by a span.
For he was onl^ a little man."
" Peter," said our Lord, " you seet
Things but as they seem to be.
Look within and see behind.
Know the heart and read the mind,;
Tis not long before you know
Why it was I acted so."
After this it chanced one day
Our Lord and Peter went astray.
Wandering on a mountain wide.
Nothing but waste on every side.
Worn with hunger, faint with thirst,
Peter followed, the Lord went first.
Then began a heavy rain.
Lightning gleamed and flashed again.
Another deluge poured from heaven.
The slanting hail swept tempest-driven..
Then, when fainting, frozen, spent,
A man came towards them through the bent,;
And Peter trembled with cold and fright.
When he knew again the robber wight.
But the robber brought them to his cave.
And what he had he freely gave.
He gave them wine, he gave them bread.
He strewed them rushes for a bed,
He lent them both a clean attire
And dried their clothes before the fire.
And when they rose the following day
He gave them victuals for the way.
And never left them till he showed
The road he thought the straightest road.
"The Master was right," thought Peter then,
" The robber is better than better men.
There's many an honest man," thought he,
"Who never did as much for me."
They had not left the robber's groxmd
!Above an hour, when lo, they found
A man upon the mountain track
Lying dead upon his back.
And Peter soon, with much surprise,
The beggarman did recognize.
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m6nA tAtt, ni Qionn Ann f An ai^^io'd 50 mititc aCc tnAttACc tli^fi
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How CowtousnesB came into ike Churchy 3827
''Ochone 1" thought Peter, " we had no right
To refuse him alms the other night.
He's dead from the cold and want of food.
And we*re partly guilty of his blood."
" I'eter," said our Lord, " go now
Feel his pockets and let us know
What he has within his coat."
Then Peter turned them inside out,
And found within the lining plenty
Of silvQT coins, and gold ones twenty.
" My Lord," said Peter, " now I know
Why it was you acted so.
Whatever you say or do with men,
I never will think you wrong again."
" Peter," said our Saviour, " take
And throw those coins in yonder lake,
That none may fish them up again.
For money is often the curse of men."
Feter gathered the coins together.
And crossed to the lake through bog and heather.
But he thought in his mind : ** It's a real sin
To be flinging this lovely money in.
We're often hungry, we're often cold,
And money is money — Fll keep the gold
To spend on the Master ; He needs the pelf,
For He's very neglectful of Himself."
Then down with a splash does Peter throw
The silver coins to the lake below.
And hopes our Lord from the splash would think
He had thrown the whole from oflF the brink.
And then before our Lord he stood
And looked as innocent as he could.
Our Lord said : " Peter, regard your soul ;
Are you sure you have thrown in the whole?"
" Yes, all," said Peter, " is gone below.
But a few gold pieces I wouldn't throw,
Since I thought we might find them very good
For bed, or for drink, or a bite of food.
Because our own are nearly out.
And they are inconvenient to do without.
But, if you wish it, of course I'll go
And fling the rest of the lot below."
•" Ah, Peter, Peter," said our Lord,
** You should have obeyed me at my word.
For a greedy man you are, I see.
And a greedy man you will ever be;
A covetous man you are of gain,
And a covetous man you will remain.**
And that's the reason, as I've been told^
(The clergy are since so fond of gold.
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—If "OOfiC bfel-O tA ATI ATlAf A
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THE SIGN OF THE CROSS FOR EVER.
[I came across this religious poem in Irish among the MSB. of William
Smith O'Brien, the Irish Leader, at Cahermoyle. It was attributed to
a Father O'Meehan. — ^Douglas Htbb, in " Religious Songs of Connacht.'']
From the foes of my land, from the foes of my faith.
From the foes who would us dissever,
O Lord, preserve me in life, in death.
With the Sign of the Cross for ever.
By death on the Cross was the race restored.
For vain was our endeavor ;
Henceforward blessed, O blessM Lord,
Be the Sign of the Cross for ever.
Rent were the rocks, the sun did fade
The darkening world did quiver.
When on the tree our Saviour made
The Sign of the Cross for ever.
Therefore I mourn for him whose heart
Shall neither shrink nor shiver.
Whose tears of sorrow refuse to start
At the Sign of the Cross for ever.
Swiftly we pass to the tmknown land,
Down like an ebbing river.
But the devils themselves cannot withstand
The Sign of the Cross for ever.
When the hour shall come that shall make us dust«
When the soul and the body sever.
Fearful the fear if we may not trust
In tSe Sign of the Cross Tor lever..
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Ha noAific If tllA5tlit>itt, T)0 M
tA 1 ti-6ipiiiii 'nA lAn t>eoit;
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le mbeiptf 5A6 jCAit 1 n^teO;
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THE WOMAN OF THREE COWS.
(Fbok thb Ibisb, bt Jambb Clabxnoi Mangan.)
Woman of Three Cows, agral don't let your tongue thus rattle!
Oh» don't be saucy, don't be stiff, because you may have cattle.
1 have seen — and, here's my hand to you, I only say what's true—
A many a one with twice your stock not half so proud as you.
Good luck to you, don't scorn the poor, and don't be their despiser ;
For worldly wealth soon melts away, and cheats the very miser ;
And death soon strips the proudest wreath from haughty hiunan brows —
Then don't be stiff, and don't be proud, good Woman of Three CoWs.
See where Momonia's heroes lie, proud Owen M6r's descendants.
'Tis they that won the glorious name, and had the grand attendants ;
If they were forced to bow to Fate, as every mortal bows.
Can you be proud, can you be stiff, my Woman of Three Cows?
The brave sons of the Lord of Clare, they left the land to mourning;
Mmn-ont 1 for they were banished, with no hope of their returning.
Who knows in what abodes of want those youths were driven to house ?
Yet you can give yoiurself these airs, O Woman of Three Cows.
Oh, think of Donnel of the Ships, the Chief whom nothing daunted.
See how he fell in distant Spain unchronicled, imchanted ;
He sleeps, the gieat O'Sullivan, where thunder cannot rouse—
I'hen ask yourself, should you be proud, good Woman of Three Cows?
O'Ruark, Maguire, those souls of fire, whose names are shrined in story :
Think how their high achievements once made Erin's greatest glory.
Yet now their bones lie mouldering under weeds and cypress boughs —
And so. for all your pride, will yours, O Woman of Three Cows.
Th' O'Carrols, also, famed when fame was only for the boldest,
Rest in forgotten sepulchres with Erin's best and oldest;
Yet who so great as they of yore in battle or carouse?
Just think of that, and hide your head, good Woman of Three Cows.
Your neighbour's poor ; and you, it seems, are big with vain ideas.
Because, inaghX you've got three cows — one more, I see, than she has;
That tongue of yours wags more at times than charity allows;
But if you're strong, be merciful — great Woman of Three Cows.
4VBJL2T.
Now, there you go ; you still, of course, keep up your scornful bearing.
And I'm too poor to hinder you ; but, by the cloak I'm wearing.
If I had but four cows myself, even though you were my spouse,
I'd thwack you well, to cure your pride, my Woman of Three Cows.
First pablishftd by CyCiUTy In the '* Irish Penny Journal" (Ounn ft Csmeron's)
No. 9. 29th Aognst, ISiO, with an introduotoiy note, sad Maagan's fukoiia matiiaU
Tenion (pp. S$, 69).
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nUSHEANNa
[From " Songs of Connacht/' by Douolab Htui.]
Here is a half-Pagan rann which I heard from a man in
Donegal. The state of Ireland seems to have been unsettled
at the time it was made^
I hope and pray that none may kill me.
Nor I kill any, with woundings grim.
But if ever any should think to kill me
I pray thee, God, let me kill him.*
Here is another rann about the derics which O'Daly gives
us— ^
Avoid all stewardship of church or Kill»
It is ill to be much in the clerics' way.
Lest you live to see that which with pains you save.
Like foam on the wave float far away.t
Here is a rann on drunkenness which I got from my friend
Thomas Barclay. It is almost in Deibhidh metre —
I mind not being dnmk, but then
Much mind to be seen drunken.
Drink only perfects all our play.
Yet breeds it discord alway.|
Here is another rann on the fierce or wayward woman, which
I heard from the same; it is also current in Munster —
Like a flre kindled beneath a lake,
Like a stone to break an advancing sea.
Like a blow that is struck upon iron cold,
To the wayward woman thy counsels be.§
Here is another discourteous rann on women that I heard
in Connacht —
If you hope to teach, you must be a fool,
A woman, a porker, or a mule.||
*IAf^aUy: That I may kill no man at all, and that no man mav kill
mel But it there is anjons bent on killing me, that it may be I idio
■haUkiUhim!
f LifrraUy: Avoid the stewardship of a Kill (or church). With the
band of the olerios do not make agreement, or there is a danger of all
your pc^ion departing like leaves on the top of the tide.
i lAteraUy: It is not intoxication I think the worse of, but [am] loath
it to be seen on me. Withoat the drink of intozieation fnn is the worse,
but intoneation is not nsnal without dis-fan [i.s.| somethin£ the opposite
of fonj.
%LiUraUu: The kindling of a fire beneath a lake or the throwing of
stones agamat the harbor, to give advice to a wayward (or fierce)
woman, it is a blow of a fist upon oold iron.
II lAUraUy: Three things dimcult to teach [are) a woman, a pig, and
amatol
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*Literatty: To giye adTioe to a wayward [or fierce] man, there is
nothing in it but an act devoid of sense, until he be orerthrown in his
fanit^ and ontil he is washed [i.e., l^id oat dead] in lus own misfortnne.
fLUeraily; My pretty girl, do not think that great \m your sense, and
sure yoo hare a notion that your people [literally, "seed"] never
practised, milk-kine on a monntam they liked better, and not a speoklad
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Iriih Ranm: 3835
Here is a rann on the fierce or wayward man, which I heard
in the County Boecommon —
To a wayward man thine advice to bring
Is a foolish thing, and a loss of time.
His fault must find him, he must be crost.
Till death be the cost of his frantic crime.*
Here is an advice which a priest in the County Mayo gave
to a girl who was too foreign-mannered and dressy; I heard
it from the same—
My girl, I fear your sense is not great at all,
Your fathers, my dear, would rate such sense as small.
They loved good cheer and not state, and a well-filled stall,
Not garments ^er to inflate like the purse-proud Gall.t
Here is a forcible saying from the County Mayo—
•'No doubt sure," "Myself believes," ''Thinks I,"
Three witnesses these of the common lie !|
A man from the same county said pithily to someone who
had fine talk and choice English, but who made bad whiskey —
It's to mix-without-fault.
And not English, makes malt!§
Here is a good rann on that constant combat which is ever
on foot between the will and the reason, of which the Latin
Soke when he said, " I see the better things and approve of
em» but I follow the worse '* —
How sad is my case, I am surely in plight most ill.
My will with my reason, my reason fights with my will.
My reason sees faults that my will remains blind to still.
Or should my will see tHem, my reason strikes to my will.||
I Literally: "I think," 'Tm near-sure," and "it seems to me," those
•re three witnesses that the lie has.
% Literally: It is not English makes malt, bnt to mix it well.
II LiterttOy: Is it Dot poor, the way and the condition in which I am
in iiain, my onderscanoing [moving away] from my will, and my will
moring away from my understanding. Each fault which is plain to my
imderttanding is not understood by my will, or if it is unaerstood she
wiOli it not^ wtt [wills] the will of her qwb understanding.
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gup *0^ p6in OS'DAf nA c6itte !
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fAt)] Tit CiObfAt) Anoif aCc ceAnn aca mAfi foinplA^ t>o |t6i|i tnAft
^cS f* I 5Con'OA6 fnbtiiS-e6 —
'OeiiieA'O toin^e, b^tA'O;
t)eif eA'O 4iCe, tof^A'O,*
T>eifeA*0 cuif m, cAineA'O,
'Oeif eA'O rUlince, ofnAs
AzA mAfi An sceu'onA a Uln "oe tiAnncAib A5 coftiSA'O tetf An
bpocAt " niAifs " A5 'oeunAtfi CjtuAiSe pAot neitib eti^f AititA; ^Ag
* LUeraUp: The mild Batisfled one neyer felt [for] the hungry one,
snd there never came an ebb without a fall tide close behind it. No
woman has any part with a gray-haired dotard (?), and death has never
given respite to anyone.
t LUeraUy : Sense and un-sense, two who do not go together. Th^
man without sense is certain that he himself is the author of sense.
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Here is another rann : ^^ The satiated does not understand
the lean " is a common proverb—
The satisfied man for the hungry one never f eek,
There never comes ebb without full tide close at its heels.
To the gray-haired dotard no woman her heart reveals.
From death when he comes no praying a respite steals.*
Here is another rann on sense and folly —
Though the senseless and sensible
Never foregather,
Yet the senseless one thinks
He is Sense's own father, t
Here is another rann on the man whose attention and mind
are astray —
A constant tree is the yew to me.
It is green to see, and grows never gray,
T were as good for a man through the world to roam
As to live at home with his mind away 4
There exist many ranns telling the end of the things of the
worldL I believe the most of these are common to the entire
island. I shall only give one of them here as a specimen, in
the form it has in the County Mayo—
The end of a ship is drowning,
The end of a kiln is burning.
The end of a feast is frowning.
The end of man's health — is mourning. §
There are also a great number of ranns beginning with the
word " alas," or " woe," lamenting over various things. Here
X A tree of fruit is the yewtree, it is never without a green top. It is
the same thing for a man not to be at home as for him to be there with
his attention away. [The idea seems to be that wherever a man is
planted, he should remain there with his mind fresh and green like the
yew and not grow withered by^ wishing to be where he cannot be.]
f LUera&y: The end of a ship— drowning ; the end of a kiln— burning;
the end of a feast— reviling) the end of health— a sij^h.
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fa) Alit«r, cf 6f6eAfc.
LUeraMy: Alas for who makes land fallow withoat seed [to pat in it],
alas for him who is in a land without being strong, alas for who makes
I oo n v CT sation without elegance, and twice alas for him who places no
control of«r his month.
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are a couple of examples of them just as I heard them in the
CJounty Roscommon —
Alas for who plow without seed to sow,
For the weak who go through a foreign land.
For the man who speaks badly >et does not know,
— Twice woe for the mouth under no command.*
And again —
Alas for the roan who is weak in friends,
For the man whose sons do not make him glad*
For the man of the hut through which winds can blow,
— ^Twice woe for who neither is good nor badt
There is also many a rann beginning with the words "I
hate." Such as —
I hate a castle on bog-land built.
And a harvest spilt through the constant wet,
I hate a woman who spoils the quern,
And I hate a priest to be long in debt, t
Again —
I hate poor hounds about a house
That drag their mangy life,
I hate to see a gentleman
Attending on his wife ?§
There is a rann somewhat like this about Finn Mac Cool —
Four things did Finn dislike indeed,
A slow-foot steed, a hound run wild.
An unwise lord who breeds but strife.
And a good man's wife who bears no child. ||
It used to be the custom of the people to kill and eat some
beast on St. Martin's Night. It happened on this night that
the woman of the house had nothing she could kill except a
speckled pig, and she did not like to do this. But her son
flAteraUy: Alas for him whose friend is feeble, and alas for him
whose children are without prosperity, alas for him who is in a poor
bothy or hut, and twice alas for him wno is without either bad or good.
, [Perhaps this last clause is a reminiscence of the Apocalyptic
t LiteraUy: I hate a castle on a bog, I hate a harvest to be drowned,
I hate a * * * (P) woman at a quern, and I hate debt on a priest.
i LiteraUy: I hate a miserable hound running throughout a nouse, I
hate a gentleman atending [i.e., for want of servants] on his wife.
II Literally: Four things to which Finn gave hatred, a miserahie hodod,
a slow steed, a country's lord not to be prudent, and a man's wife who
would not bear children.
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As fo fAnn eite t>o fUAif m6 O'n mt>ifctAiSeAC —
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^aC [a] Of eu'OAf A Cf oi'Oe,*
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wished to have a good meal, and he went and hid at the back
of the house, changed his voice, and spoke this rann in hideous,
awful tones —
I am God's Martin, hear my word,
Out of eveiy heid one head is mine,
I must slay your Cormac 'Og this day
Since you will not slay the spotted swine.*
The mother was frightened, for she thought it was St. Martin
himself who was speaking, and she killed the pig.
Here is a story which I wrote down from the mouth of
Michael Mac Boiy [Rogers], the '' poet from the County Mayo,"
as follows —
*' There were two priests out walking one day, and they saw oomins
towards them a half fool who had no sense, hut he was very short-tailed
[i.e., quiok-at-answer], and says one of the priests to the other, 'I'll
ask Diarmuid a question when he oomes near us.' 'It's host for you
to let him pass,' says the other one. When Dairmuid came near them
one of the priests says to him, ' We're asking; you when shall the hlack
orow have speech.'- JDiarmuid looked up in the priest's face, and * I'll
tell you that,' says he :
' When the eagle shaU nest in the hoUow ^en.
When mountain and fen shaU from mists he free,
When the priests shall no longer for gold be seeking.
The crow shall be speaking as plain as we.'
" * NowT s^s the other priest, ' wasn't it better for you to listen to
[%.$., let be] Diarmuid ' I "
Here is another raim from which I got from the same —
The lying man has promised
Whatever thing he could,
The greedy man believes him.
And thinks His promise good.t
Here is another, also from the County Mayo— «
The man who only took
His learning from his book.
If that from him be took
He knows not where to look.^
* I am Martin red-God (?) and out of every herd, do I take meat ; as
you have not killed the speckled pig, I shall kill your son Cormac Oge.
(This use of the word f^Alh (which now means any possession) for
** herd " is ancient and curious, but Father O'Growney tells me it is still
used in Donegal in this sense.)
tJ^teroZZy: The lying man will promise all that hin heart is able [to
invent], the covetous man will think that he will get all that is promised.
} LiteraHv: He who reads his book, and does not put it into his
BMmory, when he loses his book he beobmes a simpleton (F),
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SHANE THE PROUD.
A FEAGMENT OF lEISH HISTORY.
By p. J. O'Shea.
CHAPTER I.
THB FIBST TREE OF THE WOOD.
Thebs was many a valiant man reared in Ulster, from
Cuchulainn to SKane the Proud. Far back in the old times
Niall of the Nine Hostages was bom there, a powerf iQ king in
Tara. The Romans in Britain often experienced the havoc
wrought by him. In one of his eicpeditions he took with him as
a prisoner of war a youn^ boy whose name afterwards was
Patrick. That slave was Uie saintly child whose coming the
Druids foretold. His fame and his power are fresh and stronj^
still amon^ Gaels. But as to NiaU of the Nine Hostages his
name is almost forgotten. But nevertheless that king was
verv great once, and from his loins sprang the most powerful
and tne most valiant race that existed in all Ireland in their
own time, or perhaps in the whole world. Search the history
of other countries, seek amon^ the tribes here and elsewhere,
and you will not find men of any one race who were hand-
somer in appearance or more valiant in battle or more intdlec-
tual in counsel than the brave men who, during hundreds of
years, sprang from that noble root of the O'Neills.
As the wmd howls round about an oak-tree standing by
itself in the middle of a plain without reducing its strength,
but only snatching leaves from it and breaking an odd one of
its branches by a great effort, so it was with tne English for
four hundred vears, flin^in^ themselves against those cham-
pions descended from Niall of the Nine Hostages : and it is my
opinion that the latter would never have been conquered but
for the &ct that they rose up against each other.
There was no man of the family more renowned than this
Shane of whom we si>6ak. He was an Irishman aU over, as
well in his faults as in his manly qualities. He was not so
clever in counsel nor so subtle in disquisition as Hugh O'Neill,
who learned state-craft in the house of Elizabeth, Queen of
England. He was not so skilful in the science of warfare as
Owen Roe^ but neither of these surpassed him in valor, in.
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PAIUICK J. O'SHKA (Conan Maol)
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aotion, nor in love of his country. There is just one stain upon
his name. The English have shown us that stain clearly and
gladly, for they detested Shane O'Neill. He carried off Cal-
vaoh O'Donnell's wife, sister to the Lord of the Isles on the
coast of Scotland; and man}^ authors think that she eloped
with him of her own will. He was very nearly as bad as the
English themselves in that way, excej^t that he would admit
his evil conduct, for he was no hypocrite^ but a truthful man,
who would not conceal his fault.
CHAPTER n.
IRELAND IN HIS TDIE*
Inisfail never saw a day's peace after the sails of the Normans
were lowered in the harbor at Traig-an-Vaniv,* with Foreign
Dermot, in the year 1169. The Normans came to England
from France a hundred years before that time, under the
command of William the Conqueror, and they routed the
Saxons in one single battle. The Saxons were overcome at
once, and a Norman was King and task-master over them
thenceforward. It was not thus with Ireland. From that
King, Henry 11., to Henry VII., the Kings of England were
** lords " of Ireland. Not one of them had the courage to call
himself King of Ireland until Henry VIII. thought that he
ought to be really King over the Irish.
He therefore issued a proclamation that all the great chiefs
of Ireland must assemble in one place so that he might present
them with titles and lands.
Until then, it was the custom of those chiefs to be heads of
the clans and to take the family name of their own clan.
O'Brien was head of the O'Brien family, O'Neill of the O'Neill
family, and so with all of them. Henry VIII. will put an end
to this custom for the future, and accordingly he sends a notice
to the high chiefs of Ireland that he wants nothing but to make
peace with them, and that he will make great lords of them, and
that he will bestow upon them the lands of their clan, provided
they submit themselves to him. The chieftains reflected.
According to Irish customs at that time the land of the clan
did not belong to the chief, but to themselves and to him
jointly. He was their head, because they themselves appointed
him on condition that he would give them their rights. For
that reason they were free, and the chief would not dare to
* Bomeirhere on the coast of Wexford. The name is not now reoogniaable.
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c^iifiAti "oo Otitic 'ofot> m^^t IM An oife^'o cifc 4Cd f6iti 6um tu
A6C ir^AC AH 'Otis© r^o 'oo Ce^p An c-oCctfiA'O tlAiifif i a tfiinif-
c^i^t 5tic Wolsey. t)e-dt> An CAoife^c peAfOA niAt\ tft^igifcit^ ah
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f6in no 2Lfx>dCAi'6 SAfAnA lAftA eite 'nA lonAt) a t^ei-O iiitiAt 1
muinceAfOA X)o'n fiAgAtCAf.
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take their land from them, for they had as much right to that
land as he had.
But observe this law that Henry VIII. and his cunning
minister, Wolsey, devised. The chieftain would in future be
the master of each clan, instead of being, as he had been
hitherto, the head man of them. The business did not please
the clan at all, but it suited the chieftains thoroughly well, and
each of them thought for his own part that he and all who
came before him were worried and tired with fighting against
the English, and that it was time to put a stop the struggle.
And so it is that we read that the great chiefs of Ireland
traveled over to London to Henry in the year 1B41, and among
them Conn O'Neill ; and that the Bang was most generous and
hospitable and respectful towards them, and that he made earls
and lords of them according to their rank in life.
it was an ujilucky journey, for it parted every clan in Ire-
land from the custom they had had for ages — ^that is, making a
prince for themselves from among the clan, independently of
the King of England. Henceforward they will have to obey
this new Earl that the King has made for them, and if they
will not be obedient to him, the soldiers of England will be
sent to help the new Earl in order to repress the unruly tribe.
The new Earl, too, must needs mind himself, or England will
put up another Earl in his place who will be obedient and
friendly to the Government.
CHAPTER III.
GLOOM IN TIR-EOGHAIN.
It was no wonder that there was whispering in Tir-Eoghain
when the new Earl came back, whispering and shaking of
heads and a threatening handling of swords on this side and
that. *' This Conn is the first O'Neill who bent his knee to a
foreign King," said they, and they cast their eyes on Shane,
Conn's eldest son.
•• There is the making of a King in him," they said to each
other; " wait till he grows up. See that long, curly fair hair
on him, and those two fiery gray eyes he has. He is growing
fast. He is more than six feet in height already. Look at him
closely; see how broad-shouldered, well-kniCand sinewy he is,
as straight as a spear, as fleet as a stag, as bold as the bull of
a herd. Shane shall be prince over us, and Henry the Eighth's
new Earl will have to take himself off."
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eite A|\ An mbtiA'OAin "oo t>i CO^Ainn (1552), aCc "oo tiomilin
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Conn O'Neill heard the whispering, and it troubled him. He
heard men talking together, with daggers (lit an ed^) in
their looks. " He prefers the bastard son, Matthew, the dark
man, to Shane, his own lawful son, whom his lady gave him —
the noblest woman in Ireland, too ! "
Shane's mother was a daughter of the Oeraldine, the Earl
of Kildare, the most powerful man in Ireland.
Henry VIII. asked Conn to name his heir. "Matthew,"
said Conn, and Matthew was made Baron Dungannon forth-
with. " / must get my right," said Shane. Conn O'Neill saw
the flash in his son's eyes; he saw the suUenness of the clan.
*' Shane shall be my heir," said he at last, after a great deal
of persuasion.
Matthew asked assistance from England, and he got it imme-
diately, for the foreigners liked the excuse to put the family
of O'Neill to worrying each other. Word was sent at once to
Conn O'Neill in order to get satisfaction out of him for
displacing Matthew, but he would not go back on his promise to
Shane, and he was thrown into prison in Dublin.
CHAPTER IV-
THB EDGB OF THB SWOSD.
Shane the Proud started up and called to his people to rise
out and release his father. Nothing pleased the English better.
An army was sent northward to Ulster to bring this foolish
young man to discipline, but he came upon them suddenly from
the West and rushed right through them, and they were knock-
ing the heels off each other in flying from him. Another army
was prepared the next year (1652), but Shane drove it before
him like a flock of goats. There was a man opposing the
English this time. They released Conn O'Neill in order to
make peace, but it was little good. Shane the Proud had
tasted blood.
" Somebody must check this proud, arrogant man," said the
Lord Deputy from England, and he put in order and pre-
pared a strong body of men. Their visit to the North was in
vain, for Shane used to meet them in a place where they did
not expect him ; he used to startle them and inflict damage on
them, and he would go off bold and domineering.
Matthew gathered together a body of the clan, for some of
them continued under his flag, and he started to help the
foreigners, but Shane stole upon them in the middle of the
mght, and he routed Matthew speedily. "Let us build a
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'fA ti--Aic r\S6 f-AiO coinne leif, l>4Xitiei\'0 f6 geic AfOA, l>AineAt>
ti-AiUS m-dcu 'Ofe^m "oe'ri cjteiO, mAft "00 teAti ctti'o aca iriL
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350 ZApAit). " 'O^AiipAm 'OAinse-dti t mbftAtpeiftr'oe turn a
finAcicuiSte," A-oeif ^n tti'oi|te "UittiAm t)|MbAfon. Ufif SeAg^ti
ifce-dC ojttA iTif An "oiiti ne-diti-CfioCnuiSte iJ*© 1 "oo tfiitt f* a
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fieA'OAf ted A|t n-Aif 50 toAite-AtA-ctiAC.
teiseA-b "06 A|\ peAt> Ceitfte mbtiA-bAii 'tiA "biAi-O fii-o (1664-8),
aCc nf itAiO Aon fronn fUAiitintf Aft SeAg^n An 'OlomAif. CiaitfimS
r^ 5«t* te n-A finnfeAjt cijige tltA-O. tofo-O Ati tAifi tAi'oif 1
tl-tlA6'OAt|t, A-Oetf f^ teif f 6in. X)6aX^ f6 jtlACCAllAC A|t tlA CAOipS
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f6 f6iii 1 n-Aon Cof "06, a6c t^im An peAft ceinnceAC tjtfT), t "oo
b'^ijeAn "OO ttiAC tif UiAgAttAig l>eiC utfiAt *o6 feAfOA. tHoft
tfiA^t fin "oe 'OOftinAitt 1 "oOit ConAitU Tl! mO 'nA $6itt An
CtAnn '06ifinAitt 6 Att>Ainn "o'AiciS nA jteAnncA coif f Aiffge 1
n-Aoncitiaim, aCc Cug SeA$An a^ai-O o^Ca 50 t^i^i i'oi|t gAetiit 1
gAitt; niof eifiS teif 50 niAit inf An lAffVdCr "00 gnfti f6 Cum
ctAnnA cfUA'OA Citt ConAitt "oo tAt^Aijtc f A nA fiA$Ait, niAjt f>tteAb
CAt&AC 'OdftinAitt 1 5An fnof Ai^i *nA CAt>An ifc of'OCe Ag toAite-
AgAi-O-CAOin T bA beA5 nAf ifiitt f4 SeAgAn; "Oo tuic a tdn "o^A
Cui-o f eA|\ inf An f uA^At) obAnn iax), t "oo CAitt f 6 Ai^tm t CApAitt,
T 'nA meAfs a eAC cioifbub f6in. X>o b*6 An c-eA6 cogAi-O 0*0
An CApAtt bA b|teAS*6A 1 n-feiftinn. 1TlAC-An-fiotAi|t "oo cu^tAOi
«i|\te. piiAi^t SeAgAn Af n-Aif Afff !. tlfof Cuif An bAC ^x>
cofs Abf A-o teif An bf eAf gcuniAf aC n'oAn.
X)o tiaic triACu 1 nsttAfSAft ^ipn te cufo -oe ittuincif jSeAgAin
mf An mbtiA'dAin 1558, 1 "oo gni-O nA SAfAnAig lAf^ACc Af An
5Coif "oo Cuft 1 teiC SeAgAin p^m aCc 'oubAijic f6 nA6 ftdib Aon
bAinc Aige te bAf tflAcO 1 50 scAiCfi'oif beiC fAfCA teif An
bff eA5|M foin. puAif Conn n^itt bAf Af An mbtiA'OAin "OO b!
et)5Ainn. "Ua An bOCAft ffti-O x>o SeAgAn Anoif," A'oeitt Ati
cf eib ; " n\ bei-O lAj^tA niAj^ CeAnn ofAinn a CuitteA-O."
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stronghold in Belfast to keep him in order," said the Knight,
iSir William Brabazon. Shane broke in upon them in the
unfinished fort, and destroyed most of them. He broke in,
in the same way, upon another body of Brabazon's party near
Derry, and scattered them. It was no wonder that fear fell
upon the English, and that they fled back to Dublin.
They let him alone for four years after that (1B64-8), but
Shane the Proud had no desire for peace. He remembered that
Ulster had belonged to his ancestors. Let the strong hand be
uppermost, said he to himself. It would be necessary for the
other chiefs to submit to him. If he had been as clever as
Hugh O'Neill, he would have made bonds and friendship with
those haughty chiefs instead of forcing them to yield to him.
O'Eeilly, the new Earl of Breffny, said to him that he would
not submit to him in any case; but the fiery man leaped
through him (*.c., through his forces), and O'Reilly was obliged
to be humble towards him for the future. It was not so with
O'Donnell in Tir-Conaill, nor did the Clan Donal from Scot-
land yield, who inhabited the glens by the sea in Antrim ; but
Shane turned his face against them all, both Gaels and
foreigners. He did not succeed very well in the attempt he
made to bring the sturdy children of Tir-Conaill under his
rule, for Calvach O'Donnell sprang upon him secretly in his
tent at night at Balleegan (on tioch S willy), and he nearly
destroyed Shane. A great many of his nien fell in that sudden
rout, and he lost arms and horses, and among them his own
coal-black steed* That charger .was the finest horse in Ireland.
They called him the Son of the Eagle. Shane got him back
again. That check did not long hinder so powerful and in-
trepid a man.
Matthew fdl in some brawl with a few of Shane's people in
the year 1558, and the English tried to attribute the crime to
Shane himself ; but he said he had nothing to do with Matthew's
death, and that they would have to be satisfied with that
answer. Conn O'Neill died the following year (1669)*
•* The road is clear for Shane now," said the clan; " we will
have no earl for a head over us any more."
CHAPTER V.
O'NEILL OF TJLSTEB.
Out with you to th^ top of TuUahogue, Shane the Proudl
The royal flagstone is there, waiting for you to plant your right
foot upon it, as your ancestors the longs did before you! Aiid
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CAit>. 5j
n6lU xAaXh
An teAC tifoSA6t>A Ann as peiCeAtfi teAC te-o* Coif "oeif -oo Ot]Atat>
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feAf Aiifi SeilS^n Tl^tt Af CutACd^y A^tif -oo rineA-O fU&c OAn
t>f|ieAC Ctti^e tnAfi COihA^tA coCtt&im ci^tc "d'A tfei1>; t>iiAiteAt>
ctOcA Sf^AfDA Af A ftinneAnAiD cumA^AtA -j cdCOilpit Af a Ce^nn.
CditeAt> ftip^t) A Coife pA\i uAft A $uAtAinn. CAf At> mite ctAi'O-
eAifi 6f cionn ceAnn i 'oOifiSeAt^ mAC AttA nA ^ceAnncAf te
ftiAitn-$tOfi mite fSOfnAC — " H^tt At)fl ! go mAi|tit> Af l>ptAit
A Co$A ! " 1)0 tAitmifi An St^iAn Ap CeAnnAigte 'OAtAtfiAit, tuif-
neAlflAlt tli tl^ltt, 1 t>0 6aifl coin tfl6|id A\i lAttAlO AtflAf CftdC AfDA
f6 niAfi CtiAtA'DAf tiAtpA|tcAi$ An ifiAccfpe 'f^ Coitt 1 s^im nA
li«eitice Afi An ^cnoc*
** X>o t>*on6ifiSe ttom Oeit Am' * Tl^itt tltAt> * 'nil Am* ff Af
Spilinn," AfifA /dot> Clf^ e6$Ain CAmAtt mAiC 'nA 'OiAit> fOt);
•'if m6 te ti-tltCAiS An Ainm *© Tl^itt* *nS 'CAerAf* te
HCffiAnAig/' Afif An f5iiiofX>6fi\ Moimtjoy.
CAit>. 6j
CAitteAt> triiliite, t>Ainfio$Ain ^AfAnA pA'n Am fo, t W eUf
*nA ti-ionA'o. Xyo t)* i An OeAn ifil-I^AnAtfiAit feo An 6^01*66 CtoiCe
T nA f5A|tCA6A pfAif An OeAn Da ffiO inncteACc te n-A tinn. X>o
ef om f! p6in t a jtiAgAtCAf UAiCt\eA6 Af Cuf ifceA6 Aft &eS%An;
Sydney "oo t)'Ainm "d'a peAf-ionAt) 1 n-6ifinn. jtuAif f^ tttAit>
50 T)0nx>eAt5Ain *| Cuift p05|U Cum Seil$Ain ceACc 'nA SAOft;
niof tei5 SeA^An Aif guf CuAtAi-O f4 An pdsfA aCc C«ifi f*
cttitteAt> Cum Sydney ceACc Cum a ti$e *| Oeit 'nA AtAif\ bAif a'Oe
t>'iL 1I1AC 65. THoft "OiOtCAi^ An peAtt-ionA'o "oO 1 "oo feAfAiiti f6
teif An mAC. " U-Aim-fe Am' H6itt 1 n-tltA-d te coit nA c^eiOe
feo," A^tf A SeAgAn. " HI teAf 'oiiiSeAnn uAim cdtfijtAC te SAf AnA
mA teisteAf "oom, aCc mS ciiit\CeAt\ o^m, bfo-O ofAil> f6in." t>i
Sydpey ^rif^A teif pn -j i>f fio^c^m Af fe^'O cAmAivt 1 n-tltA'O
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Shane O'Neill stood on Tullahogue, and a straight, white wand
was handed to him as a symbol of his true balance of justice to
his clan; an embroidered cloak was put over his powerful
shoulders, and a helmet on his head. His shoe was thrown
behind him over his shoulder. A thousand swords were waved
overhead, and the echoes of the whole district were awakened
with the sound of voices from a thousand throats — " O'Neill
for ever! Mav our Prince live to enjoy his election!" The
sun shone on the handsome, bright features of O'Neill, 8tnd the
great hounds in their leashes bayed as if they heard the howl
of the wolf in the forest and the cry of the fawn on the hill.
" I would think it a greater honour to be * O'Neill of Ulster '
than to be King of Spain," said Hugh of Tir-Eoghain a good
while after. The name * O'Neill ' is greater in the eyes of
Ulstermen than ' CsBsar ' was to the Bomans," said the exter-
minator Mountjoy.
CHAPTER VI.
'*JX>NAL IS BBOTHEB TO TADHG."
Mary, Queen of England, died about this time, and Elizabeth
was Queen in her stead. This unwomanly wometn, with the
heart of stone and the bowels of brass, was the cleverest woman
of her time. She and her Gh)vemment began at once to inter-
fere with Shane. Sydney was the name of her Deputy in Ire-
land. He proceeded northwards to Dundalk, and sent notice
to Shane to come to him. Shane did not pretend to have
heard the notice, but he sent an invitation to Sydney to come
to his house and be godfather to his infant son. The Deputy
did not refuse him, and he stood for his son. " I am O'Neill
of Ulster by the will of this clan," said Shane. '* I do not
want any fighting with England if I am let alone, but if they
provoke me, let them take the consequences." Sydney was
satisfied with that, and there was peace in Ulster for awhile,
until Sussex came as Deputy to Ireland. '* I shall have no
peace," said he, " till O'Neill is overthrown," and he prepared
and fitted out an army for the purpose. This Sussex was a
false, cruel, cunning man, but he was not so clear-headed as
Sydney. Calvach O'Donnell assisted him, and also the
Scottish O'Donnells in Antrim. Shane the Proud complained
that they were annoying him without cause. His province
was prospering in wealth and well-doing. Let a messenger
oome from l^hzabeth and he would see, Elizabeth took no
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tei5 ff •o'il peAt^-iotiAt) gtuAifeACc CtiAi-O 50 ii- ^|\'o-Tn aCa inf
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An sAif-cAtA tiATfinAC Hx) — " tAtfi "oeAfs AbO i " 'nA jctuAf Aib.*
innfeAnn Sussex f^in te cfA-O cfoi'Oe An fAon-tnA-OniA "00
ctiif eA-O Aif . — " til fAib f4 1 mif neA6 Aon 6if eAnnAig fiAifi f (5f
f eAf Atti Am' AgAi-O-f e, aCc f 6aC in-oiu H6itt feo t gAn Aije aCz
A teAt n-oifeA-o feAf tiom, A5 bfOfiCAt) ifceA6 Af mo Afm bfeAg
Af rfiACAife f 61*6 teAtAn. "Oo gui'Ofinn Cum T)6 f Aitt "o'f AgAit Aif
*nA teiC^it) -d'Aic 5An coitt 1 ngioffACc Cff m!te t>6 te f^At "00
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Aici-o -oom' Afm bed 1 n-«Aif An Ctoig, i if beAj nAf fCfAC fd.me
f6m T An etiit) eite AmA6 teif Af "OAinseAn ^ifomACA."
tH 6f omf At) Sussex Af tff GogAin "oo efeACA-O 50 f(5it A|^f.
CtJtf An bfifteAC fl-o fSAnnf A-O oftA 1 tfln-ouin t "o'lAff eUf a|1
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notice of what he said, but she allowed her Deputy to go north
to Armagh in the year 1661.
Shane rushed suddenly into Tir-Conaill before they expected
him, and he carried off old Calvach O'Donnell and his young
wife— that woman who left the stain on his name. This sudden
feat of arms dismayed the Tir-Conaill men, and Sussex
scratched his head with vexation. Shane turned southward,
as if he were about to make an attack on Dublin. The ** Son
of the Eagle" was under him, and Shane was not to be
trusted on the back of that horse at the head of an active body
of Ulstermen. Sussex did not know how great was the
energetic force of Shane. At last he thought he had Shane in
his grip, and he laid a trap for him. He sent a thousand men
into Tir-Eoghain to plunder and ravage, and he himself
remained near Armagh waiting for Shane. The thousand iiien
collected hundreds of black cows, of white sheep, and horses,
and they were returning, much elated. " See the * Son of the
Eagle ' ! " said one of them; " Shane the Proud is upon us ! "
Shane had only a hundred and twenty horsemen and two
hundred foot in the place, but they were warriors who dealt
loud-resounding blows. Heads and feet were in heaps upon
that field at the end of an hour, and the little remnant,
wounded and torn, were flying to Armagh, the keen-edged axes
cutting and slaughtering them, and that terrifying war-cry,
" tAfft -oeA^is ^^^ '" in their ears. Sussex himself tells with
sorrow of heart the utter rout that was inflicted on him*: —
" No Irishman ever before had the courage to stand against
me; but see this O'Neill to-day, and he having only half as
many men as I, bursting in upon my flne army on a smooth,
wide plain. I would pray to God to get a chance at him in
such a place, without a wood within three miles of him to
give shelter to his men. My shame ! He was like not to have
left a creature of my army alive in one hour, and it wanted
• little but he would have dragged me and the rest out of the
fortress of Armagh."
Sussex would not attempt to plunder Tir-Eoghain again for
awhile. That defeat terrified them in London, and Elizabeth
asked the Earl of Kildare, a relative of Shane the Proud, to
make peace. She sent a message of pardon to Shane, and an
invitation to come to London to speak with her. " I will not
stir a foot," said Shane, '* till the English army takes the road
out of Ulster." " Be it so," said Elizabeth.
* In all caaeB where qaotations from English writers have bee • trauslatod into Irish
by Conin niAot, such quotations hsTe b^ re-translated into English, and there*
ton differ slightly in form, thongh not in tense, from the English originsls.— Epv
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When Sussex had failed, he thought he would put his cunning
in treachery to account. His own letter to Elizabeth exists as
a witness to the treachery. In the month of August, 1561, he
writes to that Queen that he had offered land to the value of a
hundred marks a year to Orey Niall, O'Neiirs house-steward,
on condition that he should kill that prince. '' I showed him
how he should escape after the act," said he. We do not know
whether Grey Mall was in earnest, but in any case we do not
hear that he made any attempt to murder Shane.
CHAPTEB Vn.
SHANE THE PBOUD IN LONDON.
The Earl of Eildare made peace between O'Neill and
England, for O'Neill had a great regard for him, and they both
traveled over to London at the end of the year, taking a guard
of gallowglasses with them.
It was said to Shane that he would never come back, because
Elizabeth had the axe and the block in readiness for him; but
he had confidence in his own keen and ready tongue, and he
thought that he had never failed in any difficulty.
Elizabeth was a vain woman. She was handsome; she had
red hair and gray eyes, and she wore the most beautiful and the
most expensive clothes, and she had more than enough of them
to decorate herself many times in the day. She was like a
peacock to look at; but she had the heart of a wild beast,
without pity or compassion, and more intellect and mind than
any other woman in the world. " Will you speak English to
her," said somebody to Shane. "Indeed I will not," said he;
" for that rugged, ugly language would sprain my jaw."
Shane had French and Spanish and Latin as well as his own
sweet musical tongue. Elizabeth was a linguist too, and it is
said that Shane outdid her in French, and that she refused
to converse with him in that language.
On Little Christmas Day, in the year 1662, he walked into the
royal room of Elizabeth. There were valiant men of six feet
and more around her, especialljr young Herbert; but it was
seen at once that they were but insignificant men beside Shane
the Proud. English history ^ives an account of his visit and
of his appearance. "He had a yellowish-red mantle of fine
material nowing down behind him to the ground, and light red
hair, crisp and curly, falling over his shoulders to the middle
of his back; he had wild gray eyes that looked out at you as
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bright as sunbeams; a well-knit, active frame, and haughty
features." There were hundreds of people trying to get a sight
of himself and of his gallowglasses. This account says that these
latter were bare-headed, with fair heads of hair, wearing shirts
of mail from the neck to the knee, each man having a wolf-
skin across his shoulders and a sharp battle-axe in his hand.
One would not trust the consequences of provoking the like of
those fellows. It is probable that they were in the fight at
Armagh. " Make your obeisance ! " said Shane in a sonorous
voice, and the word was not out of his mouth when the gallow-
glasses were on one knee. He stood close to the throne where
Elizabeth sat, dressed like a peacock; he bent his head, he
bent his knee, and then he stood up as straight as a rod. He
and Elizabeth looked at each other between the eyes. She
spoke to him in Latin, and he answered her in sweet-sounding
words. He praised her greatness, and he said that her beauty
and her form dazzled him, for he had a smooth tongue with
women. Elizabeth's eye had never rested on a man like him,
and she liked to hear him flattering her. She showed him,
in spite of her advisers, that he pleased her, though those same
advisers were ready to shed his blood. They said to themselves
that they had a grip of him now or never; and although they
had agreed to the condition that no one should molest him
on his journey, they thought, as was their custom, to close
the lock upon him. " Ye intend to break the conditions," said
Shane boldly. " You will be allowed to go back some time," said
Cecil to him; " but there is no particular time decided upon in
that agreement." "They have deceived me," said Shane to
himself, and he walked into the presence of Elizabeth and
demanded her protection. ** They will not dare to do you any
injury," said she to him; " but you will have to remain with
us for a while." There is no knowing how Shane persuaded
her. She liked him to be about her, and it is supposed that
she had a kind of animal affection for him, and every reader
is surprised that she let him go away from her at last on his
promising that he would ol^y herself alone, and that her
Deputy in Ireland should have nothing to do with him- It is
said that she was afraid also that if he were put in fetters the
O'Neills would make Turlough Luineach O'Neill prince in his
stead, and she preferred Shane to him. Sussex was gnawing
his tongue with rage because they had not taken Shane's head
from his body in London, and he sent word to Elizabeth that
it was spread abroad through Ireland that Shane had deceived
her, great as was her intelligence, and that she had made him
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PART OF A PROCLAMATION CONCERNING
SHANF. THE PROUD
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'Shane Oe Proud. 3861
King over Ulster. He asked her permission to decoy Shane
to Dublin in order to get a grip of him; but Shane was too
suspicious, and he did not go near Dublin, although Sussex
promised him his sister for a wife if he only went to see her.
CHAPTER Vm.
POISON Aim BLOOD.
In the year after that (1563) Sussex began to interfere with
Shane, and to make mischief between him and Elizabeth.
Shane's old enemies, the Tir-Conaill men and the Scots of
Antrim, assisted Sussex, and the latter went north to Ulster
in the April of 1563 ; but if he did go, Shane made a football
of himself and his army, and Sussex was very thankful that
he was able to fly with his life. Elizabeth wrote to Sussex
to make peace with Shane, for it was no use for him to be
attacking him.
Sussex did as Elizabeth bade him, and at the same time he
sent a gift of peace to Shane — a cargo of wine mixed with
poison. Shane and his household drai& some of the wine, and
he was like to have become a corpse. He was fighting with
death for two days, and when he recovered it was not surprising
that he was in a red flame of rage, and that he prepared his
troop for war. Elizabeth pretended that she was furious about
this act of treachery, and she promised that she would give
him satisfaction if he would only keep quiet. She recalled
Sussex. She pretended it was to satisfy Shane, but the cause
of complaint that she had against Sussex was that he had
failed. She tied the bonds of (pretended) peace and friendship
with Shane again, and he was really King over Ulster now,
and they let him alone. But for all that his hatred of the
stranger was as keen as ever. As a sign of it he built a
castle on the shore of Lough Neagh. He was a wittily-spoken
man, and he thought that the English would not enjoy the
sight of that castle, and he christened it "The Hate of the
Strangers." It is said that he thought at that time of taking
to himself the kingdom of Ireland, and of clearing the English
out of it. But the Irish did not helj) him. He wrote to the
King of France to ask help from him. "If you lend me
six thousand men," he said, " I will drive the English out of
this country into the sea." He could have got ten times as
many as that in Ireland itself if they had been willing to rise
witih him, but they did not stir a foot.
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Co]\]\ui$eA'OA]\ cof.
CAlt)3 9:
iSth T)exvti5 Atoti !
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A fAlt> ACA 5ATI f pteA-OACAf X)6 f Olti: " "Oo tlUA'OniAfl AfK "D'AtAlf-
fe 6eAiiA 1 Af Sussex *iia teAnncA," A'ceift tia ii-xVtbAiiAig 'oAtiA.
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S^Ainuf niAC 'OdrhnAitt, 1 •oo C65 SeAgAn teif SoifiAifte totii-be.
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Shane tlie Proud. 3863
OHAPTEK IX.
If Ireland will not help us, still we must go forward. These
MacDonneUs in Antrim were helping the English from time to
time. These brave men were mercenary soldiers. They came
from Scotland on the invitation of Conn O'Neill and of his
father, and they settled in Antrim and in Dalriada (the present
counties Antrim and Down). Shane was not easy in his mind
as long as they were in the country. They submitted to him
and assisted him once, but he had no confidence in them. They
told him he had no control over them, and that there was no
necessity for them to help him except by their own free will.
Queen Elizabeth used covertly to encourage them. " Very well
so," said Shane to them. ''Get ye away home. I have no
further business of ye." But the Scotsmen assumed a
threatening attitude, and they said to him that they would
stay where they were without dependence on him. " We got
the better of your father before, and of Sussex besides," said
the bold Scots.
Shane the Proud threw his leg over his horse Mao-an-Fhiolar,
gathered his hosts around him, and broke in upon Antrim like
a wave of the sea. The Scots met him in Glenshesk, in fierce
bands, and a bloody battle was waged between them. There is
an old road behind the village of Cushendun, in CJounty
Antrim, and Shane the Proud galloped his coal-black horse
Mac-an-Fhiolar over the bodies of Scotsmen in it, and by the
middle of the day the MacDonneUs were stretched in rows
around him. Angus MacDonnell and seven hundred of his
men were killed, James MacDonnell was wounded and taken
prisoner, and Shane also took Somerled the Sallow (or Sorley
boy), the other chief over them. It would have been better
for them if they had taken his advice and gone off out of his
way, and it would have been better for himself too, for it was
the remnant of that company who treacherously killed him
two years later.
At this time he was only thirty-eight years of age, and
there was no man in Ireland of greater reputation and power
than he. The English pretended to be great friends with him.
They were very glad at first that he had routed the Clan
Donnell of Scotland, and they rejoiced with him. Shane
understood them right well. Not without reason was that
proverb made : '* An Englishman's laugh is a dog's grin "
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U.e.f a preparation for biting]. ''It is a good thing/' said
they, '' that the Clan Donnell are defeated, for we never knew
when they might help the Irish; but» for all that, O'Neill
will be too strong altogether now."
It is a pitjr he did not make friends with the chieftains of
Ireland at this time. Instead of that he began to force them
to submit to him, whether they liked it or not. '' The princes of
Connacht must give me their yearly tribute, as they used to
give it to the Kings of Ulster," said he. The CJonnachtmen
refused, and he rushed suddenly upon the lord of Clan Bickard,
the strongest man in Connacht, and despoiled him without
much trouble. He plundered Tir-Conaill in the same year
(1566), and fear fell upon England. Elizabeth incited
Maguire, Earl of Fermanagh, to rise against him; but the
Maguire was crushed as a millstone would crush a handful
of oats.
Sydney was Lord Justice (or Deputv) of Ireland again at
this time in place of Sussex, and he knew Shane well. He
sent a Government envoy, named Stukely, to him to ur^e upon
him that he should keep quiet. " Do not rise out agamst the
English, and you shall get whatever you want," said Stukely.
" They will make you Earl of Tir-Eoghain, if vou would like
that" Shane snorted, and he spoke defiantly. ^' That earldom
is a toy," said he. "Ye made an earl of MacCarthy in
Munster, and I have serving-boys and stable-men that are as
good men as he. Ye thought to han^ me when ye had a grip
of me. I have no trust in your promises. I did not ask peace
of the Queen, but she asked i. of mej and it is ye yourselves
that have broken it. I drove the English out of Newry and
out of Dundrum, and I will never let them come back.
O'Donnell will not dare to be prince again in Tir-Conaill, for
that place is mine henceforward. Let there be no doubt upon
you that Ulster is mine. My ancestors before me were kings
over it. I won it with my sword, and with my sword I will
keep it."
Though Sydney was a very brave, courageous man, his heart
was in his mouth when Stukely told him this conversation.
''If we do not make a great effort Ireland will be gone out
of our hand. O'Neill owns the whole of Ulster, and he must
be checked," said Sydney to Elizabeth. " Attack him at once,"
said she. She sent a troop of English over, and Sydney
collected men from every quarter of Ireland, English and Irish,
for there was many a chief who assisted him. Some of them
were sufi&ciently disinclined for the business; but they had to
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make themselves ready for the assistance of England, as they^
do at this day.
They are coming against you, Shane the Proud, horseman of
the sharp sword! Get ready Mao-an-Fhiolar, and arrangS
your little band of heroes. Ye have nothing but the strength
of your own arms, for there is no help nor succor for ye from
anyone outside.
The English districts about Dublin were called the Pale.
Into the Pale Shane leaped like a thunderstorm. He ravaged
and plundered it to the walls of Dublin. He made an attempt
upon the English in Dundalk, and he had a fight with Sydney
near that town. They were too much for Shane that time, and
with some difficulty they repulsed him; but he made havoc
among Sydney's troops before he moved off. Sydney continued
to press on. He went through Tir-Eoghain, and from that to
Tir-Conaill, in spite of Shane; but the latter followed him
every inch of the way, and little rest he gave him during the
journey. Never did he show better skill in tactics than at that
time. Sydney and his numerous army were harassed and
wearied by Shane's sudden attacks. He moved close up to
them near Derry and gave them battle. A tough fight it was,
for many men fell on both sides, and Shane thought the victory
was with him; but beware! See this company coming from
the West upon him — ^the stem Tir-Conaill men under
O'Donnell, who was always against him — and Shane was
defeated at last.
He fell back to the passes of Tir-Eoghain, growling at
Sydney. He was so fearless and so confident in himself, that
the foreigners were afraid to come near him, and they betook
themselves to Dublin again, having got very little by their
journey. " I will put the mark of my hand on them yet," said
Shane. " Not a creature of them would have gone back if it
were not for those villains in Tir-Conaill. There is a swarm
of bees there that are worrying and stinging me this long
while; but cut the ear off ma but I will smoke them out very
CHAPTEE X.
CLOtmS Am) DEATH.
Shane waspreparing himself secretly, and the English were
not asleep. Tney were secretly aiding O'Donnell, and spurring
him on against Shane. Hugh was the name of the O'Donnell
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new prince must needs do some act of valor at the beginning
of his reign, as was the custom with every prince at that time.
Hugh broke into Tir-Eoghain by order of the English, and
plundered the north-western part of. Shane the Proud turned
black and red with anger. By the champion-sword of Niall of
the Nine Hostages, O'Donnell shall pay for this raid !
You would see foot and horsemen traveling from every
quarter towards the great house of Benburb before sunrise, in
the beginning of May, in the year 1667. The great hounds
began to bay with excitement at the approach of the troops,
and to jump about and wag their tails, for they thought they
were to have a hunt, as usual. The red deer and the wolf
ran to hide themselves in the woods all around, for they too
thought, with the animal's instinct, that they were going to
be pursued.
O'Neill had no desire for hunting this time, for he was in a
hurry to subdue O'Donnell, and he and his host of three
thousand men struck out to the north-west. Superstitious
people would say that the jackdaws were screaming over the
house of Shane the Proud this morning, and that he did not
hear the music of the cuckoo nor the piping of the blackbird
to-day.
" Are they not bold, these Tir-Conaill fellows, and is it not a
great pity for them to be putting themselves in the way of their
death?" said he, when he saw O'Donnell and his little band
posted upon Ardingary, on the north side of Lough Swilly, in
Donegal.
The tide had ebbed out of the estuary, and O'Neill thought
that the sand in it was always dry. Not so with O'Donnell.
He knew that place well, and he chose it in order to protect
himself and his men from O'Neill, for the tide rises strongly
and suddenly there.
And see, struggling together, the race that came from the
two sons of Niall of the Nine Hostages — the Tir-Conaill men
from Conall Gulban, and the Tir-Eoghain men from Eoghen,
the man who broke his heart with sorrow after Conall when
that warrior was killed !
It is said that O'Neill had no wish to fight when he saw the
small army that O'Donnell had against him, and that he would
rather that they would have surrendered; but for all that he
arranged his men carefully, and he ordered them in companies
and troops across the inlet of the sea. O'Donnell made a furious
attack on the first party that got across and broke them up.
If they had not many men, they were all like wild cats. He did
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the same to the second brave file. ''We must put them out
of that/' said O'Neill, and he thrust himself at the head of a
detachment of horse; but O'Donnell's horsemen rushed out on
him from a hollow like a gale of wind, and great as was Shane
the Proud it was with difficulty that he was able to check him.
He looked around him. Some of his companies were mixed
up together, and some of them were separated from each other.
Shane did not understand the reason of the confusion till he
saw the tide rising and terror coming upon his men, and
O'Donnell with his band of heroes pressing upon them severely.
Shane's heart did not fail in that moment of distress, and he,
with his horsemen, began slaughtering savagely, and galloping
to and fro, calling upon his captains to put their men in orden
He tried to gather the army together himself in proper order,
but they had not room to turn, and some of them were up to
the knees in water and the tide flowing up all round them.
Most of them were inland men. A fresh panic fell on them
and they broke away.
Thirteen hundred of them were drowned or killed. It was
Shane the Proud's last battle, and the greatest disaster that
ever happened to him. As many as cross^ the terrible estuary
of the Swilly in safety fled away, and their prince rushed up
the side of the river to look for a ford, with a few horsemen.
A Tir-Conaill man of the name of Gallagher showed him a
ford in the river two miles from the battle-field, and Shane
O'Neill turned his back on Tir-Conaill, sweating, his tongue
and his palate as hot and dry as a coal of fire, and a lump in
his throat from trouble of mind.
O'Donnell and his good men were right merry, and they had
bonfires after the battle; but they did not know that they
were doing the work of the English — ^work which it had failed
those foreigners to do for fifteen years before that, though they
had lost thousands of men and two millions of money in the
attempt.
What will O'Neill of Ulster do now? The Book of the Four
Masters says that he was light in his head after the fight at
Ardingary, but that is only a turn of expression. That hero
was too high-minded and too strong of heart and of limb to fall
to blubbering and to groaning over the loss of one battle. He
was not forty years of age jret, and he always had the courage
of a lion. Some of his military officers begged him to yield
to the English, but that was not Shane's intention at all. He
released Somerled the Sallow (Sorley Boy), whom he had had
in captivity as a prisoner of war for two years, and sent him
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f Alf An pA-ft fUA'6 tfe coittciO end nA Cfi66A 50 "oed Af!f. X\i
Ctoiffi'O f tuAigce tff 66SAin "oo gAifCAtA nfof ni6, mAf cA fiCe
xMbAnA6 Af "OO cut A 5An pof "ouic 1 Pietce "o'a n^fio^At^ guf
tfiAfbuigif A n-AitfeA6A 1 mbfuigin S^^-^*^*^-^ CAife. pfeAb i-o*
fui-Oe 6'n mbdft) foin a SeASAin-An-t)!oniAif 1 f^AC "oia tiAf
•oloc mAf cA An cf teAj 1 n^ioffACc OftAig -oet)* "bf om tCAtAn.
XVguf UOgAnn An coifftitin Amuie Af Sfut nA ITlAOite, t
bfifCAnn nA connA bAnA Af An "DCfAiS te fUAim coif t)unAt>Ann
T)uinne, 1 ceAfbAnAnn nA "OAOine Annfut) CAfn ctoC 1 tos mAf a
t>fuit Se-AgAn-An-'OlomAif 'nA CcotA te bfeif Aguf cfi C€An
btiA-OAn;
" ScaCc mbtiA'OnA SeAfccACC cOic c^t)
tnite btiA'OAin If nf bf6cc,
Co bAf cSeA&in mic mic Cuinn
toi-OeCc Cfiofc m ccotAinn."
tO's Pierce teif An ceAnn -oo b'Aitne 1 nfiifinn t bAincA'O An
c-6a'oaC -oAof "oe Cof p •ofCeAnncA t» tl^itU fuAif Pierce a ififte
ptinc mAf "Ofot Af An ]sceAnn o'n mbAinfiogAin, 1 buAitcA'O An
ceAnn cAitifeA6 €iv Af bioff Af An finn "oo b^Aifoe Af CAifteAn
t>A1te-AtA-Ct14Cj
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as an esavoy to the Clan Donal in Scotland, to ask aid of them.
They promised it to him, and he and a guard of horsemen
appointed a place of meeting with them at Cnshendun, in
Antrim. They bowed to the ground before him, and prepared
a feast for him in a large tent. Another man came to the
place also, whose name was Pierce, a spy from Elizabeth, who
had heard what Shane was doing. There is no written
evidence to be found which proves that this Captain Pierce
gave blood-money to the Scots, but every author has a strong
suspicion of it.
Shane the Proud, your business is done.
Your very enemies say that your strong hand was ever as a
shield to the weak, and that there was not a robber nor an unruly
man in your territories during your time. They say, too, that
it was your custom not to sit down to your food until, as you
would say, Christ's poor, who gathered on your threshold,
had had their fill of the best meat. But there is an end to
your generosity and to your valiant deeds now, for the Scots
are eagerly whispering with Captain Pierce in the tent. You
will never again hear the baying of the pack, nor follow the
red deer through the nut-woods of the cantred for evermore.
The hosts of Tir-Eoghain will hear your battle-cry no more,
for there are twenty Scots behind you unknown to you, and
Pierce is nagging at them that you killed their fathers in the
battle of Qlenshesk. Spring to your feet from that table,
Shane the Proud, and look behind you, for the spear is within
an inch of your broad back.
And the curlew cries away out on the Moyle Water, and the
white waves break soundingly on the strand near Cushendun,
and the people there show a cairn of stones in a hollow, where
Shane the Proud sleeps these three hundred years and more.
** Seven years, sixty, five hundred
(And) a thousand years, it is no lie,
To the death of Shane the grandson of Conn
From the coming of Christ in the Body."
Pierce took away with him the most beautiful head in
Ireland, and they took the rich clothing from the headless body
of O'Neill. Pierce received his thousand pounds from the
Queen in payment for the head, and that beloved and lovely
head was stuck upon a spike on the highest battlement of
Dublin Castle,
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f 61*0 : " Ctoifim 5Uf AnA6AiUn to. If ni6f An c-ionsnA-O tiom,
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THE PRIAES' SERVANT MATT),
By James Dotlb. Translated by Ha&y Dotlb.
Thebe was a servant long ago at the friary, and there were
no bounds to the amount of work she used to be about doing.
It did not matter what was left undone, and perhaps it would
be without doing for a quarter, when the servant would be
asked to do it the answer she always had was, '' I was going
to do that myself." The friars at first thought the^ had a
verv diligent servant, and often they used to be praising the
girl, and boasting of her to other friars.
One day an old brother came to them from another
monastery, and when he heard the great praises of the friars'
servant, he said, " I'll find out if she is as good as she is said
to be."
"Whisper," said he to one of the brothers; "tell the girl
to come into the library, and when she is inside there, tell ner
she ought to wash the books."
" And why should I set her such a fool's job? She would
be angry, and perhaps she would leave us. It is not easy to
get a servant like her, I assure you."
" Do as I tell you," said the old friar.
He called the girl ; she was not long coming, and when she
came the old friar said to her, soft and smooth, "I am told
vou are a great girl. I wonder very much, Brigid, that you
have those books so long without washing."
" I was just now going to do that myself, father."
*• Oh you need not, Brigid," said the other brother, sharply.
From that day to this " the friars' servant girl " is applied
to any one who is always going to do the thing insteiBMi of
having it done.
THE GAD MABA, OR IN SEARCH OP ENGLISH.
By Jambs Dotus. Translated by Mabt Doyle.
A GOOD while ago now there lived people in a little island in
a remote part of Ireland and the^ had no language but Irish.
Because wealthy people used to visit the island now and again,
the poor people imagined that all they wanted was to have
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Ati ottei^n Anoir A^tif Afff CeAp ha •OAoine t)o6cA nA f Aili uAtA
aCc AH DeAt\tA 'o'tOgtuim Aguf 50 mbei'olf f Ait>tM|\ 50 -oeO. teAn-
Ann ATI ^AtAt^ c^A'onA nid|vdn 'OAoitie a eeApAnn niof m6 c6itte
Oeit ACA 'r\A bi A5 muincif Ati oiteAin;
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t)! 'fMOf ACA 50 fAili t)6AftA 1 n-6ifinn, acc euAlA'OAf 50 fAlli
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focAt, "Good-morrow," Aguf eeAp f6 50 fAib f4 1 n*Am
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•OeA^c, Aguf nuAif A tAinij f4 50 'oci p^it An CiocAig 1 n-Aice
nA pAiffge, fui-O f6 flof.
t)i nA ^ocAit 50 ci^uinn jAfCA Aije, t te tieA^tA 50 wbeA-O
f lAX) cAittce Aige, t>iot f 6 A5 f -At> mAf pAi-of !n " Good-morrow/*
" good-morrow," " good-morrow."
t)f An Aimpf ptiuC Aguf b! "p^it An CiocaiS bog. 50 ■oeiifiin,
b! fi 'nA c6in Af bojA-O, Ajuf, nuAif a b! An "peAf bo6c A5 •out
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cifim. ACc, mo C^eAC if mo tSf I bi An t)6AftA CAittce Aige.
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tfiumcif An oite-Ain, bfcoAf buAi'beAftA 50 teof , Agtif 'f 6 •oubAifc
5Ae "ouine aca teif -p^in 511 f mOf An CfUA$ nAC 6 pfiin a ctiifeA'O
50 t)Alte->&tA-CUAt.
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An C10CA1S A5«r b'f^i-oif 50 mb^A-O f6 te p>&SAit p6f .
t)o gtuAif feifeAf -De ifiumcif An oiteAin Anonn Af bAt) 50
•oci An t)c!f itiOif Agtif peAfx An t)6AftA te n-A scoif. teAfb-Ain
f6 "bdib c-A|\ CAitt f 6 An t)6AftA 1 tdf nA jT^ite.
Cf0mAt)Af 50 t6\^ At\ An AlC a tObAC AgUf A tAOfSA'O Agtlf
niofx X>^fAX)A -OOib A5 5Abi^it 'oo'n obAif feo nuAif -oo btiAit gA-o
mAfA teO.
" Sin 6 An pocAt," " Sin ^ An pocAt," Aff AceACCAijie An
t)6A|VtA, " SAX) tnAjU," " SA-O mAjlA,"
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The Qad Mara, or in Search of Bnglish. SStt
English and that they would be rich for ever. The same
ailment follows a good many who think they have much more
sense than had the people of the island.
But where was the English to be had ; that was now the
question. They knew there was English in Ireland, but they
had heard the best English in the world was in Dublin.
After much talk and discussion they fixed on one of them-
selves to be sent to Dublin in search of English.
The day the man was leaving you would think it was to
America he was going. The day was a holiday on the island.
The whole population of the island, young and old, came down
to Port Erinn, and the man was put across on the mainland in
the biggest boat on the island.
The English delegate bade them farewell, and proceeded on
his way to Dublin. After being a short time in the city he
had English, " Good morrow," two words, and he thou^t it
was time for him to be returning home. He was tired enough
from walking, and when he came as far as '' the Left-handed
Man's swamp," close to the sea, he sat down. He had the words
correctly, and lest he should lose them, he used to be repeating
them like a prayer — " Good morrow, good morrow."
The weather was wet and the swamp soft. Indeed it was a
regular quagmire; and when the poor man was crossing he
went bogging, and was near being drowned. He pulled himself
out some way and got to dry land. But, sorrow and
distraction, he had lost the English.
When he reached home, and when he told his tale to the
people of the island, they were troubled enough, and it is
what each said to himself, that it was a pity that it was not he
himself that was sent to Dublin.
But what was to be done now. The English was lost in
the swamp of the Left-handed Man, and maybe it would be
found yet.
Six of the islanders went over in a boat to the mainland,
and the " English " man with them. He showed them where
he lost the English in the middle of the swamp. They all set
to work to diff and shovel the place, and they were not long
at the work when they came upon a gad mara, or sea rod.
"That's the word, that's the wora," said the messenger,
"Gad mara, gad mara."
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flU'f ^pfi ftett QihAt T»Aoib 'f in6ti ^"'^ tetm,
mmuk T>cig tiom pubAt, mufiA t>nr ttotn fiabAt^
mmid t>ci5 tiom pabAt Afi mo pAi|ic-fe p6in.
CAini^ An CfAtndiiA ceiC, -] fin m^ p^f Af D^ncd t>|ieAS p6if, Aft
CdOit> An t>6CAify ^S^f niof o'fA'OA ^uf tuic mo Co'otA'O Ofm.
Asuf im* eo'OUL'6 ConnAipc m6 Aifting.
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n^e fAit> n)6 AjiiAffi f oiffie fed i n-Aon cTf CoftfiOit t6i» Of ff Cotfi
bfe^S pn. t)f bOitfe cdotA -oO-pOOAtCA aj -out cfi-o An cfi*
Aiuinn feO, A^uf -oo Of p-Aii^ceAnnA glAf a Aguf p 6Af t)05 uAitne,
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AJUf Of fPfOltteAC A5 ffel-OCA-O Alf, "DO tOlC A5«f "OO "OAtt fiJite
nA n-OAoine "oo Of Ag pOOAt Ann.
A5«f nfof Of A-OA 50 Of ACAi"0 mfe feAf O5 tutitiAtt tAit)if AmAC
|i6ffiAmy A5 5A0Ait An OOtAf mAf "oo Of m^ f 6in. A^uf ConnAic
m6 An c-O^AnAt f o A5 feAfAifi 50 mime Cum An f>u'OAif afm •00
Of x>*S f^i'oeA'O Af An m06CAf •oo Cuimitc 'o*A fuitiO. Ajuf "oo
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teif, Ajuf tujAf mo UAtti "Od 5«f C65 m6 Af a -Oil Coif Afff 6,
Aguf "DuOAifc m6 teif 50 fAiO f Oit A^Am nAC fAiO f6 sofcuigte.
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cuiSte 50 mOf, aCc 50 fAiO fAicCiof Aif nAC •ocuicfA'O f6 50
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An oi-OCe "OO CAiCoAffi AmuiS Af An mOOtAf pA'OAin pn,
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Aguf T>uOAifC me pn teif.
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te 'ouine Af bit in fAn cff feO An bOtAf fA^OAit. Cotfi ctoCAd
cnApAC cof fAC A3Uf AcA An bOtAf , CAiCp'O T>uine f AnAifiAinc Aif.
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3«7d
'AN ALLEGORY.
DotroLAS Htde, LL.D.
(Translated by Norma Bokthwick.)
Teie evening became hot, and I stretched back on a fine grassy
bank at the side of the road, and it was not long till I fell
asleep. And in my sleep I saw a vision.
I was walking, as I thought in my dream, in an nnknown
country, such that I was never before in any country like it,
it was so fine. There were narrow roads, very bad for walking,
running through this beautiful country, and there were green
fields and soft green grass, and every sort of flower that the
eye ever saw, growing on each side of the road. But the road
itself was crooked and uneven and stony, and there was a
dusty wind blowing on it that hurt and blinded the eyes of
the people that were walking in it.
And it was not long till I saw a young, active, strong man
out before me, going the same road as I was myself. And I
saw this young fellow standing often to rub out of his eyes the
dry dust that was being blown on the road. And the road was
so uneven and so stony that he fell now and again as he was
walking. And the last time that he fell he could not rise
until I came up to him, and I gave him my hand till I raised
him up on his feet again, and I said to him that I hoped he
was not hurt. He answered in sweet, pleasant-sounding words
that he was not much hurt, but that he was afraid he would
not come to the end of his journey that day, as the road was
so rough and so hard. And I asked him if he had far to go.
He said he had not far, but that he wished to go to a big
town, that was five miles out from us, before night came on
him, for he wanted to get something to eat and a bed, and
not to spend the night outside on that wild road.
And when I heard that there was wonder on me, for we had
two hours of the day yet before sunset, and it would be easy
for anybody who was so active and strong as that young man
to wal^ five miles in that time if he left the bad road, and
if he walked on the fine, smooth plain that was beside it; and
I said that to him.
*' Do not be surprised at me," says he, *' for it is impossible
for any person in this country to leave the road. As stony
and knotty and rugged as the road is, a person must stay on
it If he leaves the road to walk on the fine, smooth plaini.
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he will pay for it severely. There are guards on this road and
on every road in this country — ^great olack soldiers. It was
these soldiers who made every single road in this country, and
'tis bady they made them; but if a weary person leaves the
road to walk on the plain, they follow him with this black
guard, and they catch him and drive him before them till they
put him on the road again in spite of him."
" But," said I to the stranger, " there cazmot be so many
black soldiers on every road in the countiy as to repress and
overcome the people whd walk the roads like that. Are not
the people who walk the roads more numerous than this black
guard, and could not they get the upper hand of them, and
break in, in spite of them, upon that smooth, beautiful plain,
and not stay on this ugly, dusty road, full of holes? "
" They could do that certainly," said the stranger, " for there
are twenty strong men on the road against the one guardsman,
but the black guard have scattered a sort of enchantment in the
air over the roads, and the travelers think they are not
able to leave the roads, and after all the want and trouble and
miserv that comes on them in these awful, accursed roads,
they have not the heart nor the courage to leave them, and
probably that is on account of the enchantment that the black
fellows have scattered. But the most extraordinary of all
these things is that most of these soldiers are only imitation
soldiers; they are shadows without force or substance, but
the people who walk the roads think that they are flesh and
blood, and that they would wound anybody who would leave
the road with their weapons."
We walked forward together then, and it was not long till
we were so tired that we had to sit down on the road, and thirst
and fatigue oppressed us greatly. I said then to the young
man, '' I would not be so bad if I had a drink of water."
" There is a fine well of spring-water," said he, " at the foot
of a beautiful apple-tree, a quarter of a mile out before us, but
it is on the inner side of the ditch, in the plain, and it is not
lawful to go as far as it."
But the thirst troubled me so much that I said, "I must
drink out of it, if I were to be killed on the instant. Lead me
to this well." Fear came upon the young man, and he said,
" 'Tis my advice to you not to go there, but if you must, I will
not hinder you. I will leave your company when I come as
far as the well. Kill yourself, if you wish; but you shall
not kill me."
We rose then, and we walked together till we saw a great,
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beautiful tree rising out of the plain, about twenty perches in
from the road. I went up on the top of the ditch that was
at the side of the road, and I saw a pure, bright-looking well
of spring-water gushing out under the foot of the beautiful
high tree, and I saw white blossoms and little apples and half-
ripe apples and large, red, fully-ripe apples growing together
on that tree. But there was so much repression and terror
on the people of that country that nobody gathered as much as
one apple of them, and it was clear to me, by the long-growing
grass that was round about that lovely well, tiiat no person
came near it to drink. But when I saw that much, my heart
leaped within my breast, and I said aloud, " I will gather some
of those ai>ples, and I will drink my fill of that well, if it is
death that is in store for me."
And with that I rose in a high, light, active jump from the
top of the boundary ditch and in upon the smooth, beautiful
plain. And when the young fellow saw that, he gave a sigh,
for he thought it was my death I was seeking.
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black soldier arose, like a great, hideous monster, up out of the
long grass, and he took up a great sword to split my head, as
I thought. And I heard behind me the scream that the young
man on the road put out of him, with intense fear. No less than -
that was the fear that was on myself, for I had no weapon at
all to defend myself. But I stooped for a good big stone that
was under my foot, as big as my own fist, and I gave a choice
throw of that stone at the terrible soldier. The stone hit him,
as I thought, in the very middle of his forehead, and it went
out through his head, as if he were nothing but a shadow.
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were Hinn to me, but there was a shapeless thing there like a
wreath of mist, and that mist melted, and it dispersed into
the air, and there was nothing between myself and the well.
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unreal thing and a shadow, made by magic to frighten the
people from the well. I went to the water, and no other
thing hindered me. I bent down to the water and I drank my
fill of it, and in my opinion it was as good as wine. I pulled
a big red apple from the tree then and ate it, and it was as
sweet in my mouth as honey. When I saw that, I called to
the young man, and said to him ** to come in to me, for there
was nothing to prevent him." As soon as he perceived that,
he came in over the ditch himself, and he in ^reat fear, and
he made for the well. He drank his fill out of it, and he ate
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his fill of the apples, and we stretched back on the fine, soft
grass together, and began to talk. And I asked him the name
of that country; "for," said I to him, "it is the most extra-
ordinary cotintry of all there are in the world."
He began then to tell me the history of that country, and he
said, " This country is an island, and God created it out in
the great ocean on the western side of the world, the place
where the sun goes to his bed in the night. And it is the
most beautiful and the greenest and the freshest country of
all under the sun. And you say it is an extraordinary country,
but you do not know half its wonderfulness yet. And there
are three names on it — Banba and Fodhla and Ireland."
When I heard that I gave a jump, and I struck my head
against a branch of the tree, as I thought — and I awoke.
And when I opened my eyes, there I was lying on the ditch
at the side of the road, between Dublin and Bohamabreena,
and my friend Dermot *' Bin " was poking me in the ribs with a
stick.
" *Tis time for you to be going home," says he.
" Oro, Dermot," said I, " let me alone. No mother's son ever
saw the like of such a vision as I have seen." And with that
I told him my dream from beginning to end.
" Musha, man dear ! " said Dermot, when I was done, " and
your dream was true. A prophet and a poet you are," says he.
" How so? " said I. " Explain it to me."
" 'Tis on the soil of Ireland you were without any doubt,"
said Dermot, " but you were walking, as all Irishmen are
walking, on the roads which the English made with their own
laws and with their own fashions, and those are roads that a
Gael cannot walk on without stumbling and falling, without
trouble and distress. But if they leave the road of
Anglicisation and of English-speaking, and go in on their own
fine, grassy plain, they will not be walking hard all day long
like that poor Irishman you saw, to get a bed and a supper
at night, but they would go twice as far in half the time.
And that well of spring water that you saw, the well that
those black sentries would not let the people drink
from, don't you understand that that is the well of pure
Irish, and whatever Irishman drinks a drink out of
it, it is as wine in his mouth, strengthening him and
cooling him. And that black sentry that got up between you
and the apple-tree, that was the English Fashion, and when
you struck him he went out of sight, like a mist, for fashions
come like mist, and if a person defends himself from them they
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g[> away like mist again. And the white blossoms and the
apples that you saw on the beautiful tall tree, that is the
fruit that is growing on the Plain of Oaeldom, and if the
Gaels leave the roads on which the English put them, to go
back on their own land again — ^those apples which they did
not taste for two hundred years they shall gather them again
plentifully. And there is for you now, A Ctu\oi5ln, how /
interpret your dream," said he.
" My soul to God, Dermot," said I, " there isn't your like
of an interpreter on the soil of Ireland, and the nest dream
I have, 'tis to you I will come. You are better than Daniel.
Hurry now, and we will be going home."
TIM THE SMITH.
By JjJOB DoTLB. Translated by Mabt Dotlb.
Teh O'Bybne was a smith, and his forge was on the sidl» of
the road close to Giddagh Bridge, ten miles west of Killamey.
Tim was a good tradesman. There was not in his own
parish, nor maybe in Kerry, a man who could better shoe a
horse or put a board in a plow. But, for all that, Tim was
not without his own faults. It is probable that there never
came a fair or market day that Tim was not seen in the
streets of Killamey, and it was very seldom he came home in
the evening without being pretty merry, or perhaps drunk.
If any one would ask Tim on the morning of a fair, ''Are
you going to Killamey to-day, Tim?" the answer he would
get would be, " I don't know," or " Maybe I would " — at the
same time striking a blow of his hammer on the iron or on
the anvil, as much as if he were to say, ''It is much you
want knowledge" (How inquisitive you are).
When the fair day came, everyone who had business at
the forge knew that he had better stay at home if he wanted a
job done well. Many curious stories were through the parish
about Tim and his work on a fair morning: how he had
Sut a nail in the quick in a horse of Jack Liah, and how he
ored altogether wrong a board he was putting in a plow for
Daniel Breeiu
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" t)fof A5 An jceAfoCAin A5 f^A^Ainc An mb^A-O An SAbA uttAtfi
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" CuAtA 6 AS t^A-O 50 mb^A-O iA6Att Aif An c-Af At A Cup 50 Citt
Of 5tAn A -o'lAffAi-O beAgAn jtiAit."
"if mAi" tiom guf gAbAif ifceAC CugAm; t)iof A5 CAinc te
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CA01 A5 An ngAbA. Tl! bSi-O Aon'ne A5 ceACc Cuige in-oiu."
"Oo "CeAfs miCeAkt A p!opA, Aguf -o'lmtiS f 6 Aif a bAite.
TluAif "©'f A5 TTHCeAt An CeAfoCA, Aguf 6 nA fAib Aon n\ eite te
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•00 Cuif pitib A eeAnn ifceAC An "oofAf -^5 fA'O, " t)Ail 6 "Oia
Annfo. '
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Tim the Sm&h;^ 388S
There was a little farmer living close to the Giddagh whose
name was Michael Crone, but he was never called any other
than Mick of the Tricks. If Tricky Mick had any job at the
forge no day would satisfy him to go there but a fair day,
or a day on which he knew Tim woidd be going to Eillamey
or Eillorglin.
At this time the Killamey market was on a Saturday, and
there used to be a fair the first Monday of the month, as now.
One fair morning Mick was at the forge to get nose rings
for his pigs, and he saw that Tim had not much to do. " I
suppose, Tiin," says Mick, " you'll be at the fair? "
" Maybe I would," savs Tim. " James Tailor was telling me
he woidd be passing (east) about 11 o'clock, and if I liked
to go with him I might have a lift from him."
" If that is the case," says Mick, *' it is no use for me to
bring down my plow to put it in order."
" No, indeed ; I am without coal, and I must go for a little
coal and some iron."
When Tricky Mick was going home he turned into the house
of Phil Oge, a little farmer who lived close to Mick himself.
" Where were you, Mick? " says Phil.
''I was at the forge to see if the smith would be ready
to-morrow to put pins in my harrow. Tim was pressing me
to send to him to-day, as he had but little to do."
"Is he not going to Killamey?"
"I heard him say that he should send the donkey to
Eillorglin for a little coal."
" I am glad you came in to me. I was speaking to Tim
yesterday, and he told me he could not do anything to my
plow until next Wednesday. The time is slipping from me,
and with little done. I had better take my plow to him now,
as the smith has leisure. No one will be coming to him
to-day."
Mick lit his pipe and went on homa When Mick left the
forge, and since he had nothing else to do, Tim went in to
shave and clean himself for the fair. He was but half-shaved
when Phil struck his head in the door, saying, "God bless
all here."
**Qod and Mary bless you," says Tim, but not from his
heart, as he had a notion that Phil did not come without
business. " I suppose you're going to town."
"Indeed I am not; I have something else to do besides
street-walking," says Phil.
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cuAi^itn Aige nAfi tAini^ puib jAn gnd ; " if x>6tA 50 t^puitif Ag
•out -tff An Cfiidtt)."
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t^AiT) Au^im A^ An f AogAt f o, T Anoif bA-O ffiAiC tiom x>S 5cui|\feiL
mo C^aCda 1 'ocfeo "bAm. Cim nAC bftiit cu ^6-Sn6tAC."
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cA mAiUn 5UAit f a CftticAilt AjAm."
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tAib. " Ca-d zA te 'o^AnAtft Af "oo C^aCoa, a pitib ? "
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Aft ^nn-Aicin "oo SeAgAn S^Amtiif ," Aftf a An ^tf^;
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" t)i-f e A5 bAinc An cf eAn-etAif "oo'n C^aCoa ; b^A-o-fA Afi n-Aif
teif An gcftuAi-O 5An tfioilt."
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aCc "DO f 5011 cof m'Oif T) n'o6 nuAift a biof Ag cuf lAtvdinn Af ttoC
te SeA$An tDfCAC, Aguf b^i-O iaCaU o^tm cof n«A Cuf Ann. t)!of
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gUf A 'o'lA|\|VAl'0 teiC-fs^it "OO "b^AnAtft "oo W CaO^ jAbA, AgUf
b! A 6o6At A5 6ifSe.
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bfuit Aon fonn ofc m'obAift "oo "O^AnArfi. X)a'6 C6i|i 50 mb^A-b
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zS gAibne eite 'f^ pAjtf Oif -oe Cdtfi mAit teAC-f a."
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f 5Annt\0i|\ I bei|\ teAC -oo f eAn-C^ACoA p6 Aic if mAit teAC,\
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'' You'll be many a day beside the church, Phil."
"Even 80, I ought to do my best while in this world; and
now I would like you to put my plow in order for me. I see
you are not very busy."
"I am sorry, Phil; I cannot do anything to your plow
to-day. I have no coal, and I am obliged to go to Killamey
for it." o 6 J
" You need not trouble about that, I have a bag of coal in
the cart." ^
"Bad luck to you and your plow," says Tim, under his
teeth, " What has to be done to your plow, Phil? "
" It wants a board, to steel the sock, and to put it a little
in the sod. The point of the coulter wants a little steel, and
you must make a new bolt for the rack."
" I have no steel but one little scrap I promised to to put on a
furze spade for Jack James," says the smith.
"I have plenty of steel at home," says Phil. "You be
taking the old board off the plow and Til be back with the
steel without delay."
"I would like if I could to do your job to-day, but the
handle of my sledge split yesterday when I was putting tires
on a wheel for Jack Brack, and I must put a new handle on
it. I was going to bring home a handle from the fair."
Phil Oge was a cantankerous little man. He saw clearly
that it was trying to make excuses Tim the Smith was, and
his choler was rising.
"It is my opinion, Tim," says he at last," that you have
no intention of doing my work. One would think my money
would be as good as Tricky Mick's ; but I see that is not how
the case stands, and as my foot is on the road, there are other
smiths in the parish besides you."
"Do as you like; I'm not depending on your money, you
fright. Take your old plow to where you please," said the
smith.
" How well I am thanked, Tim, but I do think it would be
better for you to stay at home than to be puddle-trotting on
the streets of Killamey, spending your money and your health."
" You need not care a damn. It is not your money I am
spending, you mean little creature. Maybe 'tis not every smith
would be as easy with you as I have been, making shoes for
your * crock ' out of your gathering of old iron. Be off now.
and maybe you would pick up an old horseshoe on the road,"
and with that Tim shut the door.
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A^if pin^inn UAim-f e."
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bfuit Ca-Os fd-bui-OeAC 'Oiom-fA 1 "OCAoib ceACc Annfo, Aguf
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ni6f nA fAgf-A-f A ceAit-oCA tAi-bg Cun ceACc Cun mo CeAit-otAn-f a."
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teAC munA mb^A'b Aon '^a^a eite Af fo 50 cAtAi^t Co|\cAiSe nA
f AigeAt) CA-bg Ha t)foin Aon ni te 'o^AnAtfi uAim-fe."
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CAite A5 "out Af fsoit ntiAif "oo b! GogAn 'n-A pfincifeAC A5 a
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bfo'OAf 50 t6if 50 YiAn-uAi^neAC nuAif "o'f A5 f6 CA-bg Ha t)foin.
t)A tft6 An c-uAigneAf "oo bi Af tleitti big a' gAbA 'nA Af Aon'ne
eite nuAif •o'lmCig CogAn, Aguf CAOin fi 50 fuigeA6 'nA "biAi-b.
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mAtAf 'fi Tleitti bi mAf beAn-cige A5 Ua-Os, Aguf ni mif -oe a f A-O
50 fAib fi 'n-A mnAOi-cige tfiAit. Tli fAib Af pobAt nA CuAiCe
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Phil continued on his way till he came to the forge of
Ard-a-Clugeen. The smith at Ard-a-Clugeen was a young
man who had been a good while ago an apprentice with Tim
the Smith. Since he left Tim he spent part of his time in
Cork, and a year or two in Scotland. A sensible young man
was he, and a good tradesman. Owen O'Leary was his name.
He had not much welcome for Phil when he saw him coming,
and he had less for him when Phil told him of the row between
himself and the old smith. The young smith told Phil that
he was afraid he would have no time to do an3rthing to his
plow until the end of the week. He did not like to refuse
Phil, but he was hoping that Phil would not be satisfied to
wait so long, and that he would be taking his plow back to
Tim, or to some other smith, but it was all in vain.
"I'll leave my plow here," says Phil, "if I had to wait
for it till this day fortnight; and after the abusive language
I got to-day from Tim the Smith, from this day forward there
is no chance of his ever again receiving a penny from me."
" Now, Phil," says Owen, " you know very well Tim is not
too thankful to me for coming here, and I am but telling the
truth when I say that I would much rather you did not leave
Tim's forge to come to mine."
" It is the truth which should thrive ('Tis in the truth the
luck ought to be)," says Phil; "but I tell jou, that if there
was not another smith from this to the city of Cork, Tim
O'Byme would get nothing to do from me."
Owen O'Leary had his own reasons. The only family Tim
the Smith had was a daughter. She was but a little girl going
to school when Owen was an apprentice with her father. She
was very fond of Owen, and little wonder. He was an
affectionate, soft-natured boy. He would as soon be in the
midst of a pack of children, who would deafen you with
their noise, as with other lads like himself. On this account
there was not a child in the village who was not fond of the
young smith, and they were all very lonesome when he left
Tim O'Byme. The smith's little Nelly was more lonely than
anyone else when Owen went away, and she cried bitterly
after him.
Nelly grew up to be a pretty, graceful girl. Her mother died
when she was seventeen years of age, and from the death of
her mother Nelly was housekeeper to Tim, and it is not amiss
to say that she was a good housewife. There was not a man in
the Tuogh floc^ who had a prettier stocking than Nelly's
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*n-A $At)Ay Aguf 5Ati citoiceAiin fd-geAt ai|\, n! fAit> t^ine ah Cf A5-
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x>S mb^A-b fonn p6fCA uiffi, 50 mb^A-O S^Amuf C^&ittiOjtA niAft
CtiAYfiAin Ai^e.
t)f fei|\m beAg UAtifiAn A5 S6Amuf» a6c bA tfiinice 4 S^Amuf
^S '^n sceAffoCAin, A pfop 'n-A b^At Ai^e A^uf 6 A5 f6i'oeA'6
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fin niAit 50 te6f Anoif . Cil bf uit mo CAfAbAc I X\A bAC teif
^* fS^t-An. Anoif, A S^Amuify c-Aim uttAtfi."
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" tH'tim, A S^Amuif , 50 f 6itt ; b*f ^i-oif Af bAtV 50 fAgAinn
f 6in te coif ttl^if e Cf 6in, Aguf b^i-b a' c-Af At AgAinn."
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6 *r\S AfAitin ttl-Aife."
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f uifeA6 t^i. t)6Am 1 n-Am 50 te6f 1 gCitt ^if ne ; nl't puinn te
"O^AnAtfl A5Am-f A Af An AonAC."
" t)eAtA 'Otiine a Coit," Aff a S^Amuf, Aguf Af fifibAt te6;
TltiAif A blo'OAf cAmAtt beAg Af a' mbOCAf "oubAifu Ua-Os te
S^Amufy " Af buAit pitib O5 umAC ? "
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father, and thoug^h Tim was a smith, and without a very white
skin, still the priest's alb on Sunday morning was no whiter
than his Sunday shirt.
It is little wonder that when Owen O'Learv came home
he said to himself that he would have young Nelly for a wife;
and I think she was of the same mind; but such was not the
case with the old smith. He was in no hurry to make a match
for his daughter, for he knew very well he would be badly off
without Nelly; but in his own mind he wished, if she had a
notion of marrying, that he would have James Tailor for a
son-in-law.
James had a little farm of land; but James was oftener at
the forge, his pipe in his mouth, and he blowing the bellows
for the smith, or sledging for him when Tim would be steeling
a spade, or making £oes for horses, and like Tim himself he
was very fond of street-walking. He had three little tatters of
cows, and a couple of heifers that were lifting (ready to fall
with hunger) on the coming of March.
Phil had not long gone when James Tailor and his cart
were at the smith's door.
" Are you ready, Tim? " said James.
^' Fm near it," says TinL ** I have but to put on my shoes.
Hurry on, Nelly. That shoe is all right now. Where is my
cravat? Never mind the looking-glass. Now, James, I am
ready."
"Are you not coming, Nelly? '^
" I am not, James, yet awhile. Maybe by and by I would
go with Mary Crone, and we shall have the ass."
" You had better come with us. Bad as my horse is, he is
better than Mary's little donkey."
"Thank you, James. I promised Mary to wait for her.
We shall have time enough in Eillamey. I have not much to
do at the fair."
" Have your own way," says James, and away with them.
When they were a short time on the road Tim said to James,
"Did you meet Phil Oge?"
"No. Why?"
^^ He was here awhile ago with bisplow. I promised him
a week ago that I should to ready on Wednesday, but he would
not be content without coming to me this morning, and I after
letting Tricky Mick home because I had no c^. We had
every second word with each other until we were both angry,
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and I suppose he will not stop now until he reaches Owney
O'Leary's forge."
" Was Tricky Mick at the foige this morning? "
" Am I not after telling you that he was, to get something
done to his plow."
" ril bet/* says James, " that it is Mick put it into Phil's
head to come to you? "
" On my soul, and not putting anything bad on my soul, I
believe you are right, and if such is the case, I hope it won't
be long until Mick gets the reward of his good works. I told
Mick. himself I had no coal, and Phil had a little bag of coal
in the cart with him. Without doubt Mick is the root of the
mischief."
" I would not put it past him."
" I think myself he would not be happy if he were not
making mischief between neighbors," says Tim.
" 'Tis true for you. Did you hear what he did to Daniel
Roe? Daniel was going with a sock to the Cappagh forge,
when Tricky Mick overtook him as he was going for a rail
of turf to the bog."
" * Where are you going,' says Mick.
" ' I am going with this to the forge, to put it a little bit " in
the sod." We are plowing the little stony field, and it is very
hard to plow it with a sock a little out of the sod.'
" ' Pitch the sock into the cart and come in yourself. It is
a good thing to get the lift.'
"'Thank you, Mick; and maybe, as I am very short of
hands, you would leave the sock at the forge. Tell Tom to
put it just a little in the sod.'
" * I will do that and welcome,' says Mick, and Daniel turned
home. But what did the trickster do, but tell the smith to
put Daniel's sock a little more out of the sod, so that his plow
was far worse than before.
" Another day Mick was looking for a slaan over at Fortbee.
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sitting on a stool opposite the door putting a patch on his
shoe. As the day was sultry and James sweating, he took off
his wig and hung it on a hook behind the door. Mick lit his
pipe, and he was, as usual, going on with his pranks. After
half an hour or so he moved down near the door. He stayed
at the door a little while, with his hand on the half-door. He
looked at the hook, pretending that he was ashamed. * It is
how,' says he, ' Mary sent me over to see if I could get the
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loan of that thing (the wig) to set a hen hatching in it.'
James the Bald was mad ; he jumped up, but if he did Mick
was gone. James threw the hammer after him, but instead of
hitting Mick witii the hammer, he struck a big pot which his
wtfe had borrowed to dye wool in. Is Owen O^Leary a good
tradesman ? "
" How do I know ? " says Tim, and not sweetly ; " but I
don't think it is the excellence of his workmansnip that is
drawing the people to him ; his blarney, that coaxes. He has
always the slipping tongue. I would not mind had he set up
at Laune Bridge, or below at Meanus, but I do think it is a
shame for hmi to come and set up his forge so near to me as
it is now.**
CHAPTER II.
"People meet, but hills and mountains don't."
When the two reached Killarney they must have a drink
in James Breen's house in the new street, and it was not long
until they had another drop in Hen-street, where they meet
three otiiers with a thirst on them. Half the day was not
spent when the smith was tipsy enough.
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he half-drunk. Herself and the other girl were but a short
time doin^ their business. When they were ready to come home
Nelly dia her best to coax her father with her, but it was
useless trying to persuade him. Himself and James stayed in
town till nightfall, and until they were both drunk, or near it.
James Tailor had a gentle little horse. The road was good
and the ni^ht bright, and had the pair been satisfied with what
liiey had £nink when they left the town of Killamey thinffs
would have been well witn them, but they were not satisfi^.
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and when the smith was coming out of the cart he fell on the
flat of his back on the road, whfle at the same time something
caused the horse to move. The wheel passed over Tim's hand.
The poor man screamed so bitterly that the people ran out to
him, and when they saw him stretched on tne road they
thought his hand was broken, but it was not. It was a great
irmtter (it was fortunate) that the doctor w?is living close to
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little Spiddogue Bridge. He was at home. After looking at
the smith's hand the doctor said " there was no bone broken,
but it win be a while before you can handle a hammer, Tim."
*Twa8 true for him. The smith was three months without
doing anything, owing to his hand.
Next morning after the fair, and people coming to Tim's
forge, he was. troubled enough. He sent a messenger to the
Cappaeh smith, who was always very friendly with him, to
see if he would send his son to him for a week, until he had
time to provide some other man.
The answer the messenger got was that they were very busy
at Cappagh, but perhaps at the end of the week the young man
might be able to go for a day or two to help Tim. " The
little sooty sweep," says Tim, when he heard what his
friend said, " I know what is in his head, but it will go hard
with me or I'll be even with him."
When Owen O'Leary heard what had happened to Nelly's
father it was not long until he was at the smith's door. Tim
had not much welcome for him, but before he left the hearth
there was another side to the story. " I am sorry," says Owen,
" to see you as you are, with no one but yourself. Can I do
anything for you? "
" I don't know," says Tim. " I suppose you have plenty to
do yourself, and you will have more now since I am as I am.
''He that is down is trampled;
He that is up is toasted."
" You won't be long down, please God, and my hand and
word to you, I do not covet the taking of your work from you.
If you have no other smith yet, I will send my apprentice to
you without delay."
" Thank you," says Tim, putting out his sound hand and
firmly grasping the hand of Owen.
When the young smith was leaving Nelly caught him by
the hand, saying, "A thousand blessings on you. I was
thinking of you, but I feared that even if you did come
my father would be too surly with you, for I know very well
he was not too thankful to you."
" It is not much I can do, but I'll do my Dest, and you
know, Nelly, I would do much for your sake."
*' I am very grateful to you, Owen," says Nelly, and a blush
on her countenance.
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The younp smith went home. It was not long after his
departure when James Tailor came in. Nelly was at the door.
" How is yom* father, Nelly ? '*
"You know very well how he is, James. He is lying in
bed. I fear he will be there awhile yet. Go up to him ; 1 am
going for a can of water to the river."
James stayed a good while, and when he was gone Tim
called Nelly to bring him a drhik of cold water. "Sit on the
chair awhile, Nelly dear, I have something to say to you."
Nelly sat in the chair beside the bed, but without any notion
what was in his head.
" I am afraid I shall be a cripple, NeUy, in the end of my
life ; but I would not mind if I saw you m possession of your
own hearth. I suppose if you had it, I would get a comer from
you in it."
"I am content as I am," says Nelly, "and as to your beinff
a cripple, that is not how the case will be with you, with
God's help."
" Maybe so, Nelly, my dear ; but all the same, I wish I saw
you married."
" I have no notion of marrying, father, and, even if I had,
this is not the time to be thinking of it."
" I am getting into age, and it would be a great satisfaction
to my mind if you were in your own place. James Tailor
has a nice little farm, there is not a heavy rent on it, and I
know that there is not another girl in the parish he would
rather have for a wife than yourself."
"I am very thankful to James. It is not for want of a
housekeeper he will marry; his mother minds the cows, and
his sister spreads the manure on the potatoes. Is it a plow-
woman he wants now? "
Tim opened his eyes. He had no notion that his daughter
would not be ready to marry James. What she said took his
breath away, and he did not know what he had better say,
but after awhile he said —
" I thought, Nelly, that you and James were very friendly
with each other."
" We are, though I am not too thankful to him as to the
work of yesterday."
"How could be hel|) it?"
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" If he were at home attending to his own business, where
he ought to be, you would have come home with me, and you
would not be as you are to-day."
" You are too hard on poor James, Nelly. You see it is
often he comes to give me help when I am putting tires on
' wheels, or when I have other similar heavy work on hands."
" It would be much better for him to mind his little bit of
land. Have I not often heard from your own mouth, * He who
is a bad servant for himself is a good one for others '? "
" I little thought, Nelly, that you would not obey me."
" I would like to obey you, father ; but if there was but him
alone on the face of the earth, I would not be the partner of
James Tailor." With that Nelly left the room, and she cried
bitterly for awhile.
When James left the smith's house, he was satisfied
enough. He thought that he had nothing to do but to go and
bring home the lines in order to marry the smith's Nelly. He
was without tobacco, and he turned into John of the Lis to
buy a bit of tobacco.
" Is it true," said John of the Lis, " that the smith broke
his hand coming from Eollamey last night? "
"'Tisn't true and 'tisn't lying," said James. "His hand
isn't broken, but it is hurt so much that I am afraid it will
never be any use. The poor man is troubled enough, and the
thing that is troubling him most is Nelly to be unmarried."
" You'd better marry her yourself, James. It isn't possible
but Tim has a bit of money, and Nelly is a sensible girl."
" Maybe I would," said James, and went on home.
Next morning it was spread all over the parish that there
was a match made between James and the smith's daughter.
For a week after the injury to Tim's hand Owen and his
apprentice did the work of the two forges until Tim got a
young smith from Milltown. There were few days during the
week that Owen wasn't at Tim's forge, and a little time talking
to Tim himself, and maybe to Nelly.
When the other smith from Milltown came, Tim asked Owen
to come now and again when he had time; and he often came,
when the pair of them used to be one at each side of the fire.
They used to discuss many things while Nelly was about her
own business in the house. When Owen heard the news, that
a match was settled between Nelly and James Tailor, he was
surprised; but he said to himself, if that was the case, it
wasn't right for himself to be in and out so often at the forge
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house. A day or two passed in this way without Owen taking
a turn to the forge.
Says Tim to Nelly, " Did you see Owen to-day or yesterday? "
"I did not," says Nelly.
" I hope there's nothing wrong with him. He wasn't here
since 'ere yesterday. I don't know what's keeping him."
" I don't know," says she ; but she had a suspicion, for she
heard the tale of the match.
It is likely Owen wasn't very easy in his mind. He was
between hope and fear. He would like to take a turn over
to Tim's forge; but for all that, he was a little ashamed to
admit his trouble of mind. He was working hard, but it was
all the same to him whether idle or busy, he could'nt put Nelly's
marriage out of his head.
On the evening of the second day, when th^ day's work was
finished and the forge shut up, Owen went over across the
fields, and was going ahead until he came out on the road
close to the forge house. Nelly was at the door.
"How's your father, Nelly," says Owen.
" He's improving. Oome in. It isn't half an hour since he
was speaking of you. He was wondering you were so long
without dropping in to him."
" I won't be going in now, Nelly, I'm in a hurry."
" Is that Owen, Nelly? " says the smith.
" 'Tis, father."
"Why isn't he coming in?"
"He says he is in a hurry, father."
"Tell him to come in. I want him."
Owen walked in.
Says the smith, " Where have you been this week past? I
was going to send over a message to see what was wrong with
you."
"Oh, there wasn't a bit wrong with me, but that I was
very busy, and that I thought you would have other things
to bother you than for you to be thinking of me."
" Were my lame hand but better again, and, thank God, it
is going on well, there would be nothing troubling me."
" Indeed, your case is not a case of trouble, but the opposite,
and I hope the marriage will be prosperous," said Owen, with
a load at his heart.
"Why, then, what marriage? " said Tim the Smith.
" Are not Nelly and James Tailor to be married after Lent? "
" Ask Nelly if it is truth or falsehood."
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Aec 50 fAiO fiCe pOnc fpf^i-O Aicij
AttAi-diti—daafnetB.
itAbAtttii b6— miierable oow«.
Af cd^Ait— " lifting," not able to lift themwlTM owing to winter want^
5a6 An A feA-b or ^At pe feA^— eyery aeoond word, "one word borrowed
another. '
If ^eAitiiT) = If s^Afiti = If Eoitii'o — Boon, rery soon.
Afi m*AfiAin — by my sonl. The m ia aspirated.
pAip^Afi— dispensation from banns,
mutfite beA^ Aittgit)— a little lump of monegr* .
Zotc 'n^ 6tioi^6e — ^a load at his heart.
SeAii-sf o^A— an old, worthless horses
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Tim ihe SmUfu 3909
"Is it true, Nelly?"
" No, and it never will be," says Nelly, and out the door with
her.
For awhile neither of the pair spoke a word.
"Maybe, Tim," says Owen, "you*d give Nelly to me?"
"You'd better put that question to herself."
^ nd be did, and it is needless tc tell the answer he got from
Nelly.
The parish was laughing at James Tailor; but he got a little
Rtump from Glennagolagn, who wasn't too young, but who
had a fortune of twenty pounds.
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3910
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06 I fSfeA-OAim ofc Atioif, of ^ft),
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5aC ni-O OuAiL AnuAf Af mo 6otAinn f 6f,
A HIS nA gtOif e 'suf cAf ftAig m*AnAm;
* LUeraUy : O King, who art in Heaven and who createdst Adam, and
who payest regard to the sin of the apple, I scream to Thee again and
alond, for it is Thy grace that I hope for. I am in ace, and my bloom
has withered, many a day am I going astray, I have fallen into sin more
than nine fathoms (deep), bnt the graces are in the hands of the Lamb.
When I was yonng, evil were my accomplishments, great was my
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3911
RAFTERY'S REPENTANCE.
[From Douglas Hyde's edition of " Songs ascribed to Baftery/' page 856.]
O King of Heaven, who didst create
The man who ate of that sad tree,
To Thee I cry, oh turn Thy face.
Show heavenly grace this day to me.*
Though shed be now our bloom of youth.
And though in truth our sense be dull,
Though fallen in sin and shame I am.
Yet God the Lamb is merciful.
When I was young my ways were evil,
Caught by the devU I went astray ;
On sacred mornings I sought not Mass,
But I sought, alas ! to drink and play.
Married or single, grave or gay.
Each in her way was loved by me,
I shunned not the senses' sinful sway,
I shunned not the body's mastery.
From the sin of the apple, the crime of two,
Our virtues are few, our lusts run free.
For my riotous appetite Christ alone
From His mercy's throne can pardon me.
Ah, many a crime has indeed been mine,
But grant to me time to repent the whole,
SKIl torture my body and bruise it sorely.
Thou King of Glory, but save the soul.
delight in quarrels and rows. I greatly preferred playing or drinking
on a Sunday morning to going to Mass. I did not like better to sit
beside a young girl than by a married woman on a rambling-visit awhile.
To great oaths (I was) given, and lustf ulness and drunkenness, I did not
let (pass) me by. The sin of the apple, my destruction and my grief I
it 18 that which destroyed the world on account of two. Since gluttony
is a crime I am down (fallen) unless Jesus shall have mercy on my poor
soul.
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A ttAinfioSAin pAfftAif, mAtAift A*f mAiST)eAn;
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Cuifim cof Ainc m'AnAmA Af "oo tAiifi,
O C65 mo pAi^c, 'f b^i-O m€ f ao^u
♦ "Cmtn^fo" t gContiAirAib, 1 h-aic "coniAitice," .7. ■ottMOim.
It is on me, alas I that the great crimes are, but I shall reject them if
I live for a while (longer), beat down everything up<m my body yet, O
King of Glory, but save my soul. The day has stolen away, and I haye
not raised the hedge, until the crop in which Thou delightedst was
eaten. But, O High King of the Right, settle my case, and with the
flood of graces wet mine eye. It was by Thy graces Thou didst cleanse
Mary, and didst save David who made repentance, and Thou broafldbtest
Moses safe from drowning, and, O Merciful Christ, rescue me. Fer I
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The day is now passed, yet the fence not made,
The crop is betrayed, with its guardian by ;
O King of the Right, forgive my case.
With the tears of grace bedew mine eye.
In the flood of Thy grace was Mary laved,
And David was saved upon due repentance.
And Moses was brought through the drowning sea,
— O Christ, upon me pass gracious sentence.
For I am a sinner who set no store
By holy lore, by Christ or Mary;
I rushed my bark through the wildest sea.
With the sails set free, unwise, unwary.
O King of Glory, O Lord divine.
Who madest wine of the common water,
Who thousands hast fed with a little bread.
Must I be led to the pen of slaughter I
Jesus Christ— 4o the Father's will
Submissive still — ^who wast dead and buried,
1 place myself in Thy gracious hands
Ere to unknown lands my soul be feny'd.
Queen of Paradise, mother, maiden.
Mirror of graces, angel and saint,
1 lay my soul at thy feet, grief -laden.
And I make to Mary my humble plaint.
am a simier who never made a store, or (gave) great satiBfactioii to God
or to Mary, but, cause of my grief ! my crimes are before me, since I
sailed my scud (aliter score) upon the longest finger (i.e., put things off).
O King of Glory, who art full of grace, it was Thou who madest
beoir and wine of the water; with a little bread Thou didst provide
for the multitude, oh, attend to, help, aoid save me. O Jesus (Christ,
who didst suffer the passion and wast buried, because Thou wast hmnble.
I place the shelter of mv soul under Thy protection, and at the hour or
my death turn not Thy back upon me.
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50 T)ci An btiA-OAin A nxieAf nAi'O HeACcOitAiS An Aitfi$e;
♦ Alitor, ''If ctiAitte cop mS 1 n-^AXiAn |rAtt," G.
t =f Atttttge. Alitor, " Ap b|itiA6 iia vpL"
t Alitor, "bei^oA^ *tI ^ltA-6 Y a 6AiUfeA-6 a fiilih"; aUt«, •• l^t,"
alitor, ** fiub^t " ; a6c 'o^AtfiAi^ in6 ah tCnc te cothtvAim t>o ^fliAnAifi."
Qneen of Paradise, mother and maiden, mirror of graoes, angel and
saint, I place the protection of my soul in thy hand, O Mary, refuse me
not, and I shall be sared.
Now I am in age, and on the brink of the death, and short is the
time till I go into the gi'ound, but better is late than never, and I
appeal for kindness to (or perhaps, "* I poroolaim that I am on the side
of ") the King of the elements.
1 am a worthless wattle in a comer of a hedge, or I am like a boat
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Now since I am come to the brink of death
And my latest breath must soon be drawn.
May heaven, though late, be my aim and mark
From day till dark, and from dark till dawn.
I am left like a stick in a broken gap,
Or a helmless ship on a sunless shore.
Where the ruining billows pursue its track.
While the cliffs of death frown black before*
O Jesus Christ, who hast died for men.
And hast risen again without stain or spot,
Unto those who have sought it Thou showest the way,
Ah, why in my day have I sought it not 1
One thousand eight hundred years of the years,
And twenty and twelve, amid joys and fears,
Have passed since Christ burst hell's gates and defences.
To the year when Raf tery made this Repentance.
that has lost its rudder, that would be beaten in against a rock in the
ocean, and that would be ardrowniDg in the cold waves. O Jesus Christ,
who didst die on a Friday, and didst rise again as a faultless King, was
it not Thou who gavest me the way to make repentance, and was it
not little that I thought about Thee ? There first happened one
thousand and eight hundred (years), and twenty exactly, in addition to
twelve, from the time that Christ descended, who burst the gates, until
the year when Raftery made the '< Repentance/'
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(teif An ReA<^cu|^A<^.)
dfiSfbe ftiAf zA 'n cOfrA aj ceAfitiA-O Lit),
tofo-O ctoi'OeAtf) A*f f Le^S asuiO i t)F4\ot>A|t seu^t,-
If 5eAt\|\ tiAiO ATI C015, cA *ti 'o-AcA cAiCce,
ttlAfi f5it!ot> tiA tixVbft)Ait tiA nAoitti *f An Ct^ifi ;
C-d An CoinneAtt te mOCA-b tug tuiceif tAr^A teif,
Ate c^i-Oi-O Af t>u|\ n5t0nAit> A'f lAfivdit) AtCuin^e, .
gtil-Oi-O An ctlAn V b6i*6 An lA A5 nA CACotCAig, '
UA An tntiutfiAn Cfe tAf At) V An CtiOif •o'iL pt6l<):
UA 'n 'o4 Ctiuige muifiAn a|\ fitiGAt, 'f ni fCA-opAit)
50 leAStAf •061G 'OeACttlA'6 A'f c!of "OA f^if, -;3
*S 'oA -ocusf Ai-Oe -Odib congnAtft A'f 6if e ["oo] f CAf Atti
totiei-O' sAf-OAit) tA5 A'f 5AC beAfnA i^feit).
totieit)' jAllt Af A 5-COt, A'f 5An CCACC Af Alf ACA,
A5«f * OtvAnjemen ' bftjigce 1 gciiiitiAf* 5AC bAile 'jAinn
t)iteiCeAtfi A'f Jta^yt 1 'oceAC cOif ce aj nA CACotCAig*
SACfAnA niA|\b, 'f An CfOin a|\ StiAe-OeAl.
* S5f <oWa •* 11151666111 " 'f A" *^S. mAn tA%Aitice^]i frs-CofniAicAib 6.
t 'S 6 ** coifce" ATI c-AiT»tn ceAjic coi^6ionn a6c T)ei|t ah neA6cuiiA6 " Ju)iy " te
"cothA|tT)A," no coifi-fUAim, t>o -d^AiiAih te ••cut" Ajuf •* b^iuisce."
* Literally: Rise ye up, the course is drawing near to you, let ye have
sword and spear with sharp edge, not-far-off from you in the [mystic num-
ber] '* Five,'' the date is expired, as haye written the apostles, the saints,
and the clergy. The candle is to be quenched which Luther brought lit
with him, but go ye on your knees and ask a petition. Pray ye the
Lamb and the day shall be won bv the Catholics, Munster is on fire, and
Ciiis d4 pie— i.e., the cause is a-pleading.
+ This would make it appear that Raftery composed his sons in 1833
or 1834, since the tithe war did actually come to a successful issue in
1835, and in the same year Thomas Drummond inaugurated a new regime
at Dublin Castle.
t Pronounced " Koosh daw play," which means " the cause a-pleading."
§ The two provinces of Munstor are afoot, and will not stop till tithes
be oyerthrowu by them, and rents according, and if help were given
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THE "GUIS DA PLE.*
(Bt Ravibrt.)
(From " The Religious Songs of Connacht.")
Rise up and come, for the dawn is approaching,*
With sword, and with spear, and with weapon to slay,
For the hour foretold by the saints and apostles.
The time of the " FIVE "t is not far away.
We'll quench by degrees the light of the Luthems.
Down on your knees, let us pray for the Southerns,
God we shall please with the prayers of the Catholics,
Munster's afire and Cuis dl pl^.^
There's a fire afoot in the Munster provinces ; §
It's "down with the tithes and the rents we pay."||
When we are behind her, and Munster challenges,
The guards of England must fall away.
Though Orangemen grudge our lives, the fanatics,
We'll make them budge, we accept their challenges ;
We'll have jury and judge in the courts for Catholics,
And England come down in the Cuis d& pl6.
them and [we weie] to stand by Ir^and the [English] guards would be
feeble, and every gap [made] easy. The Galls (i.e., English) will be on
their back, without ever returning again, and the Orangemen bruised
in the borders of every town, a judge and a jury in the court-house for
the Catholics, England dead, and the crown on the Gael.
II From this verse it appears that some at least of the peasantry, even
at that early period, distinctly associated the struggle agamst tithes with
the idea of a possible struggle against rents. Very few appear to have
seen this at the time, though Dr. Hamilton, the collection of whose
tithes led to the sanguinary affair of Carrickshock, in Balkenny, where no
less than 28 of the police were killed and wounded, said to the sookes-
man of a deputation of the peasantry who waited on him, " I tell you
what it is, you are refusing to pay tithes now ; you will refuse to pay
rente by and by." To which the spokesman of the peasantry retorted,
" There is a great difference, sir, between tithes and rents ; we get some
value for the rents, we get the land anyway for them : but we get no
value at all for the tithes." The incredibly bitter feelings engendered
by the struggle at Carrickshock. in 1831, found vent m an English
ballad, founded on an Irish model, one verse of which I heard from my
friend Michael Cavanagh, of Washington, D.C., who was once private
secretary to John O'Mahony, and author of the " Life of Meagher," who
was himself " raised " in that neighbourhood. This verse struck me as
being so revoltingly savage and at the same time so good a specimen ot
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3918 'A" C^if "o'-A pUi-O:
t)6i'0 niAife 'guf bULC Aguf f4f A|t CttdtitiAiD,
SnujL'6 *5Uf ftiAf -Ajuf 'OfOec AH feuf:
feicp-O fit> pAn A'f neAtfi-Aft) Af StiACfAn-AiJ*,
^f nAtfiAi'o te pAn Agtif 16^5^*0 A'f leAf (1) o^ttvA;
CeinnceACA cnAifi Ann jaC Afo -Ag nA CACotCAig*,
'S t\At fin i s^n bfdt)A6 (?) An Ctiflif "d'A ptfifOa
>
If lom'OA f eAf bfe^S f aoi An cfAt f o ceilgte*
O CtiofCA 50 ti-1nnif *f 50 t)AiLe RoifCf^,
xVguf buACAitti'Oe bAnA te f An A5 imteA6c
O fivAiT) Crmie-CtiAinnig 50 " toAnc^ti t)A6.**
x\6c lomp^eAit) An cAfOA 'f b^i'O tAffi tfiAit A^inn-ne
SeAff Ai-O An ttiA'O Af CtAf nA ti-inii|tte,
t)A Of eicfinn-f e An |iAf a o ptio|tctAif5e 50 t)ioffA Vf^
Stieinnfinn 50 T>eiffiin An CtiOif "d'A pt^i-Os
♦ tdbAiti^eAtf An f ocAt fo inAf! '* ctic^e." if foc^t coir 6101111 1 gConiiAfccAib ^
If lOfinAnn **bl f6 rettgte " Agnf "ChuAi* bfeiteAihiiAf tiA cuifce 'ha aJai^.'*
Irish vowel-rh3nning, that it were a pity not to preseire it. It nma
thus, as well as I can remember it —
" Oh, wSio oould desire to see better sporting,
Than the peelers groping among the roacs,
With skulls all fractured, and eyeballs broken.
Their fine long noses and ears cut offt
Their roguish sergeant with heart so hardened,
May thank his heels that so nimbly ran,
But all that's past is but a token,
To what we'll show them at Sliere-na-man !**
It is worth mentioning that the Kilkenny peasants who made thii
desperate attack gave their words of command m Irish, and, no doubt,
felt that they were the " Gael " once more attacking the '' Gall."
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When Easter arrives we'll have mirth and revelry,*
Eating and drinking, and sport, and play,
Beautiful flowers, and trees, and foliage,
Dew on the grass through the live-long day.t
We'll set in amaze the Gall and the Sassenach,
Thronging the ways they will all fly back again,
Our fires shall blaze to the halls of the firmament.
Kindling the chorus of Cuis d& pl6.
QThere are many fine men at this moment a-pining
From Ennis to Cork, and the town of Roscrea,
And many a Whiteboy in terror a-flying
From the streets of Kilkenny to Bantry Bay.
But there's change on the cards and we'll now take a hand again,
Our trumps show large, let us play them manfully.
Boys, when ye charge them from Birr into Waterford,
It is I who shall lilt for you the Cuis di pl6. X
Joseph Sheridan Lefanu, almost the best of oar Anglo-LiBh novelists,
propheeied of the landlords who looked on quiescent daring the tithe
war: ''Never mind, their time will oome; rents will be attacked as
tithes are now, with the same machineiy and with like saccess." '' His
prophecy," says his brother, W. R. Lefana, "was laughed at/' Long
after, one who had heard him said to him, ** Well, Lefana, your rent
war hasn't oome." All he said was, " 'Twill oome, and soon, too," at
it did.
* By Easter we shall have revelry and company, drinking and playing,
and sport according ; there shall be beauty and blossom and growth on
trees, fairness and fineness and dew upon the grass. Ye shall see
f aliing-off and contempt on the Sassenachs, oar enemy precipitated, and
overthrow and defeat (P) upon them, bonfires in every art, (t.e., point of
the compass) for the Catholics, and is not that, and nothing over, the
C^ ^ pl^.
tThe Celtic imagination of this verse, and its "revolt against the
despotism of fact," is characteristic in the highest degree of the Irish
peasant.
} There is many a fine man at this time sentenced, from Cork to Ennis
and the town of Rosoreat and White Boys wandering, and departing from
the street of Kilkennv to Bantry Bay. But the cards shall torn, and
we shall have a good hand ; the tramp shall stand oia the board we play
at. If I were to see the race on ^hem [t.6.. them driven to fly] from
Waterford to Birr, I would sing you indeed the Ctiis di pl6.
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38S0 xVn tiH\r 'o'S 1pt€%X>:
C6ii6ii6e Af An ^cnoc Aguf s^cai$ t)u|i nsteuf,-
As ThA zS t\A BfAfA A'f O^i-O f 6 *n Oun ^cui'DeACcAy-
Dfo-O A^iD meif tiCAC, if bftei^S An fseiit 6.-
5n6t66Ai'0 pt> An VA Ann ^aC i^iitt) "oe SliACf AnAi$',
t^uAitiyy An cUlf 'f b^iyy nA cAp'OAi'O ceACc Cu^aiD,
OlAi'Oe Af tAitfi, Anoify fUlince tlAipcefi'O,
*S 6 Ctiit^f eA'O "OAoit^ bAitt Ap An ^Cuif t)'^ pl^i'dj
* Rise up and proceed all of you, come upon the hill and take your
equipment, God has the graces, and He shall he in your company. Let
ye hi^T<e courage; it is a fine story [I h^ve to tell you], ye shall gain the
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The '^CiHsdd P//." 3921
Up then and come in the might of your thousands.
Stand on the hills with your weapons to slay ;
God is around us and in our company,
Be not afraid of their might this day.
Our band is victorious, their cards are valueless.
Our victory glorious, well smash the Sassenachs,
Now drink ye in chorus, " Long life to Rafterv,"
For it';* he who could sing you the Cuis da gl6.*
day in every quarter from the Sassenaohs. Strike ye the board and the
cards wOl be ooming to you. Drink out of hand now a health to
Baftery ; it is he who would put suooe^s for you op the Chiis di pl^,.
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IS T^xiA o ciiiiredt> siosi
An bAttA 1>eoiiCA|i pitAf m f ^nAnti f6 a ^ao p/^,
SsiOftiAim f6 6*n t>|io6>** fomroAnon,**
A6c All Amc a itx>eA&dit> An c-Aot m tof^i6tsrti dot Af 6or66%
CA An ddftfAis f AOi 'nA forbe nA£ l>pteQfSF^'^
If ffofiitttrOe fCAn An CtiQt|ic "oo f AoiteA'6 tAt>Aifc AniiAf
Ate *f6 ffieAf Aim-fe s^f nr6 nA£ r^rotf,
U tlACMfi peAT>Aii te n-A t>|tiiA6 4^r C|dorc ['oo] Ceof An fl'^B^S
A'f con^6CAit> ftA'D nA n-uAin te 66ilej
At^AtCfiAnnr *r t>f 6if t>o CofAiS An rsent Aft txrAif »*
xVsnr tlAnnfiAoi An c-OCc -oo tf€i5 a 66ite,'
Ate tHo^AtCAf fit aV f tiAi5 Af ** OiiAnsemen ** 50 tiiAt
11a6 DpiAif AfiAffi An '* conf ACfACion.**
^1f oopii6ilsofiAib AH cre4a»-^4|n\Atnp|%e4(6c feo 1 g-carihne^ ah l l >i( tcfi| >df .
n«At|t £aittfejf 4n tedifukn a neAfV;
Setnnp^ ^a 6t^i|ireAft ^o btim bnm
liMf A h-ote Apif A nam.
lr oopfi6tt go HieArgAtm fe Ati f gf iobc«i]% Apif feAii-64|qiAmp|W46cA le
6^te! tAbAi|v6eAp "DAo^At" mA|% ^^bAOigeAt" Ann fo, Afic ''nAoifii^A" ira^
"iiAMtA." T>i bin>ti\FeA« |^ o'i nAnn «emrA« f6 ''bA^^l" T>e ««bAotAl"
Agwr '• fl40iiht A " we " nAoifitA " !
* Ko doabt Raftery is allading to the old prophecy scarcely yet for-
gotten, which may be thus translated :—
*' When the tawny Lion shall lose its strength,
And the bracket Thistle begin to pine,
Sweet, sweet shall the wild Harp sound at length,
Between the Eight and the Nine/'
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HOW LONG HAS IT BEEN SAID?
(Bt ANTHomr Raftebt, of the Co. Mato.)
How long has it been said that the world should be bled.
And blood flow red like a river?
In the year of the " NINE," when the crimson moon shall shine,
(It stands written in the Scripture for ever).
The wall that has been built where no blood-cement is spilt
Slips forth from its uncertain foundation,
But where blood has gone and lime, it shall stand through tide
and time,
As a bulwark and a rock to the nation.f
Everlasting is the court that they thought to make their sport;
But that court can stand wind, rain, and weather?
St Peter is on guard, with Christ to watch and ward.
And to gather all his lambs in, together.
Adultery and lust began the game at first.
When Henry the Eighth ruled the nation ;
But shout and rout pursue that bloody Orange crew^
Never favored by our Lord's consecration.]:
lAUrdLly: ''When the Lion shall lose his strength and the speckled
thistle his vigor, the harp shall play sweetly, sweetly, between the
Eight and the Nine." In another poem of his called the ''History of
the Bush," he alludes to a prophecy that the " Gaels would score a point
in the 29th year."
t LUeraG/y : It is long since it was set down that it would come into
the world that blood should be spilt and slaughter made, according as
the saints wrote, in the year of the Nine is the danger, if we submit to
the Holy Scripture. The wall which is built cold [i.*., without mortar]
it does not stay long up, it slips from the bad foundation, but where the
lime went, a stone shaJl not move out of it forever ; the rock is under it
settled, which shall not burst.
X Everlasting and ancient is the Court that it was thought to bring
down, but 'tis what I think, that it is a thing impossible, St. Peter is at
its brink (t.«., by it side), and Christ, whom the multitude crucified, and
they will keep the lambs together. Adultery and lust began the story
first, and Henry YHI. who forsook his consort, but vengeance, running
and rout [fall] speedily on the Orangemen, who never got the con-
secration.
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*5 i»t « onsxr> T^sr Ma **" fcri*«i«JcacnL* •
5^ m*j9tf er^^ x^*-> A ^ic* ro ♦tfrrarft,
X}aniftaf cUfS Warn Kfj*^ t*r^ «•— jce cmi4i aV ce«,
j^im V 5J* De«5 ^wf Is^i «-•? «^?* ttfitm,
O Ct$ms Se4 >t pfe « ^-Cf^ni ci OfLatrstwtem pam ^f^6n;
jCk*f ^am ntaifc aca a XT^ ^^^^ f^rtyeAtk.
A f Of A eettfCA « scfuim nl peoe ^ tifi An "DfeAfli
lli|i triot Afi Oe^n D'oit tv Af Aon eof,
.64:c t^fcetf *r A "^ViSe <^Asn 'f ^^ t>iinAt> eferoeAf Aim
n^^ oLc AH ceafc 50 ^pn^rDif ^^tteAt>.
ItliV P<^ '^o OfAfiscfncn ni't niAfC T)o'n et6tf 1 sc^<*^
*£U C|toCtt$A'6 Af f^T) te t^Se^tk a^ Cijufin
Stt|i etisc^f pon^Ait *r fCALt A^r cUfeA'O cLdmne ^Att
T>*ionip4t$ All tHoDlA Anonn 'f^n mb^AftA:
f;4ltoA fo 6fio^«iteAf 1 11-*' acwn " ( = **^im"). r%a cevo ^Ute t>e fiA
i;44>64lMb 00 rSftfiOD 1 mWttiilA fMgMMii 1IA pxlA fo A^ce^^ «nn 'f 5^ fiAim,
* On Hiring up of jroa and on joor lying down, think ye apon the King
who CTflftU'd^ throaghont, the haman race ; there is many a change in
the wind, hot not more plentiful than are in the worid, and it is » little
way through which we might find rescue. Isabel (i.e., Elisabeth), who
thought to bring the Church under law, opposing the holy life, she is
down in ohaini^ and Luther at her side paying dearly for the Reformation.
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Whene'er ye rise or lie, think upon God on high,
And practise all his virtues — ^we need them —
This strange world changes fast, as change both wind and blast ;
From a small thing may arise our freedom.
Elizabeth, who thought Faith might be sold and bought.
And who harassed all the just of the nation.
In chains she now is tied with Luther at her side.
They are paying for their " Reformation."*
Dear God I but this is play! they thought to bum and slay,
But their courage ebbs away down to zero ;
Their William clad in mail, who left in chains the Gael,
They shall never again see that hero.
A bell is rung in Rome, it says our triimiph's come.
With bonfires, and music, and cheering.
Since George is on the throne the Orangemen make moan.
They run cold in every bone — they are fearing ! t
O Christ for us who died, we never sold Thy bride.
Do not see us set aside we beseech Thee;
But they who sing the praise of Luther's crooked ways.
Shall their impious petitions reach Thee I
The Orangemen assert that our clergy are but dirt,
Insulting us since Luther's arrival ;
May treachery and shame be their lot who bear the blame
Of turning into English the Bible. {
t Oh, God ! is it not great the erport, the lot that thought to bum us,
how they had to deny their votef And William, who began the fight,
and who put the Gael out of their way, they shall see him no more
prepared [for fight^. A bell shall be struck m Rome, there shall be
bonfires and music m every little and in every great [place] throughout
£rin. Since G^rge came to the throne the Orangemen are under grief,
and without power to blow their nose.
t O Jesus crucified on tree, do not see the people put down who never
sold the woman who reared thee, on any oonsideratioii ; but Luther and
his crooked way, and the family that believe in him, is it not a bad right
that they should get submission. If it is true for the Orangemen, there
is no use for the clergy in their talk, and the i>roof of that, Ireland has to
read, that it is injustice, murder and treachery, and the deception (?)
of the children of the Galls that turned the Bible over into English.
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Chu4Ui'0 tn6, muiiAb biieug, 50 •ociucfrAi'6 f6 fAti cf A^gAt
50 5-ctiittpt)e m-AiSifCin t^igin Ann 5AC cuinne,
nt ftjrua 'f-An Z^^T -^Cc fs^itn* A5 meAttA-^ uAinn An C|i6it>
xVsuf •oifJlCAigi'O -oo Sn6CAi$iO tOicein;
Cf ei'oi'O 'oo'n Ct^if V nA cftfOi-^ a^ niAtAif c p^f^
rio CAiU|nt> fiO tTlAC T)6 'r A COrhACCA,
•S An tons fo CuAit) a 1615 (?) m^ t6it)eAnn ptt Ann -oe t6ifn
lompOCAit) fi A'f b^it) fiO fOite.
^AtCAiSi-O te t)iA, cA An c-AtAif bAittcti-O f!A^,
*S COngbOCAlt) f6 Ajt nA CAOfCAlO S^tfOA,
An f lioCc 1 s-CAt nA 1 ngtiAt nAf "Ofot An pAif A|\iai1i
Ajuf feAfpAi-O f6 AnAjAi-O t)ii|\cAi$ A'f t)AtAi$;
CA CtAnnA gAtt 'n Af n-oiAig niA|\ Oei-OCAt) niAT)fA AttA Af f tiAt)
toneit)' A5 lAffAi-^ An c-UAn "oo Soi-o 6'n rhACAif.
ACc l^f] O CeAttAi$ -Oetinf A-O a X>f\A'6At gAn ctj sAn eA6 5A11
ffiAn
te coit*A'f cfitfiACc f!$ nA ngttAfAj
lH't pSeA-odin tiun nA bn^i-oe nA sn^Af ai-^ Ant)iAiS a tA6
Ha6 mbionn A5 piocAti l)|\eu5 Af ug-OAif ,
A mWobtA Af OAf |i A m^Af , A5 ■oeA^ OugAti 'f An ^iteA6,
ACc iocf Ai-O fiAt) 1 n-oei^e ctiife.
peA|\ 5An fA-OAf c 5An l6i$eAn a rhiniSeAf '6Aoit> An^fsetit,
TlAifcefit) "o'^ift; te Af' 'OuOfA'6,
'[S] A-oeif 50 f tAiteAf t)6 nAC fACAi'O neAC 50 n-eus
totifii-OeAf A5 pt6 te teAttf AiO tiiicei(ij
♦= An focAt b^AftA " fdiewe."
*I heapd, unless it be a lie, tbat it shall oame in the worid that a
master of learning shall be placed in everv comer. There is nothing in
the case but a scheme deceiving the flock from us, and refuse ye the
works of Luther. Believe in the clergy and go not exchangiiu' grass,
[i.e., remain on your own pasture] or ye shall lose the Son of God ana
His power, and this ship that went to ruin (P), if ye go into it of a
leap, it will turn and ye shall be underneath it.
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I heard, if it be true, a rumor strange and new.
That they mean to plant schools in each comer ;
The plan is for our scaith, to steal away our faith,
And to train up the spy and suborner.
Our clergy's word is good, oh seek no other food,
Our church has Gcxl's own arm round her ;
But if ye will embark on this vessel in the dark,
It shall turn in the sea and founder.*
But thanks be to the Lord, Father Bartley is our sword.
Set fast in our midst as a nail is ;
Tis he shall guard the sheep, his clan was not for sleep,
He will stand against the Burkes and the Dalys.t
The Gall is on our tracks, like wolves that rage in packs.
They seek to tear the lamb from the mother ;
But O'Kelly is our hound, and to hunt them he is bound.
Till we see them fall to tear one another, f
The man who weaves our frieze, the cobbler who tells lies.
They read learned authors now !— cause for laughter—
Their Bible on their lips and at their finger tips!
But they'll pay for it all hereafter.
A blind unlettered man expounds to you his plan,
Raftery, whose heart in him is burning,
Who bids ye all to know that none to heaven can go
On the strength of their Luther's learning. §
t The Dalys of Dnnsandle, no doubt.
t Render thanks to God, Father Bartlev {i.e., Bartholomew] is in the
West, and he will keep guard over the sheep, he is of the race that in
battle or oonfliot Dover sold the passion [perhaps a mistake for " sold the
pass "], and he will stand against Burkes and Dalys. The children of the
Gail are after as, as it were wolves upon the mountains, that would
be seeking to steal t>he lamb from the mother j but O' Kelly will hunt
them without hound, horse, or bridle, by the will and the power of the
King of the Graces.
S There is not a weaver of lawn or frieze, or a cobbler after his day,
that does not be picking lies out of authors, their Bible on the top oiF
their fingen, assuring and perjuring: but they shall pay at the end of
the case. A man without sight, witnout learmng [it is] who expounds
to you the story, Raftery. who Jistened to all that was said, and who
says that to the heaven of God no one shall ever go who will be pleading
with the books of Lather.
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3929
iTHE CURSE OF THE BOERS ON ENGLAND.
(Teakslatrd bt Ladt Gbooobi*)
O God, may it come shortly.
The hour and this day,
When we shall see England
Utterly overthrown.
O God, may it shortly come,
This day and this hour.
When we shall see her
And her heart turned cold.,
It is she was a Queen,
A Queen without sorrow;;
But we will take from her.
One day her Crown.
That Queen that was beautiful
Will be tormented and darkened,
For she will get her reward
In that day, and her wage.
Her wage for the blood
She poured out on the streams;
Blood of the white man,
Blood of the black man.
Her wage for those hearts
That she broke in the end;
Hearts of the white man.
Hearts of the black man.
Her wage for the bones
That are whitening to-day;
Bones of the white man,
Bones of the black man.
Her wage for the hunger
That she put on foot ;
Her wage for the fever.
That is an old tale with her.
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The Curse of the Boers on England. 3981
Her wage for the white villages
She has left without men ;
Her wage for the brave men
She has put to the sword.
Her wage for the orphans
She has left under pain ;
Her wage for the exiles
She has spent with wandering.
For the people of India
(Pitiful is their case) ;
For the people of Africa
She has put to death.
For the people of Ireland,
Nailed to the cross ;
Wage for each people
Her hand has destroyed.
Her wage for the thousands
She deceived and she broke ;
Her wage for the thousands
Finding death at this hour.
O Lord, let there f aU
Straight down on her head
The curse of the peoples
That have fallen with us.
The curse of the mean,
And the curse of the small.
The curse of the weak
And the curse of the low.
The Lord does not listen
To the curse of the strong,
But He will listen
To sighs and to tears.
He will always listen
To the crying of the poor.
And the crying of thousand3
Is jibroad to-night.
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That crying will rise up
To God that is above ;
It is not long till every curse
Comes to His ears.
Every single tear
Shall have power in that day,
To whelm a warship
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And they shall fall for a curse
Heavily upon the people
Who have left Africa a waste
And the Boers in poverty.
ipoz.
THE GRIEF OF A GIRL'S HEART.
O Donall og, if you go across the sea, bring myself with you and
do not forget it; and you will have a sweetheart for fair days and
market days, and the daughter of the King of Greece beside you at
night.
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speaking of you in her deep marsh. It is you are the lonely bird
through the woods ; and that you may be without a mate until you
find me.
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before me where the sheep are flocked; I gave a whistle and three
hundred cries to you, and I fotmd nothing there but a bleating lamb.
You promised me a thing that was hard for you, a ship of gold
under a silver mast; twelve towns with a market in all of tlitm^ and
^ fine whit^ court by t}io $icl^ ot th^ 9^^
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The Grief of a GirVs HeaH: 3935
You promised me a thing that is not possible, that you would give
me gloves of the skin of a fish ; that you would give me shoes of the
skin of a bird ; and a suit of the dearest silk in Ireland.
O Donall 6g, it is I would be better to you than a high, proud,
spendthrift lady : I would milk the cow ; I would bring help to you ;
and if you were hard pressed, I would strike a blow for you.
O, ochone, and ifs not with hunger or with wanting food, or
drink, or sleep, that I am growing thin, and my life is shortened;
but it is the love of a young man has withered me away.
It is early in the morning that I saw him coming, going along
ihe road on the back of a horse ; he did not come to me ; he made
nothing of me ; and it is on my way home that I cried my fill.
When I go by myself to the Well of Loneliness, I sit down and I
go through my trouble; when I see the world and do not see my
boy, he that has an amber shade in his hair.
It was on that Sunday I gave my love to you ; the Sunday that is
last before Easter Sunday. And myself on my knees reading the
Passion ; and my two eyes giving love to you for ever.
O, aya I my mother, give myself to him ; and give him all that you
Have in the world ; get out yourself to ask for alms, and do not come
back and forward looking for me.
My mother said to me not to be ibalking with you to-day, or to-
morrow, or on the Sunday ; it was a bad time she took for telling me
that ; it was shutting the door after the house was robbed.
My heart is as black as the blackness of the sloe, or as the black
coal that is on the smith's forge ; or as the sole of a shoe left in white
halls ; it was you put that darkness over my life.
You have taken the east from me; you have taken the west from
me ; you have taken what is before me and what is behind me ; you
have laken the moon, you have taken the stm from me, and my fear
is great that you have taken God from me I
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3937
THE FAIR HILLS OF EIRE.
(By Doncadh Mac Conmasa. Cibca 1736.*)
(Translated by Dr. Sigerson in <* Bards of the Gael and Gall.")
Air: " Uileacan Dub O."
Take my heart's blessing over to dear Eire's strand —
Fair Hills of Eir6 O !
To the Remnant that love her — Our Forefathers' Land !
Fair Hills of Eir6 O !
How sweet sing the birds, o'er mount there and vale.
Like soft-sounding chords, that lament for the Gael, —
And I, o'er the surge, far, far away must wail
The Fair Hills of Eir^ O.
How fair are the flowers on the dear daring peaks,
Fair Hills of Eir6 O !
Far o'er foreign bowers I love her barest reeks.
Fair Hills of Eir6 O !
Triumphant her trees, that rise on ev'ry height,
Bloom-kissed, the breeze comes odorous and bright,
The love of my heart ! — O my very soul's delight !
The Fair Hills of Eii6 O !
Still numerous and noble her sons who survive.
Fair HiUs of Eir^ O !
The true hearts in trouble, — the strong hands to strive —
Fair Hills of Eri^ O !
Ah, 'tis this makes my grief, my wounding and my woe
To think that each chief is now a vassal low.
And my Country divided amongst the Foreign Foe —
The Fair Hills of Eri^ O !
In purple they gleam, like our High Kings of yore,
The Fair Hills of Eir6 O !
With honey and cream are her plains flowing o'er.
Fair Hills of Eir^ O !
Once more I will come, or very life shall fail.
To the heart-haunted home of the ever-faithful Gael,
Than king's boon more welcome the swift swelling sail —
For the Fair Hills of Eii^ O !
on the Continent, a mastery of classic and foreign languages. Besides
short poems, he wrote a mock-heroic ^neid, detailing his adventures.
In his old age he became blind, and the Irish teachers and pupils in
Waterford, with old-time liberality and apprecii^tiveness, laid ^ tnl^^te
on themselves for his m^iatei^lilicQ,
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The dew-drops sparkle, liks diamonds on the ooniji
Fair Hills of EirA O !
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Fair Hills of Eir6 01
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Oh, 'tis welcoming, wide-hearted, that dear land of love!
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More sweet than tune flowing o'er the chords of gold
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'Mid the Fair Hills of £ir6 01
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SEADNA'S THREE WISHES.
Ebom Seadna (Shayna), by Father Peteb O'LeabY.
(By the FntEsiDE — ^Peg, Nora, Gobnet, Little SHsmflLy
Kate Buckley.)
NoBA. — ^Peg, tell us a story.
Peg. — ^I'd like that. Tell a story yourself.
GoBNET. — She is no good, Peg; we prefer your story.
Sheila. — ^Do, Peg; we will be very quiet.
PlEG. — How well you did not keep quiet last night, whea I
was telling " The dog with the eight legs."
Sheila. — ^Because Kate Buckley would not stop^ but
pinching me.
Kate. — ^You lie! I was not pinching you, you little ha^!
Gob. — ^Don't mind her, Kate. There was no one pinching
her, but she pretending it.
Sheila. — ^But there was; and only that there was I would
not screech.
NoBA. — ^Tell Peg that you won't screech now, and die will
tell us a story.
Sheila. — ^I won't screetch now. Peg, whatever will happen
to me.
Peg. — ^Well, then, sit here near me so that no one can pinch
unknown to me.
Kate. — ^I'U engage the cat will pinch her. You little hussy,
we would have a fine story but for yourself and your screeching.
Gob. — ^Whist! Kafe, or you'll make her cry, and we'll be
without a story. If Peg is made angry she will not tell a
story to-night. There, now. Peg, everyone is mute, expecting
a story from you.
Peg. — There was a man long ago and the name that was
on him was Seadhna, and he was a shoemaker. He had a
nice well-sheltered little house at the foot of a hill, on the side
of the shelter. He had a chair of soogauns which he himself
(taaade for himself, and it was usual with him to sit in it in
the evening when the work of the day used to be completed,
and when he sat in it he was quite at his ease. He had a
malvogue of meal hanging up near the fire, and now and then
he used to put his hand into it and take a fist-full of the meal,
and be chewing at his leisure. He 'had an apple-tree growing
outside his door, and when he used to be thirsty from chewing
the meal, he used to put his hand into that tree and take one
of the apples and eat it.
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Cilic. t)*f eAft* tiom-f A AH ifiin ; tii O^nipe&'b An z-uT^ML sn
c-oc|iAf t>e 'Onine.
gob. t)*freA|if tiotn-f A An e^tAOif ; i etii|tpnii peg i n-A imrte
tniici, A15 fntiptic 11A fseaU
peg. If mAit Cum pULmilif td, a ^obtinic.
50D. If feA{t|i earn iiA fseut tuf a, a ptieg. Cionnaf •o'lmtiS
te SeAOriA !
peg. til "Oil ^it> f 6 A5 'D^AtiAffi bf 6s» tag fe f 6 nT>eA|iA nA
|iAit> A tuitte teAtAif Aige, nA a taitte ftiAite, nA a tuitte c^feAC.
t)i An CAOibin 'o^i'OeAnAC fuAf, -| An Sfteim 'D6it>eAnA6 cufitA; -|
niOftO ^tAlft TOO TDUt 1 A'OOAf -oo f OULtAf fat A t>feuT>f A'O f^ A
taitte b|t05 "DO "O^AnAffi.
t)o $taAif f6 Aft mAitnn, t W c^f fsittinje *n-A f»6CA, t nf |iai!J
f6 a6c mfte 6'n t>ciS *naAif DaAit 'Duine boCc uime, A15 lAffiAi'O
'D^ftice.- ** CAOAit* t^om -D^if c Af f on An cSt&nuiSteofiA, t te n-
AnmAnnAiO "do ifiAfO, *] CAf 6eAnn t>o ft^ince/' Aftf An T>aine
t>oec. Ctius SeAt>nA fsitting too, t Annf An nl |iAit> Aige aCc t>A
fSttting. T)aOAifC f6 teif f6in 50 mt>f6i'oi|i 50 n'o6AnfA'6 An
■oil fSittinj A Sn6.-
Tii fiAit> f6 aCc mfte eite 6 t>Aite 'nuAif t>uAit beAn t>o6c aime,
1 I cof-no6caiSte. ** UAbAif t>om congnAt) ^igin,** Af fip, ** Aft
fon An cSt&nuiStea|ta, -| te n-AnmAnnAit> "do ffiAfO, -] CAf CeAnn
■DO ft^mce." X)o gtAC cfUAige td! 6, t tag f6 fgittms t)!, T
t>*imCiS ff: T)o 0! Aon fsittinj Atfi^n Annfoin Aige, aCc -do
Ciom^in f6 teify a bfi^t Aif 50 mt>uAitfeAt> fiAnf 6isin aime "DO
daififeA'O Af A Camuf a ^nO a '66AnAffi. tlioitb ^a'oa gaf CAfAt>
Aif teAnO 1 6 A5 5a t te fUACc t te ti-ocfw^f. ** Af fon,An cSt&n-
wSteotiA,'* A|tf An teAnO, ** CAbAif -Oom f ux> ^igin te n-ite." t>f
C15 6fCA 1 ngAft T>Oit>y n "DO CuAit> SeA'bnA if ceA6 Ann, -| eeAnnaig
f^ b|ifc Ajidin T tag f6 Cum An teinb 6. 'TluAif piAif An teAnb
An c-A|idn TD'Atfuig A •6eAtt> ; TC)*f Af f 6 fUAf 1 n-Aifoe, i •00 tAf
f otAf 4on2^ncAC 'n-A fiiitib i 'n-A CeAnACAib,' 1 T)Cf eo 50 T>cilinic
f^nnfi^'O Af StieA'bnA.
Sfte* "OiA tinn ! a peg, if t>OCa guji tuic SeA-OnA boCc 1 taige.*
peg. tliof Cuic ; ACc mA'f eAt>, bA loiCeAtt t)6. Ctioffi tuAt
Aguf To'f eu-o f 6 tAbAifc, -oubAiiic ffi I " Cax> € An f A-OAf T)uine
Cuf A ? " Aguf If 6 f iteA^tiA fUAif f 4 : "A StieA"6nA, cA t)iA
buit^eAC •6!oc. idingeAt ifeA*6 mife. If m6 An rffOffiAt) li-
AingeAt suf CugAif TD^n^c '06 An-oiu A|t fon An cStXAoiSteojU, t
Anoif zA cfi gui'Oe a^ac te f AgAit 6 "Oia nA gtCife. lAff Af "OiA
Aon cf 1 Sui-Oe if coit teAC, t geoOAif ia-o ; aCc cil Aon CoifiAif te
AffiAin A^mf A te CAbAijtc 'ouic, — nS 'oeAfifiuix> An UitdCAijie.**
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Sheila. — Oh, my goodness! Peg, wasn't it nice?
Peg. — ^Which is it ; the chair or the meal or the apple, that
was nice.
Sheila. — ^The apple, to be sure.
Eate. — ^I would prefer the meal. The apple would not take
the hunger off a person.
Gob. — ^I would prefer the chair, for I would put Peg sitting
in it telling the stories.
Peg. — ^You are good for flattery, Gobnet.
Gob. — ^You are better for the stories. Peg. How did it go
with Seadhna?
Peg. — One day as he was making shoes he noticed that he
had no more leather nor any more thread nor any more wax.
He had the last piece on, and the last stitch put, and it was
necessary for him to go and provide materials before he could
make any more shoes. He set out in the morning and there
were three shillings in his pocket, and he was only a mile
from the house when he met a poor man asking for alms.
" Give me alms for the sake of the Saviour and for the souls of
your dead and for your health," said the poor man. Seadhna
give him one shilling, and then he had but two shillings. He
said to himself that possibly two shillings would do his
business. He was only another mile from home when he met
a poor woman, and she barefooted. " Give me some help,"
said she, " for the sake of the Saviour and for the souls of
your dead and for your health." He felt compassion for her
and gave her a shilling, and she went away. He had one
shilling then; still he went on expecting that he would meet
some good fortune which would put it in his power to do his
business. It was not long till he met a child and he crying
with cold and hunger. "For the sake of the Saviour," said
the child, "give me something to eat." There was a stage
house near them and Seadhna went into it, and he bought a loaf
of bread and he brought it to the child. When the child got
the bread his figure changed. He grew up very tall, and light
flamed in his two eyes and in his countenance, so that Seadhna
became terrified.
Sheila. — Oh ! God help us ! Peg, I suppose poor Seadhna
fainted.
Peg. — ^He did not, but then, he was very near it. As soon
as he could speak, he said, " What sort of person are you? "
The answer he got was, "Seadhna, God is thankful to you.
I am an angel. I am the third angel to whom you have given
alms to-day for the sake of the Saviour. And now you have
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" 'Aguf An n"oei|Mf tiom 50 UpAiSeAt) mo gui-fte ? ** A^^f d SeA-^nAj
" •Oeipim, 5An Atf^t^Af," Apf' -An c-AinscAt. " CA 50 niAiC," Aff a
SeA-OnA, " cA caCaoih X>eA^ "ftcAf f ugAn A^Am 'f ^ bAite, t An uite
■OAitcfn A CA^Ann AfceAC, ni i^utAip teif fui-Oe innce. An Ceut)
•ouine eite a fui-Opt) innce, aCc ni6 p6in, 50 sceAn^tAi-O ffe
innce ! '* " PAipe, ^^M^e ! a StieA-OnA," A|\f' An c-AingeAt ; " fin
Sui-Oe t>|ieAS imCi'Ste ^An CAi|\t>e. ZS "ftA CeAnn eite at^^x:, t nA
■oeAnrtiui-o ^n Cf OcAi|\e." " C-A,'* ^f f^ SeA-ftnA, " meAtOdigfn
mine A^Am 'f^ t>Aite, t An uite "OAitctn a tA^Ann AfceA6, nf pulAi^t
teif A "Ooitn A fACAt) innce, An eeu-o ■ouine eite a Cui|ip'6 tAiti
'f-A ttieAlt>0i5 fin, Aec m^ f 6in, 50 sceAn^tAiO f 6 innce, — f euC ! "
" O A SneAOnA, a SneAt)nA, ni't f Af 5 a^ac ! " A|if ' An c-AinscAt.
" Hi't A5AC Anoif a6c Aon Sui-Oe AtfiAin eite. lAn^t Uf dcAifie t)6
TOO c'AnAm," " O, if f io|\ Otiic," Apf a SeAOnA, " Da t)6l)Aif "Oom
6 '6eA|\rfiA"o. Cil c|\Ann bCAg uOAtt AjAm 1 teAC-CAoit> mo -Oofuif,
T An uite "OAitcin a CAgAnn An C|\eo, n! futiin teif a Uitfi -oo Cuf
1 n-^Aif-oe 1 tJt>Att "oo fCACAt) i "oo OpeiC teif. An Ceux> "ouine
eite aCc m6 f^in, a Cuippt) a t-Atfi 'f^ CivAnn foin, 50 gceAngtAit)
f 6 Ann — O ! a 'OAoine ! '* A|i feifCAn, Ag fSAi^ceA-O A|\ SAif!t>e,
" nAC A^Am A belt) An fpfipc offtA I *'
'Huaih C4ini$ f6 Af nA cpiti-Cib, -o'f euC f^ fUAf 1 Oi An c-Ain^eAt
imCigCe. TJein f^ a ttiACcnAifi ai^ f6in Al^ feA-O CAmAitt tfiAiC, U-
f 6 '0ei|\eA'6 fiA|\ CAtt, "oubAifc f 6 teif f 6in : " feuC Anoif, nfV
Aon AmA-oAn 1 n-6ininn if m6 lonA m6 ! T)A mbei'fteA'O cfiOe
ceAnjAitce A^Am um An "ocaca fo, "ouine 'f^* CaCaoi|\, T)iiinQt
*fA' ftieAtb6i5, T "ouine 'f^' <il^Ann, cat) 6 An itiAit t)o "O^AnfAH
fAn "ootfifA ■] me 1 bfA-o 6 bAite, jAn Dia'O, gAn "oeoC, gAn A15
SeAT) ? " Hi cuif^e b! An m^iT) fin CAince n-Ai-Oce Aige nS tu,
f6 f6 n•oeAl^A 6f a <i6rt1A1l^ AmA(i, 'f^'i -^^^ ^ 1^^^ ^^ c-AinseAt-
f eAl^ f A"OA CAot "oub, 1 6 A5 stinneAttiAinc Ai^t, -j ceine Cf eAfA aj
ceACc Af A t)A fOit 'n-A fpt^eA(iA1b nirtie. t)i "bA A-OAifC Aif mAf
bei-CeAt) A|\ pocAn jAbAip, -] meijiott f a-oa t1AC-$ol^m gAfb Aif,
eifbott mAp bei-OeAt) Af tfiA-OA-O fuAt), t cfOb Af 6oif teif mAf
Cftjb CAifb. 'Oo teAt A beut ■] a t)A fOit Af SneA-OnA, 1 "oo fCA-o
A CAinc. 1 T;ceAnn CAmAitt "oo tAbAif An feAf "oub. " A
SneA-OnA," Af feifeAn, " ni jA-O Ouic Aon eAjtA "oo beit ofc fOiti-
Amf A ; ni'tim Af ci "oo "OiogbAtA. t)A ifiiAn tiom CAif be ^igin "oo
■OeAnArfi "OtJic, "O^ nstAcC-d mo CortiAifte. "Oo ClpifeAf ttJ, Anoif
beA5, "oA f At) 50 f AbAif 5An biAt), jAn "oeoC, gAn AifgeAt). tiub-
f Ainn-fe AifjeAX) "oo t)6tAin "omc Af Aon CoinJIott beA^ ArtiAin."
** Ajuf 5f eA"OAt> cf 6 tiif "oo fSAif c I *' Af f a SeA'6r\Af -j tilims A
CAinc "06 ; " nA f eti-of A An m^iT) fin -oo f At) ^An "ouine "oo ftiitteAt>
te-o' Cui-o stinneAtfinA, p6 n-6 CO f 6in ? *' " 1f cumA t)iiic cia ti-6
me, aCc beuffAt) An oifeAX) Aifgi-o "ouic Anoif Aguf eoAnnOCAit)
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Seadm^s (Shapia) Three Wishes. 3945
three wishes to get from the Gted of Glory. Ask now of Gk)d
any three wishes yoii please, and you will get them. But I
have one advice to give you. Don't forget Mercy." " And
do you tell me that I shall get my wish? '* said Seadhna. '* I
do, certainly," said the angel. "Very well," said Seadhna.
" I have a nice little soogaun chair at home, and every dcdteen
that comes in makes it a point to sit in it. The next person
that will sit in it, except myself, that he may cling in it ! "
" Oh, fie, fie ! Seadhna," said the angel ; " there is a beautiful
wish gone without good. You have two more. Don't forget
Mercy ! " "I have," said Seadhna, " a little mcdvogue of meal
at home, and every dalteen that comes in makes it a point to
stick his fist into it. The next person that puts his hand into
that malvogue^ except myself, that he may cling in it, seel "
" Oh, Seadhna, Seadhna, my son, you have not an atom of
sense! you have now but one wish more. Ask the Mercy of
God for your soul." " Oh, that's true for you," said Seadhna,
" I was near forgetting it. I have a little apple-tree near my
door and every dalteen that comes the way makes it a point
to put up his hand and to pluck an apple and carry it away
with him. The next other person, except myself, that will
put his hand into that tree, that he may cling in it! — Oh!
people!" said he, bursting out laughing, " is'nt it I that will
have the amusement at them ! "
When he came out of his laughing fits and looked up, the
angel was gone. He made his reflection for a considerable
time, and at long last he said to himself, " See now, there is
not a fool in Ireland greater than I ! If there were three people
stuck by this time, one in the chair, one in the malvogue, and
one in the tree, what good would that do for me and I far
from home, without fo^, without drink, without money?"
No sooner had he that much talk uttered than he observed
opposite him, in the place where the angel had been, a long,
slight, black man and he staring at him, and electric fire
coming out of his two eyes in venomous sparks. There were
two horns on him, as there would be on a he-goat, and a long,
coarse, greyish-blue beard, a tail as there would be on a fox,
and a hoof on one of his feet like a bull's hoof. Seadhna's
mouth and his two eyes opened wide upon him, and his speech
stopped. After a while the black man spoke : " Seadhna,"
said he, " you need not have any dread of me. I am not bent
on your harm. I should wish to do you some good if you
would accept my advice. I heard you just now say that you
were without food, without drink, without money. I would
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AH oipeAT) teAtAi|\ s^vif ^oime-A'opAi'b ^5 ob^in tiJ 50 ce^nti cff
mbtiA-bAin n-oeug, A\i ati scoinglott fo — ^50 •oaoci:-«i^ tioin An
uAi|i fin ? "
" -A^wf vnS |\4iOa$ini teAC, oil t^gmAOi-o An tiAi^ fin ? ** " CA
t>eA5 'OUIC An Ceifc fin t)o Cu|i, 'nuAif tieit) An teAtA|\ t-oiSCe t
bei-bmi-o AS gtuAif eACc ? " " ZSi^ ^euf COifeAC — Wo-O a^ac, f eic-
eAm An c-AinjeAT)." ** UAif-f e ^euf Ciiif eAC, f etiC 1 ** "Do Ctiif An
ipe^^ ■ouO A tSrh 'n-A f)OcA, 1 CAffAin^ y€ AmAC fpAf An nid|\, 1 Af
An fpAjiAn T)o tei5 f6 AmAC a|\ a t^Aif CA^n toeAj T)'(V|\ 1>t\eAS
OuiOe.
" T?eu6 I " A^ feif eAn ; -j f!n f 6 a tAtfi 1 Ctii|\ f 6 An CAfin •oe
jDfof A1O steoiOce st^ineArfitA f6 ftiitiO SneAOnA t>oiCc. X)o fin
SeA-ftnA A "ftA UAirfi, -j -oo teAtA-OAit a OA tASA|\ 6um An 6i|\. " go
f 61*0 I " Apf * An feAf -out), Ag cAf ^in^c An 6i|\ Cuige AfceAC ;
" ni*t An mAfSAO -o^AncA f 6f ." " tDtcO 'n-A ftiAf\5At> I " A|\f a
Se^OrxA,
" jAn ceip ? " Aff* An feAf "OtiO. " jAn ceip," Aff a SeAt^tiA.
" "Oa^ t>ff$ nA mionn ? " Ajtf' An feA|\ -ouO. " "OAf l^fig tia
mionn," AjtfA SeA'6nA.
[An oi-GCe nA "OiAig fin,]
nof A. SeAt) ! — A peg — cAniAOit) Annf o — Apff — cA f AOtA^ oftn
— Wof AS fit — X>^ eA^iA ofm — 50 nibei'OeA'6 An fgeut ah fiuOAt
f ortiAm, T 50 mbei-OeA-O cui-o "oe cAiUce AgAm.
pes- -Am' bfiAtAp 50 t>f AnfAniAOif teAC, a TldfA, a tAOi$* tll't
1 UfAt) 6 C-Ainig SoDnmc.
50b. ITlAf fin "DO b! cuigion A^Am "oA "fteunATh, t b'^igin T)Oifi-
fA "otit fiAf leif An im 50 t)etJt An JeAfftA, - 'nuAif blof Ag
ceACc A bAite An cdrfijAf, "oo tuir An 01*666 opm, -] ^eAttAWi "Ouic
511^ bAineA-O pfCwb AfAm. t)iof a^ cuiTtiniuSA-O a|i jSeAt^nA i Af
An 6|t T Af An bf CAf n-oub, 1 Af nA fpfeACAib bt A5 ccaCc Af a
fiiitib, T m6 A5 fit fut A mbei-Omn 'o6i*6eAnA<i, 'ntiAif COgAf mo
CCAnn 1 CAX) "OO Clfinn aCc An ftit) 'n-A feAf Aiti Af m' a^ai'O AmA6
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ffive you money enough on one little condition." " And, torture
uirough the middle of your lungs I " said Seadhna, as soon
as he got his talk, *^ could you not say that much without
paralysing a person with your staring, whoever you are ? "
" You need not care who 1 am ; but 1 will give you as much
money now as will buy as much leather as will keep you
working for thirteen years, on this condition, that you will
come with me then."
" And if I make the bargain with you, whither shall we go
at that time ? " " Will it not be time enough for you to ask
that question when the leather is used up and we will be
starting?" "You are sharp-witted. Have your way. Let
us see the money." " Ton are sharp-witted. Look 1 " The
black man put his hand into his pocket, and drew out a large
purse, and from the purse he let out on his palm a little heap
of beautiful yellow gold.
" Look ! " said he, and he stretched his hand and he put the
heap of exquisite glittering pieces up under the eyes of poor
Seadhna. Seadhna stretched both his hands, and the fingers
of the two hands opened for the gold.
"Gently! " said the black man; "the bargain is not yrt
made."
" Let it be a bargain," said Seadhna.
" Without fail? " said the black man.
" Without fail," said Seadhna.
"By the virtue of the Holy Things? " (shrines: hence oaths)
said the black man.
" By the virtue of the Holy Things ! " said Seadhna.
(Next Night.)
NoBA. — ^There! — ^Peg — ^we are here — again — . There's
a saothar on me . I was running. I was airaid — ^that the
story would be going on before me, and that I would have
some of it lost.
Peg. — Lideed, Nora, my dear, we would wait for you. It
is not long since Oobnet came.
Gob. — ^Yes, for we were making a chum, and it was
necessary for me to go west with the butter to Beul-an-
Ghearrtha; and when I was coming home the short cut, the
night fell on me, and I promise you that there was a start
taken out of me. There was not the like of it of a jump ever
taken out of me. I was thinking of Seadhna, and of the gold,
and of the black man, and of the sparks that were coming
out of his eyes, and I running before I would be late, when
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— .An S^ttAn I -A|\ ah jceuT) AitiAf c 'oS T)CU5Af Aifi, -00 tiuDfAinn
At! teAt>A|l 50 ^10 A-OAfCA Aljt 1
tl6fA. A OiAifiAife, A Sobnuic, 6ifc "oo t>eut, -j iiA t>i t)A|\ tnbot>-
|VA*6 tex>' gotUlTi-Aib T te-o* A'OAjtcAib. A'dAfCd a|i An njottAn!
peuC A1H fin !
50b. tD'^foiit, t)A mbei'OteA p^in Ann, sujt beAj An ponn niASAi'O
•oo bei'OeA'6 one.
Sae. I?eti6 Anoif ! cia acA aj cofs An fS^it I tD'^foifi 50
SCuit^feA-O CAic tli t)UACAttA ofm-fA 6.
CAic. tl! Cuiftpit), A Site. C-All^ AT)' CAiUn tfiAiC AnoCc, t cA
AnA-Cion A^Am Ofc. ITI0 SiiA*6 f pn I ITI0 SM"^ ^*"' Cfofbe
ifCiS ! !
Site. SeA'6 50 ■ofj^eAC ! pAn 50 nibei*6 peAfs ofc ! 1 b'6i"oi|\ nl
■o^Apf A " mo S|^4'6 ! fin 1 "
tl6tiA. Seo, f eo 1 fCA'OAi'O, a CAiUni*6e. ITIif e 1 mo gotU^n pA
n-oe^^t An obAi^t feo. CAit uaic An fCOCA f oin, a peg, t fgAoit
CtigAinn An fgeut. An bpuAi^t SeAt>nA An fpAf An ? If ionit>A
"ouine bi 1 |\ioCc fpAi\Ain -0'^ AgAit t nAC bfUAi|\.
peg. Corft tu At 1 'oubAipc SeA'OnA An f ocAt, " 'oah btifg nA
mionn 1 '* -00 tAinig Atf ugA-b gn^ A|i An bf eA|i n-oub. T)o noCc
f^ A fiACtA fiof T CfUAf, T If iA"o -00 bi go 'otiSice Ap A
C6ite. tilinis fOpt) cf6nAin Af a beut, t "oo teip A|t SeA'OnA a
"beunAtfi AmAC cia 'co aj gAifi-be bi f6 n6 A5 -ofAnncugAt). xXCc
'nuAif "o'f euC f 6 fUAf foiii An ■o-A f Oit Aip, bA t>6bAin 50 "ociucf At)
An fSAnnfA'O ceu-onA Aif a Cilinig Aif 1 •ocofA6. "Do tuig f6 50
mAit nAC Ag 5Aifit)e bi An 'oiotttiiiineAC. Hi feACAit f6 fiAtfi
f oitfie fin Aon x>S fiiit bA rtieAfA 'nA iax), Aon f euCAinc bA ttiAtt-
ui$Ce 'nA An ^euCAinc "oo bi aco, Aon CtAf eu-oAin Coifi "oiSit, Corh
■ofoC-AiseAncA teif An 5ctA|\ eu-OAin "oo bi Of a gcionn. Tlion
tAbAif f 6, -J t)0 ft n' f 6 A X>iteA t 5An a teiginc ai|\ gu^t tug f4
f6 n-oeAjVA* An "oitAnncuSAt). te n-A tinn fin, "oo teig An feA^t
•OUb An C-6|\ AttlAC Apif AH A bAlf, T "DO OOfflAlpltfl.
" Seo I " Af f eif eAn, " a SeA'OnA. Sin c6a'o punc ajac Af An
5ceux) f sitting CugAif uaic in'oiu. /An bf uitif "oiotCA ? "
" 1f mOf An bf eif i I " Af f a SeA'OnA. " Da'O OOif 50 bf uitim.''
" COif no eugcOif ," Af f* An f eAf -oub, " An bfuitif "oiotCA I "
..-J "OO fSetff uig T "DO bf ofDuig Af An n-Of AnncujA-O.
"61 cAim -oiotCA, xAim .^-oiotCA 1 " AffA SeA'OnA, " 50 fAib
niAlC AgAC-f A."
" Seo ! mS 'feA'O," Af f eif eAn. " Sin c6^r> eite AgAC Af An
.T>AfA fptting tUJAlf UAIC in'oiu."
•' Sin i An fsitting tujAf "oo'n tfinAoi a bi cof-noOcuigCe."
r" Sin f An fgitting tujAif "oo'p jlin^oi uAf Ajjt Oeu-on^."
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I raised my head, and what should I see but the thing standing
out overright me the GoUan/ On the first look I gave it
I'd swear there were horns on it.
Nora. — Oyewisha, Gobnet, whist your mouth, and don't be
bothering us with your Gollans and your horns. Horns on a
GollanI Look at that!
Gob. — ^Maybe if you were there yourself, 'tis little of the
inclination of fun would be on you.
Sheila. — See, now! who is stopping the story? Maybe Kate
Buckley would put it on me.
Kate. — ^I will not. Sheila; you are a good girl to-night. I
am very fond of you. My darling she is ! My darling in my
heart within she is!
Sheila. — ^Yes, indeed ! Wait till you are angry, and maybe
then you would not say " my darling she is."
NoBA. — Come, come ! . stop, girls. I and my Golhm are the
cause of this work. Throw away that stocking, Peg, and let
us have the story. Did Seadhna get the purse? Many a
person was on the point of getting a purse, and did not.
Peg. — As soon as 'Seadhna uttered the words — " By the vir-
tue of the Holy Things!" a change of apearance came on the
black man. He barS his teeth above and below, and it is
they that were clenched upon each other. A sort of low sound
came out of his mouth, and it failed Seadhna to make out
whether it was laughing he was or growling. But when he
looked up between the two eyes on him, the same terror was
near coming on him that came on him at first. He understood
well that it was not laughing the " lad " was. He never before
then saw any two eyes that were worse than they, any look
that was more malignant than the look they had, any forehead
as evil-minded as the forehead that was above them. He did
not speak, and he did his best to pretend that he did not notice
the growling. At the same time the black man let the gold
out again on his palm and counted it.
" Here ! " said he, " Seadhna, there are a hundred pounds for
you for the first shilling you gave away to-day. Are you
paid? "
" I should think I am."
"Right or wrong! " said the black man, " are you paid? "
and the growling became sharper and quicker.
" Oh ! I am paid, I am paid," said Seadhna, " thank you I "
" Here ! if so," said he, ** there is another hundred for you,
for the second shilling you gave away to-day."
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gnOCA A5AC "oe Af f Ain AmAC."
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"That is the shilling I gave to the woman who was bare-
footed."
" That is the shilling you gave to the same gentlewoman."
" If she was a gentlewoman, what made her barefooted? and
what made her take from me my shilling, and I having but
another shilling left?"
" If she was a gentlewoman ! If you only knew ! she is the
gentlewoman that ruined me! "
While he was saying those words a trembling of hands and
feet came on him. The growling ceased. His head leaned
backwards on his neck. He gazed up into the sky. An
attitude of death came on him, and the stamp of a corpse came
on his face.
When Seadhna saw this deadly change, the wonder of his
heart came on him.
** It must be," said he, in a careless sort of way, ** that this
is not the first time with you hearing something about her"
The black man jumped. He struck a blow of his hoof on
the ground, so that the sod which was under Seadhna's foot
trembled.
" Mangling to you !" said he; " shut your mouth or you will
be maimed !
" I bee your pardon, sir," said Seadhna, meekly; " I thought
that pemaps it was a little drop you had taken, and to say
that you gave me a hundred pounds in exchange for a shilling."
''I would, and seven hundred, if I could succeed in
taking from the good which that same shilling did; but when
you gave it away for the sake of the Saviour it is not possible
to spoil its good for ever."
"And," said Seadhna, "what need is there to spoil the
good? May you not as well have the good of that shillinjr
as it is?"
"You have too much talk; too much altogether. I told
you to shut your mouth. Here! there is the purse entirely
for you," said the black man.
"I suppose there is no danger, sir," said Secuihna, "that
there would not be enough for the time in it. There is many
a day in thirteen years. 'Tis many a shoe a man would have
made in the lapse of that portion of time, and many a way
he would want a shilling."
" Don't be uneasy," said the black man, putting a bit of a
laugh out of him. " Draw out of it as hard as ever you can.
It will be as plump the last day as it is to-day. You wHl
not have much business of it from that forward/'
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3953
THE THANKFULNESS OF DERMOT.
By Patrick O'Leuky.
Dbkmot drew his dark-brown dudeen from his pocket and
handed it to him, and he went then to a smouldering fire which
was at the top of the strand. He catches a dying coal of fire
out of it and blows, blows it strong, quick, fierce; but though
strong his breath, and though quick his blowing, it was m
vain for him. He blows again and again stronger, quicker,
fiercer than before, but his labour was of no» avail, for the
heat had died in the ember. He seizes* another ember and
blows it angrily, livelilv, wrathfuUy, his two eyes flaming,
and the veins of his neck swelled to such an extent that they
were ready to burst; his blowing was to no purpose, however.
He catches the ember and flings it into the centre of the
harbour, saying, "May the devil's mother blow you for a
fire! " and deals a blow of his right leg to the rest of the
fire and scatters it about the bavm. The others saw him just at
that very moment, and they raised one wild, ringing shout
that would wake the dead out of their graves. They all rise —
such of them as were not standing — and they gather round
him, breaking their sides with broad mirth, and laughing
their level best. One catches up an ember, another another,
and so on of all the rest from first to last, small and big, young
and old, and they set to blowing as well as ever they could,
fain to put fire and heat again into each ember, and it
impossible, for warmth had partSl from each little coal of them
all but a few.
" There is fire in my coal," said someone.
"Blow on, my boy ! " said Donal. " Where are you? — ^blow
on till I come to you."
He jumped quickly and came to his side. " Blow I blow, you
devil ! " says he ; " and don't let the little ember die — ^blow ! —
for your life, blow ! "
The boy laughed and stopped blowing.
" Fetch it to me, aroo, you devil ! " says he.
The boy burst into a fit of insuppressible laughter; himself
seizes the coal through greed and burning desire for a smoke;
he bums his thumb and throws down the coal all of a sudden.
It fell on the batm; but it did not break though. He puts
his thumb in his mouth along with the pipe.
" Smoke ! smoke now I " says some arch fellow in the crowd.
He was raging mad. He seizes a coal with his left hand
^nd blows it so furious that sparks flew Crom |t. i^e Uowp
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again, and a spark of the red jQame jumps into his breast, for
the front of his shirt was open, and it bums him immediately.
He kept his hold on the coal though. He bruises the flame
down into the mouth of the pipe, and draws, draws, draws,
in a manner that soon smoke was rising blue and glorious
in wreaths above his head.
Now was he perfectly happy. All the people sat looking
at the seaweed rocking right before them, while it was coming
in fast. Donal was smoking his pipe, and nobody interfering
with him. But it was not long till his pipe grew
sulky; he pulled it, of course, as best he could, but it would
not be worth your while to look at the little dying fume that
was coming out of it. He then put a long neck on himself,
the lower lip all but adhered to his upper lip through the
strain of pulling, but his work was to no purpose.
"Let someone get a * cleaner' for me — for God's sake, let
him ! " says he, and he applied himself more earnestly to
pulling, but instead of taking the dirt out of the hole of the
pipe, he was only fastening it in it — ^unwittingly, of course.
At last, when he found success separated from his labour,
and that he was failing, though energetically he set about it,
he took the diuid out of his mouth, and called furiously to
somebody to fetch him a 'cleaner.' Three or four boys went
to a field that was full of trahneens, but it was a good distance
from him. He remained behind waiting till they should come
back, now putting the pipe in his mouth, again taking it out,
and again thrusting his little finger into it to ascertain whether
the feeling of heat had left it. When at length he could bear
this waiting no longer, he himself jumped in over a fence,
he commences searching hither and thither, and his eyes
blazing through madness for finding, if possible. Luck was
his in a little while. He got a pretty thick brobh and shoved
it quickly into the tube of the pipe. He then tried to pull
it back, but the brobh remained as it was, and would not move
from its place. He tried again, but it was the very same as
before. In the end of the pulling, the trahneen meanly broke
on him inside in the tube of the pipe. He jumped out over the
fence blazing mad; he could not keep his passion in check,
and he threw the diuid as far as he could cast it into the great
sea. There was not a tittle out of anybody for fear of a
quarrel, for they all knew Donal full well, and what manner
of man he was when he would happen to be ill at ease within
himself.
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f eipon ^ f^in tiAt) t t)o 6Ait: "oe a Cui-o ^a-oaiJ 1 t)o t6ini ifceAC
*fAn ffiuif 7 'f An ff1fl|^ ; t)o fni^iifi awa^ tun 'OorhnAitt t)o bi beAg
nA6 CAbAftA "J "OO fctvAC ifceA^ teif 4 Af 6uniA fii^in 50 "oci An
CflAlg. t«1C "OOftinAtt 1 tAlge 'wAf Af 50 "OCAiniC Af An "OCAlAftl
afm 1 "o' f An innci 50 ceAnn 1 bf At). TltiAif t-Ainic f6 ^uije fein,
t)ubAifc t)uine 6151 n teif ^uf CeAfC x>o btiit)eACAf t)0 bfeit te
X)iA 1 t)CAOb n^f bACAt) 6.
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All the people remained sitting for some time, and during
that time the seaweed was drawing near the strand slowly
and gradually. One wave came at long-last which filled the
harbour up to the brim with branchy, long, red seaweed.
Donal jumped to his feet, and flung himself on his hunkers
down on a heap of seaweed, and was freeing it in a great
fuss, when in comes another wave which went above him,
and before he could think of anything (except the seaweed)
it swept him clear out. He screamed and shrieked for help,
but there wasn't too much haste on anybody — ^a thing not to
be wondered at — ^to go at the peril of his life in order to
save him.
" Let us send up for a rope to Dermot Liath's," said Pierce
Power.
"He would be drowned before one would reach half-way
up," says Paddy Buidhe.
" Put out the rake, and perhaps he would catch on to it,"
says Mick Oge.
Just then, the drowning man screeched and called with
erect head, and at the highest pitch of his voice, imploring
aid, saying, "For God's sake and save me! save me! men,
save me ! God, I am drowned ! save me, save me, oroo ! "
He never stopped but calling thus, as loud as he could, for
he was long-winded.
" I'll go and swim out to him him," says Dermot MacAuliffe.
" Don't," said all the people in one voice.
" I will," said he. " I won't be any longer looking at him
there outside, dying before our very eyes."
Meehawl Meata seized him by the bosom of his shirt, and
said, "Wisha faith you won't. It is long, indeed, till I'd
think of letting you out to him."
"Let me go," says Dermot MacAuliffe; "loose your hold
of me."
" I won't," says Meehawl Meata; " there is enough lost, and
let jrou stay inside." Just then Donal screamed with a shrill
shnek outside. "There's nobodv lost yet," says Dermot; " let
me go, I tell you, let me go,' but he wouldn't. He tore
himself from him, divested himself of his clothes, and jumped
into the sea and into the seaweed, swam out to Donal, who
was nearly exhausted, and dragged him with him, some way
or other, to the beach. Donal fell into a faint just as he
reached the diy ground, and remained in it a long time. When
be came to himself, somebody said to him 4hat he ought to
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3958 Se^tt^un C6innn.
*^ VA b! im bof^t^A-O," A|t fetfiori ; " mS zMm f AMttA, tif A|t "Oia
A buiOeACAf, mA\i n! ni6f t)o b! f4 itn COfAtn ; •o'f^jirA'O AtinfAn
AtnitiS m€ 50 rnbenOinn b-Aitce, wOCca, t if be^s At\ ^eAffAbuAic
•00 CuiffeA'O f 6 Aijt Aiteif , seAttAitn-f e •Omc ; a6c beiOeA-o bufO-
e^e 'oo 'OiAfniAiT) mAC^itiUdoib, An peAf slAti 5'VAncA, Cuai'O 1
ri-eitieA6 a 6dittte 6un m6 f Ao^tAt). xV 1 a "Ouine, m^ ciLim f Ab-
ilttA,
tl! Af tilA A btH'OeACAf t **
se^tn^n ceiuinn.
[teif An >AeAi|t O T>tiinn!n.]
TH*t Aon tig-OAtt "DO finne An oifeAX) te C^icinn Cum t^iJeAnn
If tiCfiSeACc "OO eonsbAit beo 1 weAfs nA n'OAoineA'6, 50 ni6f-
ifi6f ■DAome teAtA ThojA. 11!ott r)*eA'() guf fCfiob SeAtftin
feAnCAf f6-beACc, f 6-6innce, aCc guf Ctnf f^ te 06ite 1 n-Aon
bots Afti4in nA cuAittif gi-Oe -oo bi te f Agb^it Afi 6if inn inf nA feAn-
teAbjVAib. tl! jVAib ciJAi|\if5 eite te pAgbAit Coifi "oeAf, Coiti
fumnce if "oo teAt f4 Af fUAit) nA cffe. Tl! fAib Aoinne 'n-A
fcot&iite fogAncA nA f Aib eotAf Aige Ajt fzM^ C^icinn, if n1 fAib
cp!o6ntiSAt) "o^AnCA Af fcotAife 1 fcoit 50 wbeAO niACfAifiAit
•o^AncA Aige "oo'n " bfofAf peAf a." 1 weAf^ nA -ocuAtAC fim-
ptiOe nf teoffif At) Aoinne AitifAf -oo Cuf Af An jcunncAf ttijAnn
C^icinn Ajt gAb-Ait nA nCifeAnn te pAjtcotAn, if teif An sctiit) eite
•oo'n C|\eib fin cAf teAf . til teoffif a'O Aoinne f^AnAt) ^uf cf 6i«i-
eA-O gAe-OeAt S^f ^^ tiAtAf nirtie, if ^Mf\, CneAf tug tTlAOif a eneA-O
*fAn fiippc te feAfCAib t)^. O^o-OAf nA t)Aoine feAtbuigte
■o'fffinne nA fs^At fAin, if bi a n-ti|\-tti<5f *n-A mb^At aca, if nf
f Alb T>4n r\A tAoit) 5An CAjAifC ^i^in t)Of nA mCf-SAifSiOib Af Af
tf-ACc C^icinn. If "061$ tinn munA mbeAt) juf f^fiobAO An
" pof uf peAf A " nA beA-b cuirhne nA f eAn-Aiwfife, nA AinmeACA
nA feAn-ftAit, nA 6aCua nA teoifiAn teAt Coiti AbAi-O 1 n-AigneA-O
nA n'OAOineAt) if biox)Af teit-C^A-o btiA"6An 6 f oin.
If f lott, 50 'oeiifiin, 50 fAib nA neite f eo 1 teAbfAib eite Af Af
t05 SeACttun lAt), aCc nl't tif-tf)6f -oof nA teAbfAib feo te fAj-
bAit 1 n-oiu, X>o 6AitteAniA|\ ia-o, if cA An " poftif peAfA " *n-Af
w^^rs* S-^ti f ocAt, 5An tici^t AS ceAfCAbAit uAi-b. CA«iAtt 6 f oin
If Af 6i5in •00 b! 'Otiine tiAf At 1 jCiiiseAt) muitiAn nA fAib a tfiAc*
f AftiAit "oo'n " f Of iif jTeAf A *' 50 ceAnAfftAit 1 scoiifi^A-o Aije. t>i
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l*etum thanks to God since he was not drowned. " Don't be
bothering me," says he; "if I am saved, God is not to be
thanked for it, for 'tisn't much He was in my care; He would
leave me there outside till I'd be drowned and suffocated, and it
is little it would affect Him, I assure you; but I will be
thankful to Dermot MacAuliffe, the good, decent man, who
in the face of his being lost went fo save me. Why, man alive^
if I am saved,
Ood is not to be thanked for it 1 "
GEOPPBEY KEATING.
Extract from " Irish Prose," by Rev. Patrick S. Dineen.
No author has done as much as Keating to preserve litera-
ture and learning amongst the people, especially the people of
Leath Mhogha. Not that Keating wrote a very accurate or
critical history, but he amassed into one repository the accounts
of Ireland given in the old books. There was no other record
to be found so neat, so well constructed as his, and it circu-
lated throughout the country. No one was considered a good
scholar who was not acquainted with Keating's History, and
at school no student was considered finished till he had made
a copy of " The Forus Feasa." Amongst the simple cc»untry
folk no one dared to cast a doubt on the account Keating
gives of the occupation of Ireland by Partholan and the rest
of that band from across the sea. No one dared deny that
Gaedheal Glas was bitten by a serpent, and that Moses healed
his wounds in Egypt by the power of God. The people were
convinced of the truth of these stories, and the greater portion
of them were ready on their lips, and tnere was no poem or song
that did not make some reference to the great heroes of whom
Keating makes mention. It seems to us that had " The Forus
Feasa not been written, the remembrance of by-gone times,
or the names of the old chieftains, or the exploits of the
heroes woiild not have been half so fresh in the minds of the
people as they were some fifty years ago.
It is true, indeed, that these things were to be found in other
books, from which Keating extracted them, but the greater
part of these books are not to be found at the present day.
These are lost to us, while "The Forus Feasa" is with us,
with not even a word or a letter wanting to it. Some time
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tinn p^in ptSeA"o6itt boCu t)o ifiAif^ i iilAtttAf CiAtt|tAit>e, tiAp tfi6(4
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geAtt te teAbAt^ nAotfiCA ^ Af\ a ifieAf , if nfop "OfotfiAoin "oo bf An
teAbAjt f Ain, mAf if btAfrA ci^uinn "oo b1 cuAifif^ A|t ^aC tCAtAiiA^
•oe 1 sccAnn ah tiS^A-odf a, A^uf bA "OeACAif iiiCeAtft ai|\ 50 f Aib
f ocAt aCc f if\inne *f^ii tfi^ix) "oo f Sfiob C^icinn Af ^enniuf peAf-
f At), Af pAfcotAti, If An OuiT) 6116 ACA. CS cuitt)n6 C^icinn f Of t
meAfs "DAoineA-O nilt* t^i$, if n-i f 6ACAit) fiAifi a Ctux) f AOCAif . If
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rr\6\i An c-ion^nAt) ^uf Cfeit) nA "OAoine nS\^ •Omne "OAonnA SeAt-
f On. t)o Cfeib jAtfOA "OO b'cAt) 6, aCc 'n-A tuAit) fin bi f4 iT)if
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"OoCcijif 'OiAt)A6cA t)o b'eAt) €. peA^t tfiiJcAnncA i tAit>in if i
teAb^ib nA n-xVitfeAC X)o b'eAt) 6, if CAit f6 a tin t)A fAojAt
'f^n bPfAinc. xVCc 'nwAif "o'tiU f^^ a bAite tu^ f6 4 f^in fUAf
Af f AT) "o'obAif nA neAjglAife te "oioJitAif lon^AncAig ^tifi cuipeA-O
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•ooitb 1 ngteAnn CAtAftAC. If 6 An put) if lonjAncAiSe i mbeAt-
Ait) SeAtf Oin 50 bf uAif f ^ uAin if caoi a^ nA teAbAif t)o CeAfcuig
uAi'O 1 5c6if A feAnCAif, "oo bAitiu$A'6 An f ait) t)o bi f An if tniA^-
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■oo TheAf x)o bf A5 f eAf Alb tltA-O nA A5 ConnACCAib Aip . 1 ^cionn
cp! n6 ceACAip t)o btiA-OAncAib bi An " pof uf peAf a " 50 t^ip
cuptA 1 sceAnn a C6ite Aije (1631). "Oo fspiob f6 f 6f t)A teAbAp
t)iAt>A, ** eo6Aip SpAt An Aifpinn," A^uf " Cp! t)iop-$AoiCe Ait
t)Aif."
"OAtA An " f opAif jTeAf A," cofnuiJeAnn f 6 6*n bf ioptof aC, if
CAjAnn AnuAf 50 1200. CA f 6 tAn •00 f eAn-pAnnAib 1 n-A mbAitiJ-
CeAp AinmeACA nA -ocpeAb t)o tAims 50 nfiipmn, if 1 n-A jcuipceAp
te C6ite nA 1i6a6ca x)o bAin teo. U4 a bfuit 1 bppOf "oe, teif,
Annfo If Annfiit) mu6cA te AinnieA(^Aib CAoifeAC if ftAiC if a
gcpAob 5eineAtA6. tliop Ce^p SeAtpOn Aon nit) 6 n-A tfieAbAif
f dm ; 5aC a x)CU5Ann f6 "OOinn— nA fj^AtCA, nA tieACcpAi-Oe, nA
5AbA-tCA1f , nA I16A6CA Ap muip if Af Cip — f UAip f 6 lAT) 50 t6lf 1
f eAnteAbfAib t>o bf fA ifieAf A5 ottAifinAib if fAi-bib. tli finne
f 6 aCc lAt) "OO Cuf te C6ite if t)'Aoncu$At). t)A tnbeAt> f6 A5 aiC-
f SftobA-O nA neiteA'O fin 1 nx)iu, Aguf a Ai^neA-b tAn t)o tdigeAnn
nA tiAimppe feo, ni't t>eApniAt) nS 50 jcuiffeA-b fd a tin T)iob 1
teAC-cAoib, t)o bpig r\S bAineAnn fiA-o te fif-feAnCAf. >ACc "oo
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Photographed from the painting by Jack B. Yeats
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Oeoffrey Keating: 3961
back there was hardly a gentleman in Munster who ha5 not
his copy of " The Forus Feasa " affectionately guarded. The
poor people as well as the upper classes had it. I myself
remember a poor weaver who lived in West Kerry, who had
little more than enough of food for the passing day, showing
me his copy of Keating, which was fondly wrapt up in a linen
cloth, while children were forbidden to handle it or injure it
in any way whatever. He looked upon it as a sacred book.
Nor did he possess it in vain, for that weaver had an accurate,
perfect knowledge of every page of it in his head, and it would
be difficult to persuade him that there was any error in any
word Keating wrote about Fennius Fearsad, Partholan and
the rest. There is a traditional remembrance of Keating still
amongst the people who never saw or read his work. Many
think that the man was under the spell of magic or that he .
came from heaven to give us an account of our ancestors.
It is not so strange that the people believed that Keating was
not a mere human being. He sprang from a foreign stock,
yet he was among those who were " more Irish than the Irish
themselves." He was a Catholic of heart-felt sincerity, a
priest, a Doctor of Divinity. He was a man versed in Latin
and in the works of the Fathers, and he passed a good deal of
his life in France. But when he returned home he devoted
himself altogether to the work of the Church with astonishing
zeal, until he was hunted and was obliged to conceal himself
in a gloomy cave in the Glen of Aherlow. The strangest cir-
cumstance connected with the life of Keating is that he found
opportunity while in a state of flight to collect the books he
required for his History. "He travelled to ConnaugEt and to
Deny, but the Ulstermen and the Connaughtmen pafd little
heed to him. He completed the whole " Forus Feasa '* within
three or four years (1631). He also composed two spiritual
books, " The Key-Shield of the Mass " and " The Three Shafts
of Death."
As regards " The Forus Feasa," it begins at the very be-
ginning and comes down to 1200. It is full of old verses in
which the names of the tribes who came to Erin are mentioned
and in which the exploits with which they were connected are
recorded. The prose portion, too, is here and there over-
crowded with the names of chieftains and princes and with
their pedigrees. Geoffrey did not invent anything himself;
what he sets before us — the tales, the adventures, the invasions,
the exploits on land and sea — ^he found them all in old books
which were held in esteem Cy ollamhs and seers. All he has
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f oiii, Ajuf ti! tiiotisnA* r\S ttdi© Ati oif cat) f-din Aifif Aif i ■dcaoiO
plfinne r\A ii-6i\6c f o Ati ciiiC f Ain.- Agtir if tn^f ah sc^a-oha acA
Afi fs^At A5 ciof tAi5 eite; UA a tAn €Atz if eACcfA i p^An^Af
nA UorfiA -oo Cttei-o tiA UoifiAnAig 50 niomtAn 1 n--Ainip|\ ttif^^t if
OiOit) — nA f uit lontiCA ACc Oi^x fj^AtCA ha OpiteAt). xXf ah n6f
5c6At)nA nf S^tUeAtin aoh f^otAife Anoif •o'^aCcaiO tlenpfc if
tloff A Ajuf -oA teit6t)if6i1^ ■o'eACcttAt'OiO 1 feAtiCAf ha t)tteACAinej
-ACc 'n-A "biAi-b pn, nl ceAfc a ■OeAfmAt) 50 mWonn bunA^Af
fifinne itif tia fg^AtCAiD f eo "oo gnAt. lliot\ Cflm iia fiti'Oe fS^At
Af 'Dcflif 5A11 ■oeAtt^rh ^15111 "oo ©eit Aif — nee fingufU omnia
CretCB — 010*6 50 5Ctii|\ceA|\ teif 1 fit ha mbtiA'OAn, 1 T)Ci\eo nA
tiAitneoAAi-Oe € p A '6eitteA'6. b'otc ah ©Ait Af tff n^ t)eit> flif-
fS^AtCA •oo'n cfAgAf fAin cfuinmgte if tncAfStA Cfit) a cui*o
feATiCAif. t)A CoifiAfCA 6 nA fAiO fitc hA fAiti te pnfeA|idit> 1
meAfS A 'OAoineA'6, if nA|\ ttiOf aca a cAit nA a gtOif.
If AtAinn An ■ofon-CfottAO a OuifeAnn SeAt|\tin te n-A " f ofUf
peAfA.*' O reA^c ah "oaiva llenff AnAtt CujAinn if foitt»e, niof
JaD fof nA fUAirfineAf ha Tiug-OAif SAgfAnnAig aCc A5 cu|\ flof
^l^^^S^ if fS^AtCA Aitife Af Af ntxatCAf. Sioffoi-o "oe bAffA,
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uAtA a6c finn -oo Cuf f A Coif a|\ -ociSif, if 6 teip fin OftA, pnn
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done is to put them together and reconcile them. If he were
to re-write these things now, having his mind filled with the
learning of to-dav, there is no doubt that he would set aside
a good deal of them as not pertaining to true history. But he
wrote " The Forus Feasa '^ almost 300 years ago, and it is
not strange that so little doubt was cast on the truth of these
events at that period. SucH, too, is the case in other countries.
There are many stories and wonders in Roman History which
the Romans fully believed in the time of Virgil and Ovid,
but which are only the romances of the poets. In the same
way no scholar now believes in the exploits of Hen^ist and
Horsa nor in such like wonders in the History of Britain.
At the same time it should be remembered tEat there is
usually a substratum of truth in such stories. The poets did
not originally invent a story without there being some appear-
ance of reality in it. " The Cretans even do not invent all
they say " — though the tale is added to in the course of years,
in such wise that one would not recognise it at last. It were
not well for a country not to have romances of this kind
amassed together and mingled with its history. It were a
sign that there did not spring up for generations either a poet
or a seer amongst her people, and that the people did not prize
her honour and glory.
Geoffrey prefixes a splendid 'Apologia to his " Forus Feasa.''
From the coming over to us of Henry the Second and previous
to that date the English authors never ceased from writing
lies and disgraceful calumnies about our country. Gerald
Barry, Stanihurst, Camden, Hanmer and all that tribe only
wanted to trample us under foot at first, and since that failed
them, to insult us by fallacious histories, and when they took
our land from us, they were more lying and insulting to us
than ever. Geoffrey attacked them in the Apologia with
vigour and fury. He tore asunder the insulting rubbish
Barrjr had put together in his book, he did not leave much of
Stanihurst that he did not rend to bits ; heavy is the weight of
his hand falling on Camden and on Spenser. Indeed, he is
like some great champion, like Cuchulainn or Achilles, his
arms ready in his hands, clad in armour from head to foot,
while he strikes down with zeal and fierce wrath those
diminutive persons who gave false evidence against Eis coun-
try and who insulted his people.
Were he alive to-da}^ he would belabour with his staff's edge
the historians who are held at present in esteem, Frou£,
Macaulay and Hume. He says in the Apologia: —
*' There is no historian who treats of Ireland that does not
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CAineAf |\if riA feAn-SAeOeAt^iG "oo W aj AiciugA-O An oiteAin feo
flA nSAtJAlCAIf tlA feATl$AlLt," IC.
If mime A 5oi|\ceA|\ An 11eftot)OCUf gACbeAtAC a|\ SeAt.niir.,
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endeavour to vilify and calumniate both the old English
settlers and the native Irish. Of this we have proof in the
accounts of Cambrensis, Spenser, Stanihnrst, Hanmer, Cam-
den, Barclay, Morrison, Davis, Campion, and every other
English writer who has treated of this country since that time,
so that when they write of the Irish, they appear to imitate
the beetle . . . This is what they do, they dwell upon the
customs of the vulgar and the stories of old women, neglecting
the illustrious actions of the nobility and everything relating
to old Irish who were the inhabitants of this island before
the English invasion."
Geoffrey has often been called the Irish Herodotus, and,
indeed, both closely resemble one another. Geoffrey's style is
pretty, simple, smooth and harmonious, like that of the Father
of History. Both avoid turgFd, feeble, unsubstantial words,
but instead there is vigour and strength in every line of their
narratives. Both insert the romances that pertain to their
country, without raising a doubt as to their truth. Herodotus
was the first historian who gave a regular methodical history
of the Greeks, and, though he came long after, Keating was
the first historian who regulated and arranged in proper order
the history of the Gaels. The poets, both Greek and Roman,
drew largely on the accounts of Herodotus, and in the same
way Keating gave food enough to the Irish poets, to Egan
ORahilly, to John Claragh MacDonnell and to Eoghan Ruadh.
But we iniss zeal for his country and rage against her enemies
in the Greek. He is ever calm, gentle, steady in the midst of
history and romance, " and whatever lying Greece has the
courage to put in her histories." But the Irishman wouI3 not
let a particle of his country's fame and right go undisputed
with ner inveterate foe.
" The Three Shafts of Death " is a deep, learned work, full
of holy thoughts and of profound meditation on human life
and on its end. He has drawn with astonishing fulness on
the old authors and on the works of the saints, and the entire
work is neatly divided into books and sections. But from
beginning to end, the style is Heavy and Latin-like, though it
is occasionally lit up with a humorous story like that of " Mac
Reccan.*'
" The Key-Shield of the Mass " is a work of great learning
in theology and in Church ritual. We do not know any
author who gives such a full account of the things that per-
tain to the Mass, so exact, so accurate in a book of its size.
But in addition to this, the style is so simple, so delightful, so
melodious, so forceful, without turgidity or words or entangled
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expressions^ that anyone might easily read it even at the
present day.
Prom Rating's time onward not much original prose was
written. A number of adventures and stories about the ex-
ploits of giants was composed but very little more. Irish
authors betook themselves to the composition of verse, and
sweet and delightful were the poems and songs they composed.
EAST, WEST, HOME'S BEST.
Fbom ^^An Gnjbamhaise.''
By Una Ni Fhaibcheallaigh.
(Miss Agnes O'Farrelly.)
The dancing had not long begun when the Cneamhaire slipped
out unnoticed.
Up the path he went towards the cliff side of the island.
Still onwards until he was on the top of the height. He
paused there. Though a strong, stout man, age was pressing
on him, and he had, perforce, to rest.
The moon was high in the sky, and the island and the sea
could be plainly seen. The scene before him was beautiful
and calm, but within the heart of the old man a storm was
raging. Thus it was he did not notice how beautiful the world
seemed about him. God only knew what was oppressing him.
He waved his arms above his head and spoke aloud :
" It is my own ! Mine alone ! Nobody else has any claim
to it. I paid well for it — right well."
On he went again, walking, ever walking, just as if he had
it in his mind thus to subdue the storm in his heart.
He was not long walking at that rate until he drew near to
the cliffs.
Then he stopped suddenly, for he thought he heard some-
body's voice. He set himself to listen, and after a short space
of time he was certain of it. The voice of a woman crying,
that it was, without doubt.
When he looked towards the place whence the sound came
he saw clearly somebody leaning against the fence.
He drew near, and perceived at once that it was M&ire Bhdn
who was there before him.
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She did not know that there was man or mortal near her,
and she started in affright when he laid his hand on her head :
" Do not stir, child. Don't be the least afraid-"
Maire did not say a word, and he proceeded :
"It is not right for you, Maire a stoir, to be out alone this
night. The company are watching for you in the kitchen."
Nobody would think it was the Cneamhaire who was talking.
"Och! *S6amas! Is it you that is in it? Don't mind me!
I must give way to my sorrow. I shall be the better of it after
a little."
" But they told me, Mdire, that it is you yourself are
accountable for this journey. Why would you not stay at
home with your mother and with Peadar Fada? "
" Why is it? xhere is plenty of reason for it; but what
is the use of talking now? " Her tears fell on the moment
and she began to cry again.
The Cneamhaire did not disturb her whilst she wept, but
when she grew calmer by-and-by, he asked her why she was
leaving Ireland.
" Don't conceal one scrap of the truth from me," he said at
last. " What is the cause of your leaving us? "
" Because I am in want of money," said the poor girl.
" Money ! money ! " said the Cneamhaire impatiently. " The
same story always; but know, girl, that there are plenty of
things in the world better far even than money."
Maire was so surprised that she did not answer him.
" Have you not Peadar," he said, ** and is not that enough
for you?"
" I have — Peadar — ^it is true for you," said Maire at long
last; " but — ^I don't understand you. Don't you yourself care
for money? Forgive me, Seamus; it is not upraiding you with
it I am at all."
*' There is not a word of lie in it, girl. I have been eager
for money for the past fifty years; but it was not so with
me always. I was once otherwise. I was young, and I was
in love as well as vou. I was poor, and she was poor also.
I bade her a long farewell, and I took myself off to America
to put some money together, and to make my sweetheart a
lady. I moved on till I reached the west of the United States.
I spent some years there, and the world throve with me. I
used seldom get a letter from 'Ireland, except, now and again,
a couple of words from her, to say she was well, or the like
of that.
Once, a year went by, and never a word from her, I could
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not bear to be without tidings of her, and since it happened,
that time, that I had a good deal of money saved, I faced for
homa Och! my sharp sorrow and my lasting woe! I found
only her grave oef ore me. In the same grave nearly all the
neighbours were buried, the famine year. They were all cast
into the one hole."
" Oh ! God of Grace ! she dying with hunger by the side
of the road, and I far from her, without a gleam of knowledge
as to her state! She without anything to put in her mouth,
and I beyond in America, my pocket chock-full with money ! •'
The face of the old man looked wan in the light of the moon.
He turned from her a little and gazed out over the sea to the
north.
M4ire knew that he was thinking deeply of the big grave
of the famine year up in County Ma^o, and she never let slip
a word. Instead, she took hold of his hand. She felt it cold
and nerveless and clammy.
The girl was trembling, but not from the coldness of the
night. It was not the Cneamhaire who was before her, but
a ghost which came to her from the days of his youth.
*' Poor S^amas ! poor Sdamas ! " she said softly. The old
man did not heed her, but continued to look towards the Twelve
Pins without ever stirring.
Thus they remained for a long while.
" Perhaps the reason I have such a desire for money," said
the Cneamhaire at last, "is because I paid for it so dearly.
Money is like blood before my two eyes — ^red, red, always.
That is how I see it."
Mdire bent her head and kissed his hand. Seamas felt a
tear falling from her.
They were both silent for a time.
'* I shall not leave the island at all," said M&ire hastily.
"You will not go, is it, Is that what you say? But do
you rightly understand the greatness of the poverty that will
weigh on you if you stay? "
" There is no one in the world understands better than I do
ho' • heavy want and poverty lie on the people of Aran; but,
even so, I «hall stay at home, with the help of God."
'* It is well," said the Cneamhaire.
The next morning the island folk went eastwards, (me by
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one, towards the slip. The curachs were ready to bring the
girls who were going abroad on board the steamer.
" Why are you ' caoining ' ? " said Peadar Fada, when
Mdire Bhdn raised her voice like the others. " It is we who
shall be * caoining ' after you.' "
" I am • caoining ' for the girls who are about to leave us,"
said M&ire.
"Are you serious, Mdire? In troth, it is not right for
you to make fun of me to-day and a load on my heart.
" It is not making fun of you I am, maiseadh. I have my
mind made up to stay with you, whether you are rich or poor,
or however long we must wait for each other."
Peadar would not believe his own ears.
" It is making fun of me you are, I am thinking."
* It is not indeed ! I would not do the like on you for the
world."
" I believa you now, indeed ! But I don't understand the*
story a bit. What caused you this change of mind? "
" A vision I had last night, Peadar, or a dream, as you
might say. I thought that you had become an old, contrary
man, without energy in your limbs, or love to anyone in your
heart. You were a comfortable fisherman here. I had come
back from America. I had a silk cloak on me, and a hat
beautifully decked with ribbons and such like things, with
plenty of money in my purse and every kind of means in my
possession. You were going up the lane near the graveyard
when I was on my way home. I met you there, but you did
not recognise me at all."
" * I am Mdire Bhdn,' I said. * You are not,' you replied
angrily; 'not you, indeed. Mdire — ^my Mdire — ^was a fine
young girl; and what about you? A proud, ugly, old woman,
titivated like a peacock in silken rags! You are not Mdire
Bhdn indeed.'
" I looked down in a pool of water beside me, and that was
the first time I noticed myself old and ugly. You were right."
'"I am Mdire Bhdn,' I said again.
" You looked at me then between the two eyes, and as long
as I was with you you did not lift your eyes from me.
" * So you say, but I don't believe,' you said. * You are not
the Mdire I loved long ago. Down in the graveyard yonder
I woxdd rather her to be than to resemble you now. I don't
know you at all.' And saying that, you went off. I was
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left alone, deserted and in sadness. That is the dream I had.
Is it not strange? "
** You are not an old woman yet, a niin ! It was a lucky
dream for me anyhow. And, do you say, M&ire, that it was
a dream caused you to stay at home? "
M&ire did not think herself justified in telling the
Cneamhaire's story without leave from him; so she answered:
" That and other things."
" Great thanks be to Gkxi ! " said Peadar.
« « « « «
"Isn't it a great wonder you wouldn't be looking out to
get a wife to suit you," said Peadar's father to him a couple
of days later. ^' Isn't M&ire Chatach, the daughter of the
widow over in Cronn-an-Bhaile, a nice, good-looking girl? "
Peadar set himself to listen. If the sun fell down out of
the sky it would not surprise him more. He was unable to
say as much as a word.
" It is time for Cdit, too, to settle down in a place of her
own. Two mistresses would not go well together in one house.
What do you think of yoimg Mac DonnchSdha? He has not
a sod of land, but, even so, ne is a fine, strong boy. Honest
perale they were, his seven generations before him."
Peadar could not get out a word, and he did not understand
the state of the question at all. In truth, he did not, any
more than a shoemaker's last, as one might say; but if he
were present in the little room beyond the kitchen afterwards,
it is likely that he would understand the whole matter right
well. It is an old proverb, and it is a true one, which says
that a straw shows how the wind blows.
By-and-by, when the young people were down in the
mxdrbheach, the Cneamhaire comes in to Peadar's father and
a bag in his hand.
He draws the fxdl of his hand of gold pieces from the bag,
and counting out sixty pounds on the table before him, he
says, looking steadily and sharply aC the other man :
" Tomds Sheagh&n Ruaidhri will never put the top of his
dirty finger on my money. By heavens, he'll not. It if?
to love and to youth I am giving it"
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3977
THE CAVERN.
Ftojcl the Novel ** An GioWachdn," by Tomds O h-Aodhai;!;
(i.e.j Thomas Hayes).
I WAS looking round me^ while he was speaking, examining
the room and the manner in which it was constructed, ana
asking myself in my own mind where did he get all tlie hay-
ropes, when he said:
^* You are making a wonder of my dwelling and of my skill.
Am I not a handy man? ''
" You are, on my word; but where did you get all the hay-
ropes? And if tnis is a cavern, there was certainly no
necessity for the cabin at all."
"I'll tell you by-and-by; but would you wish to see the
cavern entirely?"
" I would, indeed," I said, ** but it is too soon yet to put the
foot under me."
" Not a bit," he replied, " while you have this," and he took
a crutch from the comer and handed it to me.
" We shall go out awhile," he said, " until you see my entire
kingdom."
"But where did you get the crutch?" I said to him.
" I put it together while you were asleep. Come hither now
and take care of the foot.'^
He took the lamp from the table, opened a little door beside
the hearth, and we both went in. I did not see a sight like
what I saw since I was bom till then, nor did I see a sight
like it since. The little room was made exactly in the same
way as the other one, but it was filled to the door with arms
of every description, and they were all so clean and so bright
that they almost dazzled me when I entered first. They were
hanging above each other, on the walls round the room, as
far as he could find room for them — ^muskets and pistols in
plenty, and many swords and bayonets — and others were
stacked in heaps on the floor. There was a little furnace, an
anvil, and a smith's tools in one corner, and a bench and a
joiner's tools in another comer. The man and the place were
getting stranger every moment.
"I think I am under some enchantment," said I, when I
had taken the full of my eye of the room.
" You are not, indeed," said the Gioblachdn.
He took up one of the guns and rubbed it affectionately
with his hand.
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' Look," said he, " is not that a pretty tool? It came from
America, and it would put a bullet through a person almost
a mile from home; but we'll see the remainder again. Come
over here."
He opened another door, and he motioned me out. I could
not see my hand it was so dark. I did not recollect that we
were in a cavern when I looked out, and I said :
"Ugh! is it not a dark night? "
The Gioblach&n let a little laugh out of him.
" Is it not a dark night ! '' said a voice outside me. " Ha !
ha ! " said another voice. Then two or three spoke together
further out. "Ugh! is it not"— "Ha! ha !"—" night "—
"Ha! ha! ha!"— "Is it not"— "Is it not a dark"— "Ha!
ha ! ha "— " night "— " Ha ! ha ! ha ! "— «nd so on with them,
mimicking and making fun of me till the place was filled with
voices. They were beneath me and over my head; they were
directly in front of me and on both sides. They faded away
one after the other, and they lowered at last so that there was
not in them but a whisper, trembling in the comers of the
cavern.
I say that I was startled. Fright came on me at first, and
afterwards the wonder and awe of the world came on me, so
that I could not stir from the place in which I was standing
for five minutes. The Gioblachdn beckoned me inside.
" An echo," said I, when he had closed the door.
" Yes," said he, " is it not fine? "
" I never before heard anything like it except once, but it
could not come near this at all. The cavern is very large,
I suppose."
" Be sure of that. You are standing now on the brink of
an awful chasm, and if it's an inch, it's over a thousand feet
in depth. Do not go too far out when I am showing you the
cavern, or perhaps you might get a reeling in your head. Keep
behind me and there will be no fear of you.
He took a chip of pinewood, and put a split in its end with
a hatchet. Then he got a wisp of tow and fixed it into the
split, and twisted it into a knob just like a ball on the top
of the chip. When it was firmly fixed, he dipped the chip
and the tow into a pot of oil, and left them there until the
oil was well soaked into them. I observed directly that he
was making a torch in order to show me the cavern.
"This will give us sufficient light now," he said, and he
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set fire to it. We went out to the brink of the chasm again.
EveiT stir we made the echo sent us back an answer. The
Qioblach&n raised the torch over his head, so as that I would
Si a good view of the cavern, and he stood out boldly on
e ed^ of the chasm. I would not do it myself if I got a
thousand pounds; but, no doubt, as the proverb says,
" Familiarity breeds contempt."
Though the torch gave fine light, I could not see a thing,
except a portion of the rock above me and at each side. Out
from us there was nothing but a heavy, thick darkness, and
I believe myself the torch only increased it. It was so dense
that I thought it possible to cut it with a knife, or to take a
handful of it in my hand. I wa(S asking myself while I was
looking out what was hidden behind the darkness; for it was
so hideously gloomy that it filled my heart with terror.
" There is not much to be seen in front of us or above us,'*
said the Oioblachdn; '' but I shall show you the depth of the
chasm now."
He went on his knees.
'* Lie down and draw out to the edge of the rock/' said he
'' I am about to fling down the torch."
I lay down as he ordered, and moved out carefully till
my head was over the brink of the chasm. He did the
same thing himself. He threw the torch out from him and
down, down with it through the darkness. I was expecting
every moment that it would strike the bottom, but it did not,
and it showed us nothing. I was watching it till there was
in it but a spark. A pain came in my eyes and a reeling in
my head from being looking at it, and I trembled to the
marrow. At last we lost sight of it altogether.
" Now what do you say? " said the Gioblachdn into my ear
when the torch had disappeared.
" Let me be awhile," said I, " until I put the breadth of
the rock between myself and that dreadful hole," and I went
crawling into the cabin. The fear would not allow me to rise
until I was inside, and I felt like one who would be on a
swing. The GioblachAn came in after me and shut the door.
" This is a strange and dreadful place," I said, " and there
is a * lite' in my heart with terror."
" I was like that first," said the GioblachAn, " and far worse
than you are now, for it is little but I fell head foremost into
the chasm the second time I came here; but I am used to it
now and do not mjnd it,"
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He took down a bow-and-arrow, which he had in the cabin,
saying:
" I shall show you the breadth of the chasm now/'
He got a handful of tow, and wound it round the point of
the arrow, and made a torch of it, as he did of the pmewood
chip previously. When it had soaked a sufficient quantity of
oil ne set fire to it, and opened the door.
" Look out now," said he, and he sent the torch away through
the darkness by means of tiie bow. The arrow, with iJie wisp
of tow lighting brightly, went out, perhaps, a hundred yards
without strikinff the other side ; then it mclined downwards
gradually, and fell as the torch did, and after awhile it was
swallowed in the depths of the chasm without showing anything
to us. It is unnecessary to say that this increased l£e wonder
which was already in my heart.
He placed a stool outside the door.
"Sit down here awhile,*' said he, "until you make the
acquaintance of the company I have, often here. '
THE ECHO.
Fbom "An GioblachIn," by Thomas Hates.
He took one of the guns and put a cartridge in it. Before
I knew what he was about he raised the gun and fired a shot.
" The protection of God to us! " said I, and I jumped to my
feet with the start he gave me. I thought the mountain was
falling in on us. The echo arose like a burst of thunder, and
the sound was so awful that I felt the rock trembling beneath
me. It faded away and came back, again and again, so that
it was necessary for me to put my fingers in my ears to keep
out the roar of it. At first it was as fiercely threatening as
thunder, then it was roughly rumbling, just like the sound of
the sea breaking heavily on a stony shore, and afterwards it
closely resembled the sound that would arise from the falling
of a diy wall, or from carts going over a rough road ; ana
through all the clamour and confusion came a noise like the
explosion of big guns far away. The Gioblachdn fired two
or three other shots, and he was inclined to continue the
business, but I asked him to desist. The echo was very fine
indeed, but I had got quite enough of it, for this time at all
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events. But he was not satisfied yet. He took down a fiddle
which was hanging on the wall, and got it ready.
" Do you like music? " said he.
" I do, well," I said. " I always take a great delight in it."
" If that is so," said he, " you'll get music now or never."
" If it is like the music which the echo gave us awhile ago,
do not mind it."
"Listen," said he, laughing, "anl pass judgment when I
am finished."
He began playing, and if I were speaking for a week, I
could not give a proper description of the harmony which
arose in the cavern. The Gioblachdn was a splendid violinist,
and he was able, from experience I suppose, to take music
from the echo as well as from the violin. If every musical
instrument in Ireland was gathered into one great hall, and
that they were all playing together, they could not give sweeter,
nor more beautiful, nor more delightful, music than the fiddle
and the echo gave us that night. It lifted the heart and soul
out of me. I felt no pain, no weariness, no fear, no anything
but delight and satisfaction of mind, while the Qioblachdn was
playing, and I would stay there listening to him for a day
and a night without being tired.
When he was satisfied he put aside the violin, and began
to talk about the music of Ireland, and we had a long chat
about it. The Oioblachdn was a splendid speaker, and you
would like to be listening to him. His ideas and thoughts
were refined and learned, and the Irish foil from his lips as
sweetly as music. He was not ignorant about anything. I
was thinking, now and again, while he was speaking, of the
way in which he was spending his time, and asking myself
what was the reason for it. I was certain that he was half
crazy, and that was why he was drifting, as you might say,
with the winds of the world, and putting his neck in danger;
but I had no knowledge then of all he had suffered.
He did not let me go too far with those thoughts, for he
drew out a flute and ^gan playing on it. Though excellent
the music which he extracted from the fiddle, the music which
he took from the flute was seven times better. It excelled
everything I had heard till then. All the birds of the universe,
if the^ were gathered in the cavern singing together, could
not give more heavenly or more delectable music. The flute
brought out the echo far better than anything else.
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^ " What do you say to that? " said the Oioblaohan, when he
ceased playing.
" I don't know yet, but I am under some spell," said I. " If
I were talking for a year and a day, I coiild not describe to
YOU the amount of pleasure, and delight, and satisfaction of
heart, that music gave me. There is no coming near you."
" Do not mind the flattery now," said the Oioblachdn.
'' I am not flattering at all," I said; '' but perhaps it would
be more correct to say there is no coming near the handiwork
of the Creator."
" You are talking sensibly now," he said, laughing.
'' Perhaps so," said I; " but I was about to say when I was
listening to you — "
" And to the echo," he said.
''And to the echo — to guard against flattery — ^it reminded
me of the descriptions which I often read and heard about
the angel music m heaven."
'' I am not finished at all yet," he said, and he stood up.
He began to sin^. The Oioblachdn had a fine resonant
musical voice, and it lost nothing by being in the cavern. I
do not know which of them was the best to bring out the
echo — ^the violin, the flute, or the GioblachAn's voice — or which
of them excelled in harmony ; but I think his singing surpassed
the others. I heard three hundred people singing together in
a great hall in Dublin at one time, but though the music and
the harmony were very, very fine, they could not come near the
Gioblach&n's singing when he rendered "Were You at the
Rock," and when the echo and the musical murmur which he
aroused in the cavern were accompanying him.
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THE TWISTING OF THE EOPR
HanrAhan.— i4 wandering poet
ShBAMUS O'HeRAN.— ^I»,^ld^^^ to OONA.
Maukya. — Tke "woman of the house.
Shkbla. — A neighbor.
OONA. — Maurya*s daughter.
Neighbors and a piper who have come to Maurya*s house for a dance,
SCBNE. — A farmer's house in Munster a hundred years ago. Men and
women motdng about and standing round the wall as if they had just finished
a dasue, Hanrahan, in the foreground, talking to OONA.
The piper is beginning a preparatory drone for another dance, but Shsamus
brings him a drink and he steps, A man has come and holds out his hand to
OONA, as if to lead her out, but she pushes him away,
OoNA. — ^Don't be bothering me now ; don't you see I'm listen-
ing to what he is saying. \To Hanbahan] GK> on with what
yon were saying jnst now.
Hanbahan. — ^What did that fellow want of yon ?
OoNA. — He wanted the next dance with me, but I wouldn't
^ye it to him.
Haiocahan. — ^And why would you give it to him ? Do you
think I'd let you dance with anyone but myself as long as I
am here. Ah, Oona, I had no comfort or satisfaction this long
time until I came here to-night, and till I saw yourself.
OoNA. — ^What comfort am I to you ?
Hanbahan. — ^When a stick is half-burned in the fire, does it
not get comfort when water is poured on it ?
OoNA. — ^But sure, you are not half-burned ?
Hanbahak. — ^I am, and threoKjuarters of my heart is burned,
and scorched and consumed, struggling witn the world and
tile world struggling with me.
OoNA. — ^Tou don't look that bad.
ELakbahak. — Oh, Oona ni Begaun, you have not knowledge
of the life of a poor bard, without house or home or hayings,
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nuAifi bfii-OeAf An piobAit^e f ^i-O.
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'DAtfifA bfeAg A^Ainn.
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but he going and ever going a-drifting through the wide world,
without a person with him but himself. There is not a
morning in the week when I rise up that I do not say to myself
that it would be better to be in the grave than to be wandering.
There is nothing standing to me but the gift I got from God,
my share of songs ; when I begin upon them, my grief and my
trouble go from me, I forget my persecution and my ill luck,
and now, since I saw you Oona, I see there something that is
better even than the songs.
OoNA. — ^Poetry is a wonderful gift from God, and as long as
you have that, you are more rich than the people of stock
and store, the people of cows and cattle.
Hakrahan. — ^Ah, Oona, it is a great blessing, but it is a great
curse as well for a man, he to be a poet. Look at me ! have I
a friend in this world ? Is there a man alive who has a wish
for me, is there the love of anyone at all on me ? I am going
like a poor lonely barnacle goose throughout the world ; like
Usheen after the Fenians ; every person hates me. You do not
bate me, Oona?
OoNA. — Do not say a thing like that; it is impossible that
anyone would hate you.
Hanbahan. — Come and we will sit in the comer of the room
together, and I will tell you the little song I made for you : it
is for you I made it. [They go to a comer and sit down together.
Sheela comes in at the door."]
Sheela. — I came to you as quick as I could.
Maueya. — ^And a hundred welcomes to you.
Sheela. — ^What have you going on now ?
Maueta. — ^Beginning we are; we had one jig, and now the
piper is drinking a glass. They'll begin dancing again in a
minute when the piper is ready.
Sheela. — ^There are a good many people gathering in to you
to-night. We will have a fine dance.
Maueya. — ^Maybe so, Sheela, but there's a man of them there,
and I'd sooner him out than in.
Sheela. — ^It's about the long brown man you are talking,
isn't it ? The man that is in close talk with Oona in the comer.
Where is he from and who is Ke himself?
Matjeya. — ^That's the greatest vagabond ever came into
Ireland ; Tumaus Hanrahan they call him, but it's Hanrahan
the rogue he ought to have been christened by right. Aurah,
wasn't there the misfortune on me, him to come in to us at all
to-night.
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Sheela. — ^What sort of a person is he ? Isn't he a man that
makes songs, out of Connacht? I heard talk of him before,
and they say there is not another dancer in Ireland so good as
him. I would like to see him dance.
Maukta. — ^Bad luck to the vagabond! It is well I know
what sort he is, because there was a kind of friendship between
himself and the first husband I had, and it's often I heard from
poor Diarmuid — the Lord have mercy on him! — ^what sort
of person he was. He was a schoolmaster down in Connacht,
but he used to have every trick worse than another, ever
making songs he used to be, and drinking whiskey and setting
quarrels afoot among the neighbours with his share of talk.
They say there isn't a woman in the five provinces tEat he
wouldn't deceive. He is worse than Donal na Greina long ago.
But the end of the story is that the priest routed him out of the
parish altogether ; he got another place then, and followed on
at the same tricks until he was routed out again, and another
again with it. Now he has neither place nor house nor any-
thing, but he to be going the country, making songs and
getting a night's lodging from the people. Nobody will refuse
him, bBcause they are afraid of him. He's a great poet, and
maybe he'd make a rann on you that would stick to you for
ever, if you were to anger him.
Sheela. — God preserve us, but what brought him in to-
night?
Matteya. — ^He was traveling the country and he heard there
was to be a dance here, and he came in because he knew us ;
he was rather great with my first husband. It is wonderful
how he is making out his way of life at all, and he with
nothing but his share of songs. They say that there is no
place that he'll go to that the women don't love him and that
the men don't hate him.
Sheela (catching Maubya hy the shoulder). — ^Tum your
head, Maurya, look at him now, himself and your daughter,
and their heads together ; he's whispering in her ear ; he's after
making a poem for her and he's whispenng it in her ear. Oh,
the villain, he'll be putting Eis spells on her now.
Maueya. — Ohone, go deo! isn't a misfortune that he came?
He's talking every moment with Oona since he came in three
hours ago. I did my best to separate them from each other,
but it failed me. Poor Oona is given up to every sort of old
songs and old made-up stories, and she thinks it sweet to be
listening to him. The marriage is settled between herself and
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Sheamus O'Herin there, a quarter from to-day. Look at poor
Sheamus at the door, and he watching them. There is grief
and hanging of the head on Him ; it's easy to see that he'd like
to choke the vagabond this minute. I am greatly afraid that
the head will be turned on Oona with his share of blathering.
As sure as I am alive there will come evil out of this night.
Shbela. — And couldn't you put him out ?
Maubya. — I could. There's no person here to help him
unless there would be a woman or two ; but he is a great poet,
and he has a curse that would split the trees and that would
burst the stones. They say the seed will rot in the ground
and the milk go from the cows when a poet like him makes a
curse, if a person routed him out of the house ; but if he were
once out, I'll go bail that I wouldn't let him in again.
Sheela. — ^If himself were to go out willingly, there would
be no virtue in his curse then?
Matteya. — ^There would not, but he will not go out willingly,
and I cannot rout him out myself for fear of his curse.
Sheela. — ^Look at poor Sheamus. He is going over to her.
[Sheamtts gets up and goes over to herJ]
Sheahus. — ^Will you dance this reel with me, Oona, as soon
as the piper is ready ?
HANUAHAy {rising up) — I am Tumaus Hanrahan, and I am
speaking now to Oona ni Eegaun, and as long as she is willing
to be talking to me, I will allow no living person to come
between us.
Sheamus {without heeding Haneahan). — ^Will you not dance
with me, Oona ?
Haneahan {savagely). — Didn't I tell you now that it was to
me Oona ni Regaun was talking? Leave that on the spot, you
clown, and do not raise a disturbance here.
Sheahus. — Oona
Hanrahan {shouting). — ^Leave that! (Sheamus goes away
and comes over to the two old women).
Sheamus. — ^Maurya Regaun, I am asking permission of you
to throw that ill-mannerly, drunken vagabond out of the house
Myself and my two brothers will put him out if you will allow
P8; and when ba'9 outsido TU settle with him,
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dfiei-of eAt) f 6 50 |VAib f6 f 6in 'nA fig Af 6ifinn nuAif acA guine
OtCA Aige, mAf AC A Anoif .
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mbf 615 feo, — 50 bfuiL f ugAn f 6if Ag ceAfcAL uAinn ?
m^me. — SmuAin Af Cfoicionn t)o Cuf Aif fin, a S^Amuif.
S6x\mtlS. — "O^AffAi-O m6 50 bfuit An jAOt Ag eifige Ajuf 50
npuit cOrti-OAC An ci$e -d'A fguAbAt) teif An fcoifm, Aguf 50
,rcAitfimit) f ugAn tAf fAingc Aif .
m^iue. — x\6c mA 6ifceAnn f6 Ag An t)0fuf b^i-O fiof Aige nA6
bru?l SAot nA fcoipm Ann. SmuAin Af Cf oicionn eite, a S^Amuif.
gtStC— 'tloif, cA An COrhAi^v^ Oe^jtc AgAm-f^* ^t)Aif 50
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Maubta. — SheamuSy do not ; I am afraid of him. That man
has a (mrse, thej saj, that would split the trees.
Shbahvs. — ^I don't oare if he had a corse that would over-
throw the heavens ; it is on me it will &I1, and I defy him I
If he were to kiU me on the moment, I will not allow nim to
put his speUs on Oona. Give me leave, Manrya.
Shsbla. — ^Do not, Sheamns. I have a better advice than
that.
Shxamus. — ^What advice is that ?
Shbsla. — ^I have a way in my head to put him out. If you
follow my advice he wul go out himself as quiet as a lamb,
and when you get him out slap the door on him, and never
let him in again.
Maubta. — ^Luck from Qod on you, Sheela, and tell us what's
in your head.
Shssla. — ^We will do it as nice and eas^ as ever you saw.
We will put him to twist a hay-rope till he is outside, and then
we will snut the door on him.
Shkamus. — ^It's easy to say, but not easy to do. He will say
to you, " Make a hay-rope yourself."
Shbela. — ^We will say then that no one ever saw a hay-rope
made, that there is no one at all in the house to make tne
beginning of it.
Shkamus. — ^But will he believe that we never saw a hay-
rope?
Shsbla. — ^Believe it, is it? He'd believe anything; he'd
believe that himself is king over Ireland when ne has a glass
taken, as he has now.
. Shbamus. — ^But what excuse can we make for saying we
want a hay-rope?
Maubya. — Can't you think of something yourself, Sheamus ?
Sheamus. — Sure I can say the wind is rising, and I must
bind the thatch, or it will be off the house.
Shbbla. — ^But he'll know the wind is not rising if he does
but listen at the door. You must think of some other excuse,
Sheamus.
Shbahvs,— Wait, I biivo a ^ood idea now; say that there is
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|rAT>A pn O'n •oof uf, Ajuf ni O^-O fiof Aige nAC fiof tf.
m^dme. — Sm 6. An rs^At, a Sigte. 'tloif, A S^Amuif, 5Al>
imeAfS nA n'OAome Ajuf teig An fun te6. Innif t)6i5 CAt) cA aca
le ^4-6 — nAC OpACAi'O t)uine Af b t f An cif feo fug^n f 6ifl f lAtfi —
Ajuf cuif cfoicionn niAit Af An mbf^ij, tfi p^n.
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Uof AigeAnn cuit> aca a^ ^Ai^e. CA^Ann An piobAif e A^uf cofuig-
eAnn f6 A5 feinm. 6ifi$eAnn cpf no ceAt|iAf "oe CuplAddib, Aguf
cofuigeAnn fiAt) A5 •OAifif a. ImtigeAnn S6A«iAf AmACb.]
ITIAC Ul b-XVTin. [as ^ifige CAf 6ir a belt A5 p^CAinc offA
Af peAt> ciiptA mOimiT).] — Pfuic ! fCopA5A«t> ! An 'ocusAnn fiO
T>Affif A Af An fCfApAipeACc fin ! CiL fib A5 bUAtA'6 An up UAif mAf
beiC An oifeAt) pn t)*eAttAC- CA pb ^orfi cf om t6 butt^in, A^uf
Coffi C10CA6 te AfAit. 5^ "ocACCAf mo piobAn -oS mb'freAff ttom
belt A5 p^A^Ainc offAib 'nA Af An oifeAt> pn tA6din bACA^y A5
t6imni$ Af teAt-Coif Af put) An cige ! p^SAiO An c-uf Ul|t pA flnA
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C-U|tULf pflC-f A 1
rriAC 111 b-xVnU. — Cil An eAlA a^ bfUAC nA coinne, zS An
pbo6nicf ttiog-bA, cA p^Af tA An bf ottAi$ bAin, zS An U^nuf
AmeAfs nA mbAn, cA tinA tl! HlosAin A5 fCAfAiti piAf tiom-fA,
Asuf Aiz A|t bit A n-4i|\i$eAnn pfe piAf OtfituigeAnn An geAtAC
Aguf An SfiiAn |r6in t)1, Asuf utfitCtAiX) pb-fe. CA ff |\6 Atuinn
Aguf f 6 fp6if eAtfiAit te b-Aon beAn eite "oo beit *nA b-Aice. ACc
fAn 50 pbit, fut tAifbeAnAim 'OAOib niA|\ jni-beAnn An buACAitt
bf eAg ConnACcAC finnce, 'ofiAitpAi'b m6 An c-AbfAn T)Aoib t)0 fwnne
m6 -oo "Reutc Cuige tTluffiAn — -o'tinA Tl! WosAin. fiifig, a SpiAn
ns mbAn, Aguf t)6AppAniAoiT) An c-AbpAn te C4ite, 5AC te b^AfifA,
A^uf Ann pn mflinpimiT) t)6ib cAt) 6 if pnnce fi|teAnnA6 Ann.
[6i|\iSeAnn x^ax) t jAbAit) AbfAn.]
mxvc til b-xvnri;
'Sf tin A bAn, nA stiuAige buit>e,
x\n tOitfionn 'e^AO in mo tA|t mo 6f oi-be.
If ife mo ffln, 'f mo eumAnn 50 buAfl|
If cum A tiom Coi'bCe beAn a6c !•■
tJtlA;
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5oi|iim t)0 b^At, A'f motAim t<i f^ifl^^
'Oo Cuifif mo Cfoi-Oe in mo Ct^ib AmUg,
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* The Twisting of tJie Rope. 399»
a coach upset at the bottom of the hill, and that Uiey are asking
for a hay-rope to mend it with. He can't see as far as that
from the door, and he won't know it's not true it is.
Maueya.— That's the story, Sheela. Now, Sheamus, go
among the people and tell t^em the secret. Tell them what
they have to say, that no one at all in this country ever saw
a hay-rope, and put a good skin on the lie yourself. (Sheamus
goes from person to person whispering to them cmd some of
them begin laitghing. The piper has begun playing. Three
or four couples rise ttp.']
Hanbahan {after looking at them for a couple of minutes). —
Whisht ! Let ye sit down ! Do ye call such dragging as that
dancing? You are tramping the floor like so many cattle.
You are as heaw as bullocks, as awkward as asses. May my
throat be choked if I would not rather be looking at as many
lame ducks hopping on one leg through the house. Leave the
floor to Oona ni Itegaun and to me.
Onb of the men going to dance. — ^And for what would we
leave the floor to you ?
Hanbahan. — ^The swan of the brink of the waves, the royal
phoenix, the pearl of the white breast, the Venus amongst the
women, Oona ni Regaun, is standing up with me, and any place
where she rises up the sun and the moon bow to her, and so
shall ye. She is too handsome, too sky-like for any other
woman to be near her. But wait a while! Before I'll show
you how the fine Connach't boy can dance, I will give you
the poem I made on the star of the province of Munster, on
Oona ni Regaun. Rise up, sun among women, and we will
s:ng the song together, verse about, and then we'll show them
what right dancing is ! (OONA rises).
Hanbahan. — She is white Oona of the yellow hair,
The Coolin that was destroying my heart inside me ;
She is my secret love and my lasting affection,
I care not for ever for any woman but her.
Oona. — O bard of the black eye, it is you
Who have f omid victory in the world and fame ;
I call on yourself and I praise your mouth ;
You have s^t my heart in my breast astray.
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mxvc ui ti-Aiin.
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mo feAfc, mo etrniAiin, mo $1^*6, mo fc6tv
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t)o toic fi -d Cfoi"6e in a CI61O 50 m6^
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If binne '00 t>6At nA feinm ha n-6Ati^
Om' Cfoi*6e in mo CX^X) t)o puAifif sfA-Oj
niAC U1 ti-xMlTI;
t>o fttiOAit m6 p^in An "ooifiAn lomU&n;
SACf AnA, 6if e, An f fAinc *f An Spilin,
fl! f ACAi'O m6 i?6in 1 mbAite nA *5c6in
Aon Ainni|t i?A'n ng^t^in mA|\ "QnA OAn;
t)o 6uAtAit> mife An 6tAi|\f^AC 5inn
SAn cftvAiT) pn CoitcAig, Ag feinm tinn,
If Dinne 50 mOf tiom f6in -oo $t6tt.
If binne 50 m6|\ "oo WAt *nA pn;
niAC HI ti-xMltlj
•Oo W m6 f 6in mo CA'dAn boCc, Cfilt;
Tlfof t6i|\ -OAm oit)Ce tAp An tA,
50 t>f ACAiO m6 f, -00 501T) mo Cf 01-Oe;
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tin A;
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** Xt\o SfAO-f A An SfAO, A'f nA6 Atuinn 6 ! **
[gtAO-b Ajtif cojiAnn Aguf buAitoAnn S^Amuf O ti-lAtiAinn ah
■OOftlf AfCeA6.]
SfiAtntlS. — Ob Ob 0, oC 6n ! 6, 50 -oeO ! Uil An cdifce m^fi
tOA^tA A5 bun An enuic. UA An mAtA a bptiit tic^teA^d nA cffe
Ann pt^AfsCA, A^uf ni't fpeAn^ t\S c6a"o nA f 6pA nA t)AT)Ait> aca
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mb6i"6 nA tiCfeA6A 1 An c6ifce CAittce aji OAfbuit> pisAin f6i|\
te n-A sceAnsAitc.
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f Ai'Oce A5Ainn, Aguf Anoif cAmAOiX) put Ag •OAtfifA; 11! tA^Ani^
^n c6ifce An beAV-A(i fin Af Aon cofij
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Ham&ahan. — O fair Oona of the golden hair,
My desire, my affection, my love and my store
Herself will go with her bard afar ;
She has hurt his heart in his breast greatly.
OoNA. — ^I would not think the night long nor the day.
Listening to your fine discourse ;
More melodious is your mouth than the singing of birds
From my heart in my breast you have found love.
Haksahax. — ^I walked myself the entire world,
England, Ireland, France and Spain;
I never saw at home or afar
Any girl under the sun like fair Oona.
OoNA. — ^I have heard the melodious harp
On the street of Cork playing to us ;
More melodious by far did I think your voice.
More melodious by far your mouth than that.
Hanrahan.-*-! was myself one time a poor barnacle goose.
The night was not plain to me more than the day
Until I beheld her, she is the love of my heart.
That banished from me my grief and my misery.
Oona. — ^I was myself on the morning of yesterday
Walking beside the wood at the break of day;
There was a bird there was singing sweetly
How I love love, and is it not beautiful.
(A ihout and a noisCy and Sheamus O'Heban rtishes in).
Sheamus. — ^Ububu! Ohone-y-o, do deo! The big coach is
overthrown at the foot of the hill! The bag in which the
letters of the country are is bursted, and there is neither tie
nor cord nor rope nor anything to bind it up. They are
calling out now for a hay sugaun, whatever kind of thing that
is ; the letters and the coach will be lost for want of a hay
sugaun to bind them.
Hanuahan. — Do not be bothering us; we have our poem
done and we are going to dmce. The coacl^ does not come thi^
way H>t all.
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S^XVmtlS. — CASAnn f6 ah beAtAC fin Aiioif — aCc if tXJiS juf
fCfAltlf^Att CUf A, AgUf tIAC Opuit eOlAf A^AT) Alf. HaC 'DCASAnfl
An c6if ce tAf An gcnoc Anoif a C6ttiAf f AnnA ?
I.A'O UltG. — CA^Ann, CA^Ann 50 cinnce.
tnxVC HI n-AHtl. — If cumA Uom, A CeACc no jAn a teACc.
x\<^c b'feAfit tiom piCe c6ifce 5eiC bfifce a|\ An nit)6tA|i tiA 5:0
^cuifipeil p^A^tA An l^itottAig Win 6 "OAtfifA "oOinn. xM)Aif Leir
An 5c6ifce6if |\6pA "OO CAfAt) tiO f 6in.
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frumneAtfi Aguf "oe CeAf Aguf "oe fpfeACA-O Agtif -De^tOC in fnA
CAptAiO Ai5eAncA fin 50 gcAiti* mo C0ifce6|i DoCc bfieiC a^ a
5cinn. If A|\ 6i5in-t)ilif if f 6i"oi|\ teif a ^ceApA'O nA a scon^tiAit.
rs fAicCiof A AnAm' Ai^t 50 n-eifeOCAi-O fiAt) in a ffitittA6, Aguf
50 n-imtedCAi-O fiAt) tiAit) •oe ituAi^; Uil jaC uite feic^eAC Af ca,
n! f ACAi-O c<j |\iAffi A teit^iT) T)e CAptAit> f lA-Oikine I
ttlAC Ul ti-xMltl. — ITliL cA, cA t)Aoine eite' inf An jcdifce a
■O^AnfAf f6pA niA*f ^igin ■oo'n Cdircedif t>eiC A5 ceAnn ha
5CApAtt : fi^5 fin Aguf teig t)uinn t)Aifif a.
S6x\t11tis. — UA ; cA C|\iiS|\ eite Ann, aCc niAi'oi|t te ceAnn aca,
zS f 6 A|\ teAt-UAitft, Aguf f eAf eite aca, — cS f 6 A5 cfit A^uf A5
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beut in A IriA-dnuife, mAf nAC te fOpA t)0 cfoCA* a ACAif f^in
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tnxVC til ti-xMiri. — CAfA-d peAf A^Aib f^m fujiln '06, niAf fin,
Ajuf f i^SAit) An c-uf tdf f Oinn-ne. [te flnA] 'lloif , a f 6itc nA tnbAn
CAifbeAn T)6ib WAf imtigeAnn 1un6 imeAfs nA nt)6ite, no lleten
f A'f' fSfiof A-d An CfAoi. t)Af mo t^itfi, 6 "o'^Aj; "O^ifOfe, fiL*f
cuif eAt) tlAoif e mAC Hif ni$ Cvm bAif , ni't a hoi-dfe 1 nfiifinn
in'OiO aCc tu f^in. UofOdAmAOit).
S^xMTltlS. — HA cofAig, 50 mb^i-d An ftis^n AgAinn. tl! tig
tmn-ne fugAn CAfAO. Tli*t "otiine Af bit Annfo Af f6it)if teif
f 6pA t)o ■66AnAffi I
ttlxVC til ti-xVtlTl. — tli't "oume Af bit Ann fo Af f^i-oif teiffOpA
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inf An cff feo fugAn f6if AfiAtfi, nf itieAfAim 50 bpuit ■otiine in
fAn cig feo "oo ConnAic ceAnn aca, f6in, aCc mife. If mAiC
cuiifini$im-f e, nuAif nAt fAib lonnAm acc giff caC beAj 50 bf ACAit>
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Sheamtjs. — ^The coach does come this way now, but sure
you're a stranger and you don't know. Doesn't the coach
come over the hill now, neighbors?
All. — ^It does, it does, surely.
Hanrahan. — I don't care whether it does come or whether
it doesn't. I would sooner twenty coaches to be overthrown on
tlie road than the pearl of the white breast to be stopped from
dancing to us. Tell the coachman to twist a rope for himself.
Sheamxts. — Oh, murder, he can'l. There's that much vigor
and fire and activity ancf courage in the horses that my poor
coachman must take them by the heads ; it's on the pinch of
his life he's able to control them; he's afraid of his so\il they'll
go from him of a rout. They are neighing like anything; you
never saw the like of them for wild horses.
Hanbahan. — Are there no other people in the coach that will
make a rope, if the coachman has to be at the horses' heads ?
Leave that, and let us dance.
Sheamus. — ^There are three others in it, but as to one of them,
he is one-handed, and another man of them, he's shaking and
trembling with the fright he got; its not in him now to stand
up on his two feet with the fear that's on him; and as for the
third man, there isn't a person in this country would speak to
him about a rope at all, for his own father was hanged with
a rope last year for stealing sheep.
Hanbahan. — ^Then let one of yourselves twist a rope so, and
leave the floor to us. [To Oona] Now, star of women, show
me how Juno goes among the gods, or Helen for whom Troy
was destroyed. By my word, since Deirdre died, for whom
Naoise, son of Usnech, was put to death, her heir is not in
Ireland to-day but yourself. Let us begin.
Sheamus. — ^Do not begin until we have a rope; we are not
able to twist a rope; there's nobody here can twist a rope.
Haiolahan. — ^There's nobody here is able to twist a rope ?
All. — ^Nobody at all.
Sheela. — And that's true ; nobody in this place ever made
a hay sugaun. I don't believe there's a person in this house
who ever saw one itself but me. It's well I remember when I
was a little girsha that I saw one of them on a goat that my
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4004 C^f ^"6 ^n cfu^iin:
CAiO. f>f o^ tiA •oAotne oite a^ )\A'0» *^ AfiA ! cia 'n f^c futit) 6
pn tofi A^ t)it ? ** A5«r "doOaiiic feife^n 50|i fu^^n -00 W^Ann,
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AifC f6 50 fdCA-O fe^f ACA A^ cofi^Mit An f6if A5Uf peAf eite
t>*i ^Af A^. Coti5f>6eAf6 tntfe An f 6Afi Anoif , mA C6i'6eAnn cuf a
t>'A CAf At>.
S6xVmtlS. — t!>^tipAr6 mife ^Iac f4i|t AfceAC.
[Imti^eAAn f« AniA6.]
inAC til ti-Ann [As'sAMit].—
'O^AnpAi'O fn6 cAineAO ctiise mdifiAn,-
tli friL^nn fiAt) An c-uft^f ^inn ;
ni't lonncA CAf At> ftj^Ain, i?^n !
Ciii^e ITIuifiAn jAn fnAf 5An fetin !
SfAin 50 "oeO Af Ciit^e ITItitfiAn,
tlA6 ^il^Ann pAT) An u-upL&f piHnn ;
COi^e lYIiiffiAn nA .«ibAittfe6if mbf ^An,*
tiAC "DCis te6 CAf At> fugilin, p^in !
SfiAtntlS [Af Aif]. — Se6 An f^Af Anoif.
m^C 111 ti-Atiri. — CADAif 'w Ann fo 4. UAifbeAnfAi^ mife
t>AOiD CAT) t>6An|rAf An ConnACCAC •oeAS-ifiuince T>eAfUAffiA6, An
ConnACCAC c6if cUf ce ciAtttfiAf , a Opuit tiiC Aguf tAn-fcuAim Aige
in A t^ifti, Aguf ciAtt in A CeAnn, Aguf cofAifce in a Cfioi-Oe^ aCc
5uf f e6t mi-iL-b A^uf in6f t>uAi'6^eA'6 An cf AOgAit 6 AmeAfs teit)i-
■ofni CiOige TTltJifiAn, acA jAn AOi^'oe jAn tiAifte, ACil jAn e6tAf Af
An eAtA CAfi An tACAin, no Af An 6|t tA^ An t)pfAfy no Af An tite
tAf^ An OfOtAn^n, no a^ ^etitu nA nit)An 65, ^S^f ^f p^AftA An
t>fottAiS t>iLin, Ca|\ a scuit) fCfAoitte A5Uf ^lobAC p^in. UaDaip
*m cipin !
[SIneAnn peAf mAi-oe t»6, cuifeAnn f6 fop p^ifi cimCiott Aif ;
cof AigeAnn f6 "6' A CAf aO, Ajuf Sigte A5 caOai^c AniAC An f6if
■06.]
m>AC HI ti-Aiin [as 5A©Ait]-—
ZA p6Af tA mnil 'ca5ai|\c f ottiif "Oflinn,
If i mo SfA'O, If ! mo fiSn,
*S f flnA Wn, An fig-TieAn Ciuin,
'S ni CU151T) nA tnuiftinig teAt a fcuAim:
ArS nA muiffinig feo "OAttCA A5 t)iA,
tlf AlCni$1t> eAlA tA\i tACA tlAt,
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grandfather brought with him out of Connacht. All the
people used to be saying : Aurah, what sort of thing is that at
all? And he said that it was a sugaun that was in it, and
that j)eople used to make tEe like of that down in Connacht.
He said that one man would go holding the hay, and another
man twisting it. Til hold {Ee hay now, and you'll go twisting
it.
Sheamits. — ^I'U bring in a lock of hay. [Jle goes out.^
HAinuHAN. — ^I will make a dispraising of the province of Munster :
They do not leave the floor to us,
It isn't in them to twist even a sugaun ;
The province of Munster without nicety, without
prosperity.
Disgust for ever on the province of Munster,
That they do not leave us the floor ;
The province of Munster of the foul clumsy people.
They cannot even twist a sugaun !
Sheahus (coming back). — ^Here's the hay now.
Hak&ahan. — Give it here to me ; I'll show ye what the well-
learned, handy, honest, clever, sensible Connachtman will do,
who has activity and full deftness in his hands, and sense in
his head, and courage in his heart, but that the misfortune and
the great trouble of the world directed him among the lebidins
of the province of Munster, without honor, without nobilitv,
without knowledge of the swan beyond the duck, or of the gold
beyond the brass, or of the lily beyond the thistle, or of the
star of young women and the pearl of the white breast Beyond
their own share of sluts and slatterns. Qive me a kippeen.
\A man hands him a stieJc. He puts n wisp of hay round it, and
oegins twisting it, and Sib:eela' giving him ouii the hay.']
Haihuhan. — ^There is a pearl of a woman giving light to us;
She is my love ; she is my desire ;
She is fair Oona, the gentle queen-woman.
And the Munstermen do not understand half her courtesy.
These Munstermen are blinded by God.
They do not recognise the swan beyond the grey duck,
But she will come with me, my fine Helen,
Where her person and her beauty shall be praised for ever.
Arrah, wisha, wisha, wisha, isn't this the fine village, isn't
ibis the exceeding village! the village where there be that
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many rogues hanged that the people have no want of ropes
with all the ropes that they steal from the hangman!
The sensible Connachtman makes
A rope for himself;
But the Munsterman steals it
From the hangman ;
That I may see a fine rope,
A rope of hemp yet
A stretching on the throats
Of every person here I
On account of one woman only the Greeks departed, and
they never stopped, and they never greatly stayed, till they
destroyed Troy ; and on account of one woman only this village
shall be damned; go deo, na nde6r, and to the womb of judg-
ment, by God of the graces, eternally and everlastingly,
because they did not understand that Oona ni Begaun is the
second Helen, who was bom in their midst, and that she
overcame in beauty Deirdre and Venus, and all that came
before or that will come after her!
But she will come with me, my pearl of a woman.
To the province of Connacht of the fine people,
She will receive feast, wine and meat,
High dances, sport and music !
Oh wisha, wisha, that the sun may never rise upon this
village, and that the stars may never shine on it, and
that . [He is hy this time outside the door. All the men
make a rush at the door, and shut it. Oona ntns towards the
door J hut the women seize her. Sheamus goes over to her.']
Oona. — Oh, oh, oh, do not put him out, let him back, that is
Tumaus Hanrahan ; he is a poet, he is a bard, he is a wonderful
man. Oh, let him back, do not do that to him.
Sheamtjs. — Oh, Oona bawn, acushia deelish, let him be, he
is gone now, and his share of spells with him. He will be gone
out of your head to-morrow, and you will be gone out of his
head. Don't you know that I like you better than a Hundred
thousand Deirdres, and that you are my one pearl of a woman
in the world.
Hanrahan {outside^ heating on the door). — Open, open, open,
let me in! Oh, my seven hundred thousand curses on you,
the curse of the weak and of the strong, the curse of the poets
and of the bards upon you! The curse of the priests on you
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and the friars! The curse of the bishops upon you and the
Pope! The curse of the widows on you and the children!
Open ! [He beats aJb the door again and againJ]
Sheahxts. — ^I am thankful to ye, neighbors, and Oona will
be thankful to ye to-morrow. Beat away, you vagabond ! Do
your dancing out there by yourself now! Isn't it a fine
thing for a man to be listening to the storm outside, and
himself quiet and easy beside the fire? Beat away, storm
away! Where's Connacht now?
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EARLY IRISH AUTHORS, TRANSLATIONS OF
WHOSE WORKS OCCUR IN VOLUMES ONE
TO NINE OF IRISH LITERATURE.
MAURICE DUGAN.
(About 1641.)
Maurice Dugan, or O'Dugan, lived near Benburb, in County
Tyrone, about the year 1641, and he wrote the song to the air of '* The
CooUn," which was even in his time old, and which is, as Hardiman
says, considered by many *' the finest in the whole circle of Irish
music." He was supposed to be descended from the O'Dugans,
hereditary bards and historians, one of whom wrote the '''^po-
graphy of Ancient Ireland," which was extensively used by the
Four Masters in their** Annals." O'Reilly, in his *' Irish Writers,"
mentions four other poems, the production of O'Dugan, namely,
"Set your Fleet in Motion," ** Owen was in a Rage," *' Erin has Lost
her Lawful Spouse," * * Fodhla (Ireland) is a Woman in Decay." The
translation of " The Coolin " will be found among the works of Sir
Samuel Ferguson.
MAURICE FITZGERALD.
(About 1612.)
Maurice Fitzgerald lived in Munster in the time of Elizabeth.
He was the son of David duff (the black) Fitzgerald, and he seems to
have been a man of considerable education and of refined taste.
Several of his works exist, but the facts of his life are shrouded in
darkness. It is supposed that he died in Spain, where many of the
most eminent Irishmen of his time found an exile's home. His
journey thither probably suggested the *'Ode on his Ship," though
as Miss Brooke says in her *' Reliques of Irish Poetry," it is possible
the third ode of Horace deserves that credit. In O'Reilly's " Irish
Writers " is a list of seven poems by Fitzgerald which were in
O'Reilly's possession in 1820. The translation of his ** Ode on his
Ship " will be found with the work of Miss Brooke.
THOMAS FLAVELL
Is the supposed author of ''County Mayo" or ** The Lament of
Thomas Flavell," the English translation of which by Greorge Fox
yrill be found in its place under that author's name. He was a
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native of Bophin, an island on the western coast of Ireland, and lived
in the seventeenth or eighteenth century. Hardiman says of the
poem that ^' it is only remarkable for being combined with one of
our sweetest native melodies — the very soul of Irish music/^
GEOFFRY KEATING.
(1570—1650.)
** Gbopfry Keating, the Herodotus of Ireland," says Dr. Douglas
Hyde in his " Literary History of Ireland," ** the Four Masters, and
Duald MacFirbis were men of whom any age or country might be
proud, men who, amid the war, rapine, and conflagration that rolled
through the country at the heels of the English soldiers, still strove
to save from the general wreck those records of their country which
to-day make the name of Ireland honorable for her antiquities,
traditions, and history in the eyes of the scholars of Europe.
'* Of these men, Keating, as a prose writer, was the greatest. He
was a man of literature, a poet, professor, theologian, and historian,
in one. He brought the art of writing limpid Irish to its highest
perfection, and ever since the publication of his * History of Ireland,'
some two hundred and fifty years ago, the modem language may
be said to have been stereotyped. ... I consider him (Keating) the
first Irish historian and trained scholar who . . . wrote for the
masses, not the classes, and he had his reward in the thousands of
copies of his popular history made and read throughout all Ire-
land."
He was bom at Tubbrid, near Clogheen, in County Tipperary,
about the year 1570. At an early age he was sent to Spain, and he
studied for twenty-three years in the College of Scdamanca. On
his return he was received with great respect by all classes of his
countrymen, and after a tour through the country was appointed to
the ministry of his native parish. Here he soon became famous for
his eloquence, and crowds came to hear him from the neighboring
towns of Cashel and donmel. Owing to his plain speaking in the
pulpit, he was in danger of being arrested, and he fled for safety
into the Galtee mountains.
Here he caused to be brought to him the materials he had been
collecting for years, and here wrote his well-known and imx)ortant
*' EUstory of Ireland," ultimately completed about the year 1625. It
begins from the earliest period (namely, the arrival of the three
daughters of Cain, the eldest named Banba, who gave her name to
Ireland, which was called *' the Isle of Banba "}, and extends to the
Anglo-Norman invasion. In 1603, Keating was enabled to return to
his parish, where he found a coadjutor, with whom he lived and
labored peacefully for many years. One of the joint works of the
two men was the erection of a church in 1644, over the door of
which may yet be seen an inscription speaking of them as found-
ers, and beside which was placed afterwards the following epitaph
on the poet-historian:
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** In Trbrid, hid from mortal eye,
A pnest, a poet, and a prophet lie ;
All these and more than in one man could be
Concentrated was in famous Jeoffry."
Of the other works of Keating many were a few years ago, and
possibly still are, well known traditionally to the peasantry of
Munster. Among them are '' Thoughts on Innisfail," which D*Arcy
Maeee has translated ; * ^ A Farewell to Ireland, '* a poem addressed to
his harper ; '^ An Elegy on the Death of Lord deDecies," the *' Three
Shafts of Death," a treatise in Irish prose, which Irish soldiers, we
are told, have long held in admiration. He died about 1660.
TEIGE MacDAIRE.
(1670—1650.)
Tbigb HaoDairx, son of Daire MacBrody, was bom about 1570.
He was principal poet to Donogh 0*Brian, fourth Earl of Thomond,
and held as his appanage the Castle of Dunogan, in Clare, with its
lands. In accordance with the bardic usage, he wrote his elegant
' * Advice to a Prince " to his chief when the latter attained to the title.
This is the most elaborate of his poems. Dr. Douglas Hyde in his
*' Literary History of Ireland " tells us that his poetry is all written
in elaborate and highly wrought classical meters, and that there
are still extant some 8,400 lines.
We give among the selections from the work of Dr. Hyde a few
of the verses translated by him into the exact equivfdent of the
meter in which they are written.
MacDaire was assassinated by a marauding soldier of CromwelFs
army, who, as he treacherously flimg the poet over a precipice,
mocked him in Irish, crying: ^*Gk>, make your songs now, little
man ! *' This was one of MacDaire^s own countrymen.
JOHN MacDONNELL.
(1691—1764.)
John MAcDomncLL, *' perhaps the finest poet of the first half of
the eighteenth century," says Dr. Douglas Hyde, was bom near
Charleville, in the County Cork, in the year 1691. He has gen-
erally been called MEtcDonndl Claragh, from Claragh, the name of
the residence of his family. O'Halloran in his * * History of Ireland ''
speaks of him as ^^ a man of great erudition, and a profound Irish
antiquarian and poet," and says that he ^^ had made vfduable collec-
tions, and was writing in his native tongue a ^ History of Ireland ' "
which failing health, however, prevented him completing. He also
proposed trsmslating Homer*s Iliad into Irish, and nad at least pro-
ceeded so far as to produce several highly praised specimens of what
his work would be. But this, as well as the "• History of Ireland,"
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was put a stop to by his illness and death, and MacDonnell's fame
must now- rest on his poems alone. He died in the year 1754.
Hardiman ranks him in Irish as equal to Pope in English, and
believes that had he lived to complete his translation of the Iliad
it would have been as successful in a literary sense as was that of
Pope. *^ If," he continues, *' the latter had been an Irishman, and
had written in the language of the country, it would be a matter of
difficulty to determine which would be entitled to the prize. But,
fortunately for his genius and fame, Pope was bom on the right
side of the Channel."
MacDonnell was, it seems, a ''rank Jacobite" in politics, and,
poet and genius though he was, had often by hasty flights to save
his life from the hands of the '' hunters of the bards." We give a
translation of one of his poems by an anonymous hand. Others, by
D' Alton, will be found among the examples of his work.
GRANU WAIL AND QUEEN ELIZABETH.1
Mild as the rose its sweets will breathe.
The' gems all bright its bloom en wreathe ;
Undecked by gold or diamond rare.
Near Albion's throne stood Grana fair.
The vestal queen in wonder view'd
The hand that grasp'd the falchion rude—
The azure eye, whose light could prove
The equal power in war or love.
" Some boon," she cried, "thou lady brave,
From Albion's queen in pity crave :
E'en name the rank of countess high,
Nor fear the suit I'll e'er deny."
" Nay, sister-queen," the fair replied,
" A sov'reicp, and an hero's bride
No fate shall e'er of pride bereave—
I'll honors give, but none receive.
** But ffrant to him — whose infant sleep
Is lull'd by rocking o'er the deep—
Those gifts, which now for Erin's sake
Thro' pride of soul I dare not take."
The oueen on Grana gazed and smil'd.
And nonor'd soon the stranger child
"With titles brave, to grace a name
Of Erin's isle in herald fame.
^This ballad celebrates a real historical scene, the visit of the famous
Grace O'Malley to Queen Elizabeth. Inthe ** Anthologia Hibemica" the
visit is thus described : *' The i^ueen, surrounded by her ladies, received
her in great state. Grana was mtroduced in the dress of her country : a
long, uncouth mantle covered her head and bodv ; her hair was gathered
on her crown, and fastened with a bodkin ; her breast was bare, and she
had a yellow bodice and petticoat. The court stared with surprise at so
strange a figure." — ** Granu Wail " or ** Grana Uile " was one of the typi-
cal names of Ireland, and, as Lover remarks, the mere playing of the air
with that name has still a political signifioanoe, (See also the e^pample^
of the work of Caesar Otway.)
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DUALD MacFIRBIS.
(1585—1670.)
This famous scholar was bom in County Sligo. He was the au-
thor of '* The Branches of Relationship," or '* Volumes of Pedigrees."
The autograph copy of this vast compilation, generally known as
'* The Book of MacFirbis," is now in the library of the Earl of Roden.
He assisted Sir James Ware by transcribing and translating from
the Irish for him. His * ' Collection of Glossaries " has been published
by Dr. Whitley Stokes. His autograph ** Marty rology," or " Litany
of the Saints" in verse, is preserved in the British Museum. The
fragment of his Treatise on '^ Irish Authors " is in the Royal Irish
Academy. His transcription of the '^Chronicum Scotorum" was
translated by the late Mr. W. M. Henneesy, and published in 1867.
His *•*• Annals of Ireland " has been translated and edited by O'Dono-
van, and published by the Irish Archseological Society. A tran-
script of his catalogue of * * Extinct Irish Bishoprics, " by Mr. Hennessy ,
is in the collection of the Royal Irish Aclademy. In the Trans-
actions of the Kilkenny Archaeological Society may be found his
English version of the *^ Registry of Clonmacnoise," compiled in the
year 1216. Some extracts from his works translated by Professor
O'Donovan will be found among the examples from that gentle-
man's work.
ANDREW MAGRATH.
(1728 )
Andrew Magrath was bom in Limerick about 1723. He was one
of the most gay, careless, and rollicking of the Jacobite poets, and
one of the last who wrote in his native tongue. He wrote many
songs and poems, of politics, of love, and of drinking. He was, like
so many of his fellows, a wild liver ; and his name survives yet
among the peasantry of his native Munster, among whom he is
remembered as the Mangaire Sugach, or Merry Monger. The date
of his death is not kno^vn, but he is said to lie buried in KUl-
mallock Churchyard.
We append anonymous translations of two of his poems. None
of them have, however, been adequately rendered into the Engli^
language.
THE COMING OF PRINCE CHARLIE.
Too long have the churls in dark bondage oppressed me,
Too lon^ have I cursed them in anguish and gloom ;
Yet Hope with no vision of comfort has blessed me—
The cave is mj shelter — ^the rude rock my home.
Save Doun^ and his kindred, my sorrow had shaken
All friends from my side, when at evening, forsaken,
I sought the lone fort, proud to hear him awaken,
The hymn of deliverance breathing for me.
% The ru^er of the Munster fairies.
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He told how the heroes were fallen and deeraded
And scorn dashed the tear tiieir affliction would claim ;
But Piielim and tieber,i whose cliildren betrayed it,
The land shall relume with the light of their fame.
The fleet is prepared, proud Charles^ is commanding,
And wide o'er the wave the white sail is expanding.
The dark brood of Lutlier shall anail at tiieir landing,
The Gael like a tempest shall bunst on the foe.
The bards shall exult, and the harp-strings shall tremble,
And love and devotion be poured in tlie strain ;
Ere " Samhain"* our chiefs shall in Temor* assemble,
The ** Lion" protect our own pastors again.
The Gael shall redeem every shrine's desecration,
In song shall exhale our warm heart's adoration,
Confusion shall light on tlie foe's usurpation.
And Erin shine out yet triumphant and free.
The secrets of destiny now are before you —
Away I to each heart the proud tidings to tell :
Your Charles is at hand, let the green flag spread o'er you I
The treaty they broke your deep vengeance shall swelL
The hour is arrived, and in loyalty blending,
Surround him I sustain f Shall the gorged goal descending
Deter you, your own sacred monarch defending?
Bush on like a tempest and scatter the foe t
MY GRAND RECREATION.
I sell the best brandy and sherry.
To make my good customers merry ;
But at times their finances
Run short, as it chances,
And then I feel very sad, very t
Here's brandy I Come, fill up your tumbler ;
Or ale, if your liking be humbler ;
And, while you've a shilling.
Keep filling and swilling —
A fig for the growls of the grumbler I
I like, when I'm quite at my leisure.
Mirth, music, and all sorts of pleasure ;
When Margery's bringing
The glass. I like singing
With bards—if they drink within measure.
Libation I I pour a libation,
I sing the past fame of our nation ;
For valorous gloiy.
For song and for story,
This, this, is my grand recreation.
1 Renegade Irish who joined the foe. * The Pretender.
* The 1st of November, the festival of Baal-Samen, so called by the
Druids. * Tara.
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GERALD NUGENT.
(About 1588.)
Gebald Nugent was one of those Irishmen of English descent of
whom it was complained that the^ became more Irish than the Irish
themsdves. In the reign of King John the barony of Devlin in
Meath was granted to Gilbert de Nugent. By the time of Elizabeth
the Nugents had taken to the Irish language, like many other inhab-
itants of the Pale, and Gerald Nugent was a bard and harpist. He
composed in Irish, and flinging aside his harp he joined with the
Irish in their attempt to throw off the yoke of the conquerors. Of
course the result was failure, and Nugent became an exile. In his
grief at leaving the land of his birth, he composed the ode or lamen-
tation, a translation of which by the Rev. W. H. Drummond is given
under that gentleman^s name. This is the only one of his poems that
has been preserved. When and where Gerald Nugent died we have
been unable to discover.
TURLOUGH O'CAROLAN.
(1670—1738.)
TuRLOUGH Carolan, or O'Carolan, commonly called the last of
the bards, was bom in the year 1670 at the village of Baile-Nusah, or
Newton, in ttie County Westmeath, and went to school at Cruise-
town, County Longford. When about fifteen (some say eighteen
and others twenty-two) he lost his sight through an attack of small-
pox. While at school he made the acquaintance of Bridget Cruise,
whose name he made famous in one of his songs.
Many years later Carolan went on a pilgrimage to what is called
St. Patrick's Purgatory, a cave in an island on Lough Dearg in
County Donegal. While standing on the shore he b^gan to assist
some of his fellow-pilgrims into a boat, and chancing to take hold
of a lady's hand he suddenly exclaimed, ** By the hand of my gos-
sip ! this is the hand of Bridget Cruise I " So it was, but the fair one
was still deaf to his suit.
Carolan moved with his father to Carrick-on-Shannon, and there
a Mrs. M'Dermott-Roe had him carefully instructed in Irish and
also to some extent in English. She also caused him to learn how
to play the harp, not with the view to his becoming a harper, but
simply as an accomplishment. In his twenty-second year he sud-
denly determined to become a harper, and, his benefactress pro-
viding him with a couple of horses and an attendcmt to carry the
harp, he started on a round of visits to the neighboring |^ntry, to
most of whom he was already known ; and for years he wandered
all over the country, gladly received wherever he came, and seldom
forgetting to pay for his entertainment by song in praise of his
host.
In about muddle life he married Miss Mary Maguire, a young lady
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of good family. With her he lived very happily and learned to
love her tenderly, though she was haughty and extravagant. On
his marriage he built a neat house at Moshill in County Leitrim,
and there entertained his friends with more liberality than pru-
dence. The income of his little farm was soon swallowed up, and
he fell into embarrassments which haunted him the rest of his life.
On this he took to his wanderings again, while his wife stayed at
home and busied herself with the education of their rather numerous
family. In 1733 she was removed by death, and a melancholy
fell upon him which remained until the end. He did not survive his
wife long. In 1738 he paid a visit to the house of his early
benefactress, Mrs. M^Dermott-Boe, and there he fell ill and died.
Dr. Douglas Hyde says in his ^' Literary History of Ireland " : "He
composed over two hundred airs, many of them very lively, and
usually addressed to his patrons, chiefly to those of the old Irish
families. He composed his own words to suit his music, and these
have given him the reputation of a poet. They are full of curious
turns and twists of meter to suit his airs, to which they are admir-
ably wed, and very few are in regular stanzas. They are mostly
of Pindaric nature, addressed to patrons or to fair ladies ; there are
some exceptions however, such as his celebrated ode to whisky, one
of the finest bacchanaliaii songs in any language, and his much
more famed but immeasurably inferior 'Receipt for Drinking.*
Very many of his airs and nearly ail his i)oetry with the exception
of about thirty pieces are lost."
Examples of his poetry will be found in translations by John
D' Alton, Arthur Dawson, Sir Samuel Ferguson, Thomas Furlong,
and Dr. Greorge Sigerson.
There is a well-known portrait of him by the Dutch painter,
Vanderhagen, which bears some resemblance to the portraits of
Shakespeare.
MICHAEL O'CLERY.
(1580—1643.)
REFERRma to '^The Annals of the Four Masters," Dr. Douglas
Hyde says in his ' ' Literary History of Ireland " : '* This mighty work
is chiefly due to the herculean labors of the learned Franciscan
brother, Michael O'Clery," who was bom in Donegal about the year
1580. He was descended from a learned family who had been for
centuries hereditary historians to the O'Donnells, princes of Tyr-
connell, and at an early age became distinguished for his abilities.
While yet young he retired to the Irish Franciscan monastery at
Lou vain, where he soon attracted the attention of the learned Hugh
Wsurd, a native of his own country and a lecturer at the Irish Col-
lege. His perfect knowledge of the Irish language and history
caused him to be employed by Ward to carry out a project that en-
thusiastic monk had formed for rescuing the annals and antiquities
of his country from oblivion.
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0*Clery then returned to Ireland, where for many years he busied
himself coUecting manuscripts and other works and transmitting
them to Louvain. In 1635 Ward died, but some time before he
managed to publish from O'Clery's materials '^ The Life of St. Bu-
mold," '* Irish Marty rology," and a treatise on the " Names of Ire-
land." John C!olgan, also a native of Donegal, afterwards made
large use of O'Clery's manuscripts in his works on the Irish saints,
• ' IMas Thaumaturga " and * ' Acta Sanctorum Hibemise. " Even be-
fore Ward's death, however, O'Clery had commenced his great
work, which at first went by the name of ** The Annals of Donegal,"
then by the title of * ' The Ulster Annals, " and is now known over the
world as *^ The Annals of the Four Masters," as he and his assistants,
Peregrine O'Clery, Conary O'Clery, and Peregrine O'Duigenan, a
learned antiquary of Kilronan, were named. He had also some
little help from the hereditary historians to the kings of Connaught,
two members of the old and learned family of the O'Maolconerys.
The work states that it was entirely composed in the convent of
the Brothers of Donegal, who supplied the requirements of the tran-
scribers while their labors were in progress. Fergal O'Gara, a
member for Sligo in the Parliament of 1634, is also said to have
liberally rewarded O'Clery's assistants, while it was his advice and in-
fluence that prevailed on O'Clery to bring them together and proceed
with the work. In the * ' Testimonials " are also stated the names of the
books and manuscripts from which the '* Annals " were compiled,
and there also we find the information that the first volume was
begun on the 22d January, 1632, and the last finished on the 10th
August, 1636. To the ** Testimonials," which is a kind of guarantee
of the faithfulness of the work, are subscribed the names of the Su-
perior and two of the monks, together with the countersignature of
O'Donnell, Prince of Tyrconnell.
After the completion of the ** Annals " O'Clery returned to Lou-
vain, where in 1643 he published a ''Vocabulary of the Irish Lan-
guage. " This seems to have been the last of his works, and this year
the last year of his life.
** The Annals of the Four Masters " begin at the earliest period of
Irish history, about a.d. 1171, and end a.d. 1616, covering a pe-
riod of 444 years. The * ' Annals " were published in Dublin by Bryan
Geraghty in 1846.
Examples of the translations by Owen C!onnellan and O'Dono-
van will be found among the work of these writers, also a trans-
lation by O'Donovan from the '* Annals."
DIARMUD O'CURNAIN.
(1740—1825.)
DiAEMTTD O'CURNAIN was bom in Cork in 1740, and died in Mode-
ligo, Waterford, in the first quarter of the present century. He
was a tall, handsome farmer. He traveled to Cork to purchase
wedding presents for his betrothed, but was met on his way home
by the news that she had married a wealthy suitor. He flung
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all hifi presents into the fire, and from the shock lost his reason,
which he never recovered.
A translation of an Irish poem of his hy Dr. Sigerson is given
among the examples of the work of that gentleman.
JOHN O'NEACHTAK
(1695 ?— 1720 ?)
John O'Nkaohtan was still alive in 1716. He was a native
of County Meath, but beyond this little is known about him.
'*He was," says Dr. Douglas Hyde in his " Literary History of
Ireland," ** one of the earliest writers of Jacobite poetry, and per-
haps the most voluminous man of letters of his day among the
native Irish. One of his early poems was written inmiediately after
the battle of the Boyne, when the English soldiery stripped him of
everything he possessed in the world, except one small Irish book.
Between forty and fifty of his pieces are enumerated by O'Beilly , and
I have seen others in a manuscript in private hands. These in-
cluded a poem in imitation of those called ^ Ossianic,' of 1,296 lines,
and a tale written about 1717 in imitation of the so-called Fenian
tales, an amusing allegoric story called the ^ Adventures of Ed-
mund O'Clery,' and a curious but extravagant tale called the
' Strong-armed Wrestler.'
' * Hardiman had in his possession a closely written Irish treatise by
O'Neachtan of five hundred pages on general geography, contain*
ing many interesting particulars concerning Ireland, cmd a volume
of ' Annals of Ireland ' from 1167 to 1700. He also translated a great
many church hymns, and, I believe, prose books from Latin. His
elegy on Mary D'Este, widow of James II., is one of the most mu-
sical pieces I nave ever seen, even in Irish :
" * SLOW cause of my fear
NO pause to my tear,
The brightest and whitest
LOW lies on her bier.
FAIR Islets of green,
RARE sights to be seen,
B oth h ighlands and Islands
THERE sigh for the Queen.' "
A translation b^ Thomas Furlong of O^Neachtan's famous song
*' Maggy Laidir " is given with the examples of the writings of that
gentleman.
OSSIAK
'^ SmB by side with the numerous prose sagas which fall under the
title of * Fenian,' " says Dr. Douglas Hyde in his ** Literary His-
tory of Ireland," '^ there exists an enormous mass of poems, chiefly
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narrative, of a minor epic type, or else semi-dramatic 6pop6e8,
usually introduced by a dialogue between St. Patrick and the poet
C^ian. Ossian ^ was the son of Finn mac Ciimhail, vulgarly
* Cool/ and he was fabled to have lived in Tir na n-6g, the country
of the ever-young, the Irish Elysium, for three hundred years, thus
surviving all his Fenian contemporaries and living to hold colloquy
with St. Patrick. The so-called Ossianic poems are extraordinarily
numerous, and were they all collected would probably (between
those preserved in Scotch-Gaelic and in Irish) amount to some 80,000
lines. . . . The most of them, in the form in which they have come
down to us at the present day, seem to have been composed in rather
loose metres . . . and they were even down to our fathers' time
exceedingly popular, both in Ireland and in the Scotch Highlands, in
which latter country Ian Campbell, the great folk-lorist, made the
huge collection which he called Leabhar na FSinne, or the Book
of the Fenians.
'* Some of the Ossianic poems relate the exploits of the Fenians ;
others describe conflicts between members of that body and worms,
wild beasts, and dragons ; others fights with monsters and with
strangers come from across the sea ; others detail how Finn and his
companions suffered from the enchantments of wizards and the
efforts made to release them ; one enumerates the Fenians who fell at
Cnoc-an-dir; another gives the names of about three hundred of the
Fenian hounds ; another gives Ossian's account of his three hundred
vears in the Land of the Young and his return; many more consist
largely of semi-humorous dialogues between the saint and the old
warrior ; another is called Ossian's madness ; another is Ossian's
account of the battle of Gabhra, which made an end of the Fenians,
and so on. . . .
* ' There is a considerable thread of narrative running through these
poems and connecting them in a kind of series, so that several of
them might be divided into the various books of a Gaelic epic of the
Odyssic type, containing, instead of the wanderings and final res-
toration of Ulysses, the adventures and final destruction of the
Fenians, except that the books would be rather more disjointed.
There is, moreover, splendid material for an ample epic in the divi-
sion between the Femans of Munster and Connacht and the gradual
estrangement of the High King, leading up to the fotal battle of
Gabhra ; but the material for this last exists chiefly in prose texts,
not in the Ossianic lays. . . .
* * The Ossianic lays are almost the only narrative poems which ex-
ist in the language, for although lyrical, elegiac, and didactic poetry
abounds, the Irish never produced, except in the case of the Osfidanic
4pop^, anything of importance in a narrative and ballad form,
anything, for instance, of the nature of the glorious ballad poetry of
the Scotch Lowlands.
'^ The Ossianic meters, too, are the eminently epic ones of Ire-
land. . . .
^^ Of the authorship of the Ossianic poems nothing is known. In
the Book of Leinster are three short pieces ascribed to Ossian
* In Irish Oisin, pronounced " Eeheen," or " XJssheen,"
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himself, and five to Finn, and other old MSS. contain poems ascrihed
to Caoilte, Ossian^s companion and fellow survivor, and to Fergus,
another son of Finn ; but of the great mass of the many thousand
lines which we have in seventeenth and eighteenth century MSS.
there is not much which is placed in Ossian's mouth as first hand,
the pieces, as I have said, generally beginning with a dialogue, £rom
which Ossian proceeds to recount his tale. But this dramatic form
of the lay shows that no pretense was kept up of Ossian^s being the
singer of his own exploits. From the paucity of the pieces attributed
to him in the oldest MSS. it is probable that the Gaelic race only
gradually singled him out as their typical pagan poet, instead of
Fereus or Caoilte or any other of his alleged contemporaries, just
as they singled out his father Finn as the typical pagan leader of
their race ; and it is likely that a large part of our Ossianic lay and
literature is post-Danish, while the great mass of the Bed Branch
saga is in its birth many centuries anterior to the Norsemen's
invasion."
A. RAFTERY.
(1780?— 1840?)
Thbj story of the discovery of the writings of Raftery by Dr.
Douglas Hyde and Lady Gregory is one of the most curious and
interesting in the annals of literature. We have not space for it in
detail ; in brief it was on this wise : Some time in the seventies Dr.
Hyde heard an old man singing a song at the door of his cottage. The
old man, at his request, taught Dr. Hyde the song and the latter
went away.
Twelve years after, when Dr. Hyde was working in the Royal
Irish Academy, he came across some old manuscript containing a
number of poems ascribed to a man named Raftery, and among them
the very song that he had learned on that morning long ago.
Seven years more elapsed, and Dr. Hyde one day met an old blind
man begging. He p:ave him a penny, and passed on, when it
suddenly occurred to him that he should have spoken to him in
Irish. He did ho and cx)nversed with him for an hour. Among
other things they talked about was Raftery, and Dr. Hyde learned
much about the poet from the old man.
This set him upon the track of the poet, and the final result was
the recovery of most of his poems and considerable material for his
biography, which would otherwise have been absolutely lost. Had
it not been for the fact that the poems were so well known up and
down the country, it would have been impossible to recover many
of them.
Raftery was bom about 1780 or 1790 at Cilleaden, County Mayo,
of very poor parents. He was early in life deprived of his sight by
smallpox, so that he never had any better occupation by which to
make a living than that of a fiddler. Tliough he was absolutely
destitute and practically dependent upon alms, no poet of the people
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6ver ^xerciBed so wideepread an influence upon those* among whom
he lived. He was never taught either to read or to write ; he had no
access to hooks of any kind, or any form of literature, except what
he was ahle to pick up through his ears as he traveled from cottage
to cottage, with his bag over his shoulder, picking up his day's
meals as he went.
Lady Q-regory in her '* Poets and Dreamers " deals very fully with
his work, and from the examples which she gives we are justified
in claiming for this, the last of Irish bards, the name of an inspired
one. It is said that he spent the last years of his life in making
prayers and religious songs, of which Lady Gr^ory gives some
interesting examples, and of which ^^ The Ck)nfession/' printed in the
present volume, is typical.
He died at an advanced age, about 1840, and is buried at Killeenan,
County Mayo, where there is a stone over his grave, and where the
people from all parts round about gather in August of every year to
do honor to his memory.
RICHARD STANIHTJRST.
(1545—1618.)
Richard Stanihubot was bom in Dublin, and in his eighteenth
year went to University College, Oxford. He studied law at Fumi-
val's Inn and Lincoln^s Inn; and, returning to Ireland, married a
daughter of Sir Charles Bamewell. About 1579 he took up his resi-
dence in Leyden, entered holy orders, and became chaplain to
Albert, Archduke of Austria and Governor of the Spanish Nether-
lands. A great portion of his writings are in Latin. His first work,
which was published in London in 1570, in folio, is entitled '* Har-
monia, seu catena dialectica Porphyrium," and is spoken of with
particular praise by Edmund Campion, then a student at St. John^s
College, Oxford. His other works are ' * De rebus in Hibemia gestis "
(Antwerp, 1584, 4to); *' Descriptio Hibemise," which is to be found
in ** Holinshed*s Chronicle," of which it formed a part of the second
volume; "De VitaS. Patricii" (Antwerp, 1587, 12mo); " Hebdomada
Mariana " (Antwerp, 1609, 8vo) ; * ' Hebdomada Eucharistica " (Douay ,
1614, 8vo); "Brevis premonitio pro futura commentatione cum
Jacobo Usserio" (Douay, 1615, 8vo) ; " The Principles of the Catholic
Religion"; "The First Four Books of Virgil's -ffineid in English
Hexameters" (1583, smaU 8vo, black letter); with which are printed
the four first Psalms, " certayne poetical conceites" in Latin and
English, and some epitaphs.
OWEN WARD.
(About 1600 or 1610.)
LrrTLS is known of Owen Roe Mac an Bhaird, or Red Owen
Ward, beyond the fact that he was the bard of the O'Donnells, and
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accompanied the princes of Tyrconnell and Tyrone when tkey fled
from Ireland in 1607. In O'Reilly's " Irish Writers " the names of
nine lengthy and still extant poems of his are given. The * ' Lament/*
translated by J. Clarence Mangan, will be found among that author's
contributions to this work ; it is addressed to Nuala, sister of
O'Donnell, the Prince of Tyrconnell, who died in Rome, and was
interred in the same grave with O'Neill, Prince of Tyrone. Ward
was the descendant of a long line of bards and poets of tiie same
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FATHER DINNEEN.
Father Dinneen is a native of the district adjoining Killarney,
in East Kerry, a district that has produced a crop of ^tinguished
poets such as £^n O'Hahilly, Geoffrey O'Donoghue, Eoghan Ruadh
O'Sullivan, Finneen O^Scannell. He drank in the traditional lore of
this re^on during his boyhood, and always held the Irish language
in special veneration. University and ecclesiastical studies, how-
ever, engrossed the best years of his youth and early manhood, and
it was only when the enenoies of Irelemd's honor came forward at
the Intermediate Education Commission, held in Dublin a few yeaj«
€^go, and sought to vilify Irish literature, to show that whatever
little of it survived was either *' silly" or "indecent," that he set
seriously to work to lay before the world the collected works of sev-
eral modem Irish poets, including those named above.
Besides collecting from manuscripts and editing for the first time
the works of some six distinguished poets, Father Dinneen has in
three or four years written seveiul prose works in Irish, including
an historical novel, ' * Cormac Va Conaill, " a description of Killamey ,
and several plays. He has also finished a dictionary of the modem
Irish language, with explanations in English. He is perhaps the
most earnest writer of the Gaelic movement, and his editionea prin-
cipes of the Munster poets are of the greatest value.
JAMES J. DOYLE.
Mr. James J. Doylb, the most unwearying worker and, with the
single exception, perhaps, of Father O^Leary, the raciest writer of
Irish dialogue living, was born at Cooleanig, Tuogh, Ck)unty Kerry,
forty-five years ago. The son of a well-connected, well-disposed, well-
to-do farmer, he had the advantage of spending his boyhood in a sin-
gularly bilingual atmoi^here; but it was only on leaving the local
National school to enter the Revenue Service at the age of nineteen
that he commenced to study the literature of his race. To Mr. David
Connyn he attributes much of his earlier interest in Ireland's hal-
lowed literature, an interest which has been steadily deepening for
upwards of a quarter of a century.
Owing to circumstances with which our readers are unhappily
only too familiar, Mr. Doyle remained unknown as a writer until
the Oireachtas of 1898. On this occasion, however, he leisurely
carried off a prize for three humorous Irish stories, and again at the
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Oireachtas of 1900 he won the " Independent " prize for a story of
modem Irish life. Still later, at the '* Feis Uladh," he received first
prize for a paper on *' Ulster Local Names." This latter is one of
his pet subjects, and has constituted the theme of manj a lecture
delivered in the interest of the Gaelic League.
Mr. Doyle also won first prize in the '' Irish Phrase-Book Compe-
tition " at the recent Oireachtas, 1901, and though not a teacher-
was fourth in the competition (open to all Ireland) for Archbishop
Walsh's prize of £25 ($125) for a bilingual school programme.
In 1881 he married Miss Mary A. Joyce, sister to Dr. King Joyce,
of Dublin. She, like her devoted husband, is also bilingual, and it
is not to be wondered at that they are, as the Claidheamh is wont to
say, " bringing up seven sturdy, enthusiastic young bilingualists.^'
His niunerous relatives and friends in the United States will share
his own manifest gratification at the fact that his parents are still
hale and hearty, and, as he himself is practically in the prime of
life just now, there seems every hope that the readers of An dai-
dheamh — ^and probably of other Irish journals — will have access to
his inimitable contributions for many a year to come.
As in the case of several of the most active members of the Gaelic
League, his position of Supervisor in the Inland Revenue does not
prevent him from rendering very efficient, if undemonstrative,
service to his country. He resides at present in Derry, and is pos-
sibly the most energetic organizer in all Ulster. His assistance to
Mr. (Zk)ncannon has been simply invaluable.
'^Cathair Conroi," children's stories, won the first prize at 1902
Oireachtas.
He was one of the original founders of the Society for the Preserva-
tion of the Irish Language in 1876, and subsequently of the Gaelic
Union, which founded the Gaelic Journal in 1882, and which might
be said to have paved the way for the Gaelic League.
Mr. Doyle is the author of the following books, published by the
Gaelic League: *' Beert Fhear o' n-Tuaith," or ** Two Men from the
Country," a series of snapshots of Irish rural life in the form of
dialogue; ** Taahg Gabha," '* Tim the Smith," a racy story of Kerry
life; ''Cathair Conroi," and other stories suitable for children; an
** Irish-English Phrase Book."
AGNES OTARRELLY.
Miss Aqnes O'Farrelly, or in Irish Una ni Thearghaille, comes
from one of the oldest and most respected families in the Ck>unty
Cavan. She was bom at Kiffenny House, East Breffin. She was the
first lady candidate to take up Insh as subject for the M.A. exami-
nation in the Royal University, which she passed with the highest
honors. She has spent much time in the Arran Islands learning to
speak the language colloquially, and in 1899 she attended a course of
lectures in Old Irish by Monsieur de Jubainville in Paris at the
Collie de France. She has been for years one of the most pnMn-
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inent members of the Coisde Griotha, or Executive of the Gcielic
League. She is chief examiner in Celtic to the Board of Inter-
me£ate Education. Her principal writings are a propagandist
tract in English called "The Reign of Humbug," and two stories in
Irish, one called *'Grddh agus Crddh," the other an Arran story
called ' ' The Cneamhaire," from which we give an extract, and, lastly,
the splendid " Life of Father O'Growney," which has just been pub-
lished and which is full of interest and information about the rise
of the Irish Revived. She has nearly completed the collecting and
editing of the text of John O^Neachtan's poems, and the editing of a
very difficult text from the library of the Franciscans, containing
an account of the wanderings of O'Neill and O'Donnell in Spain.
She is an indefatigable worker in the cause of Irish Ireland.
THOMAS HAYES.
Thomas Hates was bom in ^liltown Malbay on Nov. 2, 1866,
where his father was a master cooper in comfortable circumstances.
He was educated in the National school. Both his parents were
very good Irish speakers, and his home language was Irish. His
house was always a great rendezvous for the neighbors, who used
to meet there to tell stories, and the boy with mouth, and eyes, and
ears open drank in a great many of the local tales and legends. In-
deed, the house during this period was more like a branch of the
Gaelic League than anything else.
His father was a member of the Fenian Brotherhood, and his
mother was intensely Irish.
In 1886 he was appointed as assistant teacher in Harold's Cross
National School, Dublin. He went through a course in St. Pat-
rick's Training College, Drumcondra, in 1891-92, and in 1895 was
appointed principal of St. Gabriel's Boys' School, Aughrim Street.
He is a good amateur musician, and carried off two first prizes at
the R. I. A. M. School Choirs competitions in 1898 and 1901 ; the
Oireachtas Gold Medal for singing, and also the prize for the best
original air to " Caoinead An Guinn " at the Oireachtas, besides sev-
eral second prizes at the R. I. A. M. Oireachtas and Leinster Feis.
In 1893 he joined the Gaelic League, and was soon after co-opted
on the Executive Committee, of which he has since remained a
member. He threw himself enthusiastically into the work of the
League, and devoted a considerable portion of his spare time for
several years to teaching Irish and singing in different branches of
the League. He was the first teacher in Ireland to apply the Tonic
Sol-Fa system to the teaching of Irish songs. His first attempt at
Irish prose composition was published in the Chxelic Journal in
1894, and since then he has been in evidence more or less over his
own name; but much of his work in Irish in the shape of articles,
etc., has been unsigned.
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PATRICK O'LEARY.
Patrick O'Lbary, like his friend, Donnchalh Fleinnioim of Cork,
was one of the first martyrs of the Irish Bevival. He died early, to
the great loss of the movement, chiefly from overwork connected
with it. His principal effort was the collection of Munster folk
tales, called S^euliugheacht Chirige Mumham, chiefly from his
native place near Eyeries, in the extreme south of Ireland. He was
the first to collect the folk tales of Munster, having heen incited
thereto, as he says in his preface, hy the Connaught collections of the
''Craoihhin." He published many excellent things in the Gd€/to
Journal^ and possibly elsewhere. He was a complete master of the
language, and if he had lived would have undoubtedly become one
of our ablest writers.
FATHER PETER O'LEARY,
Father Peter O'Lbary was bom in the year 1840, in the middle
of a wild and mountainous district, about midway between MOl-
street and Macroom, in the County Cork. Irish was at that time
the language of that district. The people spoke scarcely any
English. In that way it happened that Father O'Leary's child-
hood and youth were impregnated with Irish. He was fortu-
nate in another way also. His mother was a highly educated
woman, as well as a very talented one. When she spoke English to her
children it was the best and the most coiTect English, and when she
spoke Irish to them it was the best and the purest and the most cor-
rect Irish. His father had not received an English education, but
the mastery which he had of the Irish language and the force and
power with which he could use it were exceptional, even in a dis-
trict where the language was, at that time, very copious and very
powerful.
It is not to be wondered at that a person whose childhood and
early youth were passed in the midst of such opportunities should
have now the knowledge of the Irish language which Father O'Leary
has. During that childhood and early youth he often passed con-
siderable periods of time without ever speaking an English word.
The chief part of his English education was obtained at home from
his mother. Having gone to a classical school in Macroom and
learned some Latin and Greek, he went to the newly eetabli^ed
College of St. Colman in Fermoy. Then he went on to Maynooth,
and was ordained in 1867.
He never thought there was the remotest danger of the death
of the Irish language until he went into Maynooth. When he
got among the students in Maynooth he was astonished to find
that there were many of them who could not speak a word of Irish.
Not only that, but that there were large districts of the country
where no word of Irish was spoken, and that such districts were
growing larger each year, while those districts where Irish was
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spoken were growing each year Bmaller. It was easy to see where
that would end, and that the end was not very far off.
He then turned his attention to the study of Irish, determined to
ke^ alive at least one man's share of the national speech.
Having been ordained and sent on the mission, he made it a point
to preach in Irish and to speak Irish to the people whenever and
wherever it was possible to do so.
But the IrishHspeaking districts continued to grow small, and the
English-speaking districts continued to expand, and the case con-
tinued to grow more and more hopeless every day and every hour.
At last the Gaelic League made its appearance. The moment it
did Father O'Leary went into the work, determined to do at least
one man's share. He has continued to do so.
Father Peter is the " good old man " of the Munster Revival. His
influence in that province is unbounded. Two of his plays, the
'^ Ghost " and ^' Tadhg Saor," are constantly acted in Munster, and
his writings, of which *'Seadhna" is perhaps the best known, are
acknowledged to be the most idiomatic of those of any Irish writer.
He is very prolific, and every week sees something new from his
pen, either in the Cork papers or in the Dublin Leader. He is one
of the two vice-presidents of the Gto.elic League.
P. J. O'SHEA.
Mr. p. J. O'Shba is a Kerry man, from the parish of An Team-
pole Nuadh. He worked for many years as a Custom House officer
in Belfast, and is at present in England. Over the signature of
*^ Con&n Maol," he has contributed an immQnse quantity of fine idio-
matic Irish to the Claidheamh Solnis and other papers. He is of
splendid physique and immense personal strength, and is descended
from a race famous for their prowess and bravery in old times. His
sketch of O'Neill in this library is a fair specimen of his style.
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GLOSSARY.
A BOCHAL (A hhuaehaiU) Boy, my boy.
Aboo, ABt I.'. To victory I Hurrah I
A OHABJL, A CHORRA. Friend, my friend.
A COOUN BAWN (a chuUin ban) her fair-colored flowing hair.
ACUSHLA (a chuisU) vein— acushla. ma-
CHRBB .Poise of my heart.
A CUSHLA AOUS ASTHORE HACHREE (a
chuisle Offus a stoir mo diroidhe) O pulse and treasure of my
heart!
A CUSHLA GAL HO OHRBE (a chuisU gecU mo
chroidhe) O bright pulse of my heart.
Aqra, Aqradh (a qhradh) Love, my love.
A-KAavR (a theagair) O dear friend I Comforter.
AiLBEN AROON (Eibhlin a ruin) Ellen, dear.
A L ANNA (a leinbh) child.
Alaun a lout.
Alpeen (alpin) a stick.
An CHAiTEoa The Winnowing Sheet (name
of Irish air).
ANCHXTUrFHiONN (an chuUeonn) the white or fair-haired
maiden.
Angashore (aindiseair) a stingy person, a miser.
An smachtaoin cron the copper-colored stick of
tobacco.
An spailpin fanach wandering laborer, a strapping
fellow.
A'RA GAL (a ghradh geal) O bright love I
Aroon (a rutn) O secret love ! beloved, sweet-
heart.
Arrah (ar^ eadh) (literally. Was it ?) Indeed I
Arth-looghra (arc Zuac/ira or arc-sleibhej^A lizard.
AsTHORE (a stoir) Treasure.
A-STOIR MO CHROIDHE (a stoir mo chroidhe) . . Treasure of my heart.
ASTOR GRA GEAL HACHREE (a stoir grodh
geal mo chi^idhe) Treasure, bright love of my
heart.
A suiLiSH HACHREE (a sholaiB mo chroidhe) Light of my heart.
A THAISGE Treasure, my darling, my com-
fort.
AuLAGONS (tdlagon) . See Hullagone.
Avio (a mhic) Son, my son.
AvouRNEEN (a mhuimin) Darling.
Batthershin (b'fheidir sin) That is possible ! Likely, in-
deed ! Perhaps.
Balltraggin scolding, defammg.
Ban-a-t*gee (beanran-tigJie) woman of the house.
Banshee (beanrsidhe) (literally, fairy-
woman) the death-warning spirit of the
old Irish f amiUes.
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Bakbheb (bean tidhe) fairy woman.
Baumash, raivieis nonsense.
Bawn (ban) fair, white, bright, a park.
Bawn, Badhun cattle-yard or oow-fortresB.
BsALrAN-ATHA-BUiD {bcal an atha buidhe) Mouth of the Yellow Ford.
Bean an fhir ruaidh the red-haired man's wife.
Bbannact D£ la t'anam (beanacht De le
d^anam) The blessing of God on your
soul!
Bban sheb (bean sidhe). See Basbheb.
Beinnsin lauchra little bunoh of rushes (Irish air).
Boeder sin (B'fheidir tin). See Baithershin.
BtscBsm (baireadh) — a cap.
BLADDHBRANa — BLATHERINQ (from hlod'
aire) flattering.
BLASTHoaUB (bkuiog) persuasive speech, a sweet-
mouthed woman.
BOOCAGH (bacach) a cripple, a beggar.
BoooATY (bacaide) anything lame.
BoDACH (bodagh) a churl ; also a well-to-do man.
BouAUN BWEE (buacfuillan bhuidhe) ragwort.
BOLIAUN DHAS (buochaUon deas) the ox-eye daisy.
BOLLHOUS. rumpus.
BONNOCHT (btuinadfi) a billeted soldier.
BOBBBN (baithrin) a little road, a hine (a diminu-
tive of bothar, a road).
BosTHOON (baatamhan) a blockhead ; also a stick made
of rushes.
Bothered (bodhar) deaf, bothered.
BoucHAL (buachaiU) a boy.
Bouchelleen bawn (buachaUlin ban) white (haired) little boy.
Brehons {breitheamhain) the hereditary judges of the
Irish Septs.
Bbiohdin ban ho store (brighidin ban mo
stor ) White (haired) Bridget, my
treasure.
Brishe (briaheadh) breaking ; a battle.
Brochanb (brochan) gruel, porridge.
Brogue (brog) a shoe.
Bruqaid (brugJiaidh) a keeper of a house of public
hospitality.
Bruiohean a fair mansion, a pavilion, a
court.
Brushna (broena) broken sticks for firewood.
BuNNAUN ibuinnean) a stick, a sapling.
Gailin DBAS a pretty girL
Gailin DBAS cruidhe na mbo {caUin deas
cruidMe na m-bo) the pretty milkmaid.
Gailin oo a young prl.
Gaiun ruadh a red (haired) girl.
Gairderqa (caoire dearga) a red berry, the rowan berry.
Gaish (ceis) a young female pig.
.Gaistla-na-kirka Gastlekerke.
Galuaoh (caiUeach) a hag, a witch.
Ganats a term of supreme contempt.
Gannawaun {ceanna-bhan) bog cotton.
Gaoch ^ blind, blind' of one eye.
Caoinb {oaoineadh) a keen, a wail, a Ument*
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Gafpadt d'yabraq (eaipin dearg) a red cap.
Casadh an TSuaAiN the twisting of the straw
rope.
Caubebn (eai&in) a hat, literally "little cap,"
the diminutive of eaib, a
cape, cope, or hood.
Cbad mils failte A hundred thousand weloomeel
Cbanbhan (cearina-blian) bop^ cotton. See Cannavxmn,
Cean dubh deelish (aeheann dubh dhilis).. Fa,ithtn\ black head, dear dark-
haired girl.
Claibseach harp.
Cleave {cliabh) a basket, a creel.
Clochaun (dochan) a stone-built cell, stepping-
stones.
Ck)ATAMORE (cota mor) a g^eat coat, an overcoat.
CoDHLADH AN TSIONNAIOH The Fox's Sleep (name of Irish
air). Pretending death.
CoLLAUNEEN (coHeaintn) a little pup.
GoLLBAOH CX7SHMOR (cailleach eos-mor) a bi^-footed hag.
GoLXiEBN BAWN (cailtn ban) a fair-haired girL
Colleen dhas {cailin deas) pretty girl.
Colleen dhas crootba nabo (cailin deaa
cruidhte na mrho) the prettv milkmaid.
Colleen dhown a brown-haired girl. "Dhown"
is the Munster pronunciation
of donn^ brown.
Colleen bue {eaUin ruadh) a red-haired girl.
COLUOCH {cailleach) an old hag, a witch.
Collogue collogue, whispering ; probably
from colloquy.
CoLLOOUiN talkinff togeuier, colloquy.
CoLunf cmL {SU CdumbctUe) St. GoUimba of the cells. The
dove of the cell.
Comedheb (comether) Come hither.
Conn cead catha Conn of the hundred battles,
King of Ireland in the second
century.
CoouN (cuUin) flowing tresses, or back hair.
From euZ, back.
CooM (cum) hollow, valley.
COTAHOBE. See COATAMOBE.
CouLAAN (cuileann) a head of hair.
Cbeepie a three-legged stool, a form or
bench.
Cbeeveen Eeveen (Chraoibhin ooi&^tnn).. Delightful Little Branch.
Croboieal (croimbheal) a mustache.
Cbonan the baas in music, a deep note,
a humming.
Cboosheenin whispering.
Cboppies the democratic party — ^alluding
to their short hair, or round
heads.
Cbossans (erosan) gleeman, gleemen.
Cboubs (crvb) a paw, clumsy fingers.
Cbuaoh a conical-topped mountain, a
stack.
Cbuaghan na Fbinne Croffhanof theFena of Erin.
Cbuadabbill Dabhilla's rock, a lookout on
the coast of Dublin.
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Cbuiskeen (eruiadn) a flask, a little jar, a onwt.
Cruistin throwing.
Cruit a harp.
CXTBBBTON (eu-Breatan) a man's name, the hero of
Britain.
GUR OODDOIGB comfortable.
CURP AN DUOUL {covp 6*n dtobhol) Body to the devil !
CusHLA Machree (a chuiaie mo chroidhe). .Pulse of my heart.
CussAMUCK (cuaamiui) leavings, rubbish, remains.
Daltheen (daUtin), a foster child ; also a puppy.
Dar-a-chreesth (bar Oriost) By Christ I
Dauny (dona) puny, weak.
Dawnshbe (from damhainsi) acuteness.
Deeshy small, delicate.
Deoch an doraib the parting drink, the stirrup-
cup.
Deoch Shlainte an Rioqh Health to the King I
Dhudebn (duidin) a short pipe, what the French
caHbrOIe-gueule.
Dhuragh (duthracht) a generous spirit, something
extra.
DiLSK, dulse (duUeaac) sea-grass, dulse.
DiNA MAOH (Daoine maithe) the good people, the fairies.
DooNT. See Daxtny.
•Draherin o MAGHREB (DreMiratthrin o!
mo chroidhe) O little brother of my heart.
Drimin don dilis (DhruvnMann donn dhi-
leas) .Dear brown cow.
Drdcmin (dhruimeann) a white-backed cow.
Drimmin dhu DHBEU8H (literally, the dear
cow with the white back, but used figur-
atively in Ireland) name of a famous Irish air.
Drimmin dubh dhbeush (Dhruimeann
dubh dhUecu) white-back cow.
Drinawn dhunn (droighnean donn) brown blackthorn.
DroleEn (dreoilin) the wren.
Drooth thirst (c/. "drought").
EiBHUN A RUIN Dear Ellen.
EiBHUL (uibeal) clew.
Erenach (aircJUnneach) a steward of church lands, a
caretaker.
Eric (eiric) a compensation or fine, a ran-
som..
Erin Slangthagal go bragh (Eire Sldinte
geal go brath) Erin, a bright health forever.
Fade (fada) tall, long.
Fag-a-Bealach (Fag an Bealach) Clear the way ! Sometimes
Faiigh a Bauaghf
Faughed despised.
Faysh (feis) a festival.
Feadaim ma*s ail uom I Can if I Please (name of Irish
air).
Feascor (feoBcar) evening.
Feurgortach (fear gortacli) himgry-grass ; a species of
mountain ^ass, supposed to
cause fainting if trod upon,
FiAUGHOiiOCH (flaitheamhlach) princely, liberaTt
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FoostHU fumbling.
FooTY small, mean, insignificant.
F06OAIL AN DORUS Open the Door (name of Irish
air).
Frbchans (fraochan) a mountain berry ; huckle-
berries.
FuHiUSLUAH (fuU a liugh) an exolamation.
FuiRSBOlR a juggler, buffoon.
Gad withe, etc., for attaching cows.
Oancanbrs. See Gean-ganach.
Garnavilla (Gardha anbhUe) The Garden of the Tree ; a place
near Caher.
Gabranmorb (gearran mar) Oarran,B, hack horse, a geld-
ing; more, "big."
Garron (gearan) hack or gelding, a horse.
Geall a pledge, a hostage.
Gban-CANACH a love talker; a kind of fairy
appearing in lonesome Tal-
leys.
Geasa an obligation, vow, bond.
Geersha (girseaeh) a little girl.
Grocach a gluttonous stroller.
GiLLY (gioUa) servant; hence the names Gil-
christ, Gilpatrick, Kilpatrick,
Gilbride, Kilbride, etc. (Gu
cUa-Chriosda, servant of
ChriBt ; gioUa-Phaidrigf ser-
vant of ratrick, etc.).
G1R8HA. See Geersha.
GO-DE-THU, HAVOURNSEN 8LAUN (Oo dteifh
tu mo mhuirnin slan) May you go safe, my darling ;
i.e. Farewell.
Go LEOR plenty, a sufficiency, enough.
GoLLAM {Qolamh) a name of Milesius, the Spanish
progenitor of the Irish Bfile-
sians.
GOMERAL a fool, an oaf.
GoMMOCH {gamach) a stupid fellow.
GoMSH otherwise *' gumption "—sense,
acuteness.
GoRSOON, Gossoon {garsun) a boy; an attendant (c/. French
garron).
GosTHER (gastuir) prate, foolish talk.
GouLOOUB {goMidlog) a forked stick.
Gracie 00 MO CHROIDHB Toung Gracie of my heart.
Grah igradh) love.
Gramachree {gradh mo ehroidhe) Love of my heart.
Gramacthreb ma colleen ooe, Molly
ASTRORE igradh mo ehroidhe mo eailin og,
MoUy a stoir) Love of mv heart is my young
girl, Molly, my treasure.
Grammachrse ma cruiskeen (gradh mo
ehroidhe, etc.) Love of my heart my little jug.
Grawus children.
Greenan {grianan) a summer house, a veranda,
a sunny parlor.
GusHAS. See Geersha.
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HuLLAGONB ( Uaia a ehan) an Irish wail, grief, wo«.
lAB CONNAUGHT Western Ck>nnaught.
INAGH (Anreadh) Is it? Indeed.
Inch (inse) .an island.
IBIBHIAN (English word) one skilled in
the Irish language.
Jackeen a fop, a cad, a trickster.
Kathaleen Bawn (Caitlin ban) Fair-haired Kathleen.
Kead lOLLE FAULTS (ceod mUejailU) A hundred thousand welcomes!
Keen. See Caoinb the death-cry or lament over
the dead.
KlEBAWAUN ABOO Kirwan forever I Hurrah for
Kirwan I
Kimmeens sly tricks.
BtoKORA {Cionn CoracLh) " The Head of the Weir," the
royal residence of Brian Boru.
KiPEEN (eipin) a bit of a stick.
KiSH (ceis) a large wicker basket.
KiSHOGUE (cuiseog) a wisp of straw, astern of com,
a blade of grass.
Kitchen anything eaten with food, a
condiment.
KiTROOUE (ciotog) the left hand.
Knockawn (cnocan) a hillock.
Knock Cuhthe (cnoc eoUe) the mountain-like foot.
LAN full.
Lanna i.e, (Hanna, child (which see).
Laitnah Wallah (Lan an Mhala) the full of the bag.
Leanan Sidhe Fairy sweetheart.
Leibhionna a platform or deck.
Lenaun {leanan) a sweetheart, or a fairy lover.
Leprechaun a mischievous elf or fairy.^
LONNETS expression of surprise.
LULLALO {Liuigh liuigh leo) Scream, scream with them t
(Burthen- words in lullaby.)
LuBMORES (lus mor) a foxglove, fairy-finger plant.
Ma bouchal (Ifo blittachaUl) My boy.
Machree (mo ehroidhe) My heart.
Ma colleen dhas crxttheen na mbho '* The Pretty Qirl Milking her
Ck>w," a famous Irish air.
Maqha braoh {amach go bragh) out for ever.
Mahurp on duoul (ilfo ehorp on deabhcLl), My body to the devil !
Malayooue to trounce, to mauL
Mavourneen (Mo mhuimin) My darling.
Merin (meirin) a boundary, a mark.
MnxB MURDHER (mile murder) A thousand murders I
MiLLU. MURTHER A thousand murders (a com-
mon ejaculation).
Mo BHRON My sorrow.
Mo bhuaichailin buidhe My yellow-haired little boy.
Mo BOUCHAL {Mo bhuachatU) My boy.
Mo CRAOIBHAN CNO (Mo chrombhin cno) . . .My little branch of nuts.
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(behind a hedgre) of shoemakiug, and do not take your eyes off nim, which he endeavors
to induce his captor by various ruses to do, he wili disoover where treasure is hidden.
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Mo CBOtDHB {Mo chroidKe) My heart.
MoiDHERBD same as '* bothered.**
Mo LKUN {Mo lean) My sorrow.
Mo MHUISNIN Mv darling.
MONADAUN {monadan) a bog berry.
MONONIA (MuiiSTBR) Latinized form of Irish Mumr
han, pronounced ** Moo-an.'*
MOBEBN (morrtn) the diminutive of Mor, a
woman's name, now obsolete.
Grandmother.
MoKYAH {mar 'dh eadh) but for.
MoY HELL {Magh meail) The Plain of Elnolls^-a druidic
paradise.
MULVATHERED worried.
MUSHA {Ma is eadh) well (in such phrases as *' Well,
how are you ? " •* Well, how
are all ? ") Also, If it is I WeU
indeed I
Naoh ifBAiNEANN BIN DO (him) whom that does not con-
cern (Irish air).
Neil Dhuv {NiaU Dtibh) black-haired Neil.
Nharrouoh {narrach) cross, ill-tempered.
Nioi {naoi) nine.
Ni UHEALLFAB MB ABis I sball not be deceived again.
NoBA CREINA {Nora chriona) Wise Norah (an Irish air).
OcH HONE exclamation expressing grief.
OCHONE Machree {Oclum mo chroidhe) Alas, my heart I
Oge {og) young.
Oh, hagba hu. Ma orienchree hu {O mo
ghradh thu ! Mo ghraidhin croidhe thu /.O my love thou art I My heart's
loving pity thou art I
Olxaves {oUamh) a doctor of learning, professor.
Omadhaun {amadan) a fool, a simpleton.
Oro an exclamation.
OwNA BWEE {Amain hhuidhe) Tellow river.
OwNY NA cx)PPAL {Eoghan na capaU) Owen of the horses.
Padbbreens (patdrtn, from paidir, the
pater) the Rosary beads.
Pastheen FINN {paistinjlonn) little fair-haired child.
Pattern (English word) a gathering at
a saint's shrine, well, etc. ;
festived of a patron saint.
Paudareens. See Padhereens.
Pauoh flutter, panting.
Pearla an bhbollaioh bhain Pearl ofWhite Breast (Irish air).
PHAiDRia NA PiB {Podraig na bpiop) Patrick of the pipes ; Paddy
the piper.
Phillalew {fuU el-luadh) a ruction, hullabaloo.
PiNCIN. See PiNKEEN.
PiNKEEN {pinein) a very small fish, a stickleback.
Planxty (plaingstigh) Irish dance measure.
PoauE {pog) a kiss.
Polshee diminutive of Polly.
Polthooe (palltog) a thump or blow.
POREBNS (potrtn, a small stone) small, applied to small pota*
toes.
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FonODi (paUin) (literaUy, a little poDastfll;
hence illicit whiskj.
Rahv a Tene. a sajrins, a rhyme.
Bath a ciicalar eartlien mocmd or
fort, TeiT common in Ire-
land, and popolarly belioTed
to be inhabited by fairies.
BsK Shaxub (Righ Seanuu) King James.
Rhua (ruadh) red or red-haired.
RoisiH DuBH Black Little Rom.
ROSB Gaia {Roim Otai) Fair Rose.
BoRT oas (Ruaidkri og) young Rory.
Salacbb {Bokuh) dirty, untidy people.
Salubb (saUeog) a willow, fi illows.
8AyouBinsBNDHXEUSHC5aiii&u<ntmdhtIif)And my faithful darling.
Scalfkkn (from 9oalp) a fissure, a cleft.
Scut (seud) a thing of little worth.
Sean von vocht (man bhean bhocht) poor old woman.
Shamoub (Seamus) James.
Shas Dhu dark John.
Shah Mors big John.
SELUfB RUADH red-haired John.
Shan Van Vooh (an Tman Bhean Bhocht) Poor Old Woman.
Sharoosb (Searbhas) bitterness.
Shkbeen (nbin) a place for sale of liquor, gen-
erally illicit.
Sheein young *poIlack, or of any fish.
Sheelah (Sighle) Celia.
Sheb Mollt mo store (Si Molly mo sf or). .It 's Molly is my treasure.
Sheila ki Gara (Sighle ni Ohadhra) Celia O'Gara (an allegorical
name of IreUmd).
Shemus Rua (Seamus Ruadh) red (haired) James.
Shillaly, Shillelah an oak stick, a cudgeL From
the wood of ShilTehigh in
County Wicklow.
Shilloo a shout.
Shoheen ho, SHOHEEN8HO(Seoifh»na0Ou2A) Burthen words of luUaby.
Hush-a-by.
Shoolxno strolling, wandering. From the
word eiubhalj tramping.
Shouoh (seach) a turn, a blast or draw of a
pipe.
Shuoudrrin CSeadh go deimhin) Yes, indeed I
Shule aora (Siubhau a ghradh) Walk, love ; i,e. Come, my love.
Shulers (fduhlialoir, a walker) tram^.
Sios Aous BIOS UOM Up with me and down with me.
Slaintb oeal, mavourneen Bright health, my darling.
Slainte qo bragh (Slainte go bhrath) Health foreTor I
Slan Lbat I Adieu ! Farewell I
Sleeveen a sly, cunning fellow. From
sUobh, sly.
SLEWSTHERiNa flattering.
SUABH NA H-BAN The Mountain of the Women.
Smaddher to break. From rnnioi, a frag-
ment.
Smiddhereens small fragments. Probably
from miot, as above.
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Smulluck {smuUog) a fillip.
SooOARTH AROON (Shogatrt a ruin) Dear Friest I
Sonsy happy, pleasant. Probably
from aonas, happiness.
Soother to wheedle. From the English.
SowKiNS soul.
Spaehan .fortune-teller.
Spalpeen (apailpin) a common laborer ; also a con-
ceited fellow with nothing
in him.
Sparth {spairt) wet turf.
Spidhooue (sptdeog) a punjr thing or person.
Sprahauns (spreasan) an insignificant fellow.
Sthreel (straoileadh) a slut, a sloven.
Stookawn {8tuacan) a lazy, idle fellow.
Strayaigino rambling.
Stronshuce (airainse) a big lazy woman.
Suantraighe a sleeping or cradle song.
SuGGAWN (tsugan) a rope of nay or straw.
Tarbh bull.
Th' anam an Dhia {Uanam do Dhia) My soul to God I
The Cruiskeen Lawn (Cruis^n Ian) Full little flask or jar.
Thraneen, traneen {traithnin) a little ; a trifle ; a stem of grass.
Thuckeens (tuicin) an ill-mannered little girl.
TiLLOCH {tiUach) small plot of land, a hillock.
TiR pa Tonn (Tirfa Tonn) Land under the wave— Hol-
land.
TiR-NA-MBOO (Tir na m-beo) Land of the live (beings).
Tirnanoge (Tir nan og) Land of the j;oung.
Trumauns (troman) a reel on a spindle.
Tug the middleband of a flail.
Uchluaih the breast or front hem of a
sail.
UucAN. See Hullagone.
Ullagone {ullagon). See Hullagone.
Usha. See Musha {rnhuise),
Vo Alas! Oine, ay demit
Weenock (^mhaoineack) O treasure.
Weesheb (toeeahy) little. From toee,
Weira, Wirra. See Wurra.
What HoUg is on you ? What are you about ?
Wirrasthrue (O Mhuire is truagh) O Mary, it is sad I (an ejacula-
tion to the Virgin).
WiRRASTRUE ('Mhuire 18 truagh) Mary I 't is a pity !
WisHA. See Musha.
WoBiMASiN strolling.
Wurra (A Mhuire) O Mary I (i.€. the Blessed Vir-
gin).
Yeos (English word) yeomen*
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GENERAL INDEX.
This consists of an Index of Authors, books quoted from, titles of stories, essajs,
poems, subjects dealt with, of which the library consists, and first lines of the poetry.
And these are each indicated by different kinds of type as set forth below.
As 'Irish LrrsRArcBB ' touches upon Irish life at eyery point, the index has
been made as fall as practicable without oyerweighting it, and the entries are cross-
referenced as fully as may be needed by those interested in any phase of it.
As the arrangement of the library is according to the authors' names, and as the
biographies contain a full bibliography of each author, we haye not indexed the whole
of their works, but only those represented In ' Irish Literaturb.'
THE FOLLOWING SHOWS THE TYPOGRAPHICAL PLAN:
Author's name — Allinohah, Williah.
Title of story, essay, poem, etc. — Adieu.
Source of story, essay, poem, etc. — ' Father Connell.'
First line of poetry — Am I the slaye they say ?
First line and title of i>oem the same — * Four DueJa on a Farm/
Subject — Ai^ooltnre.
^' TOL.
A. B 6. W. RussBLL.
A babe was sleeping. . .Lotbb .... 6
A cabin on the moun-
tain-Bide Russbll . . 8
'A constant tree U the
yew to me' (Irish
Kann) lO
A Ctuhla Qal Mo (Three
(half-tone engraving). Dohbny .
A land of youth, a land
of rest JoTCB . . ,
A laughter in the dia-
mond air RussBLL
A little lonely moorland
lake Kayanaoh
A little sun, a little
fain Bbookb .
A man there was near
Ballymooney Lb Fanu.
A man without learn-
ing, and wearing fine
clothes 4
A " million a decade ! "Witj)b .... 9
A moment gone O'Donnbll. 7
A pity beyond all Ybats 9
A poor old cottage O'Lbabt . . .7
A soldier of the Legion.NoBTON ... 7
A sore disease this
scribbling Itch is 4
A spirit speeding down.SHOBTBB . . 8
A Btor, Ora Oeal Mo-
chree Macmanus . 6
2086
8001
3837
8 864
5 1734
8 2996
5 1753
1 299
5 1935
1467
3570
2688
3704
2797
2586
1268
3128
2263
[4041]
VOL. PAOB
A Tolce of the winds. .Johnson .. S 1698
A whisper of spring's in
^ the air Wtnnb .... 9 3649
A Wood, Anthony, the
historian 7 2570
Thomas, at Drog-
heda 7 2570
Abbacy of lona. The 4 1618
Abbey Aearoe Allinoham. 1 13
Abercromby, Sir Ralph 6 2166
Abhrain an Bhuideil . . .Ix Fanu. ..6 1946
Aboard the Sea Swal-
low DowoBN ... 8 876
Absentee, The, M. F.
Egan on S z
Abaenteelam 9 3364
Harshness of the
land-agent 1 87, 98
in the XVIII. Cen-
tury 5 1917
Rack-renters on the
Stump 9 3333
Scene in the Trtsh
Famine 4 1575
Absolute, Sir Anthony
(character in 'The
Rivals') 8 3079
Academy. The English. . Banim .... 1 60
Acres, Bob (character
in 'The Rivals') 8 3088
Acropolis of Athens and
the Rock of Cashel. ..Mahaftt .. 6 2334
Across the Sea Allinoham. 1 14
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'Aotwon'From WUJUNS .. » 3604
Act of Unloii (Bee also
Union, The) 6 2169
Actor and Gleeman 9 3686
Actress (see Bellamy) S 1919
Addison on ladles' head-
dress 9 8497
Address of a Drunkard
to a Bottle of Whis-
ky Lb Fanu. . . 6 1946
Address to the British
Association Kelvin . . . B 1784
Adieu Abmstbong. 1 25
Adjectives, copious use
of, by Irish 2 xiii
Adown the leafy lane .. Mac Albbsb 6 2111
Adam, Maltre, Father
Prout on 6 2839
Adamnan and F i n -
nachta 7 2707
■ See Death of Bt.
Columdlle 4 618
AdT-enture. See
Travel, etc.
in Blievenamon. . .BuTfi-u. .... 1 46
Advice to the Ladies. . .Goldsmith. 4 1322
Advocate's Library, Ed-
inburgh, Irish manu-
scripts In 7 2673
Aedh Guaire and Ruad-
han 7 2762
mac Ainmireacli 4 1622, 1«25
Menu, Prince of
Leinster 7 2711
Aedhan. the leper of
ClluSn-Dobhain 7 2710
Xgeria, A Modem Campbell .2 448
Aengus, Calendar of 8 8141
Featology of 7 2673
Affair of Honor, An , , . Castle .... 2 576
AfHictUm. Blessings of.. Kirytav ... 6 1844
Africa, Dress in 2 418
African Queen Butler ... 2 418
After Aughrim Geooheoan. 4 1254
the Battle Moobe .... 7 2586
the Fianna. From
the Irish of
OlSIN • SiGEBSON .. 8 8139
Age of a Dream Johnson . . 6 1699
ancient Irish rec-
ords 2 viii, z
Aghahoe, Ruins of 8 3020
Aghadoe Todhuntbb. 9 8410
Agrarian Movement,
Poets of the 8 xil
Oppression 1 348
Agricultural Organiza-
tion Society (I. A. O.
S.), "A. E." and the 8 2989
Agriculture and Tech-
nical Instruction, De-
partment of 8 2908
Aflrrlcaltare in Ire-
land 4 1467, 1574; 9 3362
Castle Rackrcnt 8 995
Rival Swains, The 1 361
Success dependent
on fixity of ten-
ure 2 425
We'll See About It 4 1534
Ah, huntsman dear ...Gbiffin ... 4 1491
Ah Man Mac Fall. . O 2206
Ah, see the fair chivalry
come Johnson . . S IvOl
Ah, sweet Kitty Neal. .Wallbb ... 9 3500
"Ah then ; who is that <
there talkln' T* KiKiZHO .. • 5 177^
low. Battle of - ..
Glen
The Glen of. See
Patrick Sheehan.
Aid Finlalth. King of
Ireland 7 2718
Aidne 4 145C
Alleach (mountain). See
Innishowen.
Ailecl Mor, King of C<m-
naught 7 274T
Aileen Banim .... 1 57
AiliWs Death, King ...Stokes ... 8 3261
Allien 4 1452
Aim of the Society of
United Irishmen 6 2168
Air, The Host of the. .Yeats 9 3701
Aix-la-Chapelle, Treaty
of 8 1220
'Akim-Foo' Butleb ... 2 418
*Alas for the man who
is weak in friends*
(Irish Rann) lO 3889
*Alas for who plough
without seeds '
(Irish Rann) lO 8889
Alas ! how dismal is my
tale O'Keeffb . . 7 2779
Alas, poor Yorick 8 3220
Alhion Sheehan . . 8 8044
Albuera, Irish soldiers
at 8 3068
*Alclphron, or the Mi-
nute Philosopher ' ..Bbbkelet . 1 175
176
Alder Gulch, Nevada,
Earl of Dunraven at 8 964
Aldfrid's Itinerary Manoan ... 6 2875
Alezandeb, Cecil
Fbances 1 1
William 1 8
Alexander the Great 7 2672
Alin6 who bound the
Chief of Spears 7 2598
Alison, Sir A., on E.
Burke 1 869
All day in exquisite alr.TTNAN-
HlNKSON.
All hail ! Holy Mary. . .Kbboan . . .
All human things are
subject to decay . . . .Dbtdbn . . .
All in the April evening. Ttnan-
HlNKSON.
All natural things in
balance lie O'Donnell.
All Souls Ere Shobteb . .
Night, beliefs about 8 8128
All the heavy days are
over Yeats 9 8708
"All the Talents, The
Ministry of " Babbett ... 1 119
All ye who love the
spring time Blake .... 1 189
Allegory, An Hvde 10 8879
Allen, F. M See B. Downey.
Allen and the insurrec-
tion of Tyrone
and Desmond 7 2852
The Hill of 7 2709. 2711
of the mighty
deeds, Olsln at 6 1722
— —William O'Meara,
The Manchester
Martyr 7 2608; 9 8839
8457
1765
8 1208
9 8454
7 2684
8 8129
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4043
TOL. PAQB
Allinoham. WILLIAK 1 11
W. B. Teats on 8 x
Alliteration in Irish lit-
erature a xlli
in Irish verse 4 vii
Almhain, Battle of O^Donoyan. 7 2709
Almhuln of Lelnster 4 1454
Alpine solitudes 4 1357
'Alps. Hours of Exer-
cise in the ' Ttndall . . 9 3478
'Am I rememberedt '. . .M'Gbb « 2225
Am I the slave they
• say ? Banim 1 66
Amazing Ending of a
Charade Cbommelin. 2 751
Ambition, Swift on 9 3878
of the Irish PatriotPHiLLiPS . . 8 2892
'Amboyna, The Relation
of 6 2573
America, A Farewell to.WiLDB .... 9 3599
Abb. Ireland on 6 1664
and Ireland 9 3328
Education in 1 334
Goldsmith on 4 1366
O n Conciliation
with BURXB 1 876
On the Prospect of
Planting Arte
and Learning <n. Berkeley . 1 180
The Irish in Magdirb . . « 2321
O'Brien ... 7 2617
Dr. Slgerson
on 4 xii
See Red-
mond on
Home Rule 8 2926
the land of liberty 6 1664
The Song of the
Irish Emigrant inFiTZSiuoa. . 3 1206
American and Irish rev-
olutionists com-
pared 6 2165
characteristics 1 881
civil war. Arch-
bishop Ireland in
the 5 1662
* Commonwealth,
The* Brtcb. 1331, 843
faith in Democracy 1 883
humor 1 882
Revolution 6 2168
Effect of, on Ire-
land 9 X
GratUn on the 4 1389
Stamp- Act 4 1388
Taxation, Speech onBvBKX .... 1 878
Americans a religious
people 1 836
a good-natured peo-
ple 1 881
Among the Heather .. .Aliakqilau, 1 16
the reeds, round
waters blue . . . .Mtllioan. .. 6 2437
Amor Intelleotualis ...Wildb 9 8594
Amoret Conorbvb... 2 614
Amusements at a coun-
try dance 2 649
of the Ancient Irish 1 35; R 1739
of the People O'Bribn ... 7 2620
A nation once again 1 xvli
A Nation once again . .DkYis 3 827
'An Cneamhalre * O'Parrbllt.IO 8967
An Craolbhin Aolbhln. .See D. Hydb.
'An GioblachAn ' Hatbs . . , . lO 8977
8988
VOL. PAOB
An old castle towers
o'er the billow Jotcb 6 1743
An* the thought of us
each Barlow ... 1 14
'Anacreon Moore ' . . See T. Moorb.
Anamoe 1 25
Anarchists, Meeting ojT. Barry 1 156
Anchor, Forging of the.FBRQVBOv . . 3 1174
Ancient Celtic Litera-
ture, Translators
of 2 xvlii
' Brinn, Manners
and Customs of '.O'CURRY ... 7 2666
funeral customs 2 724
Greece, Childhood
in Mahaffy .. € 2328
houses in Ireland 4 1618
Ireland, Food,
Dress and Daily
Life in Joyce 5 1735
Irish, The 9 3391
Irish, Amusements
of the 1 85
Irish, Buildings of 4 1612
Irish, Dress of the. Walkbr ... 9 3493
Irish Ecclesiastical
Remains Petrib .... 8 2880
Irish, Language ofWARB 9 3544
Irish legends, ethi-
cal contents of 8 2973
Irish literature,
value of 4 xl
Irish, manners and
customs of the 2 629
Irish manuscripts 1 82
2 XX, 629, 632. 635; 4 1459, 1598,
1600, 1601, 1608, 1612, 1613, 1618.
1622, 1625. 1631 ; 5 1724, 1731, 1737 ;
e 2232, 2353, 2377; 7 2615, 2663,
2664. 2668, 2669, 2671. 2672, '>673,
2705, 2709, 2766 ; 8 2879. 2884. 2976,
3139, 3144, 3246; § 3494
Irish Surnames . . Warb 9 3546
• Legends of Ire-
land ' Wilde .... 5 3557
3558, 3561. 3566
. . 6 2230
8 2968
8 2524
2 445
8 2965
* Music of Ireland *. Bunting
Ancients, Colloquy of
the
And as not only by the
Calton Mountain . . . MacCarthy. 6 2131
'And doth not a meeting
like this * Moorb . .
'And must %oe parlf . .Callanan
Andromeda Roche . .
Anecdote of O'Curry
and Tom Moore 7 2668
Anecdotes.
of Burke 1 396
of Curran 2 798
of Father O'Leary 7 2793
of Keogh, the Irish
Massillon Fitzpatrick 3 1199
of MacMin « 2241
of O'Connell 7 2651
of O'Keeffe 7 2771
of Sheridan 8 3119
of Sterne 8 3227
Note. — See * The Sunniness of Irish Life.*
The biographies of the authors whose works
are given furnish a rich source of this ma-
terial — as do also the reminiscences and
memoirs given in * Irish Literature.'
Angers Whisper, Tfce. .Lovbr 6 2086
Anglo-Irish Literature,
Humor In 6 zU, zlil
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VOL. pi.oa
Anglo-Irish Problem,i7ie jyAYiTT 8 832
Anglo-Norman Nobles 7 2670
Anglo-Saxon and Irish
contrasted 2 xlv
literature never en-
tirely absorbed
Irish national
genius 1 X
Angus 8 2990
Angus, the Culdee, on
learning in Ireland a yii
Animals in Irish Sagas 2 xrii
Superstitions about 9 3678
Aniuan mac M&gach 4 1618
'Annals of Ireland ' O'Donovan.. T 2706
2708, 2709
The Irish, proye
their own an-
tiquity 2 Ix
of the Four Mas-
ters. (See also
M. O'Clbby.) 2 629
682, 635 ; O 2232, 2353, 2577 ; 7 2668
2674, 2705; lO 4018
Anne, Queen, dress in
the time of 9 8497
period in English
literature 1 ix
Anony-mous Verse.
See Street Songs, Bal-
lads, etc.
Anonymous Verse,
Street Songs, Ballads
and Hand 8 3266
'Antigone, The New*. . .Babbt 1 156
'Antiquities, Handbook
of Irish ' Wakbman
and CooKB. 9 3482
Church Ruins, Holy
Island (half-tone
engraying) 6 2130
Antiquity of Gaelic
Literature, Prof.
Morley on 4 yii
of Ireland 1 399
of Irish Annals
proyed 2 ix
of Irish language a yii
of Irish literature 3 xyii
of Irish wit and
humor 6 vii
Antlum, Nero at 2 739
Antrim 9 3428
Lord : origin of
bloody hand in
his coat-of-arms 7 2866
Mountains of 6 2275
Remains of coal-
mining on the
coast of 6 2279
Round Towers at O 2277, 3491
Anuaill 2 629
Aolfe 4 1449
Only Son of Gbbgoby . . 4 1426
Aongus Ceile D6 4 1651
Apologia Wildb 9 3692
Apostle of Temperance
in Dublin Mathbw ... 6 2397
Apparitions (see also
Ghosts) 2 656
Appius 5 1847
Arabian Nights, The,
Burton on 2 404
Arab's Farewell to Eis
Steed, The Nobtqn ... 7 2984
▼OL. FAGB
Arbor Hill, Lines on the
Burying Ground of. ..Bhiot .... 8 1094
Archer (character in
'The Beaux'
Stratagem') 8 1165
Sanders, and Allen
planning the in-
surrection of Ty-
rone and Des-
mond 7 2852
ArcUteotnrey areli-
SLeoloarVf «to.
Splendors of Tara,
The Htm 4 1610
Ancient Irish Bo-
clesiastioal Re-
mains ..: Pbtbih 8 2880
Tforthmen in Ire-
land, The SroKBS 8 3239
Forts, Crosses, and
Round Toii?er«..WAKBHAN
and CooKB. 9 8482
in Ireland 8 3238; 9 ,^484
' Early Christian*. Stokbs 8 3238
Arcomin, The plain of 6 1733
'Arctic Hero, Death of
an' AliBXANDBB. 1 10
Arderry. The Barony of 4 1678
Ardes, The 6 2278
Ard-Fileas 4 1591
Ardigna Bay 6 2223
Ardmore, Round Towers
at 9 3492
Ardnalee (scene of
poem) , 6 1866
Ardrahan, Normans at 8 829
Ardrossan 2 647
Ardtenent Castle 7 2853
Arsonautic expedition,
Irish yersion of 7 2672
Arklow, Beautiful sce-
nery near 7 2532
Armagh. Aldfrid in 6 2375
Canon of, Cathald
Maguire, cited 7 2718
watered by Lough
Neagh .; 6 2277
'Armonlca,' Benjamin
Franklin's Inyention 7 2692, 2702
AsMSTBONQ, Edmund
John 1 24
G. P. S. See Sav-
age-Armstrong.
Army and Nayy Mutiny
Bills e 2178
Irish soldiers In
the English 8 3062
See Inniscarra . . .Bucelby . . 1 351
See Sawon Shilling,
The BUQOY .... 1 358
Arnold, M., on Celtic
melancholy 3 yiii ; 9 3360
on Celtic style 2 xyi
Arraglen, Kate of Lanb 6 1863
Arraht Bridgid Mac
Sheehy Hooan 4 1694
Arran, Earl of, a
Monk of the Screw 2 797
Art.
and Architecture in
Ireland 9 3484
and learning Dis-
semination o f
Irish 4 1699
EgypUan 4ft, , . .Wisibman .. 9 3630
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Art.
Ireland and the
ArU Ybats 9
Leonardo's ' Man-
na Lisa* DowDBN ... 8
Hie, Art, and Na-
ture , ..Wilde . . . . O
of acting, The 7
of Pleasing Steele .... 8
' of Thomas Hardy,
The • Johnson . . 5
Art's Lough Gmjbnb ... 4
Arts and Learning in
America Bbbkeley . . 1
Ireland and the,, Y^ats »
Aryan race, Celtic a
branch of the 8
As beautiful Kitty Shanly ... 8
As chimes that flow . . . Sioebbon .. 8
As down by Banna's
banks Oglb 7
As flow the rivers Russell . . 8
As from the sultry townlawiN 5
As I roved out at Paha. Street Bal-
LAD 8
one summer's
morning . . . Stbebt Bal-
lad 8
As once our Saviour and
Saint Peter Htdb lO
As Rochefoucault his
maxims drew Swift .... 9
As the breath of the .
musk-rose Pabnbll . . T
Aaaroe, Abbey Allinoham. 1
Ashanee . . . .- v
Ashbumham, Lord,
owner of Stowe Col-
lection of Irish manu-
scripts 7
Ass, The, and the
Orangeman's daughter 8
Assaroe ..•••..•.••...•••••••••• ^
Assaye, Irish soldiers at 8
Assonant rhyme, Mr.
Guest on ^
Aston, Sir A r t h u r , _
Killed at Drogheda 7
Astronomical proof of
antiquity of Irish an- _
nals 2
ALStronomT-.
Distance of the
Stars, The Ball 1
Venus, Hesperus _
and Phosphor . .Clabkb ... 2
What the Stars are
Made of Ball 1
At early dawn I once
had been Walsh 9
At Fredericks Jmrg, Dec.
IS, 1862 O'Reilly . . 7
At Sea RoCHB .... 8
AtTarah to-day in this
awful hour Mangan ... 6
At the dance in the vil-
lage Walsh ... 9
'At the mid-hour of
night ' MooBE 7
Athboy in Meath 5
Athenry, The plains at 8
Athens and the Rock of
Cashel Mahaffy .. 6
Athlone, Battle of 9
Athnowen, Scenery
furoasd ••• i
3661
877
3578
2473
3206
1604
1423
180
3661
xvil
3032
8138
2734
3002
1675
3299
3277
3823
3380
2873
13
2356
2673
3268
2354
3062
ylii
2568
ix
36
601
41
3607
2831
2966
2360
3503
2526
1738
859
2334
ix
358
2573
28
749
2532
3833
2532
1255
... « VOL. PAGE
Ath-Seanalgh (Bally-
shannon) 2 639
Athy, Father Lalor of,
and Father Keogh 4 1200
Athy, Prior at, Richard
Oveton, Killed at
Drogheda 7
Atkinson, Sarah 1
Atlantis, The Island of.CsoLY 2
Auctioning Off One's
Relatives Sheridan . 8 3106
Aughrim, After Gboohbgan. 4 1254
Battle of 3 829; 7 2820; 9 ix
Limerick, and the
Boyne, Old sold-
iers of 3 957
August Weather Tynan-
HiNKSON. 9 3458
Auld Ireland O'Keeffe .. 7 2771
Australia, In EMle in. .Ore 7 2837
Autobiography of Wolfe
Tone , 9 3414
of Wolfe Tone, New
edition, ed. by O'Brien ... 7 2604
of Wolfe Tone, TheToNE 9 3421
Autochthonous litera-
ture of Ireland repre-
sented in ' Irish Lit-
erature ' 2 vii
Ave Imperatriw Wilde .... 9 3588
Avoca, the Vale of
(half-tone engraving) Moore .... 7
'Avoid all Stewardships
of Church or Kill'
(Irish Rann) ID
Avon, The (river) 7
Avon-bwee 4
Avondale, Pamell at 7 2610
Avonmore, Lord, a
Monk of the
Screw 3 787
and Father
O'Leary 7 2794
Azarias, Brother . . .SeeP.F.MuLLANEY.
E.
BaeelMtnmlian Sonars.
See also Conviviality 6 x, xi
Backbite, Sir Benjamin
(character in ' School
for Scandal ') 8 8099
Back Stairs to Dublin
Castle 8 889
Bacon, Macaulay an'd.'.'MiTOHBL* '. *. 6 2444
Macaulay on O 2445, 2447
Baconian philosophy
and the Christian re-
ligion compared 6 2450
Bacon's discovery of the
inductive method 6 2448
Badajos, Irish soldiers
at 8 3063
Baethgalach, a hero of
Munster 7 2711
Bagenal, Harry, killed
at battle of Beal-
an-atha-buldh 3 028. 057
King Daunt 8 817
on Duelling 3 817
Baile's Strand, Con-
laoch lands at 4 1427
Baithln and St. Colum-
cllle 4 1620
Bala, The Waves' Le-
gend on the Strand o/Todhunbbt. 9 3404
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7m^ Literature.
Balaklava, and the
Charge of the Light
Brigade Rdssbll . . 8 3008
Baldoyle, Father Keogh
at 4 1200, 1205
Balfour on Dean Swift S vll
Balinconllg, Folk tale of 8 1147
Ball, Sib Robert Sta-
WBLL 1 36
Ballach-boy, The day of « 2356
Ballad, A Moou T 2539
Mongers O 3683
of Fattier OUUgan.YvATB 9 3702
Ballade, Anonymoue
Veree, and Street
Songe Hand 8 3263
' of Blue Water •..RocHH 8 2961
Ballaghaderreen, ' The
Ijont Saint ' acted at 4 1660
Balllna, Fishing at 4 1519
Balllnacarthy, Folk tale
of 2 708
Ballinasloe, Jenny fromSTUEwr Bal-
lad 8 3289
Fair of 4 1636
Ballincolllg, Enlisting
at 1 351
Ballintuhher, Fair of 2 653
Ballltore. Scenes of
' Ninety-eight * at 5 1887
Ballycastle, Remains of
coal-mlning at 6 2279
Ballydlvelln, The fight
of the Mahonys un-
der the tower of 7 2853
B a 1 1 y h o y station,
Cockle-pickers at 1 108
Ballylee » 3666
Ballymena, St Patrick
at 6 2435
Ballymooney (scene of
a song) 6 1935
Ballymote. Book of 2 629; 7 2663
Ballymulligan, The
Mulligan of, as a
landlord 4 1574
Ballynakill, election of
1790 1 140
Bally Shannon, Sars-
field at 7 2818
Ballyshannon, Hugh
Roe at 2 639
Ballyshanny, Scenery
around 1 13
Salmon leap at 7 2550
Balor of the eyil eye 2 xl
the giant 3 861
Baltimore, Scenery near 7 2602, 2852
Bay 5 1743
Banba, Meare among
the women of 7 2747
Bandon Fair 6 2080
Banim, John 1 44
John (portrait) 1 41
inherently Irish 1 xi
Michael 1 69
Banims, The, M. F.
Egan on B vii
' Banish sorrow ' Ogle 7 2736
Banished Defender, The 8 3269
from Rome 2 748
Bank of Ireland, The
(half-tone engraving) 2 788
Bankers in Ireland 9 3367
fianks of Banna, The, . Ogud . . . , . 7 2735
VOL. PAGI
Bann, The. among the
leading rivers of
Ulster « 2278
Bonfires on 8 954
Banna, The Banke of. .Ogle 7 2735
Banshee, The Allinghax. 1 17
The ToDHONTBE. 9 3409
Biddy Brady's . . .Casey 2 565
described 8 xx
of the MaeCarthys,
The Cboker ... 2 727
Bantry Bay Expedition 9 3420
Folk tales of » 1803 ; « 2314
Harbor (half-tone
engraving) 9 3414
* Bar, The Irish * 0*Flanagan. 7 2723
2728
Bard, and the King of
the Cats, Beanchan
the Wilde 9 3566
O'Hussey's Ode to
the Maguire, TfceMANOAN . . 6 2369
" of Erin, The ". See T. Moore.
" of Thomond, The " See M.Hogan.
Bardic System, The 2 xvlll
Bards, Costumes of the 8 xiv
Decline of the 2 xx
described 2 xvlii
' of the Gael and
Gall ' SlGBRSON . .10 8937
outlawed by Eng-
land 9 3625
Barlow, Jane (por-
trait) 1 98
M. F. Egan on 5 vlli
Barmecides, Time of
the Mangan ... 6 2367
Barney Maglone. See Wilson.
Barney O'Hea Lover 6 2080
Bamy O'Reirdon, the
Navigator Lover 6 2008
Barr, Saint, meaning of
name 9 3546
Barr^, Colonel 7 xvili
Barrett, Eaton Stan-
nard 1 119
D. J. O'Donoghue
on e Ix
Richard and Re-
peal 9 X
Richard, in Prison 3 811; 6 2128
RM^er: Duel with
Judge Egan 1 142
Barrt^re du TrOne 2 677
Barrington, Sir Jonah 1 126
on J. P. Curran 2 770
Barbt, Michael Joseph 1 1 49
the actor 5 1919
William Francis 1 156
M. F. Egan on 6 vli
Barry's painting of the
Last Judgment 6 2422
Basaltic rocks on the
shores of Lough
Neagh 8 2277
Bastile, The 2 676
Bathe. Father John,
slain at Drogheda 7 2572
Battle of Almhain O'Donovan. 7 2709
of Beal-A n-A tha-
Buidh Drbnnan .. 3 928
of Dunholg Hyde 4 1622
of Flanders 7 2830
of Fontenoy (half
tone engraving) 3 880
of L«iden 7 2824
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Battle of the Boyne 7 2819
of the Faction* ..Carlbtom .. 2 472
* of Magh Leana *. . O'Cubhy . . 7 2664
Battles in the Book of
Lelnster 2 xll
Bay of Biacay Ciibbbt ... 2 686
Beaconafleld, Lord O'Connob . . 7 2660
Cranbourne on 6 2158
on early marriages O 2196
on Shell 7 xxvii ; 8 3055
Beag, son of Buan 4 1450
Beal-An-AtJia' Buidh,
Battle of Dbbxnan . . 8 928
Beal-an-a t h a-Bhuldhe,
The Red Hand at 6 1768
Bear, An Irish 7 2794
Diroe of O'fittZZivanCAlXANAN ... 2 445
S^e BcFG
Bearhayen, Morty Oge
of 2 446
Beau Tibhe Goldsmith. 4 1326
Beauing, belling, danc-
ing, drinking Stbebt Bal-
lad 9 3312
Beauty, Celtic love of 8 2973
Superstitions about » 3672
'Beaux* Strategem,
The • Fabqdhab. . 8 1166
Bee mac Cuanach slain
at Boledtln 4 1625
Bede venerable de
scribes Llndisfarne 8 2882
Bedford, Burke on the
Duke of 1 379
' Bee, The ' 4 1345
Beehive shaped houses 8 2882
Beekeeping in ancient
Ireland K 1736
Before I came across
the sea Stbbbt Bal-
lad 9 8304
Beginninga of Eome
Rule MacCabthy. 6 2174
Belfast « 2113
' Believe me if all thoee
endearing young
charms ' Moobb 7 2622
Bell, Robbbt 1 165
Bellamy, Mrs., among
the Irish actresses on.
the English stage B 1919
Bellefonds, Marshal.
commanding army of
invasion In 1692 7 2823
Bel lew. Bishop, of Kil-
lala 6 2232
Bells of Bhandon, The. Mahony . . 6 2343
Beloved, do you pity not Walsh ... 9 3508
Benburb 4 1630
Beneath Blesslngton's
eyes Bybon 6 2289
Ben-Bdar, The scenery
around 8 1185
Bennett, E. A., on
George Moore 7 2483
Beowulf. Alliteration in 4 viil
Bere O'Sullivan 9 8658
See Bear.
Beresford, Lady Fran-
cos, married to Henry
Flood 8 1211
Bbrkbley. Bishop 1 173
on America 5 1664
Bernard, Dr., dean of
Derry, Goldsmith on 4 1380
Bernard, dean of Kil-
more, saved at Drog-
heda by Cromwell 7 2570
' Beside the Fire ' 4 1638, 1642
Bethlehem Wabbubton. 9
Beth Peor 1
Between us may roll the
severing ocean Wildh 9
Beyond the River Read 8
BiCKBBSTAFF, ISAAC 1
D. J. O'Donoghue
on the wit of 6
Bicycle, To my Rollbston . 7 2976
Biddy Brady's Banshee. Cjlsey 2 566
Blggar and the Land
League 9
Bindin' the Oats Coleman . . 2
Bingen on the Rhine .. .iiORTOV ... 7
Bingham, Sir Richard 7
8635
2
8672
2924
182
xili
xi
610
2586
„ 2857
Bloarrapliy. (Biographies of all authors
represented precede the examples of their
work. Biographies of Celtic authors
quoted in translation or in original are in
Volume X.)
Bloflrrapliy and His-
tory 9 vll
Frederick William
Robertson Bbookb ... 1 291
Sheridan as Orator Fitzgebald 8 1190
Prince of Dublin
Printers Oilbebt ... 4 1258
Origin ofO*ConneimosY 4 1588
Capture of Wolfe
Tone O'Bbien
Why Pamell Went
into Politics 0*Bbien
Lord Beaconsfleld . O'Connob
An Irish Musical
Genius 7 2690
Story of Orana
Uaile Otway
Patrick Sarsfteld,
Earl of Lucan . . Onahan
A Eulogy of Wash-
ington Phillips
Napoleon Phillips
Biscay, The Bay of Chebby .
Black Book of St.
Molaga 7 2664
Castle 7 2853
Crom, The Sunday
of 7 2719
Desert, King of theHYDB 10 8718
Lamb, The Wilde 9 3669
Thief, The » xxl
Blackbird. The 8 3271
of Derrycam, The 2 xvl
made nest in monk's
hand 2 xviii
Blackbume, B. Owens. See Miss Casey.
Blackf riars. Theater In 6 2348
Black ie, Professor, on
the feudal land sys-
tem 7 2864
Blackpool 1 151
Blacksmith of Limerick,
The JOYCB 5 1741
Blackwater, A. D. 1603.
Crossing the ...Joyce S 1744
Battle of the tt 1744; 7 2743
Great meeting at
Teltown. -^n the 5 1738
In Ulster, The 6 2278
River (half -tone
engraving) » 916
Talk by the Downing .. 8 916
Tht Northern . , . ,KkTA»AQa . 5 1782
7 2604
7 2607
7 2660
. . . 7 2866
... 7 2814
.. 8 2891
8 2888
2 586
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Irish Literature.
181
1382
2746
189
145
1749
▼OL. PAGB
Blackwood and Maslnii 6 2800
Blacqui^re, Sir John,
Anecdote of 1
Blaize, An Elegy on
Madam Goldsmith . 4
Blake, JameB, sent to
Spain to poison
Efugh Roe T
Mabt Elizabeth 1
Squire, an autbor-
ity on duelling 1
' Blanid * Jotcb 5
Blarney Castle (colored
plate) 6 Front
Blarney-Stone, Father
Prout on the 6 2387, 2441
Blast, A Cbottt ... 8 768
• Blasters,' The 5 1916
Blennerhassett's Book
on Ireland » 3395
Bless my good ship . . .Bbooke ... 1 280
BlMsino of AtfUcUon, ^ .oaa
The KiBWAN ... 5 1844
Blbssinoton, ConNTBSS
OF (portrait) 1 192
• Memoirs of Madden ... 6 2286
Blest are the dormant. Manoan ... 6 2380
Blind Irish piper (half-
tone engraying) » 1762
Btudent, The Abmstbonq. 1 24
Blindness, Miraculous
cure of 5 1766
Blithe the bright dawn ^ ^^^^
found me Fublonq . . 4 1247
Bloody hand in Lord
Antrim's coat-of-
arms. The T 2866
• Street,' Drogheda 7 2569
Blue, Blue Bmoke, The ^ ^ ^
(half-tone engraying} Gbaybs ... 4 1416
Bldndbll, Mbs. (M. B. ^ ^^^
Fbancis) 1 215
Board of National Bdu- ^ ^^^^ ^^^^
cation. The 4 1608, 1609
Boate on Ulster 6 2276, 2279
Boat-race to win Dun- ^
luce Castle 7 2866
Boats, Irish wickerwork
(half-tone en- «. -.^.o
graving) • 3458
or ancient Ireland 5 1740
Boat-Song, A Canadian Mooke 7 2540
Bob Aorea, Jefferson as » 3088
Acres' Duel Shbbidan .. 8 3088
Burke's Duel with
Ensign Brady .. .WlQIVV ... 6 2303
Bodhmall, the woman
Dmld 4
Bodkin, Amby, as an
authority on
duelling 1
Matthias M'Don-
NBLL J
The, in Irish dress »
Bodleian Library at Ox-
ford, Irish MSS. in 7
1447
145
232
8493
. - 2673
Boers 'The Curse of t^e.GBEGOBT . .10 3927
Bog Cotton on tfie Red _
Bog O'Bbibn ... 7 2591
Bogs of Ireland. Pock-
rich's project for _ ^ .^^
reclaiming 7 2696
Ulster, Dr. War-
ner's project for ^ ^^
reclaiming « 2278
Boi^ldiea, Irish influ-
ence on ...•itf.fi ..f.f*** 4 vli
VOL. PAOB
Bolb, Trout fishing on
the 4 1522, 1623
Bold is the talk in this.KBLLT 5 1782
• Defender, The ' 8 8270
' Traynor, O.' 8 3270
Bo-men fairies, The, de-
scribed 8 XX
Bons MoU of BJieridan 8 3110
Sterne, Some 8 3227
Bonner, Bishop of Lon-
d o n , Proclamation
against plays by O 2348
Booing (bowing), Dis
sertation on 6 2237
Book, Dlmma's 7 2671
first printed in
Gaelic in Ireland
(facsimile) 7 2741
' ofaThousand
Nights' Bdbtox ... a 404
of Ballymote 2 629 ; 7 2663
of Clonfert 7 2664
of Dromsneachta 2 Iv, x
of Durrow '^ 2671
of Fermoy tf 1724
of Kells tt 1737 ; 7 2671
ofLecaitt 7 2663
of Lecan 28 629 ; 6 2223
ofLeinster 2vi, xli
4 1600, 1612, 1613, 1622; 71738;8 2884
of Lismore T 2766 ; 8 3246
' of Martyrs, The ' 7 2578
of St. Buithe's
Monastery, The
Speckled 7 2664
of St. Molaga, The
Black 7 2664
of Slane, The Tel-
low 7 2664
• of Strange Sins, A'Kbbn ah AN.. 5 1809
• of the Dun Cow'.... 4 1600; 6 1731
Books, drowned by
Norse invaders 2 Till
Irish, before St.
Patrick 2 x
of Cluain-mic-Nois,
The 7 2664
of Courtesy in the
Fifteenth CenturpGRVEV .... 4 1417
Borough Franchise Bill,
The Irish 6 2176
BOBTHWICK, NOBMA 10 3879
Boru Tribute, The 4 1622
Boston Port, Sailing
into 6 2115
Boswell and Goldsmith 7 2468
collection of Chap-
books, The 8 xxi
BoucicAULT, Dion
(portrait) 1 252
Boulogne-B u r - M e r ,
Father O'Leary at T 2794
Bourke, Sir Richard,
the M ' W i 1 1 i a m
Eighter 7 2857
Bowes, John, Solicitor-
General, at the trial
of Lord Gantry 7 2724, 2726
Boy, who was Long on
His Mother, The Htdb lO 3765
Boycott, The First O'Bbibn ... T 2611
Boycotted Jbssop .... 6 1688
Boyd, Captain, Inscrip-
tion on the
Statue of Alizandbb. 1 8
TH0MA9 ,..,,,, 1 268
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Boyle, Colonel. Blaln at
Drogheda 7
The, amoDfr the
leading rivers of
Ulster 6
John, Eabl of
COBK 1
supposed cause
of Atherton's
2568
2278
260
hanging 9 8397
- on the
ing
' Drapier'
Letters* 1
William 1
Bojne, The VI
Obelisk, The (half-
tone engraying) T
Soldiers of the 3 842, 957,
The host of Meave
from the hanks of
the T
The BatUe of the 1 349 ; 7
9
Boyne Water, The Stbebt Bal-
lad 8
Boss See John Walsh.
Bran, the hound of Finn _ .. ^^^ ^
mac Cumhail S xvll, 629 ; «
Brandubh 2
• Brannon on the Moor * »
Bray, The scenery
around »
Breanhaun Crone _
O^Maille 7
Breattplate, The Hymn
Called Bt. PatHc***. Stokes 8
' Breathe not hie name 'Moobb 7
Brehon Law, The 1> 3393,
Law Code, The 1 29; 5 1735,
7
Brehons, The 2
Bbbnan, Joseph 1
D. J. O'Donoghue
on «
Brendan of Birr 7
Brett, Sergeant, shot at
Manchester 7 2608,
Brewery of Egg-Shelle,
The Cbokxb
Brian. See A Bong of
Defeat.
Brian Boru. See The
Irish Chiefs and
also Uachenna's
Dream.
B o r o i m h e. The
Conqueror O
Boruimha. See
Kinkora,
' O'Unn' Stbebt Bal-
lad 7
• the Brave' 7
See Bryan.
Brian's administration.
Anecdote of ...Moobb 7
Lament for King
Mahon HoGAN 4
Bribery by the English 2
in the Irish House
of Commons 6
Bricriu 4
Bride, The scenery
around the river 1
" Bridge of the World "
(the Rocky Moun-
tains) a
Bridget Cruise, From
tb« Irish FUBLOMQ ... 4
261
264
2354
3271
968
2752
2819
ix
8271
2111
1622
3270
1185
2856
8244
2527
3493
1739
2615
444
278
Iz
2763
2610
a 781
viil
8278
3270
2533
1591
792
2168
1615
853
417
1244
VOL. FAGB
Brigade at Fontenoy,
The DOWLINQ . . 8 878
Brighidin Ban Mo £flor6. Walsh ... 9 8503
The Cold Bleep of. Macmanus. 6 2270
Bright, John, on land
tenure 7 2867
on the Irish Ques-
tion 6 2156, 2168
Bright sparkling pile !..Wildb 9 3596
Brightest blossom of
the spring Febquson . 3 1186
Brlgit at Sldare 8 3253
Extract from the
Life of Stokes ... 8 8246
Healings by 8 3251
Hymns in praise
of 8 3259
Miracles of 8 3246
Relics of 8 3260
Britain, Goldsmith on '. 4 1364
' British Association,
Address to the * . Kbltin ... 6 1784
Museum. Irish
MSS. in 7 2672
Navy, Irishmen in 9 3422
Parliament, Flood's
Speech in the 3 1219
' Brogues, A Kish of *. .Boyle 1 264
Brompton 1 165
Bbooke, Chablottb 1 280
Henbt 1 284
Stopfobd Augus-
tus 1 291
on Steele 8 3196
Brother Azarias. See P. F. Mullanbt.
Bbougham^ John 1 301
Lord, on B. Burke 1 372
on Sheridan 3 1191
and Macaulay 6 2462
Brow of Nefin, Tfie Hydb lO 3777
Brown Wind of Con-
naught, The Macmanus.. 6 2272
Browne, Dr., and the
United Irishmen. .9 3515, 3619. 8523
Fbancbb 1 313
John Ross l 828
Bruce, Campaign of,
1814 9 3891
' Bruldhen da Derga,
The ' 4 1601
Brundusium 2 789
Bryan, Boruma, Mean-
ing of 9 8646
See also Brian.
Bbtcb, James (por-
trait) 1 830
Buckingham, Duke of 1 172
Lord, Duel of, with
the Master of the
Rolls J J43
Buckley, William 1 351
Budget of Btories, A ..O'Keefpb .. 7 2771
Buggy, Kevin T 1 358
Building. Ancient Irish 4 1612
Bull, A French 3 1057, 1058, 1059
A Spanish 3 1058, 1059
An English 3 1057
An Oriental 3 1056
The white, of Mfeve 2 xvll
What is an Irish § 1057
Bullbalting in Dublin 5 1916
Bullock, Shan F 1 860
'Bulls, An Bssay on
Irish ' Bdobwobth. 8 1065
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EDQKWtmrwL S 1053
TOUFi
BwUa EMomiMed, T%e
Oriffimmlitp •f
IrUh
Irish, of Sir Boyle
Roche 1 135, 137
Bolwer on O'Connell T xxrl
PInnket T xxv
Shell T nrri
Bwmpert, S^wire Jone9.Dxw3oy( .,. Z S4I
' Banch of S h a m -
rocks. A* Caszt 9 5^5
Bancrana • 2427
Banker's Hill, Irish
Tolonteers for • 2113
Bonner, H. C^ on John
Brotighjiin 1 301
Banthorne the Poet. SeeOscAJt Veldb.
Banting's 'Aneient Mu-
sic of Ireland • « 2230
Buonaparte, Inierviewa
with Tom •3418
, Tone introdoccd
to • 3418
Barbage, James, Li-
cense granted by
Elisabeth to « 2347. 2349
Borsh, Hassey, a Monk
ofthe Screw » 797
Borgandian Library^
Bmssels; MSS. In T 2673
Burial at Bea ALEXANDEm. 1 10
of Moses, The Auollxdex. 1 1
of Sir John Moore,
Tha WOLFB • 3633
Buried Forests of Erin.
The MfT.M<uw .. « 2437
BCBKB, Edmitxd (por-
trait). (See also
The Jeasamy
Bride) 1 S69
a master on ora-
tory Txxvili
and Sheridan 8 3119
and the 'Histori-
cal Society* 7 x
Goldsmith on 4 1378. 1380
Meagher on 6 2421
on Cnrran T xxii
on Hampden's for-
tune 1 875
on the Duke of
Bedford 1 37»
Secures MS. of Bre-
hon Laws for
Trinity College 7 2615
Sir R. Peel on 1 x
Borne Wise and
Witty Sayings of. 1 396
R., Goldamlth on 4 1380
The oratory of 7 x
Thomas N 1 898
William 4 1380
Burke's Statue (half-
tone engraving) 1 397
Bnrlesqae novels 1 119, 123
Bums, Speech on Febouson . 8 1170
Bume- Jones, Sir E.. on
the Irish character 8 xv
Burthen of Ossian, TAe.O'GBADT . . 7 2752
BcBTOir, Richard Fkak-
CIS a 403
— on * The Arabian
Nights' 2 404
Bush, Raftery and the O 3667, 3671
Business Quarter and a
Business Man in Lon-
don •«.«. RiDDBiJi .. 8 2949
done belca-
Bvt I
era' state
tike rain Is gone by.TrsTA^
ELcxKSOsr.
Bntler. Hob. Slmea
WnxiAM Fbascis.
BcTT, Isaac
and the Home Role
movement .•2174.2177;
' To the Meuuiry of.Sl6KB8ox . .
BT2tterctip0 and Daisies. Todhuxtdl
Batteries in Ireland
Baying a seat In Church.
' Bp me m srp tmspired '. Brmmmr BaLt-
\ t Alt .....
' By Nebo's leaely
I tain
By OXeil
guered DsEntAjf ..
. By oar campfirca Dowixxo . .
j By the blue taper's
trembling light Pak(VU. . .
By the Margin •/ ike
Great Deep Russsu. . .
By the shore a plot of
ground ALU3COHAM
Byrne. Colonel, slain at
Drogheda
Byrom and the Bleas-
ingtons at Oenoa.'blADDKS . . .
on J. P. Cnrran
on Lord Castle-
reagh
tells a story of
Sheridan
Byron's manner. Flip-
pancy of
.FAflB
359S
> 3459
3573
415
421
» xl
3133
3411
356S
820
3274
1
928
878
2874
3004
22
2568
2286
770
2168
3120
2288
C See H- G. CnxBAir.
C. W See C WoLiv.
Cabins, Deserted (half-
tone engraving) 6
Ca«l and Credhe GanooRT .. 4
Caelte and SL Patrick 8
Caeilte's Lament. From
the Irish CGxAOT . . 7
Caenfela. Meaning of 9
Cssar, Julius, on the
Druids T
Cafftk^ Mrs. liANNiNO-
TON a
Caiiin og aster men-
tioned in Shakespcire. 4
Caillino, The Woods of .Fitssimom. . 8
Callte S
Cairderga 6
Cairn Feargall 2
Calatin,The Children of. 4
Caldwell. Should be
O'Callaly 10
' Caleb in search of a
Wife * See J. Martlst.
Call of the Sidhe, A. . .Russell ... 8
Oallaghan, Oreally and
Mullen, The Sorrow-
ful Lamentation of.. Street Bal-
2267
1445
2970
2766
8546
2721
429
▼II
1206
630
1724
629
1434
3807
2996
8 3316
Callachans, The, ad-
ministering colonial
affairs 3 941
Callaxan, James Jo-
seph • • • • 2 ^88
W. B. Teats on 3 vlil
CaUino, The Siosbson .. 8 8188
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167
171
170
169
170
171
183
TOL. TAOm
Calmly, breathe calmly
all yoar music Johnson .. 5 1700
Calton Hill, Barns and
the ! e 2131
Camden, Iiord. and
Nlnety-Blght 8 2930
as Vice-Roy 6 2167
Campbell, Counsellor,
duel with Harry
Deane Grady 1 143
Lady Colin 2 448
Sir Colin at Bala-
klava 8 3009
Rev. Dr. Thomas 7 2695
Campion, John T. 2 463
Can the depths of the
ocean Williams . 9 3607
Canadian Boat-Bong, ^..Moobb 7 2540
srovemors 8 938
Candle-making in an-
cient Ireland K 1737
Candour, Mrs. (charac-
ter in * School for
Scandal ') 8 3099
Canning, Georob 2 464
• Life of Bell 1 165
on 'Gulliver's Trav-
els* 1
on Lord Nugent 1
* on parliamentary
speaking 1
on * The Lady of
the Lake* 1
Oratory of 1
Wit of 1
Cantwell, Dr. (charac-
ter in 'Mr. Maw-
worm*) 1 ^
Canzone Wilde 9 3598
Caoch the Piper Keegan ...» 1762
CaoiIt6 2 629, 630 ; 4 1451, 1525
See also Caelte, Cailte.
Cape Clear (half-tone
engraving) 6 2222
and the surround-
ing country 2 439; 6 2222
The Vioar of Otwat ... . T 2848
Capel Street, Dublin.
^ee A Prospect. ^ «..«
'Captain Blake* Maxwell . 6 2412
Captain's Btory, Tftc. . .Maxwell , 6 2400
Capture of an Indian ^ ^^
Chief Rbid 8 2932
ofHughRoeO'Don- _
nell. The Connellan. 2 632
o/Wolfe 7*0116, rfc«.OBHiEN ... T 2604
Carbery, Bthna Mbb. Macmanus.
Cardinal de Retz, Gold-
smith on 4 1347
Careless (character in ^ ^^^^
• SoJmioI for Scandal *) 8 3109
Carcw and the Bishop
of Rome 7 2862
Sir George, Presi- « «-.^
dent of Munster T 2740
Caricatures by Gllray 1 168
Ca bL ■ T o N, William
^ (portrait) 2 469
— «— D. J. O'Donoghue
on V xvll
M. F. Egan on S vli, xil. xvi
inherently Irish 1 xl
Carlingford Bay 6 2277
Carllsfe. Lord, story of 1 232
and the Walter 8 xxl
Oarlyle. A Dispute tcith.DuTFY .... 3 961
^— Conyersatlonaof'.DuFFX .... 8 851
VOL. PAOB
Carlyle on Ireland's
wrongs S 951
on freedom of re-
ligious belief in
Ireland 8 952
on the Reforma-
tion 8 901
Carolan See Campion.
and Arthur Daw-
son 8 841
remembered in
the valley of
Nephln « 2281
Songs 7 2615
See 0*CaroIan, Tur-
lough.
Carriages in Dublin in
the XVIII. Century 5 1917
Carrickt Have you been
at Walsh ... 9 3507
The massacre at 8 955
Carrickfergus, The gar-
rison of 8 955
Carrickmacross, The
Fera Ros at 7 2709
Carrigaphooka, A folk
tale of « 2320
Carrigdhoun. See T?ie
Lament of the Irish
Maiden.
Carrington, Lord, and
Pitt « 2285
Carroll Malone See McBubnet.
Cartan, Shemus. See A
Sorrowful Lament for
Ireland.
Carysville, Salmon fish-
ing at 7 2780
' Case of Ireland Stated,
The * MoLTNBDX. . 6 2460
Casey, Biddy 10 3818
Miss (B. Owens
Blackbubnb) 2 565
John Keegan 2 572
W. B. Yeats on 8 xl
' Cashel Byron*s Profes-
sion * Shaw 8 3036
of Munster Febgdson . 8 1181
The Acropolis of
Athens and the
Rock of Mahafft .. 6 2834
Rock and Ruins of
(half-tone e n -
graving) 6 2884
The Eagle of 4 1591
The Psalter of.
(See also Saltalr) ... 7 2664; 7 2673
Cashmere, The lake of 7 2509
Cassandra 9 3660
Castle, Agnes Egebton
(portrait) 2 576
• Castle Daly ' Kbabt 5 1755
Down, The Good
Ship McBubnet. 6 2113
" Hack, The Dub-
lin'* 8 888
Raokrent Edgbwobth. 8 995
M. F. Egan on tt Ix, x
CastlereaGrh, Lord, By-
ron on 6 2168
Justin McCarthy
on 6 2169
Name of, hated 8 2930
Plunket's answer
to 7 XXT
See A Nolle Lord.
Oat, T?ie Demon ..... .Wilde .... 8 8557
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IrlA Lkirvivre,
rr:^*
-rx. F*.=a
CftduJr 1f«re 7 iTfi
G'yld*^ Kvi»* - T
Tb« F^fft'^^ogy «f T >--
C&tbba4 4 i*i-
CAtJMsdrsJ at Cub<^
ec«D(*red witb t&e
FftrtliMwcB
CathUem, mi Emiihmm,..TmAm • »Ks«
!• zx
CMlMrtIc Celts nder tJic
Stuarts « ^e
sat bofd to
Irish Psrtia-
mcnt T Til!
-n<
T«&.K4fll
. S 1796
17SO, 1891, 1803
^M « 222S
*» Ar.lTGn
•Chorcii, The iiish
pcmsacfs dero-
tlos to the « 2140
- clergy and the peo-
ple S «J0
-dfssUlftles. See
DIsftbiimesof the
Boaum CathoUcsL
- rmsnripation S 773: • 2m:
'On CcMtAjf ... •
2881
• SS7S
. OmPPm.9PT OU U the
IMrmm^ of T%§mmm
Muy^, MacCaxchx. « 21S1
r^ tmrr rf gmlJOi H tm , J . T a TT 4 m ... • S390
|C«rraziis » 871
lotMselUsMA 4 1619
t r\mmf>e:imf. The I^WUSB .. S 1877
r^aapg- Tsgs « 731; • 1877
Clssw DbChatkat-
■siAXD . . C 2338
Cksp-teoks St Harfard. S zzl
z
73
-Orators 2 xzrii
priests In war
time, Leland on S 955
qnestlon, G r a t -
tan's speeches on. 7 xri
RighU, On O'Coxhelm... 7 2629
Catholics, Charch build-
ing by « 2152
Of the InfwHiee
of DUqnalifica-
tum of Gbateas . . 4 1405
The, are the Irish • 3426
CathTab, the Dmld « 2756
' Catiline/ Scene from . .Csolt S 747
Cats' Rambles to the
Child's Saucepan. 8 xix
Beanehan the Bard
and the King of ihe.Wiusm 9 3566
Superstitions about • 36S0
Cattle raiding 2 xii
Cavan 1 132
The mountains
and lakes of « 2275, 2277
Caranairh, M., of Wash-
ington, D. C 10 3919
Cars, Sir John, and Sir
Boyle Roche 1 135
Stories 2 xil
Cavern, The Hates 10 3977
Ca70ur, Count, on the
stato church In Ire-
land 6 2160
Cesn Dubh Deellsh Febgcson . 3 1183
duv Deelish Shobtbb . , 8 3126
Oeane to Do Evil, —
Learn to Do Well BIacCabtht. 6 2128
Cecil. Lord. See Tht
Earl of Eeeew.
Celtchalr 4 1617
Celtic Authors Bioirra-
phles In Vol 10.
Element in Litera-
ture, The YuATS 9 3654
— Literature Hyde. See
Vols. 2 and 10.
— ^ place-names, Orl-
gin of e 2228
• Romances, 01d'..JoTCB. 5 1724, 1731
. _^ Twilight, The • . . Yhats .... 9 36««
3678, 3678, 3679, 3683
Ir-l^ 2
TLsfifceTmyoB Irish. 2
Welsh on S
W. R Teats on 2
Ckmpei, The JNttaad. .Alusoham. 1
Chapf»»rs. A., portrait
or Haria Edgevorth 2
Chmrmrter, A Ixwcr .... S
Irish 8
John Wesley OB. 8
Sir Edvard
Bume- Jones on 8
of Xapoleom, Am
Hietoricai PHlLUPa .. 8
Cburaeter SlceteMea,
RemlBla-
ceBe««y ete.
Fire-Eater; 7*ho. . BABBiNoroif. 1
IrUh Oentnf and
their Retainert. MAWanfOTOV. 1
Pulpit, Bar and
P arli am en-
tary Eloquence. .Babsinotoh. 1
Seven Baronete,
The BABBnTOTOir. 1
OIo«ice«ter Lodge. .Bell 1
Princeee Talley-
rand ae a Critie.Bi.Ea at va-
TO!f 1
Pacetioue Irish
Peer, A Daunt 8
King Bagenal Daunt . . . . S
Icelandic Dinner,
An DUFFEBIN . S
Diejfute ioith Car-
Vyle, A DUFFT S
liy Boyhood Days . EDoawoBTH. S
Sheridan as Ora-
tor FlTZGBBALD. 3
Keogh, The Irish
MassUlon Fitzpatbick 8
Prince of Dublin
Printers, The Gilbbbt ... 4
We'll Bee About /t.HALL 4
Origin of O'Con-
nell HOBT 4
Scenes in the In-
surrection
of rm lbadbbatbb. 6
Love-Making in Ire-
land MacDonagh. 8
Bvron and the
Blessingtons at _
Genoa Maddbn . . . •
WiWnm pm.,... MADDBN ... 6
zz!
17
99S
1875
▼ill
zlv
XT
141
138
127
129
165
212
819
817
942
951
1078
1190
1199
1258
1684
1688
1886
2193
2286
2284
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TOL. PAOB
Cltaracter Sketeliesy
Remini«.
oences, etc.
Rambling ReminiS'
eences Milliqan .. 6 2427
Prince of /niamore.MOBOAN ... 7 2548
IrUh MuHcal Ge-
nius, An O'DoNOOHUB 7 2600
Budget of Btoriea.O'KEEFVE . 7 2772
Harry DeaneQrady.O'FLANAQAV 7 2728
Pen-and-ink Sketch
of Daniel 0*Oon-
nell Shbil 8 3064
Borne College
ReeoUectione ...Walsh ... 9 8613
Laet Gleeman, TheY^Ara 9 8683
Characteriatics of Ire-
land 8 vll
of Irish literature. a xvUi
Clutraeteriiitlcs of
the Irish.
A loving people 8
Approachableness 8
Artlessness 8
Attention and cour-
tesy to strangers 8
Aversion to confess
ignorance 8
Dancing, Love of 8
Desire to please 8
Bxaggeratlon 8
rv
XV
zi
XV
xlv
xix
viii
xlv
viii
X
ix
- Faculty for paying
complimenn 8
- Familiarity 8
-Flattery 8
- Freedom of man-
ners 8
-Hospitality of the
Irish Celts 8
-Indifference
to facts 8
-Leisurely and cas-
ual 8
- Love of hunting 8
- Love of racing 8
- Practical Joking 8
-Ready replies 8
- Sense of humor 8
- Simplicity 8 X, xii
" - vil
X
Tli
viii
Xix
xiii
xlii
XTii
ix
XVl
-Sociability 8
Talkativeness 8
Charade, The Amazing
Ending of a Cbommelin. 2 751
Charge of the lAght
Brigade, The (refer-
ence) TBNNT80N . 8 3018
Charity among the Hill-
people 4 1456
Charlemagne, Irish ver-
sion of the wars of 7 2672
• Charles I.' Wills .... 9 8612
and Ireland 9 ix
II. and Ireland » ix
' O'Malley ' Lbveb. tt 1972, 1905
Charlie, The Coming of
Prince Magrath . . lO 4415
Charlotte Elizabeth . SeeMas. Tonna.
Charming Mary Neal. . .Street Bal-
lad 8 3275
Chatham and Toum-
shend Burke .... 1 391
Cheltenham O 2410
Cherry, Andrew 2 686
Cheshire Cheese, The,
Rhymers Club at 6 1693
590
xili
2707
1260
,, •« — VOL. PACT
Chesson. Mrs. W. H.
(Norah Hopper) 2
W. B. Yeats on 8
Chess-playing in olden
times 6 1789;7 2668,
Chesterfield and Faulk-
ner 4
as Lord Lieutenant « 2150
Chevalier de St George,
son of Mary D'Este 2 768
Chickahominy, The 6 2428
'Chiefs of Parties, The '.Madden . . . « 2284
The Irish Dufft .... 8 959
Chieftains, Lives of
Irish 1 80
Childe Charity, The
Story of, . . ..... . . . . Brownb . . 1 814
Childhood in Ancient
Greece Mahatft . . « 2828
Children and parents.
Affection between. .. 6 2196; 7 2618
of Lir, The Tynan-
HiNXSON... 8 8460
Children's games in Ire-
d . . . .
7 2788
land
reading in the
XVin. Century 8 1078
Stories, A Writer
of S 994
' Child's History of Ire-
land, A' Joyce .... 5 1785
' ChinaL Narrative of
the War with ' Wolseley.. 9 8686
Chinese Life, picture of. 6 2206
Chnoc Nania (hill) 6 2280
Chosen People, A: Ma-
gee on 6 2298
' Christian Architecture,
Early ' Stokes 8 8288
Mother, The Kirwan ... 5 1842
Christianity in Ireland 9 viii, 8401
Chriatmae Song, The
Kilkenny Swire's, . . . Kenealy . . B 1788
' Chrysal ' Johnstone. 6 1709
' Church and Modem
Society, The ' . . . Ireland . . . B 1662
Architecture 8 8288
how covetousness
came into the lO 3828
Irish devotion to
the Catholic 6 2149
of England, The 6 2159
The Catholic 8 920. 6 2148
Ruins. Holy Island
(half-tone e n -
graving) 6 2180
Church -building
by Catholics 6 2152
by Irish women 1 31
(lurches, Saxon, in Ire-
land 8 2880
Churchman, Newman
the 7 2566
Cibber, Theqphilus 7 2699
Cicero (in • oitillne ') 2 747
Cinderella an Egyptian
legend 9 8534
Circle. A Swift 9 8389
Circular Stone Forts 8 2882
CIthruadh 4 1452
'Cltisen of the World,
The ' Gold5<mith . 4 1317
1322, 1326, 1334, 1338, 1841
Citisen-Soldier, The
Common O'Reilly .. . 8 2825
City in the Great
west, A •«•... •Ddnbaten .. 8 968
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IriA TMrrthaiu
ctT.:
IWr&oe )■ IrflcsA. »
War. Am.:«-rt»'j^
Jr»-ii:irf :x OK. S
I-.M. :i. u«* 4 ZZ'J'^ «
Ti*% Aiii»r'.»«a 7 :-^_XL
.itcau. .... •:
... aix;«:
Cti ]>:»u Ti.%
k ' 'AM ]COUX»T
^ 'sTrk3k
•.^ jt of 1*>41
R*r»l* 4 • irif* the
4trrf*T «r tbc
Ear] />f
i:.dk. Earl of. at
arar v i t b his
tT'/^fc-T f^*UBe <rf
♦L^ C*<rT«r 7
r-!«r (^ i*0f 4
X',*: Jr1*h «r JohB M«-
Ifr^u^-W JKAltoji .. «
Cla/*. f»rd • 3516,
I»f4, G^ldfrrltb'i
Poetical Epiatle
to 4
and Cnma, dtiH
b^WWB 1
Or;r.tjr S 1740.
ClarlHr* ^.'oarden, on Far-
q*jafaar *
OcTal. a Celt of
th»» Kpanleh type. 4
JO'»EPH iGXATICS
r05IITA3ITIKl *
0«»j<1!n« 5
The Pbekdeb-
GAST 8
n^fwrh. The well of S
r'l^«fia 6 1743.
nt-ri'-Al life fn Ireland. «
€:i.zuKZ, Agxcs Kabt S
Cl^rk^tiireU explosion 6
n#'ir Baj T
CHre, Lord, Hacanlay
on 6
Cloaks, Kpanlsb 9
CUM'hoir, an ancient
ornrle 7
CU>vhan Lucas. M'Wil-
llam leaders hanged
at 7 7
Clogber, Origltt of the
name 7
In Tyrone 5 1724,
Cloirhema o
Cloohroe, The Maid of . .Bt-bxett Bal.-
LAO 9
Clonaklltj 7
^Monard, Flnnen of 6
Clonavaddock 6
rionforf. The Book of 7
Clonmarnolse (half-tone
eni?ravlnfir) 8
Oraves at ft
The T)Md at Rollbston.. 8
The Monafltery of 4
Clonnoll, Lord, duels
wlth_ liord Tyrawly
andaff
« 2^
:'^1' CkKtarf. BAttje
1:%«I F«T^.iii ax 7
r^^zxfccalia 4
Tlfce STIJ;*
t
BeazalssoC
at Balircastie. Ulster •
CoatSL StTlea tf »
2459 CosnL FaAJFCEB F«»vn «
C<«rA«te. nM* inkflfr...CAULJJLAX . t
143 Cade. Doell a ig 1
I Hx3nT BaEKCTOv. ........... *
1x1 Beaalts «C the 4
iCoettC
n
ij
«*;
See also Cailte.
7 2S16 ; Cocxria
GladstoBe on
CoSninahcr.
ICocf. The
Cwnace. A KatioBa], for
Kcosh a.
274S
1443
and Lord Lland
M)3
35J4
1377
142
1985
1164
1589
^96
1847
2913
1163
2004
2411
601
2153
2856
2446
3490
2718
2858
2718
1726
1423
3299
2613
1727
2433
2664
2979
3484
2070
1600
1 142
Lord Coke on
Coimim of the Fmne. . .Hi
Coke Lord, on the eoin-
ColcloosJi, Sir Teaej,
Reminiaeoieea of
Cold Bleep •f BrighUim,
llACifA.^n:s-. « 2*
isr-
3:3:
3r4
The
CoLcifAjr, Patxick
James 2
Colerabie •
Colsan, Father John, ^ ^,^
cited TTil^
collector of Irish
manuscripts for
Lonrain *
Collection of Folk Tales 3
Colleem Betcn, 0» the. .Stbkbt Bal- _
LAD 9
M. F. Egan on. 5
Rock (half-tone
engraTing) 4
Rue Struet Bal-
LAD 8
'CoIIeglana, The* Gripfin ... 5
1483, 1489. 1494.
Griffin's master-
piece 1
'Colloquy of the An-
ciente,' On the Rollkston. 8
(Bee also lAterary Quel-
itiee of the Bage.)
Colonial Slavery, ISSi. .O'Cokkbll.
Colonizations of Ireland,
Early J
Colum, Padhaic *
Columcllle, Death of *
Th^ Death of St. . Htdb 4
Columkllle. See St. Co-
lumba.
'Come all yon pale lov-
ers* DcFFBT ..."
in the evening . . .Davis *
* piper, play the _
Shaskan Reer..CASBT «
see the Dolphin's
anchor forged ..FiBOUSOK.. »
tell me, dearest
mother Stbbr Bal- ^
T.Ap 9
* to me, deare«l'.*BmfA]f ,.. i
25T3
TT
3277
14*1
15-^
z)l
296S
T2650
xl
«12
xril
1618
830
574
1174
2TI
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VOL. PAGB
Comedians In Queen
Elizabeth's reign 6 2340
Comharda, The Irish 4 xill
Comic papers, why they
do not flourish In Ire-
land 6 z
' Comintr of Cuculain,
The * O'Gradt ... 7 2756
of Finn, The Greoort . . 4 1447
Prince Charlie jTheUAOtUiTH ..10 4016
Commandments, The
Thlrty-Slx 1 148
Commemoratiye funer<
als for the Manches-
ter martyrs T 2009
Commerce.
and the Union 8 2902
Declaration of
Irish RiohU ...Gbattan .. 4 1387
Decrease In Ire-
land O 8416
On a Commercial
Treaty with
France Flood S 1219
Short View of Ire-
land, rm, i . . . Swift 9 3362
Commercialism in Amer-
ica 1 842
Committee of Selection,
The work of the 2 xxlil
Common Citigen-Soldier,
The O'Reilly .. 7 2825
Commune of Paris, The a 678
Con Cend Catha (Con of
the Hundred Fights) 2444; S 1731; 8 2979
The Lake of 6 2230
Conal of Ossian quoted
by O'Connell S 813
Conall and Conlaoch 4 1428
Ce&mach 4 1617
derg O'Corra 5 1724
Conan 4 1401, 1625
M AOL, Biography
(portrait) lO 4029
Concerning the Braes
Halfpence Coined hy
Mr. Wood with a de-
sign to fiave tfiem
Pass in this Kingdom.HwiFT 9 8369
Conchubar. See Conco-
bar 4 1427, 1483
Conciliation with Amer-
ica, On BURKB .... 1 876
Concobar. See Conchu-
bar 7 2748, 2757
Condall (now Old Con-
nell. County Klldare) 7 2711
Condition of the peas-
antry 9 8426
Condon convicted at
Manchester 7 2608
Condy Cullen and the
Ganger Cableton. . . 2 641
Confederation, The Irish 6 2418
' Confessions of an El-
derly Gentleman*BLESSiNGTON 1 200
of Tom Bourke ..Croker ... 2 681
Confiscation of Eccles-
iastical Property 9 8391
Cong. Lord Carlisle at 1 236
* Congal ' Ferguson . . 8 1186
Congregation, The Loan
of a Maxwell .. 6 2411
CoNGRETE. William 2 614
W. B. Yeats on S yll
Conjugal fidelity In Ire-
land 6 1928
TOL. PAGI
Conlaoch 4 1427
Conn 4 1609; 6 2364
Ced-cathach, the
hundred fighter 2 444 ; B 1731
8 2979
Connacht, Dermot's en-
trance into 7 2762
Love Songs of Hyde lO 3785
8749, 8768, 3777. 3789
Religious Songs of Hyde lO 8796
8813, 3828, 8829, 3917
Songs of Hyde lO 8883
Speakers in 4 1603
Connall 2 804
Connaught, folk- tale of B 1724
Aldfrld in 6 2876
Meayeand the host
of 7 2762
Place-names in 6 2229
Sarsfleld in 7 2818
The Brown Wind ofMA^cuAUXJB. 6 2276
The Duke of; his
welcome to Ire-
land 7 XTl
The first boycott
^In 7 2612
See The Gray Fog
and also The
Wesfs Asleep.
Connaught's approba-
tion of Henry
Flood 8 1216
boast of beauty 8 1216
CONNELL. F. NORRYS 2 616
CONNELLAN^ OWBN 2 629
Connemara (See also A
May Love Song) 7 2616
Lord Carlisle in 1 233, 241
Starylng peasantry
of 7 2868
Connla of the Golden
Hair (half-tone en-
graying) Joyce. B 1731. 1784
ConnXa's Well Res sell ... 8 8001
Connor, Son of Nals 2 804
Conor, King of Ulster 4 1618
Conquest of Ireland. . • 9 Ix
Conry, The parish of B 1731
Consent of the governed 9 8362
Consolation Larminib . . B 1874
Constitution. Goldsmith
on the English 4 1338
On the Enqlish. . .CA'H'in^Q .. 2 466
Consenratism of Amer-
icans 1 848
Consumption of admira-
tion. The e 2388
Contagion of Love, TheCovBiL 2 606
Contents of ' Irish Lit-
erature ' described 2 xix
Contentment.* From 'A
Hymn to Parnbll ... 7 2876
Continuation of the
Memoirs of the Rack-
rent Family Edoeworth. 3 1014
Continuity of national
spirit in literature 1 xiy
of Irish in Irish
literature 2 yiii
Convent life, A picture
of 6 2497
' Conyersatlons with
Carlyle * Duffy 8 951
Conversion of Ireland 9 8401
of King Laog -
hair^s Daugh-
tera. Folk Lore. Anoxttuous. 8 1162
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Irish Literature.
TOL. TAQM
ConvivitLh BoDiracta from
Retaliation Goldsmith. 4 1880
CoBvivtal SoBirs.
The Oruiskeen
Lawn Anontmocb. 8 3279
Oarryoioen Anonymous. 8 8283
Laniian*» Ball . . Anonymous. 8 8293
-Rakea of Jf aUoio. Anonymous. 9 3312
- Monk$ of the 8creto,CvtMAS
- Why Liquor of
lAfe^
a 797
2 805
=S^<«
fifef D'Ai^roN
- Bumper%, Squire
Jonea Dawson ... 3 841
-Of Drinking Flecknob .. 8 1209
Maggy Ladlr Fublono .. 4 1249
The Three Pi(7eona.GOLi>SMiTH. 4 1350
Ahhrain an Bhui-
deil Lb Fanu . . 5 1946
Oood Luck to the
Friare of OI4...Letbr 5 1958
1 drtnk to the ^ ^^
eraces Lbtbr 5 1903
Man for Oalway . . Lbvbb 5 1975
The pope He Lead$
a Happy Life.., .hWEH 5 2002
Bweet Ohloe Lysaght .. 6 2109
The Irish Exile. . .M'Debmott. 6 2189
Humore of Donny-
brook Fair 0*Flahebty. 7 2713
Friar of Orders
Gray 0*KBErFB . . 7 2778
' Whisky, drink dir
vine! ^ O'Lbaby . . . T 2803
Here*8 to thenald-
en of bashful fif-
teen Shbridan . . 8 8117
Convlyiallty In Iceland 8 943
in Ireland 1 239
a 521, 534. 655, 710. 797 ; 3 817, 997,
1025, 1053, 1201; 4 1565; 6 1956.
1969, 1975, 1990
in Irish humor 6 y
Cooke, Sir Charles 8 2914
John » 3481
Code, Dr. Douglas Hyde
at 4 1650
Ooolun, The, From the
Irish Fbbguson. . 8 1188
' Cooper's Hill * Dbnham ... 8 850
Copernican theory. The a 603
Copernicus anticipated
in Ireland 8 3242
Copyright In Ireland 1 xxlv; 5 1919
Coracle, A (half-tone
enjrraving) » 3458
Coran the Druid 5 1732
Cork, County, A benevo-
lent landlord of 6 2397
An entrance to
Tlmanoge fa-
bled to be in 5 1714
Scenery in 7 2602
Harbor (half-tone
engraving) 2 427
Raleigh in 8 912
Swimming to Que-
bec from 8 1117
The Mayor of, A
Joke on 8 xvil
Cormac Conllngas 7 2761
Conllngeas 4 1430
Duvlingas 7 2761
mac Art at Tara 4 1610
Cormac's Chapel, Cash-
el. compared with the
Brechthenm&t Athens 6 2335
TOL. ^AOB
Com laws, O'Connell on
the 7 2633
Corn-mills in ancient
Ireland 6 1736
Cornwall, Lord 8 3278
Comwallis, Lord, Vice-
Roy of Ireland 6 2167
Character of 6 2168
on Catholic eman-
cipation 6 2171
Coronation chair. The
(half-tone e n -
graving) 7 2717
stone, Goldsmith
on the (see also
The Lia FaU) 4 1821
Corradhu. See A Memory,
Correspondence.
Ewtraots from a
Letter to a Nohle
Lord BuBKB 1 379
To the Duke of
Grafton Fbancis ... 8 1228
Letter from the
Place of hie BirthMcUALB ... 6 2227
Corrlg-a-Howly. castle 8 2857
Corry, Isaac, duel with
Henry Grattan 1 142, 4 1385
Oorrymeela Skbinb .... 8 3154
COBTBLLO, llABT 3 640
Costume. See Dress.
Cottage, An Irish (half-
tone engraving) a 612
in Killamey (half-
tone engraving) 4 1484
* Life In Ireland '.O'Kbnnbdt. 7 2782
Cottonian Library. Ex-
tract from MS. in 6 2848
Conldah, The River (See
Inniahofoen) .
Count each affliction . .Db Vbbb ... 8 860
Counterfeit Footman,
The Fabqchab. . 8 1166
Countess Kathleen
0'8hea,The. Folk LoreANONTMOus. 8 1157
Country Folk Johnson . . 5 1694
Country Life In Ire-
land.
The Plower a 612
Bindin* the Oats,, COLKUA.V ..a 610
BeedrTime Colbman . . a 609
Castle Raokrent, .Bogbwobth. 8 999
The Widow's Mes-
sage to Her Hofi.FoBBBSTEB.. 8 1222
How Myles Mur-
phy got his Pon-
ies out of tTie
Pound Qbiffiw ... 4 1483
WCU See Ahout /t.HALL 4 1534
A Swarm of Bee< . Hamilton .. 4 1649
An Electioneering
Scene Habtlbt .. 4 1667
Picture of ZTZater.MACNBViN .. 6 2276
The EmOe Moobb 7 2483
The Vicar of Cape
Clear Otwat .... 7 2848
County Dispensary, A.Gbiffin ... 4 1499
of Mayo, The Fox 8 1224
Court players in the
time of Henry VII 6 2347
Courting, Irish ideas of 6 2204
Courtly (character in
'London Assurance') 1 262
Courtship 2 xii
Coverley Family Por-
traits, The Stiblb .... 8 8204
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OovetonsneM, how, cftm«
into the Church lO
Coto Charmer. The, . . .Botlb 1
Cowshra Mead Macha 7
CowB, Woman of three lO
Cow-sporta 2
Coyle, Barney, duel
with George Ogle 1
Bishop O
CoTNS^ Joseph Stib-
LINO S
Cox. Watty, D. J.
O^Donoghae on 6
Crabbe, the poet, on
keening O
Crabtree (character in
* School for Scandal *) 8
Craglea. See BrUin's
Lament,
Cranboume, Lord, on
Disraeli «
Cravats as worn in Ire- ^
land .' ©
Ckawford, Mas. Julia ^
Credhe, Gael and Gbegort . . 4
Cred£*s house. Manner
of building jj
' Crescent and the Cross.* Wabbubton. 9
Criffan ?
Crimall 4
Crimean War »
Crimindliiy of Letiy
Moore, The Eslbb 8
* Critic, The • Shbbidan . . 8
Criticism. See Lite-
rary Appreciations.
Critics of the Stage. . . .Kbllt .... 6
Croagh, Patrick 1
Croft's • Life of Young,'
Burke on 1
Croghan, The Rath of 8
Cbokbb, John Wilson _
fportrait) a
D. J. 0*Donoghue
8823
264
2767
3831
zii
148
3684
644
iz
8643
8099
2158
8498
658
1445
1612
8529
8535
2355
1449
3008
1096
8114
on
-Mas.
B. M.
on Sheridan 8
Thomas Cbofton 3
M. F. Bgan on 6
Croker's * Fa 1 ry Le-
gends V
Cbolt, Gbobob 2
Cromcruach, the Idol 7 2718,
Cromlech at Dundalk
(half-tone engraying) 7
Cbommblin^ Mat a
Cromweirand Drogheda. 1
and Ireland 9
Hatred of the
Irish for 4 1530; 6
* in Ireland * Mubpht ... 7
loosed on Ireland 4
On me and on my
children Wills
on the massacre at
Drogheda 7 2568,
The Queen and, . . Wills 9
See The Groves of
Blarney,
Cromwelllan confisca-
tion. The 2
• Settlement of Ire-
land, The ' PbbndbboastS
Cromweirs Bridge (half-
tone engraying) 2
1782
285
397
1162
676
Iz
660
1197
680
xy
2318
789
2721
2666
751
151
Ix
2150
2567
1580
9 8512
2571
8612
426
2913
445
yoL. paob
Cromwell's invaaion.
See The Irish
Grand-Mother.
partition of Ire-
land 4 8423
Crookhayen, The scen-
ery around 7 2852
Croppy Boy, The McBubnby. . 6 2115
Strbbt Bal-
lad 8 3278
• Croppy, The ' Banim l 76
, The Irish 6 2108
Cross at Monasterboice
(half-tone e n-
graying) 9 3486
sign of the, forever lO 3829
Crosses and Round Tow-
ers of Ireland Cookb and
Wakeman. 9 3482
Crossing the Black-
ioater, A. D. 1608 Jotcb 5 1744
Crotta* Cllach, The
Mountain of 4 1488
Cbotty, Julia a 758
Cruachan, the palace of
Connaught 7 2720
Cruelties in India 1 885
Cruiskeen Lawn, The, ..Street Bal-
lad 8 3279
Crystallization 9 8472
Cuanna*s House, The
Hospitality of Connbllan. 2 629
Cubretan 7 2710
Cuchulain 2 xii; 9 8657
' Coming of * O'Grady ... 7 2756
Death of Gbeooby ... 4 1431
described 2 xiy
' of Muirthemne'..GKBaoRT ... 4 1426
1431
Sagas. The 4 1613
The Kniohting_ of, 0*GttADY ... 7 2756
Cuchullin Cycle, Tales
of the 4 1601
• Saga, The • Hdll 4 1597
Cuculain. See Cuchu-
lain.
Cucullan. (See also Cu-
chulain, Cuculain and
Cuchullen.) 4 1609
Cuckoo Sings in the
Heart of winter, ST/ie.CHBSSON . . 2 591
Cudgels, Irish 2 496, 607
Chihoolin. See Cuchu-
lain.
Cuileagh, The mountain,
* cradle of the Shan-
non • 6 2275
' C4Us dd Pli* The Raftebt . . lO 8917
Cullain 4 1448
Cuxnann na GaeL The lO xiii
Cumberland, Richard,
Goldsmith on 4 1380
Cumhal, Father of Finn 4 1447
Cumscraidh 4 1617
Cnmvlative stories 4 1649
Cunlald 4 1448
Curleck, Scenery near 1 860
Curlew Mountains, The 6 2357
Curlieu's Pass, The,
Normans at 8 829
Cwroi, The Bwploiis o/.. Jotcb 5 1749
Currachs and canoes . . . . / 5 1740
Currajrh Beg 1 851, 857
(half-tone engray-
ing) 9 8458
Cubban^ Hbnbt Gbattan 2 767
John P h i l p o t
(portrait) 2 770
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4058
Irish Literature.
Screw
- Master
Rolls,
with
VOL. PAoa
Ourran, John Phllpot,
and Father
O'Leary 7 2703
a master in ora-
tory 7 xxylll
and Grattan con-
trasted 7 xxit
and Lord Clan-
morris 1 143
Speech for Lord
Edward Flts-
gerald 7
Speech for Peter
Flnnerty 7
Prior of the
Monks of the
6
of the
duel
Lord
Clare 1
Burke on 7
Meagher on 6 2422
secures a writ of
habeas corpus
for Tone 7 2606
Curran's defense of H.
Rowan 7
genius described 7
quips beyond re-
call e
repartees 6
WittUHsms, Borne
of a
Curse, The Cablbton . . 2
An Irish. See Veil
Flaherty's Drake.
of Doneraile, The. O'Kvllt .. 7 2779
of the Boers on
England, The. . ..Gbboort ...lO 3920
Cursing at a funeral 9 3641
of Tara, The O'Qbadt ... 7 2762
Cushla gal Machree 8 3271
xxiii
zxlii
1957
142
xxli
xziil
xxiv
iz
Iz
798
559
Custom, An Old ...*.. ..Gbiffin ... 4 1481
Cnatoins and Man-
ners.
The Battle of the
Factions Cablbton.. 2 472
The Curse Cablbton . . 2 512
Bhane Fadh*s Wed-
ding Cablbton . . 2 659
Tim Hogan*s Wake.COYS^ 2 648
Castle Rackrent . . .Edqewoutu, 3 995
Books of Courtesy
in t?^e XV. Cen-
tury Grbbn .... 4 1417
We'll Bee About /t.HALL 4 1534
An Electioneering
Scene Habtlbt . . 4 1557
Food, Dress and
Daily Life in
Ancient Ireland.. Joy cvi 5 1735
6 2391
Their Last Race. ..Mathbw
A Budget of
Btories O'Kbbffb . ,
Keening and
Wakes Wood - Mab-
tin
' Customs of Ancient
Erinn, Manners
and ' O'Cdbby . . ,
Scotch
Cyclopean style of archi-
tecture 8 2881
Cynlck, Thomas, and
Richard Pockrich 7 2701
7 2771
O 3640
7 2Cr>6
2 754
D. VOL. PACT
Daddy O'Dowd, Bouci-
ault as 1 252
Dagda, The 2 zi
Daily Life in Ancient
Ireland, Food, Dress
and JOTCB 5 1735
Dalcassians, The. See
Kinkora.
Dalkey Island, Essex on 8 1234
Dal ling. Lord, on
George Canning 2 464
D' Alton, John 2 803
Dame Street, Dublin 6 2107
Dana Russell ... 8 2999
See The Flower.
Danaanic colony. The 6 2280
' Dance light, for my
heart it lies under
your feet, love' Walleb ... 9 3501
Dancing, An Irish Lass.
See Kitty Neal.
Dangle (character in
Sheridan's ' The
Crttic') 8 3114
Daniel O'Rourke Maoinn ... 6 2313
Danish Invasion, The 9 yiii
Dante's portrait by Gi-
otto discorered
through R. H. Wilde 9 3696
Dara, King of South
Coolney 7 2749
Darby Doyle's Voyage
to Quebec Bttinosall. 8 1114
Dardan. See Bridget
Cruise.
'Darell Blake' Campbell.. 2 448
Dark Qirl by the Holy
Well, The Kbbgan ... 5 1766
Man, The Chbsson . . 2 692
Rosaleen. From
the Irish Manoan ... 6 2363
(cited) 1 Till
source of my an-
guish CUBBAN ... 2 768
Darkly, the cloud of
night 9 3646
Dablet, Geobgb 2 807
Darrynacloughery fair 9 3316
Darwin C. and Dr. Si-
gerson 8 3132
on the divine origin
of life 6 1786
Daunt, William Jo-
seph O'Neill 8 811
Davies, Sir John: let-
ter to Salis-
bury 6 2276
True character
of 9 3394
Tom, the London
book-seller 7 2479
Davis, Thomas Os-
BOBNB 8 822
(portrait) 8 xxiv
Bee r\bo The Irish
Chiefs.
(quoted) 1 xvl!
and Young Ireland 9 xl
Perpison and 6 2219
W. B. Yeats on 8 vli, Ix
Davitt, Michael 8 832
(portrait) 8 xxiv
and the Land
League 9 xl
J. H. McCarthy
on 6 2179
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Oeneral Index.
4059
DavmifM of the Day,
The Walsh O
of the Year, Ttie. .Blakb .... 1
Dawson^ Abthub 8
Day as a Monk of the
Screw «
Dazzle (character in
' London Assurance *) J
De Boisseleau »
De Burghs, W 1 1 Ham,
Earl of Ulster, Pro-
hibition of intermar-
riage by 5
De Burgo, Thomas ^
D'Bste, Mary, Queen of
James II.« A lament _
for ! a
D'Esterre and 0*Con-
nell T
De Foix, Francoise, Com-
tesse de Cnateaubrl-
and O
De Jubainyille, M. d'Ar-
bois 4
De la Crolz, Charles 9
De Profundis Tynan-
UlNKSON. 9
DeRetz, Cardinal, Gold-
smith on 4
De Tourville, Admiral 7
Da Vbbb^ Sib Aubrey 8
AuBBEY Thomas 8
on Q. Grlffln 4
on Sir Samuel
Ferguson's
poetry 3
-V. B.
-W.
Yeats on 3
Dead Antiquary, O'Don-
ovan. The M'Gbb .... 6
at Clonmacnois,
Th^ ROLLESTOX. 8
heat and windless
air Tynan-
HlNKSON. 9
Dean Kirwan, Eloquence
of 1
Dean of Llsmore^s
Book 8 3139,
Dear and Darling £oy. Street Bal
LAD 8
* Lady Disdain* ..McCabthy.. «
maiden, when the
sun ts down .... Walsh 9
Land O'IIaoan . . T
Old Ireland Sullivan ... 9
Dearg M6r 4
Deasy, the Fenian
leader. Rescue of 7
Death,' From 'A Night-
piece on Fabnell .. 7
• of an Arctic Hero,
The ' Alexandeb . 1
of Cuchulain Gbbgoby . . 4
of Dr. Btcift, On
the Swift 9
of St. Columoille,
The IIydb 4
of the Homeward
Bound M'Geb O
of the Huntsman,
The Griffin ... 4
of Virginia, TTie. .Knowles .. 4
The three Shafts
of 10
* Decay of Lyini?, The * . Wildb 9
Deception, An Heroic, ..Gwynm ... 4
3507
ISO
841
1967
252
3324
1179
1626
768
2625
2338
1608
3420
8455
1347
2823
851
853
1465
1169
vil
2218
2979
3458
127
3144
3280
2134
3510
2768
3341
1609
2607
2874
10
1431
3380
1618
2222
1480
1847
3065
3.->78
1512
VOL.
. 4
Dechtlre
Declaration of Indepen-
dence, The Amer-
ican 5 1665; 7
of Irish Rights Gbattan . . 4
See also Moly-
neux.
Decline of the Bards 2
Decoration Day, May
31, 1886; J. B.
O'KeiUy's speech 7
of Crosses in Ire-
land 9
Dedanann, Tuatha de 2
Dedannans, Invasion of. 9
Deeny, Danibl 8
Deep, deep In the earth.McCABTHY.. 6
in Canadian Woods.SuLLiVAN... 9
Defense of Charles Oa-
van Duffy Whiteside. 9
of the Yolun-
teers, A Flood .... 8
Deirdre, a name that
stirs 8
and Naisl Joyce 5
in <li« Wood* (half-
tone engraving) .Tbench 9
the renowned 4
the sad-eyed 7
The Story of lO
memorized 8
' Wed * Tbench ... 9
' and other
Poems ' Tbxmch ... 9
De Jubainville, A., on
Irish MSS 2
His Work for Cel-
tic literature 2
Delany, Mrs., Letters of. 6
Delights of ignorance 8
Democracy, American
faith in ..i 1
Problems of Mod-
ern GODKIN ... 4
Demon Cat, The Wilde .... 9
Denham. Sib John 8
W. B. Yeats on 8
Dennis was hearty when
Dennis was young. . .Skbixb ... 8
Denon, Baron, and the
Princess Talleyrand 1
Dependence on England 9
Derby, Lord, on dises-
tablishment of the
Irish Church 6
* Derga, The Bruidhen
da^
Dermot, The thankful-
ness of P. 0'Lbaby..10
and Ruadhan 7
Astore Cbawfobd. . 2
Derrick, D. J. O'Dono-
ghue on the wit of ; 6
Derry, Dean of 4
Reminiscences of 6
The Maiden City 9
The Siege of Alexandeb.. 1
(reference) 9
watered by Lough
Neagh 6
Derrybrlen, MaryHynes
at 9
Derrycarn, The black-
bird of 7
Derrynane House (half-
tone engraving) 4
Desaiz, Genera] 9
PAGB
1431
2640
1387
2825
8485
xl
vil
845
2172
3341
8550
1217
2990
1746
3431
1245
2593
xvl
xvlll
3481
8432
xl
xviii
1918
885
833
1290
3557
849
vil
8153
213
3417
2169
4 1601
3958
2762
658
xiii
1380
2427
3428
8
Ix
2277
3669
2755
1588
8418
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4060
Irish Literature.
Deserlptlon,
See Travel, etc.
of the Sea. Prom
the Irish O'Cdrry ... 7 2664
' Desert is Life ' Bbookb .... 1 300
Deserted Cabins (half-
tone engraving) « 2267
Deserted village, T^c. .Goldsmith. 4 1367
Deserter's Meditation,
The CURBAN .... 2 796
Desmond. See O'Dof^
nell Ahoo.
Spenser in the
W palace of « 2276
aste, The » 3392
Despair and Hope in
Prison Davitt 3 837
Destruction of fortified
places 2 xli
of Irish MSB » xl
by Norse a viii
of Jerusalem, Irish
version* of the 7 2672
of Troy, Irish ver-
sion of the T 2672
Detail. Minute, in the
Sagas 2 zv
De Tocqueville on Amer-
ica 4 1295
' Deus mens.' From the
Irish of Maellsu Sioerson .. 8 3140
Devenish, Ruins of an
old Abbey, at « 2276
The lake of. See
Feithfailoe,
Devil, The Ybats 9 3673
Devotion of children to
parents in Ire-
land 6 2197
of Irishmen abroad
to Ireland 7 2618
'Diamond Lens, The'. .O'Bribn ... 7 2594
Diaries, JonrnalSf etc.
Intervietos with
Buonaparte Tone 3418
Journal of a Lady
of Fashion Blessino-
TON 1 193
Macaulay and Ba-
con MiTCHBL . . 6 2444
Rhapsody on
Ruins, A MiTCHEL .. 6 2454
Diarmid (see also A Lay
of Ossian and
Patrick) 7 2763
servant of St Col-
umcille 4 1618
O'Duibhne. See
The HospitaUty
of Cuanna* s
House.
'Diary, Leaves from a
Prison * Davitt. 8 832. 887
Dick Wildgoose 4 1347
Dickens. Charles ; E.
Dowden on 8 873
describes speech of
O'Connell's 7 xxvi
Did I stand on the top
of bald Nefln? lO 8777
ye hear of the
Widow Malone?. Lever 5 1999
Diddler, Jeremy (ch«r-
flcter in ' Raising the
Wind') 5 1805
T 2573
445
859
TOK^PAfiE
Dillon, Father Doml-
nick, slain at
Drogheda
T., and the Land
League 9 xl
Wentworth, Earl
OF Roscommon 8 2981
Dimma's Book T 2671
Dineley, T., on funeral
customs O 3642
Dingle, County Cork,
An amusing story of B 2199
D I N E B N ^ Rbv. Pat-
rick S lO 3959, 4625
Dinner Party Broken
Up, A Lever B 1972
Dinnree, Wax candles
used in, before the
V. Century K 1737
Dinnseanchus, The 4 1611; O 2667
Dirge of O'Sullivan
Bear, From the
Irish Caixanan .
of Rory O'More. . . De Verb . .
Disabilities of the
Roman Catlto*
lies.
Women in Ireland
in Penal Days . . .Atkinson. . .
FareweU to the
Irish Parliament.CfJURAJS . . .
On Oatholio Eman-
cipation CCRRAN . . .
The True Friends
of the Poor and
the Afflicted Dotlb ....
The Irish Intellect.Qiuss
The Penal Laws, ..McCarthy..
Justice for /reZa»d.O*CoMNBLL. .
Ireland's Part in
English Achieve-
ment Sheil 8 3057
Disarming of Ulster,
The CURRAN ... 2 780
Disestablishment of the
Irish Church 9 ix
Movement for the 6 2169
Disillusion WiLKiNS .. 9 3606
Dispute with Oarlyle, A.Duffy 8 951
Disqualification of Cath-
olics, On the Injus-
tice of Grattan . . 4 1405
Disraeli, Lord Cran-
boume on 6 2158
' Dissenchaa Tracts,
The' 4 1698
Dissensions in Ireland 2 789 ; 9 viii
Distances of the Btars,
The Ball 1 36
Distilling, Illicit 1 46; 2 541
'Divide, The Great *.. .Dunraven . 8 963
Divinities of the Irish 7 2721
Divorce, Singular man-
ner of 7 2857
Dixon, a Choctaw O'Reilly . . 7 2835
W. Mac Neile, on
Sir Aubrey de
Vere's * Mary
Tudor' 8 851
—on Aubrey T. de » .
Vere's poetry 8 854
on E. Dowden'B
verse 8 866
Do you remember, long
ago Furlong ... 4 1524
2 783
2 777
3 921
4 1282
6 2179
7 2641
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4061
TOL. PAOB
Dobson, Austin, on Wil-
liam Congreve 2 614
Dodder, The; threat to
divert Its stream
from Dublin ; 7 2728
DOHBNT, MiCHABL 8 864
W. B. Yeats on 8 x
Donaghmoore, Bound
Towers at 9 8491
Donal Kenny Cabby 2 674
Donald and HU Neigh-
bors Anontmous. 3 1147
' Donall-na-Olanna.' See D. Lanb.
Donane. Voters from, at
a Ballynaklll election 1 140
Donegal Fairy, A MacLintock 6 2253
Far Darrig in MacLintock 6 2248
Fishing at Lough
Columb in 4 1520
* Humors of ' Macmanus . « 2254
parishes 4 1512
Tale, A O 2242
The Franciscan
monastery of 1 31
The Irish Gaelic
in e 2428
The mountains of.
See InnisJMwen.
DoneraUe, The Ourae o/.0*Kellt ... 7 2779
Donnach Cromduibh 7 2719
Donn of the Sand
Mounds 7 2752
Donnbo. or Donnban 7 2709
* Donnelly and Cooper ' 8 8270
Donnybrook Fair 2 607
The Humore of. . .O'Flahbbtt. 7 2718
Donoughmore, Lord, tra-
duced In The Dublin
Journal 7 2640
Donovane, The E^ahy 8 1182
Dorinda (character in
*The Beaux' Strata-
gem') 8 1165
Dorothy Monroe, the
famous beauty. See
The Haunch of Ven-
ison.
D'Orsay and Byron 6 2288
DoTTiN, G., The Red
Duck lO 3779
Douglas, Dr., Canon of
Windsor 4 1380
DowDBN^ Bdwabd 8 866
on Sir S. Fergu-
son's poetry 8 1170
W. B. Teats on 8 xlv
DowLiNO, Babtholo-
MBW 8 878
RICHABD 3 881
Edited poems of
J. F. O'Don-
ncll 7 2678
Down. See The Muster
of the North.
The majestic moun-
tains of « 2276
' by the stUley gar-
dens ' Ybats 9 8706
DowNBT^ Edmund (see
also note to An ^ ^^^
Heroic Deception) 8 891
Downing, Ellbn Mabt
Patbick 5 -?1?
Downpatrick 8 1182
DoYLB, Jambs 10 8376. 3887
J. (biography) lO 4025
Jaksi Wabum 3 918
Ho*
DoYLB, J. W.. duel with
Hely Hutchinson 1
Maby lO 3876,
Draherin O Machree Hogan .... 4
Drake, J. R.. in prison 9
Drama, The.
Mr. Mawwortn . . . Bickebstaff 1
Lady Gay Bpanker.BovciCAULT. 1
Oone to Death .... Bbookb ... 1
Scene from ' Cati-
line ' Cboly 2
She Stoops to Con-
quer CtoLDSMITH. 4
The Counterfeit
Footman Fabquhab . 8
The Lost Saint. . . Hyde 4
The Twisting of
the Rope 10
Mr. Diddler's WaysKaunEY ... 5
The Death of Vir-
ginia Knowles . . 6
ov> to Oet On in
the World Macklin
The End of a ^
Dream Mabtyn .
How to Fall Out. . Mdbphy
Mrs. Malanrop . . . Shbbidan
Bob Aorer Duel . . Shbbidan
Auctioning off
On&s Relatives . Shbbidan
The Scandal Class
Meets Shbbidan
Sir Fretful Plagi-
ary's Play Shbbidan
The Queen and
Cromwell Wills . .
Cathleen Ni HooH-
han Yeats . .
Drama In Ireland, Lady
Qregory on 10
The Irish Gwynn ... 10
Dramatic criticism 5
Reyival, Irish Iw
Society, The Irish
National 10
' Drapier, Letters, The ' Swift 9
Drawing Room in Dub-
lin Castle, A 1 246,
Dream, A Allinoham . 1
of a Blessed Spirit.YEA.T8 9
The Age of a Johnson .. 5
The End of a Mabtyn ... 6
Dbennan, William 8
Jb., William 8
' Dreoilin ' See Francis A.
Fahy.
Dress,
In Africa 2
In ancient Ireland 5
In the XVII. Cen-
tury 1
Kathleen Mavour-
neen (half-tone
engraving) 2
Of an Irish chief-
tain 7
Of ancient Irish
(color plate) 8
Of Fergus Mac
Roy T
Of Clrana Uaile T
Of Irish women 1
7 2544, 2547.
Of Munster women 1
Of Qaeea Maeve 7
Of the ancient
Irish S
TOL. PAGB
143
3887
1593
3330
182
252
288
747
1348
1165
1651
3989
1805
1847
2237
2385
2564
3078
8088
3105
3099
8 3114
9 8612
9 3688
xxvl
xiii
1782
vii
xiii
3369
2203
21
3706
1699
2385
924
928
418
1737
83
668
2546
3144
2750
2858
38
2548
33
2747
xlv
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IriA Literature.
-o?"
TOL. PAGB
Dress of the Anoieni
Irish Wallbb ... 9 3403
Of the Bards (color
plate) » xlv
I the Ollamhs
(color plate) 8 xiv
See also Bhane tJie
Proud.
Drimin Bonn DiUs Walsh 9 8511
Dubh a 442
Drimlnuch, The wood of 4 1648. 1646
Drimmin don dilis. The T 2615
Dubh Dheelish . . . Street Bal-
lad 8 3281
Drink, Evils of « 2397
Drinking, Of Flbcknob. . 8 1209
Bong Shebidan . 8 3117
Drlpsey stream, The 1 353
Drogheda ; Cromwell au-
thor of the mass-
acre at 6 2150
Crosses at 9 3486
(half-tone engrav-
In) 1 160
Lawrence's Gate
(half-tone en-
graving) 7 2568
Parliament held
before Sir Chris-
topher Preston at 7 2462
The Marquis of 1 140
The Massacre at.BABRT 1 150
The Massacre ot.MuBFHT .. 7 2567
Dromoland, County
Clare (half-tone en-
graving) 7 2619
Dromsdeach, The Book
of a X
Dromsnechta, The Book
of 7 2668
Drover, A Colom a 613
Druidlcal order, Cos-
tume of (color plate) 8 3144
Drutdism, Sources of 7 2666
Druids and Druldism. .O'Ccrbt .. 7 2666
Julius CfBsar on
the 7 2721
The ancient Irish 5 1732
Drumcllefif 6 2354
Drumgoole 6 1936
Dbdmmond, William
Hamilton 8 930
Drunkard to a Bottle of
Whisky. Address of oLb Fanu . . 6 1946
'Dry be that tear* Sheridan . 8 3118
Dryden on R. Flecknoe 8 1208
Dubhdun, King of Oriel 4 1623
Dubhlacha 4 1608
Dublin .
— A new student at
Trinity College 5 1986
Beautiful view of,
from Killlney
Hill 7 2652
Castle, A Drawing
Room in 1 246
On DowLiNO . . 8 887
* History of the
City of GlLBEBT ... 4 1258
in the XVIIl. Cen-
tury Lbckt .... 5 1914
Journal, The,
O'Connell on 7 2637
Jane: A
...COSTBLLO .. a 640
•Magatftne, JSU 8 1142
-Life,
Sketch from
TOXi. PAOB
Dublin. Neighborhood,
A 2 660
Newsletter, The « 1919
Printers , The
Prince of Gilbert . . 4 1258
Red Hugh impris- _
oned in a 635
SaUre on C 2107
Society formed to
increase the
price of meat in T 2633
Btreet Arabs,
Three Habtlbt . . 4 1568
The Apostle of
Temperance in..MATHBW .. S 2397
theaters B 1920
Thomas Cynick's
attempt to con-
vert the people
of T 2701
University B 1914
University Review 3 1150
See Daniel O'Connell and Biddy
Moriarty; The Gray Fog; The
Monks of tJie Screw; and
Tried by his Peers.
Dubourg, the violinist B 1919
Dubthach 4 1430
Due de Feltre (General
Clarke) 4 1589
Duel between D'Bsterre
and O'Connell 7 2625
0*Connell chal-
lenged by Sir R.
Peel 7 2625
Duel with Ensign
Brady. Bob BurJke's.MAGiNN ... 6 2303
Dnellfnff.
Anecdotes of 1 141
Bagenal on 3 817
Code 1 148
See An Affair of Honor and
The Battle of tn.e Factions.
DuFTEBiN, Ladt (por-
trait) 8 932
Lobd 8 937
DUFPBT, Thomas 8 948
DUFFT, SiB CHARLBS
Gavan 8 950
and Repeal » x
and • I oung Ire-
land ' » xl
EdwarH Rossa 8 2983
In Defense of
Charles Gfara» .. Whiteside . 9 3550
in Prison... 8 811; 6 2128. 2129. 2220
in Prison, To M*Geb O 2220
on faction light at
Turloughmore © 3316
on T. Furlong 4 1244
on Gerald Griffin 4 1465
on J. C. Mangan 6 2351
DuoAN, Maurice (bi-
ography) lO 4011
Translation from
the Irish of 8 1188
Duigenan, Dr., at the
College visitation 9 3516
duel with a bar-
rister 1 143
Duke of Orafton, To theF^ANCiB ... 8 1228
Dullahan, The, described 8 xix
Dun Angus, A visit to
the 8 xil
Dunbolg, The Battle of. Hydb 4 1622
Dunboy, The Btorming of 7 2744
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VOL. PAGI
Dunbwp, The Oirl of. . Datis 8 829
Dun Cow, Book of (he 4 1600
Dundalk a 839
Cromlech at (half-
tone engraying) 7 2666
DundargvaiB 8 931
Dundealgan 4 1427
Dundrum T 2715
Dunfanaghy. See An Heroic Decep-
tion and The PiMntom SMp.
Dungon, Garrett T 2570
Dungannon a 639, 786
Dunkerron, The Lord of.CBOKBB ... 2 736
Dunlecknj, Bagenal at
home at 8 817
Dunluce 4 1255
Castle (color
plate) Otway ... 7 2863
The rulna of 6 2278
DuNRAVEN, Bakl OF 8 963
Lord, on Round
Towers O 3490
Durrow, The Book of 7 2671
Gospels, Orna-
ments and Initials
from (color plate) 4 1620
Dursey Island 6 2314
' Dust Hath Oloaed
Helen's Bye' Ybats 9 8666
Duties of a Repreaenta-
tive. The Bubkb 1 894
Duty of Criticitim in a
Democracy, The Godkin ... 4 1290
Duvac Dael TJlla 7 2751
Dying CHrl, The Williams . 9 3609
Mottier*a Lament,
T?ie Kergan ... 5 1764
Bach nation master at
its own fireside. Ingram ... S 1661
poet with a differ-
ent talent Rolleston.. 8 2981
Eagle of Cashel. The 4 1591
Eamania, The palace of. 9 3493
Banachhuidhe (Rose-
brook) 6 2277
' Earl of Essex, The ' . . Brooke ... 1 288
' Early Christian Archi-
tecture ' Stokes ... 8 3238
humor of Irish
Celts 6 vii
Irieh Literature., Hydm 2 vii
Irish satirists « vii
Stage, The Malonb . . . O 2346
Earrennamore 8 2.393
Earth and Man, The.. Brooke ... 1 299
SpiHt, The Russell . . 8 2996
Ease often visits shep-
herd swains Ltsaght . . 6 2109
East India Company 1 373. 383
West, Home's bestO'PARRBLLT.lO .3967
Bird, The Fair Hilla. or.SiGERSON ..10 3937
E C C L B S , CHABLOTTB
O'CONOR 8 967
Ecclesiastical Property,
Confiscation of 9 3891
* Remains, Ancleot
Irish* Pbtrib 8 2880
Bcho, The Hayes 10 8983
Echtge Hills. The 4 3669
Bconomics and So-
ciology.
~ Bmtracta from * The
Qwr\M%* ••Bbbkbudt . 1 177
VOL. PAQl
BcoBomies and 8o-
cioloflTF.
National Charac-
terietica aa Mold-
ing Public Opin-
ion Bbtcb 1 831
Poaition of Women
in the United
Statea Brtcb 1 348
The True Friends
of the Poor and
the Afflicted .,. .BOYLM .... 8 919
A Scene in the
Irish Famine ..HiooiNS ... 4 1578
Amusements of the
People 0*Bribn ... 7 2620
Edain 7 2667
Eden, Mr 4 1403
Edgeworth, Maria
(portrait) 8 993
M. F. Egan on 5 vii ; 8 ix
Richard Lovell 8 1078
Edseworthtown, County
Longford, home of R.
L. Edgeworth 8 1073
Edinburgh reviewer,
Macaulay an 6 2444
Editorial work on
' Irish Litbraturb ' 2 xlz
Bdncation.
Childhood in An,
dent Greece ...Mahaffy .. O 2329
Oaelie Movement,
The Pldnkbtt . 8 2908
in America 1 334
In Ireland 1 34
Irish as a Spoken
Language Hyde 4 1603
Irish Intellect, TheGihms 4 1280
not completed
without a duel 1 145
of the Catholic
Irish 4 1283
Plea for the Study
of Irish, A O'Brien ... 7 2614
The Board of Na-
tional 4 1603, 1609
Greek O 2328
Edward I., removal of
the Jacob's Stone
to London 7 2718
Duffy RossA 8 2983
Egan, Mauricb Francis
(portrait) 8 1080
on Irish novels 5 vU
Egan*fl Duel with Roger
Barrett 1 142
Eglinton, John See William K.
Maobb.
Egypt 7 2512. 2537
Burton on a 409
Eighteenth Century,
Children's read-
ing in the 8 1073
Dress in the 1 33
Dublin in the Lbckt 5 1914
• Eighty-Five Years of
Irish History ' Daunt. 8 811, 817
Eileen Aroon Fcrlono .. 4 1251
Griffin ... 4 1509
Eirenach See Doheny.
Eiric, Bishop, and Brig-
it 8 3256
' El Medinah and Mecca,
Pilgrimage to ' .... .Burton ... a 408
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Irish Literature.
TOL. PAOa
'Elder Faiths of Ire-
land, Traces of the*. Wood-Mab-
TIN • 3640
Election incident at Bal-
lynakill 1 140
Electioneering In Eng- _ _„
land a 448
In Ireland. See An Irish Mis-
take and Castle Rackrent.
Scene, An Habtlet . . 4 1557
Blectlone of 1868, The « 2160
Elegy, An, on Madam ^ ^^^^
Blaize Ck)LD8MiTH. 4 1382
' Blflntown, The End
of Bablow ... 1 116
BltBabeth, <^iieen.
and Grana Ualle 7 2858
and Granua Wall 10 4013
and Hugh Etoe
O'Donneli « 632
and Ireland 7 2713; 9 Ix
and Sir Walter Ra-
leigh 8 909
and the Earl of
Essex 1 288
and the Stage « 2349
Ireland under 8 3266; 10 3853
Players during the
reign of « 2349
Ellis, Mr., on Poetry 9 3664
Elopements 2 zii
Bloavence.
-Irish 4 1289
Pulpit, Bar and ^ ^^^
PaWtommtary... Babbington. 1 127
Last Speech of
Robert Emmet.. Euuvr .... 8 1087
See Oratory.
Elrington the actor 5 1918
" Elzevir, The Oaken-
f o o t e d." See G.
Faulkner.
Emain 4 1433
Macha 7 2769
Emancipation and Re-
form 8 8058
Catholic 2 773; 6 2161
Lincoln's procla-
mation of 6 1665
On Catholic Cubban ... a 773
Emer, Wife of Cuchu-
laln 4 1426. 1433
' Emerald Isle, The '.See Dbbnnan.
' Emergency Men, The '. Jbssop 6 1688
Emerson and Newman. MviAjAKBY . 7 2556
on folk tales 8 xxill
Emigrant in America,
The Song of the
Irish FiTZSiMON.. 8 1206
Lament of the
Irish DUFFBBIN . 8 938
Emigrants, Character ofKiCKHAM .. 6 1817
Bmlflrratioii.
' I'm very happy
where I am*.. .Boucicault. 1 257
A Scene in the
South of Ireland.BuTT 2 427
Donal Kenny Casbt 2 674
Lament of the
Irish Em^rant..DvrrEnw . 8 933
Terence's FareweltDvrFVRin . 8 934
The Ewile's RetumhocKm 5 2003
A Memory MacAlebsb. 6 2111
The Passing of the
Oael Macmanub.. 6 2267
The Ewfle ..,,,. .MOOSB .... 7 2483
VOL. PA^OS
Bnlgrration.
The Irishman's
Farewell Anonymous. 8 3287
Song of an Ewtle 7 2840
The Ewodus Wiu>b O 3570
A Farewell to
America Wiu>b .... 9 8509
' Eminent Irishmen in
Foreign Service* ...Onahan ... 7 2814
Bmmet, Robert 3 10S6
(portrait) 8 1003
absent from col-
lege visitation 9 351$»
Death of Campion .. 2 463
expelled from
University 9 8526
first against
Union 9 x
Lord Norbury at
the trial of 8 1093
Plunket prosecu-
tor of 8 2894
secretary of
United Irish-
men 9 3523
The betrothed of 7 2533
See A Song of Defeat and
When He Who Adores Thee.
Thomas Addis 6 2166
' Emotions, An Essay on
the ' Cobbb 2 605
En Attendant Wynne ... 9 8649
Enchanted Woods . . . .Yeats .... 9 3679
EnoJiantment of Qca-
roidh larla Kbnnbdy . . 5 1801
End of a Dream, The. .Mabtyn ... 6 2385
' Elflntown, The '.Barlow ... 1 116
Engine-Shed, In tAe. . .Wilkins. . 9 3600
England and Ireland. . .Bbycb .... 1 346
and the American
war 4 1889
cannot govern Ire-
land 8 2931
Enlisting In l 358
• History of Lbcky 6 1914
in Shakespeare's
Youth DOWDBN . . 8 869
The Corse of the
Boers on (Trans. ) Gbbgoby . .10 3929
England's Battlesfought
by Irishmen 9 8564
Empire 9 3588
• Parliament, Ire-
land's Cause in '.McCabthy. . 6 2161
English Academy, The. Banim ... 1 60
Achievement, Ire-
land's Part <»..Shbil 8 3057
Bribery by the 2 792
Buck ' 1 146
Bull, An 8 1067
Constitution, 0». .Canning ... 2 465
freedom 2 466
indebtedness to
Irish literature 2 xvlll
institutions satir-
ized 9 3366
• Misrule and Irish
Misdeeds' Db Vbbb . . 8 854
of the Pale, The 9 3391
Irish writers in, in
XVII. and XVIII.
Centuries 1 ix
Engus 2 804
Enlightened hy a Cow-
SUaUr , 7 2664
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BnllBting in England l 858
Bnna ." 5 1725
EnniB 7 2611
Enniscortliy - 1 80
Enni»hou>en Wingfisld.. tt 8620
Bnniskillen 7 2818
EnHgn Bpps, t?ie Color-
hearer O'Reilly .. 7 2830
Bochaldh Airemh, King
of Erlnn 7 2667
Epilogue to Fond Labminib . 5 1876
Epitaph on Doctor Par-
nell Goldsmith. 4 1883
on Edtoard P«rdonGoLDSMiTH . 4 1383
Ere, Son of Calrbre 4 1483
Erectheum of Athens 6 2835
Erlgal 1 268
Erin Dbbnnan . . 8 924
• History of the Il-
lustrious Women
of 1 82
The Buried Foreste
of MiLLiOAN .. 6 2437
* Manners and Cus-
toms of Ancient '.O'Cobbt ... 7 2666
The Old Books o/.O'Cubby ... 7 2670
Erin's Lament for
O'Connell 8 8269
Erne. Lord 7 2612
The 6 2364, 2363. 2365
Errlgal 6 2436
Ersklne, Lord, Sheridan
on 8 3125
Erwln, Bishop, of Kll-
lala O 2232
Escape of Hugh Roe, . .Connsllam. 2 636
ESLEB, MBS. B. RBN-
TODL a 1096
'Essay on Irish Bulls '. Edoewobth. 8 1055
1060
' on the Emotions *.C0BBa .... 2 605
on the State of Ire-
land in mo Tone 9 3416
on Translated
Verae, From f^ie. Roscommon. 8 2981
' Essays ' Wisemak . . 9 3627
Basay-s and Studies.
True Pleaeuree . . Bebkslbt . 1 174
The View from
Honepman'8 HiU.BvRKXLBT .1 176
A Gentleman . . . .Bbookb ... 1 285
The Preternatural
in Fiction Bubton ... 1 404
The Contagion of
Love Cobbb 2 605
Despair and Hope
in Prison Davitt 8 887
The OriginaUtv of
Irish Bulls Ew-
amined Edoewobth. 8 1056
The Gentleman in
Black Goldsmith. 4 1817
Advice to the La-
dies Goldsmith. 4 1822
Beau Tihhs Goij)SMIth. 4 1326
Liberty in EnglandGoiJ>3UiTB.. 4 1331
The Love of ^ ^^^^
Freaks Goldsmith. 4 1334
The Worship of
Pinchbeck HeroesGouyBUim. 4 1838
Whang and his
Dream of Dia^
monds Goldsmith. 4 1841
The Love of Quack
Medioine9 Goldsmith. 4 1848
vol. paqb
ESasays and. Studies.
Happiness and
Good-Nature ...Goldsmith. 4 1346
Mountain TheologyQiaQOBY . . 4 1466
Ireland^ Visible and
Invisible Johnston . 5 1702
A Quiet Irish TalkKJBZLiKQ .. 5 1769
Moral and Intel-
lectual Differ-
ences between the
Semes Leckt .... 5 1920
What is the Rem-
nant? Magbb .... 6 2292
The Irish in Amer-
ica O'Bbien ... 7 2617
Monotony and the
Lark Russell . . 8 8006
Sir Roger and the
Widow Steele .... 8 8198
The Coverley Fam-
ily Portraits . . . Steele .... 8 8203
The Art of Pleas-
ing Steele .... 8 3206
The Story of Yor-
iok Stebne .... 8 8213
The Story of Le
Fevre Stebne 8 8220
' Dust Hath Closed
Helen's Eye' ..Yeats 9 8666
vaiage Ghosts ..Yeats 9 8678
Encfuinted Woods .Yeats 9 3679
Essem, The Earl of. . . .Bbooke 1 288
(reference) 7 2744
"Essex-street, The
Wooden man In " 4 1259
Esthetic sensibility of
Pagan Irish 2 xvill
'Ethelstan' Dablet ... 2 809
Ethical content of an-
cient Irish literature 8 2978
Ethnic legends of Ire-
land 9 vll
Ettinosall, Thomas 8 1114
O'Donoghue on 6 xlv
Eulogy of Washington . I^HILLIPS .. 8 2891
Europe, Irish scholars
In 9 3895
European literature,
Ireland's influence on 4 yli
Eyangellstarlum of St.
Moling, The 7 2671
Evening Hymn, The, , .Tuisy,cu ... 9 3487
Evensong IloLLiaxoN . 8 2977
EvenU of 1798. The 6 2229
Ever eating Swift 9 3389
Eviction, An Bablow ... 1 98
Evolution, Doctrine of 9 8466
Sir J. Herschel on 5 1787
of Species 5 1786
Execution of Lady Jane
Grey 8 861
Bxecntions.
The Manchester
martyrs 7 2607
• The Night before
Larry was
stretched ' 9 3308
* Trust to luck ' 9 8319
Emile, The Moobb 7 2483
Song of an Obr 7 2840
The Irish McDbbmott. « 2189
Smile's Christmas Song,
The KUkenny Ebnbalt ... 6 1788
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Irish LUeraiure^
TOL. PAGB
BmiWa Return, or Morn-
ing on the Irish
Ooaat, The Locks 5 2003
Ewiles, Our Sullivan .. 9 3328
EaoduB, The Wilde 9 8570
The Great 4 xli ; 9 3395
Expeditions 2 xii
Eaploiis of Ouroi, The. Jot cb .... 6 1749
Exports and Imports,
Irish 9 8364
Bwtriict from the ' Jour-
nal to Stella ' . . Swirr 9 8378
from the Life of
Brigit. From the
Irish Stokbs ... 8 8246
Ewtracte from a Letter
to a Noble Lord. BunKB 1 879
T?ie Querist . . . Bbbkklby . 1 177
Eotraordinary Phenom-
enon, An IBWIN 5 1669
F.
F. M. Allen See Downey.
Fahian Dei Franohi . . Wildb 9 8593
Society. The 8 8035
Facetious Irish Peer, J..Daunt .... 8 811
Facsimile of first Irish
newspaper 4 1268
title page of first
book printed in
Gaelic in Ireland 7 2941
Facsimiles. See ' Irish
MSS. Illnminated.'
• Irish MSS.* 'Ancient
Irish MSS.'
FaoUon Fight, The Mathbw . . 6 2891
Factories and Work-
shops Bill of 1878 6 2178
Faery Fool, The Chbsson . . 2 593
Bong, A Ybats 9 8704
Fahan 6 2427
Faht, Francis A 8 1124
Famt are the breezes. .Downing .. 8 916
Faintly as tolls the eve-
ning chime MOOBB .... 7 2540
Fair Amoret has gone
astray Congbbvb . 2 614
An Irish Pig (half-
tone engraving) 7 2484
HilU of Eir4, The.
From the
Irish of Mac
Conmara ..Siqbbson ..10 3937
From the Irish
of Mac Con-
mara Manoan . .. 6 2878
of Ireland, The
(half-tone en-
raving) ....FBBGU80N . 8 1185
fixity of ten-
ure, and fair sale
(the • Three F's) 6 2179
Fairest! put on awhile. Uoova .... 7 2529
Falrhead, or Benmore 6 2278
Fairies.
or No Fairies Cbosbb ... 2 720
T?ie Allinoham . 1 18
The Flitting of theB^SLOW ... 1 116
The history or the
Sidhe 9 8707
Fairy, A Donegal Maclintock 6 2253
and Folk Tales,
Irish Welsh — 8 xvll
— atul Folk Tales of
Irtkmd AN0NTM0U8. 8 1186
YOL. PAOB
Fairy Brugh of Slieve-
namon. The 8 2971
Court, The Dablbt ... 2 809
Fiddler, The Chbsson . . 2 592
Oold TODHUNTEB. 9 3411
Greyhound, The ..Anonymous. 8 1154
* Legends and Tra-
ditions' Cbokbb. 2 696, 736
Poetry 8 xx
Shoemaker, The
Leprecaun or ... Allingham. 1
— Tales, Irish
— importance of,
to Irish- Ameri-
cans
— Tales. See Folic
Ijore,
Lbamt
20
6 1899
8 xxlii
145
80
The Selfish Giant 9 8584
The Btory of
Childe Charity 1 814
Faith of a Felon, The. .Lalob 5 1855
' Faiths of Ireland * .. . Wood-Mab-
TIN 9 8640
Falls of Killamey. The
(half-tone engraving) 6 1876
Fallon, Squire t ' '~
Famine.
and the Plague in
Ireland. The 1
A Lay of the Stbbbt Bal-
lad 9 8290
A Scene in the Kbabt .... 5 1755
A Scene in the
Irish Higgins . . 4 1578
Drimin Donn Dills. 9 3511
The great 6 2391
of 1879, The « 2861
of 1845, The » xJ
Year, The (half-
tone engraving) .Wildb . .
Fand, Epilogue to Labminib
Fannet See Jamie Freel
and the Young Lady
and Rambling Remi-
niscences.
Far are the Gaelic
tribes M*Gbb
Darrig, The Welsh. 8 xvll,
in Donegal MacLih-
TOCK . . .
Farewell, A Sigebson .
Gorta, The
9 8570
6 1870
6 2218
xlx
6 2248
8 8142
8 XX
9 8482
8 8138
9 8881
the gray loch runs.TBENCH .
Far- Away Sigbbson
Farewell Scllivan
but whenever you
welcome the
hour MooBB .
my more than fa-
therland Wildb . .
the doom is
spoken Sigbbson
to America, A Wildb . .
to the Irish Par-
liament Cobban
Farm life in Ireland 4 1467
Farmer in Ireland, The 4 1574
Fabqchab, Geobgb 8 1164
Farran, Miss, Sheridan
on 8 8122
Far-Shee, The. See
Banshee.
Fate of Frank M'Kenna,
The Cablbton . 2 558
•Father CoimeU' Banim i 60
7 2525
9 8599
8 3138
9 8599
2 788
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Paiher Oinigan, the
BaUad of Ybats 9 3702
LoZor *• Promoted.BLUNDBLL . 1 ^225
O'Flynn Graves — 4 1412
O'Leary, Some An- _ ^^^^
eodoteiof T 2703
Prout SeeMAHONY.
personalitleB of « ^^ ix
Faulkner, George 4 1258 ; 5 1918
Feasts * *"
F«8, The, of Tara 4 1611 ; 5 1738
Fcithfailge Macmanus.. « 2269
Pelire A enguea (the
Festology of Aenmis) J 2678
Felon, The Faith of o.-Lalob B 1855
•Felon-setting,' Ste- ^ „_^
phcns' article on J 2709
Fena, The » J722
The Last of the. . Joyce 5 1714
Fencing with the small^
sword * 1*^
Fenian Brotherhood, _
The g xl
Cycle, The 2 xl
moTement, Poets
of the. W. B. « ,
Yeats on 3 xl
Fenian Movement, The. « «^.«
The Irish Church.. UcCAvruY. 6 2148
A Young Ireland
Meeting « 2180
Why Pamell Went^ ^
into Politics ....O'Brien ... 7 2607
Charles Kickham
and ' The Irish
People' 7 2798
The Irishman's
Farewell Anonymous. 8 3287
'Fenian Nights' Enter-
tainments, The • McCall ... 6 2117
'Fenians and Fentanlsm. ^ ^ ^
Recollections ot* O'Leary . . 7 2798
Feral. The Lake of « 2212
Fera-Ros. The King of 7 2708
Ferghal, King 7 2709
Fergus, Son of a Noble _ ^^^
Sire a fi04
Son of Flalthri 4 1624
The wars of » 1705
Fbbouson, Sib Samuel -.--««
(portrait) 8 1168
(reference) 2 2219
M. F. Bgan on » xlv
Sir H. Plunkett on 8 2911
W. B. Yeats on 8 x
Ferguson's Speech on
Robert Bums Febguson . 8 1170
Fermoy, an adventure ^ ^^
at 7 2730
* The Book of 5 1724
Fern, The Mountain. . .GwyovEOUAV 4 1265
Ferocity In Irish hu-
mor 9 xl
• Festology of Aengus ' 7 2673
« of Cathal Ma-
gulre, The • 7 2674
Feudal tenure. The 7 2862
Feuqul^res, Marquise de. 2 677
Fewc Mountains In Ar-
magh, The 2 639
Flacha Mac Hugh
(O'Byme) 2 636
Son of Conga 4 1453
Flanna, The. . 4 1447, 1624 ; 6 2231 ; 7 2755
After the. From
Olsln SiGBBBON .. 8 3139
TOL. PAGE
Fiction. All works of fiction,
short stories, etc., are In-
dexed under their titles and
the authors' names.
The Preternatural
in BuBTON ... 2 404
'Fictions of the Irish
Celts, Legendary' ...Kennedy .. 6 1796
1799, 1801. 1803
Fielding. The humor of 8 878
Fifteenth Century,
Books of Courtesy in
the Gbebn 4 1417
Figaro, The Novel in
the O'Meara . . 7 2805
Fight of the "Arm-
strong^' Privateer ..Roche .... 8 2961
Fighting Race, Ttie Clarke ... 2 698
Files (Alias) In Ancient
Ireland 2 xvlll
Fin. See Finn.
Fineen the Rover Joyce .... 5 1748
Flnegas, the poet of the
Bolnn 4 1449
Flngal, Lord, O'Connell ^ ^^^^ ^^^^
on 7 2635, 2640
Flnley, Michael. See
note to Phaudrig Cro-
hoore.
Finn, The Coming of. . .Gbegoby . . 4 1447
or F 1 o n n , mac
Cumhail or Mac-
Cool, Glory of 4 1524
and his people 2 630
and the Fena 6 1715 ; 7 2753
and the Princess. .McCall ... 6 2117
Banner of 2 694
Cleft of 5 2052
Horn of 2 691
Influence of the le-
gends of 8 2990
Keen of 9 3642
In the third Cycle 2 xli
Mac Gorman,
Bishop of KlI-
dare 4 1600
or Osslanlc cycle 2 629
Flnnachta and the Cler-
ics O'DONOVAN . 7 2706
Became iS^cTi, Hotr. O'DONOVAN. 7 2708
Flnnertv, P., Grattan's
speecn on 7 xx!ll
Flntan Street 8 930
Flonn Ghalll (Normans
or English) 2 635
Flonn's monument on
Nephln O 2231
Fionnuala Millioan .. 6 2437
From Abmstbono. 1 25
The Song of .... Moore 7 2534
Flrbolgs, The 7 2752; 9 x, 3482
Buildings of the 8 2882
Fire-Eaters, The Babrington. 1 141
Fires. Druldlcal 7 2667
' Fireside Stories of Ire-
land, The ' Kennedy . . 5 1789
1793
' FiHng of Rome, The '. Croly 2 739
First Boycott, The O'Brien ... 7 2611
Irish newspaper 4 1258
Lord Liftinant, ^ ^^^^
The Trench ... 4 1238
printed book in
Gaelic, Facsimile ^^
of 7 2741
Sight of the Rocky _
Mountains Butleb ... 2 416
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First Step towards Borne
Rule, The Redmond . . 8
Bteps, The Blake .... 1
Voyage, The Mollot . . . O
Fisher Folk life l 103, 114 ; 2
4 1266, 1512; 6
The Young Gwtnn ... 4
Fisheries Bill. The Irish 6
Flshing-curragh (half-
tone engraving) 9
Fitzgerald, Amby 1
Flreeater ; Duel
with Lord Nor-
bnry 1
Lord Edward and
•98 4 1531; 9
Sir Boyle Roche
on 1
Curran's speech
for T
Macbicb (biogra-
phy) 10
Translation from
the Irish of 1
Percy Hbthebino-
TON 3
FiTZPATBiCK^ William
John 3
FiTZSiMON, Mbs. Ellen 3
FltzwlIUam (Lord),
Character of 6
recalled 8
Five Ends of Erin, The 2
Fixity of tenure, Isaac
Butt on 2
J. H. McCarthy on 6
Flanders, Irish soldiers
in the battle of
Fontenoy 8 823.
Sarsfleld at 7
The battle of T
Flavbll^ Thomas (bi-
ography) 10
The County of
Mayo by 3
Flecknob, Richabd 3
Fleming, Colonel, slain
at Drogheda 7
•Flitters, Tatters, and
the Counselor ' Hastlbt . . 4
Flitting of the Fairies,
The Bablow ... 1
Flood, Sir Frederick 1
HBNRT 3
the first real Irish
orator 7
and Grattan 3 1210 ; 4
and the Monks of
the Screw 2
Grattan on 7
Opposed to Ameri-
can Liberty 4
Philippic against. . Gbattan . . 4
Flood's Reply to Grat-
tan' s Invective Flood 3
Florida Gardens 1
Flory CantUlon's Fu-
neral Cbokeb ... 2
Flotow, Irish influence
2926
190
2459
696
2000
1516
2176
8458
145
143
X
137
xxlll
4011
280
1190
1199
1200
2164
2930
442
425
2179
842
2816
2830
4011
1224
1208
2568
1568
116
130
1210
1384
797
2421
1402
1400
1212
165
724
vll
Flower of the young
and fair Fublono .
Flowers I Would Bring.DE Vbbb
Flying, Wings Invented
by Pockrich for 7 2698
1252
861
17
18
20
1 301
1 314
2 592
2 693
2 629
2
2
2
2
681
695
707
714
VOI«. ^AGS
Foley's, J. H., O'Connell
monament (half-
tone engraving) 7 2645
Statue of Burke. .
(half-tone en-
graving) 1 397
Statue of Grattan.
(half-tone en-
graving) 4 1384
Folk and Fairy Tales,
Irieh^ Welsh ... 3 xrll
Folic Lore and Fairr Tales.
The Ban-Bhee . . . Allingham. 1
The Fairies Allingham. 1
The Leprecaun, or
Fairy Shoemaker.ALLivoHAU. 1
Flitting of the
Fairies Bablow ... 1 116
From Fionnuala..AB.usTBOTiQ, 1 125
To the Leanan
Bidhe Boyd l 258
Ned Geraghty's
Litck Bbouoham. .
The Story of Ohilde
Charity Bbownb ...
The Fairy FiddXer.CnasBov . .
The Faery Fool. ,.CBXB30ii ..
Tfie Hospitality of
Cuanna's Foiwe . Connellan .
The Confessions of
Tom Bourke Cbokeb . . .
The Soul Cages . . Cbokeb . . .
Tf^ Haunted Cel-
lar Cbokeb . . .
Teigue of the Lee. Cbokeb . . .
Fairies or No Fair-
ies Cbokeb ... 2 720
Flory Cantillon's
Funeral Cbokeb ... 2 724
The Banshee of the
MacOarthys Cbokeb ... 2 727
The Brewery of
Bgg-Shells Cbokeb ... 2 731
The Story of the
Little Bird Cbokbb ... 2 734
The Lord of Dun-
kerron Cbokeb ... 2 736
Little Woman in
Red, A Dbent 8
Strange Indeed I . .Deent .... 3
Will O* The Wfop. Anonymous. 3
Loughleagh Anonymous. 3
Donald, and his
Neighbors Anonymous. 3
Queen's County
Witch Anonymous. 3
Rent-Day Anonymous. 3
The Only Son of
Aoife Gbegoby . . 4
Conversion of King
Laoghai re' s
Daughters 3
Death of Cuchu-
lain Gbegoby . . 4 1431
Gael and CredTie. .Gbegoby .. 4 1445
The Coming of
Finn Gbegoby . . 4 1447
Mountain Theol-
ogy Gbegoby . . 4 1455
Hard-Gum, Strong-
Ham, Swift-
Foot, and the
Eyeless Lad Hyde 4 1625
NeCl O'Oarree .... Hyde 4 1638
The Hags of the
Long Teeth .... Hyde 4 1642
846
847
1136
1142
1147
1160
1160
1426
1162
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TOL. PAGO
Folic liore and Fairy Tales.
Munacliarand Man-
achar Htdb 4 1647
OUin in Tima-
noge Jotcb 5 1714
The Voyage of the
Bone of (yOorra . Joyce 5 1724
Oonnla of the Gol-
den Hair Jotcb 5 1731
The BapMta of
Ouroi Jotcb 5 1749
The Laey Beauty
and her AunU . . Blbnnbdt . . 5 1789
The Haughty PHn-^
0€88 Kbnnbdt . . 5 1793
The Kildare Pooha.KEVTWDY .. 5 1796
The Wiiohee* Bm-
cureion Kenkedt . . 5 1799
The Bnohantment
of Oearoidhlarta.KKV'svDY . . R 1801
The Long fifpoofi. .Kennedy .. 5 1803
The Red Pony . . . Labminib . 6 1866
TTie Namelcse
Story Larminib . . 5 1871
The Changeling ..Lawless .. 5 1877
The Golden fifpearf.LsAMT .... 5 1899
King O'Toole and
Saint Kevin .... Loveb 5 2046
Hao CumhaU and
the Princess . . .McCall ... 6 2117
Jamie Freel and
the Young JDody.MAcLiNTOCS e 2242
Par Darrig in Don-
egal MacLintock 6 2248
Grace Connor . . . .MacLintock « 2251
Daniel O'Rourke. .Maqivv ... 6 2313
Pionnuala Milligan .. O 2437
Account of King
Eoc?ia4dhAiremh,0*CvvRY ... 7 2667
Finnachta and the
Clerics O'DONOVAN. 7 2706
How Finnachta
Became Rich . . .O'Donovan. 7 2708
The Battle of Alm-
hain O'Donovan. 7 2709
Qfieen Meave and
her Hosts O'Gbadt ... 7 2746
The Burthen of
Ossian O'Gradt ... 7 2762
The Knighting of
Cuculain O'Gradt ... 7 2756
The CurHng of
Tara O'Gradt . .. 7 2762
CaeUte's /kimmt.. O'Gradt ... 7 2766
The Lament of
Maev Leith'
Dherg Rolleston. 8 2975
The Demon Co*.. .Wilde . . . . O 8657
The Horned
Women Wilde O 3568
The Priesfs Soul Wilde » 3561
Seanchan the Bard
and the King of
the Cats Wilde O 8566
The Black Lamb. .Wilde . . . . » 35^9
The Selfish Giant. Wrum 9 3584
The Devil Yeats 9 3673
Bnohanted Woods. Yeats .... 9 S«79
Village GTiosU . . . Yeats 9 3673
Miraculous Crea-
tures Yeats 9 8678
The Old Age of
Queen Maeve . . . Yeats 9 3697
A Faery Bong . . . Yeats 9 8704
The Hosting of
the Bidhe Yeats 9 3707
Folk Songs 10 3713 et seq.
TOL. PAGE
Folk Tales 10 8785 et seq.
Collectors of 8 xxil
Elements of the 8 2972
' Irish • Labminib . . B 1866
Nature in 9 3658
of Ireland^ Fairy
_ and Anonymous. 8 1136
Fomor of the Blows 6 1717
Fomorlan Pirates, The 5 1746
Fomorlans, The 9 vil
Fontenoy Datis .... 8 823
The Brigade at.,, DowLiKQ ..8 878
Battle of (half-
tone engraving) 8 880
(reference) a 699
Fsther Antho-
8445
n/'s father
slain at 9
Food, Dress and Daily
Life in Ancient Ire-
land Jotcb 5 1736
'Fool and his Heart,
The * Connbll . . a 616
Footing, Paying the 4 1482
Foot-warmer, The 6 2233
For, now returned from
golden lands Greene ... 4 1424
For thee I shall not cKe.HYDE 4 1666
Forbulde 4 1430
Foreclosure of mort-
gage 8 8280
Foreign languages In
Greece 6 2382
* Service, Eminent
Irishmen in ' . . .Onahan . . 7 2814
Fore-Bong to * Mal-
morda ' Clarke .... 2 696
Forests of Erin, The
Buried Milligan . . 6 2437
Foreword Welsh l xvli
Forging of the Anchor,
The Ferguson . 8 1174
Forrester^ Mrs. El-
len 8 1222
Forsaken Todhuntbr. 9 3406
Forts. Circular Stone 8 2882
Crosses, and Round
Towers of Ire-
land Wakeman
andCooEJ!. 9 8482
* Forty-eight • 7 2872
Forus Feasa« The 10 8969
Fosbery's, E., portrait
of Charles Welsh 9 vlil
Fosterage explained 1 36 ; 5 1739
Found Out Blessing-
ton 1 200
Founding of The Ne^
Hon 8 960
Fonquier-Tinville, Trial
of a 677
Fountain of Tears, The. O'Shaugh-
NESST ... 7 2846
Four Courts, Dublin,
The 8 8065
' ducks on a pond '. Allingham. 1 16
Masters, Annals of
the (see also M.
O'Cleryj a 629
632, 635; O 2232. 2353. 2377
7 2663, 2674. 2705; lO 4018
' things did Finn
dislike' (Irish ^^ ^^_
Rann) Htdb lO 3889
Pox, George 4 1224
Burke on 1 897
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Fox on B. Bnrke 1 378
Foxes, SuperstitlonB
about ....; 9 3680
Fox-hunting 4 1490
scene 1 176, 254
• Fox's Book of Martyrs ' 8 3060
Foyle Lough 9 3428
Origin of the
name 6 2277
The 8 1181
Foynes In June. 1896 7 2591
BYance described In
• The Traveller * 4 1862
On a Oommercial
Treaty with .... Flood 8 1219
The Guaiotine <n..CBOKER ... 2 676
Francis, M. B See Mas. Bldn-
DELL.
1, of France 6 2340
. Sir Philip 8 1226
Franciscan College of
Louvaln. Irish
manuscripts in
the 7 2673
Monasteries, Irish 1 32
Franklin, Benjamin 7 2692
Frater'a Magazine,
Founding of 6 2301
Fredericksburg 6 2423
Deo. IS.lSSt, A*... O'Reilly .. 7 2831
Free sale of land (the
* three F's *) 6 2179
Speech 9 3561
Trade in Ireland 9 3862
Freedom of religious
belief in Ireland,
CarlyLe on 8 962
of the Fmglish peo-
„Ple 4 1331
Roman love of 2 747
French Bulls 8 1057, 1059
Bxpedltion of 1796 8414
language banished
bv Canning from
diplomatic corre-
spondence 1 C9
on way to Castle-
bar In 1798. The 6 2229
Revolution, The . .Babby .... 1 161
Effect on Ire-
land 9 X
Effect of 9 3424
Sir Boyle Roche
on the 1 130
the guillotine In
the 2 667
William Pbbcy 8 1233
Friar of Orders Orey,
The O'Keeffb .. 7 2778
Friars' Servant Maid,
The DOYLB 10 8875
Friend in Court, A 7 2793
of Humanity
and the Knife-
Grinder Canning . . 2 467
From a Mnnster vale
they brought her. Williams . 9 3609
a Poem by Teige
Mac Daire Hydiq 4 1657
• Actfpon • WiLKiNS ... 9 3604
Alma Mater to De
Profundis Connell .. 2 616
Po*-t1aw to Para-
dise I>OWNBY ...3 891
tb« foes of my
land 10 3829
— the madding crowd.RocHB .... 8 2966
VOL. IPAOa
From ' The Return ' . . . Gikbiinii ... 4 1424
'Wendell Phillips '.O'Rbillt .. 7 2886
what dripping cell. Lb Fanu .. 6 1946
Froude, J. A., on Ire-
land 8 vll
cited on the feudal
land system 7 2863
•F*8, The three* (fair
rent, fixity of tenure,
and free sale) 6 2179
Funeral, A Midnight . . Dbent .... 3 845
Cursing at a 9 8641
customs, Ancient. . 2 724, 559; 9 368
Flory CantiUon's 2 724
Funerals 9 3640
FuBLONG, Alice 8 1239
Maby 4 1241
Thomas 4 1244
Oad. Mara, The M. Doylb . . 10 8875
Gael, The Passing of
the Macmanus. . 6 2267
Gaelic, Effort to stamp
out the 1 ix
English opposition
to teaching 9 2993
book printed In
Ireland. Facsim-
ile of first 7 2741
• Ireland, Peasant
Lore from ' . . . . Debny. 8 845, 846
847
language a key to
Pre-Roman Euro-
pean history 7 2616
League, The Ef-
fects of 8 2911
Objects of 8 2908
Work of 10 XXV, 3718
* Literature, Imag-
ination and
Art in ' RoLLESTON. 6 2968
' The Story of
Early * Hyde B 1622
Movement, The . .Pldnblbtt. . 8 2908
Revival. Justin
McCarthy on 1 xvl
W. B. Teats on 8 xlv
Gaelic ll^rltern.
Death of St, Col-
umcille. The . . . Adamnan. . . 4 1618
Sorrowful Lament
for Ireland, A . . . C a R t a n ,
Shbmos . 4 1459
Geoffrey Keating . . D i n b b n ,
Rev. Pat-
rick S...10 8959
Friar's Servant
Girl, The Dot lb,
James . . lO 3875
Tim the Smith ...Dot lb,
James . .10 3887
Coolun, The Dogan.Mad-
BiCB 8 1188
County of Mayo,
The F L A T B L L,
Thomas . 8 1224
Ode on his Ship . . Fitzgerald,
Maubicb. 1 280
Caeilte's Lament 7 2766
Cavern, The H a t b s ,
Thomas.. 10 8097
BcfiO, The Hatbb,
Thomas.. 10 8988
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Tioi9ting of the
Rope, The Hydb, Doug-
las 10 3989
Biography Keating,
Gboffbby.10 4012
VMon of Yiande,
The MacCon-
o L I N N ■,
Aniab ... 8 8134
FairHilU of Bir6, M a c C o n -
M A B A
DONOGH
*Ti9 not War we
Want to Wage . . MacDaibb,
Tbiob . .
Claragh'8 Lametit.M a c Don
NBLL^JOHN S 803
Biography MacForbbs,
Donald .10 4014
Kinkora Mac-Liag . . 6 2877
Deu8 MeuB Mablibu .. 8 3140
Lament of the
Mangaire Sugachli a on at K,
Andbbw.
Ode on leaving Ire-
land NUOBNT,
Gerald .
Bridget Cruise . . .O'Cabolan,
Tdblough.
Oentle Brideen . . O'Caholan. .
Grace Nugent .... O'Carolan. .
Mary Maguire . . . O'Carolan. .
Mild Mabel Kelly .O'Carolan..
O'M ore's Fair
Daughter O'Carolan.
6 2378
4 1667
9 8508
8 980
4 1244
8 3143
8 1186
4 1246
8 1186
Peggy Browne
Why, Liquor of
O'Carolan. .
1262
1262
Life? O'Carolan. . a 805
Biography O'Clery, Mi-
chael ...lO 4018
Love's Despair ...O'Cdrnan,
DiARMAD.. 8 8187
Bast, West, Home's
Best O'Parbblly,
A 10 8967
Thankfulness of
Dermot, The ...O'Lbary,
Patrick . 10 8958
Beadna's Three
Wishes O'Lbart,
Father
Peter ..10 8941
Lament, A O'Nbachtan,
John ... 2 768
Maggy Ladir .... O'Neachtan,
John ... 4 1249
Bhane the Proud.. O'Shea, P. J.IO 8848
After the Ffanna. Oisin 8 8139
In Timanoge Oisin 5 1714
Things Delight ful.OiaiN 8 3144
How long has it
been said Raftbry ..10 3923
The Cuis da pl€. . . Raftery . . lO 3917
Poem on Mary
Hynes Raftery . . 9 3668
Jesukin St. Ita 8 8141
Hymn Called Saint
Patrick's Breast-
plate, The St, Patrick 8 8244
Lament Ward,Owbn. 6 2362
Da%iming of the
Day, The Anonym ocs. 9 3607
Description of the
Bea Anonymous. 7 2664
Dirge of O'Bulli-
van Bear •.•••.Anonymous. 2 445
Omelle liVrltera.
Extract from the
Life of Brigit. . .Anonymous. 8
Fair Hills of Ire-
land, The Anonymous. 8
Have You Been at
Carrickf Anonymous. 9
Hospitality of Ou-
anna's Souse. . .Avokiuovb. 2
/ Bhall Not Die for
Thee Anonymous. 4
King AHUl's DeathAKOHYUOUB, 8
Lament of Maev
Leith-Dherg ....Anonymous.
Lament of O^Onive,
The Anonymous,
Little Child, I Call
Thee Anonymous. 4
Love Ballad Anonymous. 6
Man Octipartite. .Anonymous. 8
Murmurs ojT Loi;0. Anonymous. 7
O Were You on
the Mountain t . . Anonymous.
Outlaw of Loch
Lene, The Anonymous. 1
Pastheen Fion . . . Anonymous. 8
Pearl of the White
Breast Anonymous. 7
Roisin Dubh Anonymous. 4
Bhe is my I^ove. .Anonymous. 4
Bince We Bhould
Part Anonymous. 4
White Cockade,
The Anonymous. 2
Galang, The hero of 6
Galatlans, The 9
Gallo-Greciane 9
Galtees, The 6
Galtimore ti
Oalway, A Letter /rofn.MAXWBLL .•. 6
advantages or, for
trading 7
Bay ..7 2
Duelling In 1
Monastery In 1
The Clearing of. .PrendergastS
The Man for Lever 5
Ganconagh described 3
Garden of God, The . . Kernahan. . B
Garmoyle 6
GamaviUa. Kate of ..Ltsaoht ... 6
Oarnett, Sir R., on W.
Maglnn 6
Garrlck. David. See A
Goodly Company.
as Hamlet in Dub-
lin B
Epitaph on Sterne 8
Goldsmith on 4
on Goldsmith 4
Stevens* retort on 8
Garrlstown. (See also
Gavra) B
Garrovagh, Scenery
aronnd 1
Garry, King of Lelnster 6
Garryowen Street Bal-
lad 8
Gates of Dreamland ... Russell .. 8
Ganger, Condy Cullen
and the Carlbton. . . 2
Gauntlet, O'Keeffe fol-
lowing his servant
through a 7
Gavra, ancient name of
Garrlstown B
Gay, Letter by 4
3246
1185
3606
629
1666
8261
8 2975
2 448
1665
2371
3262
2676
4 1656
141
1184
2886
1247
1418
1418
442
2370
3649
3549
2675
1938
2412
2916
575
145
81
2913
1975
xlx
1809
2113
2108
2300
1919
3211
1346
1380
3227
1714
363
2118
3288
2997
641
2776
1714
1695
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iz
1679
vll
8421
VOL. PAQB
Qay Spanker, Lady .. .Bouicicault 1 252
Gearoidh larla. En-
chantment of Kennedy .. . 6
Genealogy oi Jesus
Christ (color plate) 2
Genevieve, The Story of.jAMESON . . 5
Geniality of the Irish
people 8
Genius of English is on-
Irish 9
the national 8 2990
True O 3377
Genoa, Byron and the
Blesaingtons at Madden ... 6 2286
Gentle Brideen. From
the Irish Sigebson . . 8 3143
Gentleman, A Bbooke ... 1 286
Gentleman in Black,
The Goldsmith.. 4 1317
What ie a O'Donoghub T 2703
of the Kingdom
of Ireland. A... Keightlet . 5 1774
Gently ! — gently ! —
down ! Dablby ... 2 809
Gentry and their Re-
tainers, Irish Babbinoton. 1 138
Gboqheoan, Abthub
Gebald 4 1264
George II. on the Irish
soldiers of Louis
XV 7 2815
III. on Catholic
emancipation 6 2163
* Gelth of Fen
Court ' RZDDELL ... 8 2949
Geraldines. The 6 2417 ; 8 3018
Spoke Gaelic T 2670
Gesticulation, /taiian .. Wiseman .. 9 3627
Ghosts 9 3681
Village Yeats 9 3673
Giant. The Selfish Wilde 9 3584
Giant^s Causeway. The « 2278
Gifford, Countess of. See Lady Ddffbbin.
Glfford, Earl of 8 932
GiLBEBT, Lady (Rosa
MCLHOLLAND)
portrait 4
- M. F. Egan on 5
1266
XV
1257
1607
1280
SiB John T 4
' Gile Machree * Gbipfin ... 4
Giles. Henby 4
GiUana-naomh O'Huid-
rln T 2706
Gllray the caricaturist 1 168
Girl I Love, The Callanan .. 2 440
of Dunhwy, T/ic. Davis 8 829
• of the red-mouth 'MacDebmottB 2191
Gladstone and Home
Rule 9 xl
and Land Pur-
chase 9 xi
and the National
League 6 2164
and the Great
Home Rule De-
hate OTONNOB .. T 2656
on OTonnell T 2624
on Shell Txxviii
on Shell's oratory 8 3055
Gladstone's first resolu-
tions e 2167, 2160
■ Home Rule Bill,
Redmond on 8 2929
personality T 2656
policy for Ireland 6 2153
triumph in 1868 e 2160
TOt*. PAGE
Glance, A, at Ireland's
History WBL8H .... 9 vll
Glastonbury Thorn. The 9 3366
Gleeman and Actor, The 9 3681
The Last Yeats 9 3683
Gleeman's funeral. The 9 3681
Glen Dun, The Bong o/.Skbinb 8 3156
Glennan, A Song o^...Skbinb 8 3157
Glenarm 7 2551
Glenasmole S 1722
Glendalough S 2118
(color plate) 5 Front
A Legend of Loveb 5 2046
Glengall 5 1937
Glenniriir. See Daniel
CRourke.
Glenmalure 2 636 ; 4 1423
Glen-na-Smo^ Fublonq .. 4 1241
Glenveigh 6 2259
Glimpse of his Country-
House near Newport,
A Bebkelbt.. . 1 175
Glin. The Knight of 4 1590
Glinsk 1 146
Glory of Ireland, The. .Meagheb .. 6 2420
Glossary lO 4031
Gloucester. Duchess of. 1 '*66
Lodge Bell 1 165
Gluck and Pockrich's
musical glasses 7 2692
Glyn-Nephin. old songs
and traditions in 6 2230
** Glynnes " or valleys 6 2275
Go not to the hills of
Erin Shobtbb .. . 7 3127
' Go where glory waits
thee' MOOBE. 7 2339. 2530
Gohbin cliffs 8 955
God bless the gray
mountains Dufft .... 8 961
God save Ireland Sullivan. . . 9 33S9
(reference) 8 3270
send us peace .... O'Reilly . . 7 2881
GODKIN, B. L S 1290
on imagination 4 1597
' Gods and Fighting
Men ' Gbbgoby ... 4 1445
1447
Goethe. W. K. Magee on 6 2296
Goibnlu 4 1449
' Goidelica ' Stokes .... 8 3244
Going to Mass by the
Well of God 9 3668
Gold found in Ulster 6 2280
Gold, To Wilde .... 9 3596
' Gk)lden Sori^ow, A* . . .Hoby 4 1578
Spears, The Leamy .... 6 1899
Gold-mining in Montana 8 966
Goldsmith. O l i v b b .
(portrait) 4 1298
D. J. O'Donoghue
on • xIt
on the musical
glasses 7 2690
W. B. Yeats on the
poetry of 8 vll
(See A Goodly
(3011 .^T.r'f!-. 4M51. 1«0»
Gollam (Milesius). an-
cestor of the O's and
the Mac's J <44
Gomarians. The » JJIJ
Gombeen Man, The . . Stokbb 8 8228
Gomerus-Gallns J 3649
Gonconer, The, described 8 xlx
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. e 2359
. 1 288
.lO xxl
6 1958
6 2115
4 1382
G 2113
7 2468
Gone in the Wind Manoan
' Gone to Death * Bbookb
Gonne, Miss Maud, as
an actress
'Good and ByII, Ideas
of ' Yeats. O 3664. 3661
Qooa Luck to the Fri-
ars of Old liBVBB ....
men and true! In
this house who
dwell McBuBNBY.
people all, with
one accord Goldsmith
Ship OaeUe Down,
The McBuRNBY.
Goodly Company, A Moobb . . .
Gore House J ^1?3
Gorey « 2115
Gort, County Galway 4 1455
Gortaveha -* 1455
Gosse, B., on Pamell's ^ ^^^^
poems T 2874
on Sir John Den- ^ ^^^
ham » 849
on Thomas Moore 1 2508
GStttngen, University of ■* 466
Gougane Barra (half- ^ ^^^
tone engraving) . . ..Callanan.. S 489
Goulboum, Mr T 2652
Gounod on Mrs. Alex-
ander •* i
GoTernment. See Pol-
itico
by consent J
newspaper, A 7
of Ireland under
Henry II T
the Tudors I
• Principles of * . . . O'Bribn ... T
••G. P. O." and W. M.
Thackeray »
8362
2639
2741
2741
2620
BVi
Grace Connor MAcLiNTOCK.e 2251
Nugent. From the • ^*««
Irish Fbbgdson. . 8 1186
of the Heroes. See
Grace 0*Mealley. ^
O'Mealley 7 2856
Grade Og Machree Casey 2 673
Grady, Harry Deane ..O'Flanaoan. 7 2728
duels with Coun-
sellors O'Mahon
and Campbell 1 143
Grafton, To the Duke o/Fbancis ... 8 1228
• Gra-gal-machree * 8 8270
Graham's, P. P., por- ^ ..«.
trait of G. Grlffln 4 1464
' Grammont, Memoirs of
the Count de \HAif ilton .. 4 1642
Sir W. Scott on 4 1542
Grana O'Mallle of the
Ulsles T 2859
Uaile and Queen
Elizabeth T 2858
T7te Story of Otwat 7 2856
Granna Wail and Queen ^^ ^^^^
Elisabeth lO 4013
Grand Jury Reform Bill,
The 8 2176
Ifatc;^, The Skrinh 8 3153
Sarah Sea Mac Fall.
Granee 8 2223
' Granla ' Lawless .. . 8 1877
Gbattan, Henby 4 1384
a master in ora-
tory 6zxylil
TOL.
Grattan and Catholic
emancipation 8
and Curran con-
trasted 7
and Flood 8 1210 ; 4
and Pitt 7
as a Monk of the
Screw a
Duel with Chancel-
lor Corry 1
Invective, Flood's
Reply to Flood 8
Lord Brougham on 8
Opposition of, to
the Act of Union 8
Oratorical methods
of 7 xl,
Oratory of 7
described 7
statute of (half-
tone engraving) 4
tribute of, to Dr.
Kirwan 7
See T?ie Irish
Chieftains.
Grave, the Grave, The.lAAVQAV ... 8
Gbaveb, Alfbed Pbbcb-
VAL 4
on Sir Samuel Fer-
guson's poetry 3
on J. S. Le Fanu 8
Dr 9
Early Christian, In
Ireland 9
Gray, John, and Repeal 9
in prison 8 811 ; 4
Fog, The Chesson . . 2
gray is Abbey Asa-
roe Allinqham. 1
the poet, on music-
al glasses 7
Gray's portrait of W.
Carleton 8
Greally, and Mullen,
Sorrowful Lamenta-
tion of Oallagfian.STTaswr Bal-
Cry
WOi
LAD
Great Breath, The Russell
'^ f and Little
ool
Diamond is Ob-
tained and Used.O'Bnimf ... 7
• Divide, The' . . .Dunbaven .. 3
• Irish Struggle,
The • O'CONNOB . . 7
' Lone Land, The '.Butleb ... 2
Risk, A HOBY 4
Greece, Age of begin-
ning education in
ancient 8
Childhood in An-
cient Mahaffy . . 8
' Greek Education ' 8
families small 8
origin of Irish
people. The 1
and Irish com-
pared 4
Green, in the wizard ^
arms Todhuntbb. 9
Little Shamrock of
Ireland, The . . .Chebby ... 2
J. R. on Steele 8
Mas. J. R 4
Greencastle .....,.,.. 8
PAQB
2164
xxU
1884
XV
797
142
1212
2421
2170
xiii
X, xl
XX
1384
XTli
2380
1409
1169
1927
3521
3484
2128
591
18
2691
469
3316
3004
7 2653
2594
963
2656
415
1578
2334
2328
2328
2332
vlil
1285
3409
587
3190
1417
2118
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VOL. FAO>
GBKSm, GBOBOa Ab-
THOB 4 1438
on A. P. Orav«s«*
poetry 4 1410
and the Rbymers*
Club 5 1693
on Jane Barlow's
stories 1 98
Gbbgort, Lady Augdsta
(portrait) 4 1426
cited on ' The Lost
Saint* 4 1660
M. F. Egan on 5 yii
on Home Rule 1 xrii
on the drama in
Ireland lO xxvi
W. B. Yeats on the
translations of 8 xW
work of, for Celtic
literature 2 xvli
The Curse of the
Boers lO 3928
The grief of a
qirVe heart lO 3938
Grey of Macha, Cuchn-
lain's warhorse 3 xylil
• Greydrake, GeolTrey.*
See Ettinqsall.
QHdiron, The Loteb 6 2063
QHef of a Oirl'e Heart.GBXGOBY . . . lO 3933
Griffin, Gbbald (por-
trait) 4 1464
M. P. BRan on 5 vll
Inherently Irish 1 Bl
• The Collegians *
his masterpiece 1 x!
Grimpat 8 1097
Gudrun and Ireland 4 vlil
Guernsey and Ireland
compared 7 2865
Qvensea O'Donnbll. T 2687
Guiccioli. The Countess
of, and Byron 6 2288
Ouide to Ignorance, A . . Dowlino . . 8 881
Guincy, L. I., on J. C.
Manf?an 6 2352
Qulliver Among the
Giants • 8354
tJie Pigmies . . . Swift 9 3346
• Gulliver's Travels ' . . Swift. O 3346, 3354
OuiUotine in France,
The Cbokbb ... 2 676
Gnizot 1 153. 154
Gull Mac Moma 4 1526. 1626
Gutter Children 4 1668
• Guy Mannering.* Lord
Derby's quotation
from 6 2159
GwTNN, Stephen (por-
trait) 4 1512
on the poetry of
"A. B.'^ 8 2987
Gymnasium of Elo-
quence, A 7 X
Habeas Corpus Bill, The 4 1395
Hacketstown 6 2123
Had I a heart for false-
hood framed Sheridan . . 8 3118
Bags of the Long Teeth,
The Hydb 4 1642
H841 to our Celtic
brethren M'Gbb 6 226
Hal Godfrey See Miss Bcclbs.
▼OL. PAGB
Half a league, half a
league Tbnntbov. . 8 3014
Half-Red Maeve of Lein-
ster. The T 2748
Hall, Mbb. S. C 4 1533
describes Lady
Morgan T 2543
M. F. Egan on S xr
on Maria Edge-
worth 8 995
Mr. and Mrs., on
wakes and keen-
„ tag,. » 3641
Halpinb, Chablbs Gba-
HAM 4 1539
as a humorist e xr
Hamilton, Count 4 1542
Miss 4 1549
' Single Speech* T Ix
Sir John Stuart l 129, 131
Hampden's Fortune,
Burke on l 375
Hand, John t 3265
* Handbook of Irish An-
tiquities ' Wakbman
„ ^ . . ^ ^.. andCooKB. O 3482
Handel In Dublin S 1918
Hand-wall of Ulster 4 1616
Hannah Healy, the
Pride of Houfth .... Stbbbt Bal-
„ lad 8 3284
Happiness and Good Na-
„ iure Goldsmith . 4 1345
Happy the Wooing
ihafs Not Long a Do-
<»H7 Ttnan-
,_ HiNKSON. • 3439
* Happy Prince and
Other Tales, The'...WiLDB • 3584
Harcourt, Sir (charac-
ter in ' London Assur-
ance') 1 252
Harcourt's Ministry,
Grattan on 4 1403
Hardcastle (character 4 1352
in ' She Stoops to
Conquer ') 4 1352
Hard-Gum, 8trong-Ham,
Swift-Foot and the
Eyeless Lad Htdb 4 1625
Hardiman on John Mac-
Donnell lO 4013
Hardlman's ' Irish Min-
strelsy ' 4 1261 ; 6 2230
Hardy, Oathome. on the
Irish Church 6 2168
• The Art of
Thomas ' Johnson .. . S 1694
Hark! a martial sound
Is heard Buoor 1 558
' Bark I the vesper
hymn * Moobb 7 2537
Harleian MSS., The
(color plate) 8 Froift
' Harp that once through
Tara's halU, The '. . .Moobb .... 7 2535
Harris, Walter, trans-
lator of the Works of
Sir James Ware © 3544
Harrison. Cosey 1 145
* Harry Lorrequer * . . .Lbyeb .... 6 1979
Habtlet, Mbs. (Mat
Lafpan) 4 1657
M. F. Egan on B vii
Harvard, Chap-books at 8 xxl
Harvest Hymn, The _ ^
Irish Reaper'B Kisqan .... 6 1766
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The
VOL. PAGB
Has rammer come wlth-
oat the rose O'Shaugh-
NBSSY ... 7 2844
Hastings (character In
^ She Stoops to
Conquer ') 4 1349
Warren, Extract
from ' The Im-
peachment o/'..BuBKa 1 383
Sheridan's Speech
on 1 129
Meagher on 6 2424
Hats in Ireland 9 3496
Haughty Princeaa, Tfcc. Kennedy .. B 1793
Haunch of Venison, TA0Goldsmith . 4 1377
Haunted Cellar, T/ie. . .Cbokbb ... 2 707
'Have you teen at Oar-
rickf Walsh .... 9 3507
Gamavllla? ...Ltsaght .. 6 2108
Hawkesworth on ' The
Arabian Nights ' 2 405
Hayes, ' Ballads of Ire-
land * 5 1788
Thomas (biogra-
Jhy) 10 4027
c Cavern, by lO 8977
- The Echo, by lO 3988
Hazlett on George Far-
quhar S 1164
on R. B. Sheridan 8 3070
" He dies to-day," said
the heartless Judge. .Campion ... 2 468
He found his work, but
far behind Lbckt B 1918
He grasped his ponder-
ous hammer Jotcb B 1741
He planted an oak Lbckt .... 6 1926
'He said that he was
not our tfrother ' . . . Banim .... 1 58
He that goes to bed,
and goes to bed sober 8 997
He that is down is
trampled (Irish prov-
erb) lO 3901
Head-dress, Ancient 9 3495
Healings by Brigit 8 3251, 3255
Heardst thou over the
Fortress Allingham. 1 17
Heartiness of Irish hu-
mor 6 vlii
Heather, Among <he. . . Allinoham. 1 16
' Field. The* Mabtyn .... 6 2385
Hedge-school, The 1 34 ; 4 1283
Hedgehogs, Supersti-
tions about 9 3680
Heine, H., on Ireland 8 xxi
H^laa WiLDB .... 9 3595
Helen 9 3660
' Hell-flre Club,' The B 1916, 1917
Hemans, Mrs., A Keen
by 9 3646
Henley, W. B., on Os-
car Wilde 9 8571
Hennesys, The 8 941
Henry II. and the con-
quest of Ireland 9 Till
VII., Extract from
a dally expense-
book of 6 2847
VIII., Ireland un-
der 7 2742
King, declared
head of Church 9 8890
Policy of, to-
ward Ireland 9 ix
?atrlck 6 2114
TOL. PAGB
Henrys, Ireland under
the lO 8845
Her Maiesiy the King. Rochu 8 2959
Voice WiLDB 9 3593
Hercules, Pillars of 2 747
Here is the road Macmanus.. 6 2278
lies Nolly Gold-
smith Gabbick ... 4 1380
poor Ned Pur-
don Goldsmith. 4 1388
Heredity in the Sheri-
dan family 8 3068
Here's first the toast. .Fublong ... 4 1249
to the maiden of
bashful flfteen..SHEBiDAN .. 8 8117
Hermann Kelstach, an
ancient idol T 2718
' Hero, The Death of an
Arctic ' Albxandbb.. 1 10
Herodotus, Keating the
Irish 10 3066
Heroes, National leg-
endary 8 2990
The Irish mythical.
not represented
in art 9 3666
Heroic Cycle, The 2 xl
Deception, An . . . Gwynn 4 1512
Heron on ' The Arabian
Nights' 2 406
Herschel, Sir John, on
evolution B 1787
' Herself ' Bablow ... 1 98
and Myself McCall ... 6 2125
' Hesperla ' Wildb 9 8596
Hesperus and Phosphor,
The Planet Venus . . . Clabkb ... 2 601
Hi Fianna, The 6 2232
Hibernian Tales, The 8 xx
• Tales,' a Chap-
book (fairy and
folk lore) Anontmous. 4 1136
1147
HlGOINS, BiATTHBW
Jambs 4 1572
High Church Ritualists
and Irish Roman-
ists, Disraeli al-
leges conspiracy
between 6 2158
Kings of Ireland,
The 2 xll
upon the gallows
tree Sullivan. . . 9 8339
'Historical Account of
the Rise and
Progress of the
English Stage,
An^ Malonb ... 6 2346
Character of N<i-
poleon. An Pbtbib 8 2888
' Essay on the
Dress of the An.
dent and Mod-
em Irish ' Walkbb ... 9 3408
Map of Ireland 9 8708
Society, the foun-
dation of Irish
eloquence 7 x
HlBtory.
Women in Ireland
in Penal Days . . Atkinson.. . 1 28
Lynch law on Vin-
egar Hill Banim .... 1 77
A Nation's History.BxjKKE 1 898
Capture of Hugh
Roe 0'Dofifie{I..CoNNBLLAN.. 2 682
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TOL. PAOB
Hlatorr.
Escape of Bugh ^
Roe CONNSLLAN.. 2
Ouillotine in
France Cxoxsb ... 2
Repealers in Pris-
on and Out Daunt 8
England in Shakes-
peare's Youth. . .DowDBir ... 8
Books of Courtesy
in the Fifteenth
Century Gbeen 4
Scene in the Irish
Famine HiooiNS ... 4
Death of Bt, Co-
lutnoille Htdb 4
Splendors of Tara.HYDZ 4
Food, Dress, and
Daily Life in An-
cient Ireland . . . Jotob ....«>
Scenes in the In-
surrection of fTBSLEADBEATBB. O
Dublin in the Eiah-
teenth Century. .IjKCRY .... B
Beginnings of
Home Rule McCarthy. . 6
The Irish (7fc«rc/i. McCarthy.. 6
An Outline of IrUh
History McCarthy. 6
The Early Stage . . Malonb ... 6
Picture of Ulster .UacVwiv . 6
Irish in the War. Maguibb ... •
Massacre at Drag-
heda Mubphy .. . 7 2567
Capture of Wolfe
Tone O'Brihn ... T
The First Bopcott.O'BniRif ... 7
Gladstone and the
Oreat Home Rule
Delate O'Connob. . . 7
Druids and Druid-
ism O'CUBBY ... 7
Old Books of
Erinn O'Cubby ... 7
Idolatry of the
Irish O'Flahbbty. 7
Lia Fail; or Ja-
ooVs Stone O'Flahbbty. 7
Tried hy his P«er«.0*FLANAGAN. 7
* Pacata Hlbcrnla '.O'Gbady ... 7
Patrick Sarsfleld,
Earl of Lucan . . Onahan ... 7
Shane thf. Proud . . O'Shba . . . lO
Story of Qrana-
uaile Otway 7
Clearing of Oa/icai/PaENDBBGASTS
Balaklava Russell ... 8
Marriage of Flor-
ence MacCarthy
More Radlbb ... 8
Sarsfleld's Af cfe ... Sullivan .. 9
A Century of Suh-
feotion Taylob
Interviews toith
Buonaparte Tonb
Origin of the IHsh.WAxa »
A Glance at Ire-
land's History. ..WvLan 9 yii
History and BloKraphy O yli
and Literature » vll
• El^hty-Flve Years
of Trtsh' Daunt 8 811
• Lectures on Man-
nsoript Materials
of Irish* 0*CUBBY ... 7 2670
Not only a record
Of War , 4 Til
635
676
811
869
1417
1573
1618
1610
1735
1886
1914
2174
2148
2174
2346
2274
2321
2604
2611
2656
2666
2670
2718
2717
2723
2740
2814
3843
2856
2913
3008
8018
3323
9 3390
3418
3547
_sajh
TOL.PAG1
llistory of England * . . Lecky 5 1914
of Ireland. Criti-
cal and Philo-
►hlcal * 0*Gbady . . 7 2752
Literary' ..Hydb 4 1603
1610, 1613. 1618
— as told In her
Bains* BuBKB .... 1 S96
of my Horse Sdl-
adin. The Bbownb ... 1 823
-of Our Own
Times. A • McCabthy. . 6 2148
-of the City of
Dublin * Gilbebt ... 4 1258
-of the Guillotine,
The ' Cbokbb ... 2 676
-of the Illustrious
Women of Erin • 1 82
of the Lombards,
Irish version of
the 7 2672
Belation of myths
and legends to 1 t11
* Two Centuries of
Irish' Bbycb 1 846
Hitchinson. Francis,
duel with Lord
Mountmorrls 1 143
Hobart, Major (dinner
party) 1 134
FToche, General 9 3419
HOEY, Mrs. Cashbl 4 157S
JOHN CaSHEL 4 15^
HoQAN. Michael 4 I.'i9l
' M. P.' Habtley ... . 4 1537
Hogarth, view of life 3 871
Hold the Harvest Pabnell. ... 7 2871
Holland, described in
• The Traveller ' 4 1363
Holmes. OlWer Wendell.
on Moore 7 2505
Holy was good St. Jo-
seph 10 3S07
Well, The Dark
Oirl by the KEEOAy ... 6 17fi6
Holywood 6 2115
Home manufactures in
Ireland O 33f 3
Swift on 9 3416
market, OTonnell
on the 7 2647
Bule Association.
Bill (the second)
1898 » xl
Debate, Glad-
stone and the
Oreat 0*Coxnob . . 7 2656
in Canada 6 2173
in the Australa-
sian colonies 6 2175
Isle of Man 6 2175
United States 6 2176
Gladstone and 9 xi
Lady Gregory on 1 xv!'.
Redmond on 8 2929
Beginnings o^ . McCarthy. . 6 2174
First Step to-
wards Richmond.. 8 2926
vs. Local Self -
Government 8 883
Homeward Bound Loveb 5 2024
Honey Fair, The Rhys 8 2940
Honey-sweet, sweet as
honey Tynan-
mirxsON. • 8487
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4077
TOL. PAGB
Honor of the Irish peo-
ple T 2633
Honor, An Affair of. . .Cabtlh 2 576
Hoodff worn by Irish
ladles 9 3408
'Hope, thou nurse of
young desire * Bickebstaff 1 187
Hopper. Nora See Chesson.
Horneck, Mary (The
Jessamy Bride) 4 1301
Horned Women, The. . .Wildb .... 9 3558
Horse, St Colnmcllle's. . . . 2 xrll; 4 1619
Horse-dealing in Ire-
land 8 3182
Horsemanship 8 2935
Horse-racing in Ireland 8 3166
Hose, Gentlemen's 9 8498
in ancient times T 2496
Hospitality 6 1724, 1736
in Ireland 1 29, 33
of Ouanna'a House,
The. From the
Irish CONNELLAN . 2 629
Host of the Air, The. . .Yeats 9 3701
Hostelries, Ancient 5 1736
Hosting of the Bidhe,
The Yeats 9 3707
Hotel life in Ireland 8 xx
Hotels, Dr. Magee on 8 zxi
'Hours of Exercise in
the Alps ' Ttndall . . 9 3478
' House by the Church-
yard, The * Le Faxu . . S 1934
spirits described 8 xx
Household occupations 1 35
Houses, Ancient, in Ire-
land 4 1613
How Oovetousness Oatne
into the Church
(folk song) Hyde 10 3823
^— dimmed Is the
glory Callanan. . 2 443
Flnnachta Became
Rich O'DONOVAN.. 7 2708
happy is the sail-
or's life Bickebstaff 1 186
Ireland Lost Her
Parliament McCabtht.. 6 2161
• IBISH LlTBBA-
tubb ' was made 2 xziii
justly alarmed is
each Dublin cit.LTSAGHT. . . 6 2107
' Long Has it Been
Said' Raftebt ...lO 3928
Mules Murphy got
his Ponies out of
the Pound Gbiffin ... 4 1483
' sad is my case.'
Irish Rann .... Hyde lO 3835
shall we bury him ?Alexandeb.. 1 10
the Anglo-Irish
Problem Could he
Solved Davitt .... 8 832
to Become a Poc#.Pahy 8 1124
get on in the
World Macklin .. . 6 2237
govern /reJand. Db Vbbb .. . 8 854
Howth and Kllliney 6 2132
scenery around T 2652
Hudden. Dudden. and
Donald 8 xxl. 1147
Hugh O'Neill 4 1530
Roe O'Donnell,
Capture of . . .Coxnellan. 2 632
' Th9 Escape of, .CoNNBiXAif . 2 686
VOL. PAGE
Hughes, Joseph 1 13]
Huguenot influence on
Irish dress 9 3496
Hull, Elbanob 4 1597
Work of, for Celtic
literature 2 rvlil
Humor, American 1 332
Conviviality in x
Ferocity In 6 ix
Greek and Irish,
compared 1 viil
HeartineBs of Irish « viU
Imaginative char-
acter of Irish 6 vlll
in Iceland 3 943
In Anglo-Irish lit-
erature 6 xli. xili
Irish 8 1114
sense of 8 xvl
wit and. D. J.
O'Donoghue on 6 yll
Merriment in 6 ix
Theories of 6 x
of Shakespeare,
The DOWDEN ... 8 870
Pathos of 6 viil
Political 6 ix
Prevalence of 6 x
Sources of 6 Ix
See The Sunnine^s
of Irish Life.
Humorists, The Irish.
See Irish Wit and
Humor, D. J. O'Don-
oghue.
Humorous Poem*.
The French Revo-
lution Babbt .... 1 151
Friend of Human-
ity and the
£ni/e-GfSndar. ..Canning .. 2 467
Song Canning . . 2 466
The Sprig of Shil-
lelagh Code 2 607
Monks of the
Screw CUBBAN ... 2 797
Bumpers, Squire
Jones Dawson ...8 841
Katey's Letter ...Duffebin .. 8 935
Elegy on Madam
Blaize Goldsmith. 4 1382
Bmtraots from * Re-
taliation ' Goldsmith. 4 1380
Haunch of Veni-
son Goldsmith. 4 1377
Father O'Flynn ..Gbaves ... 4 1412
Paddy MacCarthy.^OQAH 4 1594
An Irish Thing in
Rhyme Keeling .. 6 1772
Why Are You
Wandering fferefKENNEY ... 5 1807
Oood Luck to the
Friars of Old. . . Leveb 5 1058
The Man for Oal-
' way Leveb 5 1075
Larry McHale . . . Leveb 5 2001
The Pope He Leads
a Happy Life . . Leveb 6 2002
The Widow Ma-
lone Leveb .... 6 1909
Barney O'Hea . . . Loveb 6 2080
Pm Not Myself at
All Loveb 6 2083
The Low-Backed
Car Loveb .... 6 2079
Molly Oarew , . . .Loybb e 2076
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Hnmorova Poems.
Rory O'Mort .... Lovm . .
The Whiatlin'
Thief LovEB . .
Widow Machrw . . Lovbr . .
A Prospect Lysaoht
Herself and My-
self McCall .
Oroves of Blarney MiiAjIKeh
Orator Puff Moorb . .
Humors of Donny-
brook Fair O'Flahebtt 7
Friar of Orders
,Qray O'Keeffb . T
— Curse of DoncraiJc^O' Kkllt . . T
The V'A.-8'E Bochb 8
Kitty of Coleraine Shanly ... 8
The Legend of
Stiff enhach Williams . 9
Brian O'lAnn .... Anonymous. 8
Oarryowen Anonymous. 8
Lani^an's Ball ...Anonymous. 8
Johnny, I Hardly
Knew Ye Anonymous. 8
Hnmorons and Sa-
tirical Prose.
Modem MedUBval-
ism Babbbtt . . 1
Montmorenci and
Cheruhina Babbbtt . . 1
The Seven Baro-
nets Babbington. 1
The Cow Oharmer.BoYhE .... 1
The Rival Swains. BvithOCK , , 1
Burke, Wise and
Witty Sayings of 1
Condy Cullen and
the Oauger Cablbton . 2
Biddy Brady's
Bansftee Cabby 2
An Affair of fTonorCASTLB 2
A Blast Cbotty ... 2
Ourran's Witti-
cisms. Some of 2
Guide to IgnoranceDowTjiSQ . . S
On Dublin Castle .DowLiva .. 8
Portlaw to Para-
dise DOWNBY ... 8
King John and the
Mayor Downby ... 2
Raleigh in Mun-
ster HowNBY ... 8
An Icelandic Din-
ner DUFFBBIN . 8
Originality of Irish
Bulls £r«amined . Edgbwobth. 8
— - Darby Doyle's Voy-
age to Qtt^^«o. .Ettinqsall. 8
How to Become a
Poet Faht 8
First Lord Lif tin-
ant Fbbnch ... 8
Advice to the La-
dies Goldsmith . 4
Beau Tibbs Goldsmith . 4
Love of Freaks. . .Goldsmith. 4
Love of Quack
Medicines Goldsmith. 4
'We'll See About
It' Hall 4
An Extraordinary
Phenomenon . . . Ibwin .... 6
Poet and Publish-
er Johnstons. 6
An Irish Thing in
Prose ,•,,..... Eboi^xko .. 5
vol. paob
6 2084
2081
2078
2107
2125
2439
2541
2713
2778
2779
2966
3032
3610
3273
3283
3293
3290
120
123
129
264
360
396
641
S65
576
768
798
881
887
891
900
900
942
1056
114
1124
1238
1322
1826
1334
1843
1634
1669
1709
1771
„ TOL. PAOI
Hvmorovs Prose.
The Thrush and
the Blackbird ..Kickham .. 6 1824
The Quare Gander. La Panu . . 5 1920
Dinner Party
Broken Up Lbybb 6 1972
Mafor Bob Ma-
hon's HospitaiityhEYWL 5 1964
Monks of the
Screw Lbvbb 6 1953
My First Day in
Trinity Lbvbb 5 1986
My Last Night in
Trinity Lbvbb 5 1990
Othello at DrUl. . . Lbvbb 5 1979
Bamy O^Reirdon. .Loveb .... 5 2008
The Gridiron Lovbb 5 2063
King O'Toole and
St. Kevin Lovbb 5 2046
New Potatoes Lovbb .... 6 2071
Paddy the Piper. . Lovbb 5 2055
Fionn MacCumhail
and the Princess. M.cCsjAj ... 6 2117
Nathaniel P. CrampMcCABTHY.. 6 2134
Lov e- M aking
in Ireland MacDonaoh 6 2193
Jim Walsh's Tin
Bow BiAClNTOSH. 6 2233
MackUn, Anecdotes
of 6 2241
Why T'omas Dubh
Walked Macmanus. . 6 2254
O'O onnell and
Biddy IfoHariy. Maddbn ... 6 2281
Bob Burke's Duel.MAOlNN ... 6 2303
Daniel 0*Rourke . .Maqivv ... 6 2313
Rogueries of Tom
Moore Mahony . . 6 2337
TJie Captain's
Story Maxwbll . . 6 2400
A Letter from Gal-
way Maxwell .. 6 2412
Loan of a Congre-
gation Maxwell .. 6 2411
A Goodly Com-
pany MOOBE .... 7 2468
O'Rory Converses
with the Qual-
ity MOBOAN ... 7 2549
O'vonnell, Some
Anecdotes of 7 2651
Paddy Fret, tTie
Priest? s Boy O'Donnbll.. 7 2678
Father O'Leary,
Anecdotes of 7 2793
Her Majesty the
King Bochb 8 2959
Sheridan, Bans
Mots of 8 3119
Lisheen Races ,
Becond-Hand . . . Somekvillb. 8 3166
THnkefs Colt . . . Sombbvillb, 8 3162
Sterne, Some Rons
Mots of 8 3227
Widow wadman's ^ ^..
Bye Stebne .... 8 3211
Rackrenters on the
Stump Sullivan .. 9 3333
Gulliver among ^ ^^,^
the Giants Swift » 3354
Gulliver among
the Pigmies Swift • 55J5
'Humors of Donegal * .Macmanus. 6 2254
o//)oniivl)roo*Fa<r,0*PLAHBBTT. 7 2713
Hnmpnrey attacked by _ ^_.
Lord Santry T 272J
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Hunchback Quasimodo,
Hugo's description of 6 2343
Hunt. The Lbvbb 5 1996
Hunting, Irish love of 8 xiii
Hunting Song 4 1490
Tom Moody Chbbbt ... 2 688
Huntsman, The Death
of the Obiffin ... 4 1489
Hush ! hear you how
the night wind Strbbt Bal-
lad 8 3295
Hutchinson, Hely, duel
with Doyle 1 143
Huxley, Professor T. H..
on the origin of
life 4 1785
on Bishop Berke-
ley ...: 1 1734
Huzza for McDonnell,
Dunluce is our own 7 2866
Hy-Braaail; The Isle of
the Blest (see also
I-Breasll) 4 1610
Hydb, Douglas (por-
trait) 4 1603
M. F. Egan on 5 vil
on antiquity of
Irish litera-
ture 8 xvll
early Irish lit-
erature 2 vii
Kennedy's col- •
lection of folk
tales 5 1789
Eugene 0'Curr> T 2663
J. O' Donovan and
' The Annals
of the Four
Masters* 7 2705
Mrs. Clement
Shorter's verse 8 3126
Dr. Sigerson's
poetry 8 3182
The plays of 10 xill
The Twisting of
the Rope lO 8989
Work of, for Cel- _
tic literature 2 xvlll
W. B. Teats on
translations of 8 xiv
Hy-Man V, Connacht 7 2762
' The Tribes and
Customs of * 7 2706
Hymn Before Tarah. St.
Patrick's, From
the Irish Mangan ... 6 2360
Called 8t. PaP
rick's Breast-
plate, The Stokbs ... 8 8244
• to Contentment/
From Pabnbll .. 7 2876
There is a Oreen
frm Far Aicay..ALBXANDEB. 1 8
Litany Monsell . . 7 2466
fioon and Forever. Monsbll .. 7 2466
Sound the Loud
Timbrel Moobb 7 2637
This World is All
a Fleeting ShowMoonn 7 2538
Thou Art, O God. Moobb 7 2638
Hynes, Mary, and Raf-
tery 9 3667
Hyperbole in Irish lit-
erature S xiii
' Qypocrite, The ' BicsiBSTArr i 182
'• TOL. PAGB
am ft friar of orders
gray O'KExrFB .. 7 2778
a wand'ring min-
strel man .... Walsh ... 9 3503
desolate Siobbson .. 8 3137
God's Martin '
(Irish Rann) .. Htdb 10 3841
the tender voice.EussELL . . 8 2999
— bind myself to day
to a strong vlr- _
tue Stokes ...8 3244
— do not love tTiee /'.Nobton ... 7 2589
— drink to the
Graces, Law,
Physic, Dlvinity.IiBYEB B 1993
— found in Innlsfail
the fair Mangan . .. 6 2375
give my heart to
thee' O'Gbadt ... 7 2760
— go to knit two
clans together . . Db Ybbb . . 8 860
— grieve when I
think HOGAN B 1598
— groan as I putoutTYNAN-
HiNKSON. 9 3468
— Jiate a castle on
hog land huUt'
(Irish Rann) ..Hydb lO 3839
— ?Mte poor hounds
about a house *
(Irish Rann) . .Hydb lO 8839
— heard a distant
clarion blare.. Abmstbono. 1 26
the dogs howl in
the moonl^ht
night Allinghaic.' 1 21
— hope and pray
that none may
kill me ' Hydb 10 8838
— knew by the
smoke ' Moobb 7 2629
— know a lake 0*Bbibn ... 7 2602
a maiden ; she is
dark and falr.O'DoNNBLL. 7 2687
what will hap-
pen, sweet Sullivan... 9 8340
who won the
peace of God.. Stokbs ... 8 3261
— left two lovers . . .M'Gbb 7 2224
— love you, and 1
love you Fublong . . 4 1242
— loved a love — a
royal love Leaict .... 5 1910
— made another gar-
den, yea O'Shaugh-
NBSSY ... 7 2844
— met an ould oail-
lach Skbinb ... 8 3162
— Mind not being
drunk, but then*
(Irish Rann) ..Hydb 10 3838
— placed the silver
in her palm . . . .Cabby .... 2 673
— said my pleasure.. Russell .. 8 3001
— sat within the val-
ley sreen Joycb 5 1746
— saw the Master of
the Sun Db Ybbb . . 8 868
— sell the best brandy
and sherry BIagbath ..10 4016
— shall not die for
love of thee. . . Gbaybs ... 4 1414
Die for Thee. . . Hydb 4 1656
— sit beside my dar-
ling's gniTe ....O'LvAVT ... 7 2796
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Irish Literature,
TOL. PAO
I tell you an ancient
■tory GWTNN ... 4 1523
thank the goodness
and the grace 4 1610
walked In the lone-
some evening . . .Aixi>'0HA3C. 1 14
want no lectures
from a learned
master Griftin
-watched last night
4 1382
6 1788
4 1279
t> 3707
the rising moon . .Kknealt
wear a shamrock
In my heart Gilbebt .
will arise and go
now Tbats . .
would I were on
yonder hill Stbeet Bal-
lad t> 8315
I-Breasil (see also Hy-
Brasail) Macmanus. . 6 2268
Ibsen and the Irish
drama lO xx
Iceland, Manners and
customs in 8 043
TcelandUf Dinner, An . . .Duffebin . 8 942
Icilius. the Roman lover
of Virginia 5 1850
I'd rock mv own sweet
childie Gbaybs .... 4 1411
wed you without
herds 8 1181
'Ideals in Ireland* Bussell .. 8 2080
' Ideas of Good and
Bvir Teats. 3654, 3661
Idler in France, The . . . B l b s s i no-
ton 1 212
Idolatry of tJte /ri«fc . . O'Flahbbtt. 7 2718
If I had thought thou
couldsthave died. Wolfe .... 9 3634
I'm the Faery fool,
Dalua Chbbson .. 2 593
sadly thinking,
with spirits sink-
ing Cubban ... 2 796
you go over desert
and mountain. O'Sh AUG H-
NESSY ... T 2845
* hope to ie&ch,
you must he a
fool' (Irish
Rann) Htdb lO 3833
searched the
county o' Car-
low M'Call ... 6 2122
would like to see Paht 8 1132
' Ignorant Essays ' Dowlino ..8 881
Ikerrln 8 859
Ilbrec, son of Manan-
nan 4 1449
Illicit distllilnff 1 46; 2 541; 4 1456
Illuminated MSS., An-
cient Irish 2 zx
ornaments and Ini-
tials (color plate)... . 4 1620; 8 Front
9 BTont
I*m a bold undaunted
Irishman Stbeet Bal-
lad 8 3275
left all alone like
a stone Gbaves 4 1414
Not Myself at AH. Lovbb 6 2083
sittln' on the stile.
Mary Duffebin . 8 933
up and down and
round about Swift 9 8389
— Tery happy where
I am BouciCAULT. l 257
. ™w ^ ▼OL.PASl
Imaal, The crags of 6 2267
4 leM
. 8 2968
9 3471
1 XTll
Image of beauO^, when I Bdssell
Imageries of dreams re-
veal JOHNSOir . .
' Imagination and Art
In Gaelic Litera-
ture' Bolleston.
Scientific Limit of
the Ttndall . .
Scientific use of
the
Imaginative charactet
of Irish wit 6 Till
element in the
Irish character 4 1287
Imogen, Shakeqieare's
love of 8 875
'Impeachment of War-
ren Hastings * Bubkb 1 383
Imperatrim, Ave Wilde 9 3588
Imports and exports,
Irish 9 3364
Impressionism 9 3582
Imtheacht na Tromd-
haimhe. The
In a quiet watered land.RoLLESTON
a slumber visional. Sioebson .
Defense of Charles
Gavan Duffy ...Whiteside. 9 3550
Egypt's land, con-
tagious to the
Nile 9 36W
E9ae, Australia . . Obb T 2S37
France they called
them Trouba-
dours LOTBB . . .
Ireland 't is even.
ing Obe
Pulchram Lactl-
feram Mahont
Saint Patrick's
Ward Blundell .
September Todhdntbb.
Siberia's wastes. , ICanqan . . .
the airy whirling
wheel Rolleston. ,
The Bngine-Shed. . Wilkins . .
• the Gates of the
North' O'GCADT ..
the gloomy ocean
bed Roche ....
the gold vale of
Limerick Stbeet Bal-
lad
the heart of a
German forest. ..Rolleston.
the heart of high
blue hills FUBLONO . .
* the Kingdom of
Kerry ' Cbokeb . . .
the town of Athy
one Jeremy Lani-
gan Stbeet Bal-
lad 9 8293
the Valley of
Shanganagh ...Mabtlet .. 6 2882
the wet dusk sil-
ver sweet Russell . . 8 8003
' Thoughtland and
Dreamland * . . .Keeling . . 8 1769
1771, 1772
yonder well there
lurks a spell ...Mahont ... 8 680
Inchegelagh 8 114
Inchy 4 1650
2 629
8 2979
8 3134
6 2007
7 2S40
6 2340
1 215
9 8406
6 2368
8 2976
9 3600
T 2746
8 2964
9 3810
8 2977
4 1241
8 660
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VOL. PAGB
Income-Taw, Speech in
Opposition to Pitre
First Shbbidan .. 8 3072
Independence. Declara*
tion of American 4 1605
India. See Warren
Hastings. ^ ^^^
cruelties In 1 885
Indian Chief, Capture ^ ^^^^
of an Kbid 8 2936
horsemanship 8 :^v35
Tale, An 4 1323
India's diadems 7 2511
Individual ownership
of land T 2860
Individuality of Irish
literature 2 xvU
Indo-European family,
Irish part of an » xvll
Industries. Irish O 3362
Infanticide In ancient
Greece « 2332
Influence of Irish learn-
ing and art 4 1599
• the Irish Lan-
guage. The* ..O'Bbibn ... T 2614
INGBAM, John Kells 4 1659
InTieritance Russell . . 8 3002
Inls Fall, the Isle of
Destiny 2 443 ; 5 1708
Inlsfall B 1745
Aldfrid's Itinerary
In 6 2375
See Ode written on
Leaving Ireland
and Ways of
War.
Inisfallen 5 1875
Klllamey (half-
tone engraving) 8 3020
ruined abbey at 8 3020
The beauty of 5 1875
Inlshmaan 6 1884
Inismore, The Prince of.MoBGAN ... 7 2548
Infustice of DisQualifi-
e a tion of Catholics,
Of the Gbattan . . 4 1405
Innlsboflln, Island of 4 1266
Innisoarra Buckley .. 1 851
Innlsdoyle 2 758
Innisfree, The Lake Isle
of Yeats 9 3707
Innishotoen Duffy .... 3 961
Innlstull a 632
Inny (river). The 2 573. 575
Inscription Albzandeb. 1 8
Inscriptions (Petrie's
Christian cited) O 3684
Insularity of the Greeks 6 2332
Insurrection of Tyrone
and Desmond. The 7 2862
Intellectual achievement
and moral force 9 2468
awakening caused
by The Nation 9 xl
Intermarriage of Irish
and English prohib-
ited 9 ix
Interpretation of Lite-
rature, The DowDEN ... 8 866
• Interview between Pi on
Ma Cubhall and Can-
nan • 9 3494
Interviews with Buona-
parte Tone 9 3418
Into th9 Twilight Yibats .... 9 8705
Invasion. The Danish 8
Invasions, caused dis-
persion of MSS 7
of Ireland 9
Inver Bay, My BIacmanus.. 6
Scelne 4
lona. The Abbacy of 4
lona^s ruined cloisters 6
VOL. PAGE
vlU
Iota See Caffyn
Ireland G wynn
* A Literary History
of • Hyde . .
1610,
A Sorrowful La-
ment for Gbeooby
' Ancient Legends
of * Wilde .
... 4
1613.
2670
vll
2264
1484
1618
2226
429
1532
1603
1618
4 1459
... 9
8561,
9
- and the Arts . . . .Teats
- Annals of O'Donovan. 7
2708.
-Antiquity of 1
- Cromwell In *. . . .Mubphy ... 7
- Fair HUls of .... Febouson . 8
- Food, Dress and
Daily Life in An-
cient Joyce S
-her own or the
world In a blaze 8
-Historic and Pic-
turesque • Johnston . 6
-How to Govern... Db Vbbb ... 8
-in ffto. Essay on
the State of. . . .Tone 9
-in tin, A Short
View of Swift 9
- in rm. The State
of Tone 9
- in Penal Days,
Women in Atkinson . 1
-In Summer (half-
tone engraving) 6
- In the New Cen-
tury ' Plunkett . 8
-In the Past Gen-
eration. Revela-
tions of * Madden ... 6
-John, Abch-
bishop (portrait) 5
'JustUie for O'Connbll.. 7
- Letters on the
State of Doyle 8
-Love-making <ii. . .MacDonagh 6
-Meeting, A Young. MacCabthy. 6
- No Snakes in O'Kbbffb . . 7
- of His Day, The '.Fbbguson . 8
- oh Ireland ! cen-
ter of my long-
ings GWYNN 4
'On the Policy for. Meaohbb .. 6
-St. Patrick, Apos-
tle of ' Todd 9
- Sixty Years Ago '.Walsh .... 9
-Sketches In' Otway 7
- The Cromwelllan
Settlement of '. . Pbendbb-
GAST 8
- The Olory of Meaoheb .. 6
-The National Mu-
sic of ' Bubkb 2
- The Northmen <n. .Stokes ... 8
-The Pillar Towers
of MacCabthy. 6
-The Story of \ . , Suluvan .. 9
3557
3566
3661
2706
2709
399
2567
1185
1735
3067
1702
854
3415
3362
3421
28
1703
2908
2281
1662
2641
919
2193
2180
2771
1170
1532
2415
3400
3513
2848
2853
2918
2420
400
3238
2130
8828
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Iri^ Literature.
* Ireland, The Whole
works of Sir
James Ware Con-
cerning' Wabb O
3646.
To WILDB 9
• Traces of the El-
der Faiths of '. . Wood-Mab-
TIN 9
VMble and Invisi*
bl« Johnston . 6
N. B. The foregoing are the titles
In which the wora *' Ireland " oc-
curs: to Index all references to
Ireland would have taken too
much space and Is scarcely nec-
essary.
' Ireland's Cause In E2ng-
land*s Parlia-
ment ' McCabtht .. 6
Influence on Euro-
pean literature.. BiQVEaoJi .. 4
Pari 4n English
Achievement Shbil 8
Wrongs, Carlyle
on 8
Iris OIkyrn See Milligan.
Irish, A Plea for tht
Study of O'Bbibn ... 7
* Antiquities, Hand
book of ' Wakbman
andCooKB. 9
As a Spoken Lan-
guage Htdb 4
Astronomy Halpinb . . 4
• Bar, The ' O'Flanagan. T
Bear, An 7
Borough Franchise
Bill. The 6
' Bulls Eaamined,
Originality o/. .SjDOBwobth. 8
' Celts, Legendary
Fictions of the \Kennbdy . . 6
1790, 1801.
Chiefs. The Duffy 8
Church, The McCabthy.. 6
Confederation. The 6
c o n 1 1 nge n t of
Louis XV., The 7
Ory, The Wilson ... 9
Doomsday Book. 7
Dress of the An-
cient Walkbb ... 9 3493
Ecclesiastical Re-
mains, Ancient . .PvTRn 8 2880
~^-~ Emigrant in Amet-
ioa. Song of
the FiTZSiMON. . 8 120«
Lament of Ifce.DuFFBBiN . 8 933
EwUe, The MacDbb-
MOTT ... 6 2180
Fairy and Folk
Tales Wblsh ... 8 xvH
• Tales* Lbamy .... 5 1899
Famine, A Scene
in the HiGOiNS . . 4 1673
Farmer In Contem-
p 1 a t i o n , The
(color plate) 1 xvl
* Pplon, T>i» • Lalob . . . B 1855
Fisheries Bill. The 6 217fi
* Folk Tales ' Labhinib . 5 1866
See Irish Fairy
Tales.
Oentry and their
ftetQ4ner$ ,.,... Babbinoton. l 138
3644
8647
3673
3640
1702
2161
Til
8067
961
2614
3482
1603
1640
2723
2728
2794
2176
1066
1796
1803
969
2148
2419
2816
3617
2705
TOti.
Irish Grandmother, The.STXBBT Bal-
lad 8
* History, An Out-
line of' McCabtht.. 6
Eighty- Five
Years of* Daunt .
— Lectures on
Manu script
Materials of. .0*Cubbt
- House of Com-
mons, October,
1783
PAOB
8288
2174
2179
8 811
7 2670
-Ideas* O'Bbibn
- Idylls * Bablo w
- in America, The '.Maguibb
-in America, T'Tie .. O'Bbibn
-in the War, The. .Maqxjivb
- Intellect, The Giles . .
- Land Bill of 1876
- Language of the
Ancient Wabb
— prohibited 9
— Life, The Sunniness
of 8
-Literature. Charac-
teristics of S
— wrongly classed
as English 2
— Continuity of 8
— England's 1 n ■
debtedness to S
- Individuality of 3
- National spirit
in a
- Racial flavor of 8
- (special article).McCABTHY. I
- Love Song, An . . .Fdblong . . 4
- Lullaby Qbavbb ... 4
- Manuscripts. (See
Ancient Irish
Manuscripts.)
- Melodies,* Moore's 6
- Ministrelsy, Hard-
iman's 4
-Misdeeds, English
Misrule and '^ . . . Db Vebb . . 8
- Mistake, An Rbad 8
- Molly 6 Fahy 8
- Molly O Stbbbt Bal-
lad 8
- Municipal Fran-
chise Bill, The 6
- Privileges Bill 6
- Music Pbtbib 1
8
- Musical Genius,
An O'DoNOOHUB 7
- Novels BOAN S
- Parliament. Inde-
pendence of 9
- Speech In 8 1212,
- Patriot, The Ambi-
tion of the Phillips .. 8
- Peasant to his
Mistress, Th e.Moova .... 7
- Justin McCarthy
on Moore's 6
- People and the
Irish Land,
The* Butt 8
- not represented
by th<» Irish
Parliament 6
-Prose' 10
1400
2617
98
2321
2617
2321
1280
2177
3644
Ix
tU
xviU
xviil
xvlil
xviil
xvill
xviil
xviil
vil
1242
1411
2337
1251
854
2018
1133
3288
2176
2176
401
2885
vli
X
1217
2892
25S6
2148
427
2162
-question an Ameri-
can question •
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Irish railways. The bill
for purchase of 6 2176
Rappareea, The. . .Duffy 8 957
Reaper*B Harvest
Hymn, The Keboan ... 5 1765
Renstration of
Voters BUI, The. 6 2176
RighU, Declara-
tion of Geattan . . 4 1387
Romanists and Rit-
ualists, Disraeli
alleges conspir-
acy between 6 2158
scholars In Europe 9 3305
School of Oratory,
The Taylor ... T vll
* Sketch Book/
Thackeray '8
(quoted) 3 xxl
Spinning Wheel,
The Grates ... 4 1410
State Church,
Gladstone on 6 2156
Surnames of the
Ancient Warb 9 8546
Idolatry of the . .O'Plahbrty. T 2718
The Ofigin of the.WARE 4 8647
Thing in Prose, An.KBBLiNO . . B 1771
in Rhyme, i.».. Keeling .. 5 1772
Wit and Humor. . . O ' D o n o-
OHUB ... 6 vll
* Wits and Wor-
thies * FiTZPATRICK 8 1199
* Literature/ Ob-
jects of, defined 1 xiv
See N. B. at end of Ireland, ante.
Irish- Australians 7 2618
Irishman, The Orr T 2839
Irishman's Farewell to
Ms Country Street Bal-
lad
Irishmen as Rulers, On . .Dufferin .
• in Foreign Ser-
vice, Eminent ' . . Onahan .
Irreverent Milton ! bold
I deem Mullanby
Irony. See Humor.
of Dean Swift 6
Irwin, Thomas Caul-
FIELD K 1668
8 8287
8 938
. . T 2814
. T 2661
Zli
Is he then gone ? Brookb . .
it thus : O Shame . . Sayagb . .
thy will that I
should wax
and wane Wildb . . .
there one desires
1 288
8 3024
9 3592
B 1875
to hear Larminib
Island Fisherman, An. .Tynan-
Hinkson. 9 8468
of Atlantis, The. ..Croly 2 749
of Saints and
Scholars 9 ylii
Ireland the 1 xvli ; 2 vil
Islandbrldge 7 2694
' Isle in the Water, An *,Tynan-
HiNKSON. 9 8444
of the Blest. The. .Griffin ... 4 1510
It is far and it is far. .Milligan . 6 2438
not beauty I de-
mand Darley ... 2 807
not travel makes
the man . . ..Flecknob . 8 1200
was long past the
noon Sat age-Arm-
strong .. 8 3028
' on the Mount
Cith«ron Wilkins .. 9 3604
tol. pagb
It was the fairy of the
place Russell .. 8 3002
very early in the
spring Street Bal-
lad 8 3278
Italian Gesticulation. . .Wibeuav . 9 3627
Italy described in Gold«
smith's The TraveU
ler 4 1359
It's a lonely road
through bog-land . . . Russell . . 8 2997
* To mia-without'
fault' (Irish
Rann) Hyde 10 8885
Its edges foamed with
amethyst Russell . . 8 8004
Ivara 2 439
Ivor, Lament for King.^rosxA ... 8 8260
J. J. W. See John Walsh.
J. W Soe John Walsh.
J. K. L SeeDoYLB.
' Jark Ulnton ' Lever. 6 1952,
Jat.'k<!ts, Worucn^s 9
Jackeou, And re n-. of the
Btlp OaatJecjcwn 6
Jnt-oh Omnium See Higgins.
Jncoijinlem 2
Jacohlt^ eituBe. The 9
Jutofi'8 RUtnt; ( balf-tone
eQcrflTiiiK) 0*Flahbrty. 7
' Jull Journal, John
Mltcher^ * MiTCHBL
6
James II., Curran on 2 780,
and Ireland 9
Memoirs of (cited) 9
Sarsfleld*s loyalty
to 7
Jameson, Mrs 6
Jamie Freel and the
Young Lady BIacLintock 6
Jane: A Sketch from
Dublin Life CosTBLLO .. 2
Grey, Execution of
Lady 8
Janus RussBLL . . 8
J a p h e t , Ireland de-
scended from 9
Jarvey (comic paper) 6
Jaunting-car (half-tone
engraving) 2
Jephson'd anecdote of
Faulkner 4
Jeffers, Lady 6
Jefferson, J., as Bob
Acres (portrait) 8
Jenny from Ballinasloe .&TBXBr Bal-
lad 8
Jeremy Dlddler (char-
acter in ' Raising the
Wind') 5
Jerrold. B., on * Father
Prout* 6
' Jessamy Brldf . The * . .Moorb .... 7
(Mary Homeck) 4
Jessop, George H B
* .Tesnktn * Sigbrson .. 8
Jim Walsh's Tin Bo9. .Macintosh. 6
Jocelyn. Robert 7
John O'Dwyer of the
Glen Furlong . . 4
of the Two Sheep. Hydb 4
Johneen Skbimb .... 8
1964
8495
2114
448
8446
2717
2444
2454
789
Iz
3324
2817
1678
2242
1640
851
3000
3548
X
788
1262
2440
8088
8285
1805
2336
2468
1301
1688
8141
2233
2724
1247
1631
8154
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Irish Literature.
VOL.
Johnny, J Hardlp Knew
Ye Stbiibt Bal-
XjAD 8
Johnson, Lionil 5
and the Rhy-
mers* Club 5
on W. AlUng-
ham'B verse 1
on J. C. Man-
_jran : 6
W. B. Teats on 8
Dr. 8., and Mack-
lln 6
on B. Bnrke 1
on Sir John Den-
ham 3
on Ireland's
learning 1
on the Earl of
Roscommon 8
on * The Tem-
pest* 2
■ See A Goodly Com"
pany and T?ie
Haunch of Veni-
son.
Johnson's Dictionary 7
SeeMACMANDS.
PAGB
3230
1693
1698
11
2851
xiii
2241
369
849
xvii
2981
407
2479
Johnston, Anna.
Charles B
Johnstone, Charles 6
Jonathan Freke
Silngshy See Waller.
Jones, Mr. Bence, Boy-
cotting of 7
Jordan. Mrs 6
Jordan^s Banks 7
Josephus on the dis-
persal after Babel O 3548
Journal of a Lady of
Paahion Blessing-
ton 1
1702
1709
2613
1920
2517
8
193
3378
408
• to Stella, The '.Swift
Journey in Disguise, A. Burton
Journeys End in Lovers
Meeting Kickham . B 1816
* Jove's Poet' See Moobb.
Joy! Joy! the day is
come at last Dufft
Joyce, Patrick Wes-
ton (portrait) 5 1713.
Robert Dwtbr B
Judge's Bill, The 4
July the first of a
morning clear Street Bal-
lad 8
Junius, the Letters of 3i
Jupiter's moons 1
Just after the war. In
the year Lb Fanu . . B
Justiee for Ireland .... O'Connbll. 7
8 954
1730
1741
1395
3271
1226
88
1937
2641
K.
Kalavala 9 3654
Kant on materialism O 8464
Kate Kearney Morgan ... 7 2555
of Arraglen Lanb 5 1863
of OamaviUa Ltsaght . . 6 21 OS
Kateff's Lftier Dufferin . S TSr*
Kathalpen Nl Houlihan « 22fiS
Np-H oulahe n .
From the Irish. . Mangan . . 6 2380
' Kathleen Mavourneen*
(half-tone en-
graving) Crawford . ^> CKS
— -— O'ifore ..,•,,•.. Rbtnolds . 8 £039
VOL. PAGS
Kauffmann, Angelica,
The Art of 7 2473
Kavanagh, Rosb B 1752
Kearsage, The Rochb 8 2964
Keary^ Annie 6 1755
Keating^ Geoffrey (bi-
ography) 10 4012
P. S. Dineen on 10 3959
Heating's cave in Aher-
low Glen 7 2615
Keats, Celtic Influence
_on 9 3655
Kbegan, John 6 1762
Keeling^ Elba D*E8-
TBRRE B 1769
Keeujin, Sir Patrick 4 1605
Keening and Wake Wooi>-|Car-
TIN f 9 3640
of tJ^e Three Marys f
(folk song) Hyde lO 8789
Kbigbtley, Samuel
Robert 6 1774
M. P. Egan on 6 jdll
Kelkar. Son of Uther 7 2759
Kells B 1738
Book of 6 1737 ; 7 2671
(color plate) 9 Front
Crosses at 9 3485
Kelly. Eva Mary. . .See O'Doherty.
Hugh S 1781
D. J. O'Dono-
ghue on wit of. 6 zlli
(^Idsmlth on 4 13S1
Margaret 9 3503
the Fenian leader.
Rescue of 7
Kelvin, Lord (Sir Wil-
liam Thompson) B
Kenealy, Dr., D. J.
O'Donoghue • on
wit of 6
William B
K e n m a r e, Rlnucinl's
Journey from 1
2607
1783
XlT
1788
82
Kennedy, Patrick 6 1789
Kennedys, The 8 941
Kbnney, James 6 1805
D. J. O'Donoghue
on wit of 6 xiii
Kensington and Rane-
lagh Gardens 1 165
Keogh, Anecdotes o/. . .Fitzpateick 3 1199
Jemmy 1 145
Kbrnahan, Coulson
(portrait) B 1809
Kerry " a fit cradle for
O'Connell " 4 1588
Ancient families
of 4 1590
Danoe. The Molloy ... 6 2457
' In the Kingdom
of Crokeb ... 2 660
Number of Irish
words used In 4 1607
The Knight of 4 1590
Kerry's pride and Mun-
ster's glory 8 3066
Key-Shield of the Mass 10 3965
Kickham, Charles Jo-
seph B 1855
and the * Irish Peo-
ple' .O'Lbast ... 7 2798
ns a humorist 6 xv
D. J. O'Donoghue
on B zvll
-— M. F, Egan on B vli, xvl
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4085
YOL. PAOV
Klckham, W. B. Yeati on 8 xl
Kleran, 8t, and Clon-
macnolse 9 3484
Kilbride. Cariow to 8 1182
Kilcoe, The Glens of 4 1255
Kllcrea 1 353
Kllcullen 5 1894. 1898
Klldare. Bishop of 4 1600
Brigit at 8 3263
landlord. A 4 1574
The House of 7 2741
Pooka, The Kennedy .. 5 1796
The Curragh of 5 1802
Kllkee 5 1740
Kllduir 2 647
'Kilhwch and Olwen* 4 1598
Kilkenny BcHle's Ohriat-
mae Bong, The. . Kenealy . . 6 1788
^Man, The See Campion.
Statute of 9 3391
The 'holy well'
neap B 1766
Kill. Bh^late 4 1623
Klllaan 2 689
KUlala 4 1575
The Bishops of 6 2232
The French at » 3697
The Scene of
Cathleen ni HooV-
ihan lO xxl
KlUaloe 6 2377
Killarney. See Dermoi
ABtore.
Colleen Bawn Rock
(half-tone en-
graving) 4 1494
Echo at the lake
of 8 1056
The beauty of 5 1876
The Falls of (half-
tone engraving) 6 1876
The Lake of. See
RenPdap.
The Lakes of (color
plate) 4 Front
Ofsln at 5 1714
Mountain Cottage
In (half-tone en-
graving) 4 1484
-irr-' O'Conneil at 7 2652
Klllenaule affair. The 7 2798
Kllllbegs 5 1575
Klllllee 6 2354
Kllllney 6 2132
Bav 4 1424
Hill 7 2651
Kllmartln See John Walsh.
Kllrnsh 5 1958
Klltown Abbey 6 2260
Kllwarden, Lord 2 797
Kllworth 2 681
Mountains, The 7 2730
Klmbay Maeflontann 7 2757
King Alllirs Death ...Stokes ... 8 3261
Bagenal Daunt .... 8 817
-Charles he Is King
James's son Callanan . 2 442
John and the
Mayor Downey . .. 8 1900
of Denmark^e Ride,
The NOBTON ... 7 2587
England pro-
claimed King
of Ireland 9 3390
Ireland's Son,
The (see also
The Red i)iioft)CHa8SON . . 2 690
King
VOL. PAOB
of Prussia. The.
and feudal land
tenure 7 2866
- the Black Dca-
ert. The. From
fairy and folk
lore Hyde lO 3713
the Cats, Sean-
Chan the Bard
and the Wilde
O'Toole and 8t.
Kevin Loveb .... 6
Richard Ashe 5
William Eccles ... 8
Kingly Power. The 2
Kingstown 7
Kinkora. From the Irish
of Mac-Liag Mangan ... 6
Klnnegad « 6
Klnsaie Fisherman. A S
The battle of 7
The landing of the
Spaniards at 7
Klnvara 8
Klnvarra (Kenn-Mara) 5
KiBWAN, Walter Blake S
as an Orator 8
Eloquence of 1
Grattan's tribute
to 7
not a plagiarist 1
Mount 6
9 3566
2046
1833
967
780
2651
2377
1961
2009
2744
2740
1184
1729
1842
1202
127
rvll
128
2413
264
3500
3032
Kieh of Brogves, A . . . . Boyle
Kitty Neal Waller
of Ooleraine Shanly
Knife-Orinder, Friend
of Humanity and tT^c.CANNlNO . . 2 467
Knight of the Sheep. . .Griffin ... 4 1466
THcke, The Hyde lO 3751
Knighting of Ouchulain.O* Grady ... 7 2756
Knights of Tara 1 146
Knock-na-Flan 7 2754
' Knocknagow ' Kickham . B 1815
Knockthn. The Hill of 4 1255
Knowlbs. Jambs Sheb-
IDAN (portrait) B 1846
Kylemore 2391
Knowledge, Injury of 8 882
L. N. F See Mrs. Fitzsimon.
La Oruche and Kitty of
Ooleraine 8 3032
La Hogue, Sea fight off. 7 2823
lA Touche, the Banker 6 2106
Ladies, Advice to t^e. .Goldsmith. 4 1322
Irish. Dress of 9 3497
Lady Gay Spanker
(character 1 n
' London Assur-
ance ) 1 262
Jane Grey De Verb . . 8 851
of Fashion, Jour-
nal of a Blessino-
ton 1 193
Teazle. Ada Rehan
as 8 3105
Laeg. Son of Rlan<;abra 4 1433
Laegalre. King, and St.
Patrick, (See also
Laogar. or Laoghalre) 4 1601
T^eghalre (Leary) 4 1616
I^fran, May. See Mrs. Hartley.
I^ffans. The 8 941
Ija Gloconda (half-tone ^ ^^^
engraving) • • 3 877
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Irish Literaivre*
TOL. PAOB
Lalgalre 4 1448
Lake Isle of Inniefree,
The Ybatb O 3707
of the Dismal
Bvoamp, The . . . Moobb T 2539
Lakes ot Killamey
(color plate) 4 Front
or loaghB oi Ul-
ster, l?he 6 2276
< Lalla Rookh ' Moobb 7 2509
Father Prout on 6 2342
Meagher on 6 2421
Lalob, Jambs Fintan 6 1855
Lambert, Nannie . . . SeeMBS. Powbb
O'DONOOBUB.
Lambert, Old Lady
(character In ' Mr.
Mawwom*) 1 182
Lament. From the Irish
of Owen Ward..MANOAN .. 6 2352
A. From the IrishCuBBAN ...2 768
Claragh's, From
the Irish D' Alton ..2 808
for Irelandj A Bor-
rovDful Gbboobt ... 4 1459
tor King Ivor Stokes ... 8 3260
' Dalcasslans I the
Eagle HOOAN 4 1591
of Maev Leith-
Dherp,The. From
the Irish Rollbston. 8 2975
of O^Onive, The.
From the Irish. .Callanan . 2 443
of the Irish Emi-
grant DUFFBBIN . 8 933
of the Irish
Maiden, The . . . Lanb S 1865
of the Mangaire
Bugach. From
the Irish Walsh ... 9 3508
over the Ruins of
the Abbey of
Timoleague Fbbguson . 8 1177
Lamentation of Hugh
Reynolds, The Stbebt Bal-
lad 8 3292
Lancashire cotton mills 1 37
Land Act, Irish 2 426
of 1870, The 6 2178 ; 9 xl
The motion of
1875 for In-
QUiry into the
workings of the 6 2176
Agents. See Cas-
tle Rackrent and
The Oombeen
Man.
Bill of 1876. the
Irish 6 2177
Fairies described 8 xvili
improTement in
Ireland 9 3365
Individual owner-
ship of T 2866
League, The Irish
National 9 xl
of Cokalgne, The 8 3134
' of St. lAwrence.
From the * .... Egan 3 1080
own«»r8h*p 5 1855
purchase scheme,
Gladstone's 9 xl
question, The. See
An Eviction.
Pamell on the « 2178
yOI«. PAGB
Land tennre, Frederick
William of
Prussia T 2866
Froude cited on T 2866
John Bright on T 2867
On Butt a 422
See also 5 1855 ; T 2862
Landen. The battle of 8 957 ; T 2824
Landlords and Tenants a 422
Landlordism lO 3919
Lamb, Dbnnt S 1863
Language, fossil noetry B 8434
Irish as a Spoken.BYDK 4t 1603
}f the
Irish
Ancient
Lanaue d'6il and langue
d'oo. Irish older than. .
.Wabb
. e 3544
W VV. «ftAOU VIVICI. UlCUA 2 Vii
Languish, Lydia (char-
acter in 'The Rivals ') 8 3078
Lanigan's Ball 8 3293
Laogar, King T 2719
Laogar's daughters, con-
verted by St. Patrick T 2720
Laoghaire's Daughters,
Conversion of King
(fairy and folk tale). Anonymous. 8 1162
Laoi na mnft mdire -4 1609
Lapful of Nuts. Th«.. .Fbbouson . 8 1183
Larkin executed at Man-
chester 7 2608 ; 8 3339
Larks Ttnan-
HiNKSON. 8 3457
LABMINIB, WILLIAIC 8 1866
Larry M'Hale Lbvbb S 2001
Last Desire, The Rolleston. 8 2973
Oleeman, The . . . Yeats 8 3683
Music, The Johnson ... 8 1700
Rose of Bummer,
The Moobb T 2528
Speech ' of Robert
Emmet EiciCET ... 8 1087
' Latitudes, Letters from
High ' DUVFBBIN . 8 942
Latnamard 8 958
Lauderdale, Lord, Sher-
idan on 8 3123. 3125
Lavalla, The Lake of 6 2230
Penal Laws, r/t«. .McCabtht.. 8
Vation^s Right, A.Molynbux . 8
Tried by his Pc«r».0* Flanagan 7
Lawless, Emilt 6
M. F. Egan on 6
Lawrence's (iate, Drog-
heda (half-tone en-
graving) 7
Lawrence's, Sir T., por-
trait of Lady Bless-
ington 1
Laws of coinage, The 9
Lay of Ossian and Pat-
rick, A GWTNN 4
of the Famine, A.Stbbbt Bal-
lad 8
of Gudrun, The,
and Ireland 4
Laey Beauty and her
Aunts, The Kbnnbdt ... 6
Lb Fanu, Joseph Shbb-
n>AN 8
as a comic
writer 8
on landlordism lO
W. P 5 1937,
Le Ffvre, The Story of.STBBNB ... 8
' Leabhar Breac,' The 7 2616,
na-h-Uidhre ..••.«••. • • T
2179
2460
2723
1877
vlll
2568
192
3375
1523
3295
Tin
1789
1927
XT
3919
1945
3220
2663
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4087
teahhar luih UiShrejThe
(Book of the Dun
Cow) 4
Lbadbeatbb, Mabt o
' Papers, The * . . . Lbadbbateb. B
LbAMT, EDMUND 5
Leanan Bidhe, To the. . Boyd 1
Leanhaun Shee, The, de-
scribed »
Lear, The august sor-
rowf ul w
Learning and Art, Irish 4
In Ancient Ireland »
' Leaves from a Prison
Diary * Davitt. 3 832.
Lebanon 7
• Lebor Breac * 8
Lecain, The Book of
(see also Lecan) 7
Lecale 8
Lecan, The Book of
(see also Lecain) 2
Lbckt, William B. H 5
(portrait) »
on Flood 3
Home Rule «
William Smith
O'Brien T
0*Connell T
' Lectures and Essays
on Irish Subjects * . . Giles 4
Lee, The (river) 1 353 ; 2
3 878 ; e
Legend of Olendalough. IjOYER 6
of Stiff enbach, TfceWiLLiAMS . 9
' Legendary Sections of
the Irish Celts '.Kennedy .. 5
1799, 1801,
Heroes 8
Legends 9
ancient Irish,
Ethical content of 8
Lesenda and Myths.
From Flon»ttoZo.. Abmstbonq. 1
To the Leandn
Sidhe Boyd 1
Lord of Dunkw- _
ron Cbokeb ... 2
Story of the Little
Bird Cbokeb ... 2
Gael and Oredhe, .Gbeooby . . 4
Coming of Finn. .Gbbqory .. 4
Death of Guchu-
lain Gbeooby . . 4
Only Bon of Aoife. Gekgory . . 4
Lay of OaHan and
Patrick Gwynn ... 4
— —BatUe of Dunbolg.UYDB 4
Story of Mac-
Ddth6'8 Pig and_
VOL. PAGE
1600
1886
1886
1899
258
XX
3660
1599
vill
837
2517
3141
2663
957
629
1912
1916
1212
2175
2619
2624
1280
718
23114
2046
3610
1796
1803
2990
3404
2973
25
258
736
734
1445
1447
1431
1426
1523
1622
Hound Hyde 4
C onnla of the
Golden Hair . . . Joyce . . .
Exploits of Ctfrol. Joyce . . .
Fineen the Rover. JoYcn ...
Naiei Receives his
Sword Joyce . . .
Olsin in TimanogeJoYC^ . . .
Enchantment o f
GearoW?^ /arto.. Kennedy .
Epilogue to Fand. Labminie
Fionnuala Milligan
Battle of AlmHcKn.O'DoNOVAN
Knighting of Gueu-
loin O'Gbady . .
— Qiiccn Meave and
her Ho9U O'Gbady ... 7 2746
1613
1731
1749
1743
1746
1714
1801
1875
2437
2709
T 2756
Lesrends and Mytlis.
King AililVs DeathBTOKES ... 7
Strand of Baior. .Todhdntbb. O
Deirdr6 in the
Woods Tbench . . . O
Children of lAr. . .Tynan-
Hinkson. 9
Saint Francis and
the Wolf Tynan-
HlNKSON. O
The PriesVs £fott2. Wilde .... 9
Old Age of Queen
Maeve Yeats 9
Wakeman on 9
' Legends and Stories *. Lover. 6 2055,
* and Traditions,
Fairy * Cbokeb. 3 695,
of Ireland 9
Ancient Wilde 9
3558, 8561,
Archbishop Mc-
Hale on 6
of the Fairies, The 8
of the Pyramids 9
See also Folk and
Fairy Tales.
Lelnster 8 956 ; 4 1249 ; 5
Aldfrld in 6
Flonn MacChimhail
in 6
The battle of Alm-
haln in 7
The Book of 4 1600,
5 1738,
described 2
VOL. PAGE
See The Battle of Dunbolg and
The Story of MaoDdthd^s Pig
and Hound.
I^lth-Culnn 6
Leltrlm 2
Lord, Lord Car-
lisle's story of 1 234,
Lelx 8
Leland on the Catholic
priests in war time 8
lienane 1
Lenlhan's History of
Limerick (cited) 9
Lens, Peter, and the
• Hell-fire Club ' 5
Leo See Casey.
Leonardo's " M onna
Lisa " DowDEN . . 8
Lepers healed by Brigit 8
Leprecaun, or Fairy
Shoemaker, r^«. Allingham. 1
Description of the 8
Leprachawn, The (see
also Leprechaun or
Leprehaun) 4
Leprechaun, The 1
Leprehauns 4
« Lesbia hath a beaming
eye • Moobb 6
7
semper hlnc et IndeMAHONY . . 6
Lest it may more quar-
rels breed Swipt 9
Ijet Bacchus's Sons. . .Stbeet Bal-
lad 8
schoolmasters pus-
zle their brain. .Goldsmith. 4
the farmer praise
his grounds . . . .Stbeet Bal-
lad 8
3261
3404
3431
3460
3451
3561
3697
8482
2071
736
vli
3557
3566
2231
XX
3534
1722
2376
2117
2709
1613
2884
xli
2357
618
241
859
955
248
3326
1910
877
3255
20
xlx
1287
301
1631
2340
2523
2340
3388
3283
1349
3279
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VOL. PAGB
Let them go by Dowden ... 3 876
U8 go to the moun-
tifln lO 3780
Leth-Chlusm 7 2709
Letter from Galtoay, A Maxwell . . 6 2412
the Place of his
Birth M*Halb ... 6 2227
Letterbrick, Famine and
pestilence at 4 1573
Letterkenny 4 1512; 6 2240, 2252
Tone arrested at 7 2605
• Letters from High
Latitudes ' Dufferin . 3 942
Ivevarcham 4 1439
Leyeb, Charles James
(portrait) 5 1048
M. F. Egan on 5 rll, xll
Genius and pur.
pose of novels of 1 xll
Living Authors in Irish
Literature 2 xz
Lewines 9 3418
Lia Fail; or Jacob's
Btone, The O'Flahbrtt. 7 2717
The 8 2970
Lla Macha 7 2757
Liber Hymnorum, The 7 2672
Liberty in England ...Goldsmith. 4 1331
of the Irish 9 3418
Press, The Cdrran ... 2 778
Press Db Verb . . 3 852
The Native Land
of Ireland ... 6 1662
the right of all
men 6 2461
License, The first grant-
ed to comedians in
England 6 2346
• Life and Letters of F.
W. Robertson 'Brookb ... 1 291
— Literature 9 3579
Art, and Nature. ^Wilde 9 3578
in Death 7 2652
of Brigit Stokes 8 3246
' — — of Canning • Bell 1 165
* of C. 8. Pamell '.O'Brien ... 7 2607
2611
' of Owen Roe
O'Neill, A* Taylor .... 9 3340
The Origin of..., Kelvin ... 5 1784
Llffey. The 2 637 ; 5 1914
Dublin Castle on
the 8 887
Llfford « 2357
lAght o' the World McCall ... 6 2124
Lleht. Speed of 1 38
'Like a fire kindled be-
neath a lake* (Irish
rann) Hyde 10 3833
Like a Stone in the
Street Graves ... 4 1414
• Lily Lass ' MacCarthy. 6 2180
Limerick 1 58
Bridge and Castle
(half-tone en-
graving) 6 1742
The defense of 9 Jx
electors. Harry
Deane Grady and 7 2728, 2732
Irish titles In 4 1590
Lenlhan's history
of (cited) 9 3326
The Mayor of 8 xvii
— method of lighting
0treets in 1719 C 1916
VOL. PAGl
Limerick, Sarsfield at 4 1593; 5 1742
destroys sup*
plies for seige 7 2S20
Surrender of S 957
The Blacksmith of Joyce 5 1741
Irish Rapparees at 8 958
The Treaty of 3 957 ; 9 x
Treaty Stone at
(half-tone en«
^957
1665
graving) 3
Lincoln's Proclamation
of Emancipation 6
Lindsay, Lord, on the
building of the Pyra-
mids 9 3533
Linen Manufacture, The 9 3423
Trade in Dublin 5 1918
Lines Greene ... 4 1424
by Robert Emmet. 8 lCf94
from the Centenary
Ode to the Mem-
ory of Moore . . .MacCarthy. 6 2131
Written to if tMto. Wolfe 9 3634
' Lion of the Fold of
Juda, The ' See M'Hale.
Liquor of Life D' Alton . . 2 805
Lir 8 2990
The Children of. . Tynan-
HiNKSON. 9 3460
Lisheen Races, Becond-
Band Somerville
and Ross. 8 3166
Lismore 2 681
The Book of 7 2766 ; 8 3246
Llssadill 6 2354
Litany Monsell . . 7 2465
of St. Aengus 8 .2884
Literary Appreciation*.
Bumor of Shakes-
peare Dowden .,
Shakespeare's Por-
traiture of 100-
man Dowden . ,
Speech on Robert
Bums Febouson
Country Folk Johnson ,
Macaulay and Ba-
con MiTCHEL
Emerson and New*
man Mullanbt
Shakespeare Wiseman
• Literary History of
Ireland. A ' .... Hyde
3 870
3 875
8 1170
5 1694
6 2444
7 2536
9 3628
. . 4 1603
1610, 1613, 1618
impulse of The
Nation 9 il
Qualities of the
Saga Hull 4 1597
Revival, Modem lO 3711
The, Lady Greg-
ory on 1 xvli
Society of New
York, The Irish lO xx-ri
Theater, The Irish XO xlil
Literature.
Preternatural in
Fiction BuBTON ... 1 404
England in Shake-
speare's Youth.. BowDEV ...» 86»
Interpretation of
Literature Dowden ... 3 866
Literary Qualities
of the Saga Hull 4 1597
Irish as a Spoken
Language Htdb 4 1603
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Oeneral Index.
4089
Literature,
What i9 the Rem-
nantr MAQm 6
Plea for the Study
of Irieh O'Bbibn ... 7
Old Boohe of
Erinn O'Cdrbt ... 7
CHielio Movement .T?iaVifKwrT . 8
On the * Colloquy
of the ^no<0nt«.'BOLLBSTON . 8
Life, Art and Na-
ture WiLDB 9
Oeltio Element in
Literature Yhatb O
and History O
and Life »
of the Modern
Irish Languaoe..flYJ>B lO
1 The antiquity of
IrtBh 8
Irish, from first to
last 1
Irish, of many
blends ^
The Celtic Ele^
ment in Tsats O
Effect of National
movement on 1
Effect of Repeal
movement on 1
Effect of Union on 1
Ireland's Influence
on European . . . Sigbbson . . 4
Interpretation of . .Dowvktx ... 8
• The Story of
Early Gaelic '. . .Htdd 4
Value of ancient
•Irish 4
Youns Ireland
party and 1
Lltlsation, Love of 8
Little Black Rose, Tfie. Db Vbrb . . 8
• Black Rose, The * 4
Britons Cappyn ... 2
' child, I call tfce«.'HYDB 4
cowboy what have
you heard Allinohaic. 1
Dominick Edobwobth. 8
Mary Cassidy Pahy 8
Woman in Red, A.Debnt .... 8
Lives of Irish saints 7
• of the Mothers of
the Irish Saints * 1
• of the Sherldans,
The * Pitzobbald. 3
Llandaff, Lord, duel
with Lord Clonmell 1
Loan of a Conffregation.MAXwmLL . . G
Local Government Act O
Self -Government t.
Home Rule 8
Loch nnn 6
Glynn, Polk tale of 4
Ina O'Brien ... 7
Lena, Outlavo o/..Callanan .. a
Leln 4
Mask 4
Qulnlan 4
Swllly 7
(see also Lough).
Lochan 8
Lochlnvar, An Irish 6
LocKB, John 5
Locker-Lampson, P 5
Lofdc In Irish literature 2
liOma 8
2292
2G14
2670
2908
2968
8578
3654
vU
3579
3711
xvll
XV
X
3654
xlll
xlll
xll
vll
866
1622
xlll
1000
858
1247
420
1655
20
1060
1135
846
2672
32
1190
142
2411
xl
838
2271
1642
2602
441
1448
1625
1595
2605
1725
1945
2003
1809
xlll
861
VOL. PACa
Lombards, Irish version
of the history of the 7 2672
* Ix>ndon Assurance * . . . Boucicault. 1 252
View of Dbnham ..8 850
liondonderry 7 2867
(half-tone engrav-
ing) 1 7
Lone and weary as I
wandered PBROuaoN .. 8 1177
is my waiting hereTooHUNTBB. O 3408
Lake, half lost
amidst Gbbenb ... 4 1423
Lonely from my home I
come Mangan ... 6 2371
Long Deserted Mulvany .. 7 2562
Dying, The Db Verb . . 8 863
Long ago beyond
the misty M'Geb 6 2223
Reddy 1 145
Spoon, The Kennedy . . 8 1803
they pine in dreary
woe Mangan ... 8 2380
this night, the
clouds delay ...Sigbbson... 8 3139
Longford 7 2668
Longing Todhuntbb. 9 3408
JjQQQ 4 1519
Lookin' Back !!.'.!'..!! Shrink ' .'. . 8 3155
Seaward Ferguson . . 8 1185
liOOting 9 3636
Loquacious Barber, TheGniFFis ... 4 1508
Lord Beaconsfleld O'Connor .. 7 2660
liOrd Edward. See Fitz-
gerald.
Lieutenant's Ad-
venture, The . . . Bodkin ... 1 232
Vcrulam and the
Echo 8 1056
of Dunkerron, ThtCnoKBB, ... a 736
Lome, Lord 8 989
Lo«t Saint, The Hyde 4 1650
THbune, The Sigbrson .. 8 3133
Louane 1 114
Loud roared the dreads
ful thunder Cherry ... 2 586
Lough, Bray Katanagh .. 5 1758
Bray O'Grady ... 7 2760
Columb 4 1522
Dan (half tone en-
graving) 4 1424
Dergh 7 2552
Drummond 4 1522
Erne 2 639
4 1255; 6 2276
Poyle 8 2277
Ine 4 1255
Leln (Klllamey) 5 1714
na Mrack 4 1521. 1522
-^^ Neagh 8 1180 ; 5 1753
baling and pet-
rifying powers
of 6 2277. 2280
Outer 6 2277
Sheelln 8 2277
Swllly (half-tone
engraving) 2 638
4 1518 ; 6 2427
one of the lead-
ing lakes of
Ulster 8 2277
See also Loch.
Loughlle 8 1136
Lou^hleagh (Lake of
Healing) Anonymous. 8 1142
Louis XV. and his Irish
contingent 7 2815
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4090
Irish Ltteraiure.
TOL. PA<a
Loals Philippe; few eze-
cudons under
his rule 2 679
■ See The French
Revolution,
Louise, Princess S 040
tx>uth « 2276
LouTHln, Lynch's cell In 7 2615
Collection, The T 2673
Franciscan College
of. Collection ol
Irish MSS. m the 7 2673
Love Ballad. From the
Irish Mangan ... 6 2371
' in a Village*.. .BiCKBRSTAFF.l 185
Is the soul of a ^ ^- »
neat Irishman 6 2193
• not' NosTON ... 7 2589
' of Ehibhlacba for
Mongan, The ' 4 1608
Fair Play, Irish 8 857
• Freaks, Th^ '.. Goldsmith . 4 1334
Nature in Irish
sagas .2 xv
Quack Medi-
cines, The ...Goldsmith. 4 1343
^— - Bongs of Connaoht.UYTi^ lO 3735
3749, 3763, 3777, 8789
The Contagion of. Cobbe 2 605
The Pity of Ybats O 3704
« 2124
1 12
will you come with
me McCall . . .
Lovely Mary Donnelly , Allivqb. am.
* Mary of the Shan-
non Side' 8 3270
Love-making in /reIan(i.MAcD0NAaH 6 2103
in Paddy-Land . . . Kbblino ... 5 1772
Lover and Birds, The. .Allinoham. 1 15
Ix)VEB, Samuel (por-
trait) 5 2006
as a comic love
poet 6 X
as a humorist 6 ylii
the Irish arch-hu-
morist 6 XiT
M. F. Egan on 6 Til, xil
on 'Bumpers,
Squire Jones * 8
Father Prout'a
addition to
The Oroves of
Blarney 6
W. H. Maxwell 6
Love's Despair. From
the Irish of Dlar-
mad O'Cuman . . Siobrson. . . 8 3137
Young Dream . . . .Moobb .... 7 2521
Low-Backed Oar, The.. hOYmn 5 2079
Loyalty, Irish 1 348
Lua's lake 8 864
Luath Luachar 2 629
Lucan, Lord, at Bala-
klava (see also
Patrick Sars-
fleld) 8 3009
after the Treaty
of Limerick 8 967
— Patrick Barsfield,
Barl of Okahan ... 7 2814
Lucas', Mrs. Seymour,
Granny's Wonderful
Chair (half-tone en-
grsving; 1 314
'Luck of a Lowland
Laddie, The ' Cbommblik. 2 761
841
2441
2400
TOK.. 9A<m
Ludlow on the massacre
at Drogheda 7 2568. 2573
Ludlow's * Memoirs ' T 2568
Lugach 4 1525
Lugaird 4 1434. 1443
Luganure B 2052
Lugduff tt 2051
Lugsaia 1 25
Lugh, the long-handed 2 xl
Lugnagullla S 2121
' Luke Delmege ' Shbbhan . . 8 3044
Lumpkins, Tony (char-
acter In * She Stoops
to Conquer ') 4 1348
Lundy Foot 2 800
Luttrell, Henry, the
Irish traitor 7 2821
D. J. O'Donoghue
on wit of G xlT
'Lying, the Decay of'.WiLOB B 3578
Lynch. Hannah 6 2088
Law on Vinegar
Hill Bakim 1 76
Lynch's cell in Louvain 7 2615
Lyndhurst, Lord, and
Shell on '' Irish
aliens " 7 xxvli
Ltsaght, Edwabd 7 2106
D. J. O'Donoghue
on wit of 6 xIt
Lysaght's quips beyond
recall 8 Ix
Lytton, on Gulliver 9 3343
on Swift 3343
II.
Maam, The Inn at 1 233
Mabh, Mave (Meve and
Meave become Mab in
Shakespeare) 4 ix
Mabinoglon, The 9 8655
Maoaulay and Bacon. . .Mitchbl . . 6 2444
J. W. Croker 2 675
on Burke 1 372
Irish soldiers in
French army 7 2815
' Junius • 3 1227
Macaulay's Lay of Ho-
ratius and Ballad of
Vasehy, Mitchel on 6 2454
Mac, meaning of 9 3546
MacAlbkse, D. a 6 2111
McBuBNBT, William B 6 2113
McCall, Patbick J 6 2117
version of Bryan
O'Linn by 8 3273
McCann, Michael Jo-
seph 6 2126
MacCabtht, Denis
Florence 8 2128
——poem to O'Con-
nell by (cited) 8 2219
Justin 8 2133
(photogravure por-
trait) 1 Front
Trish lAterature by 1 vll
on G. Griffin 4 1465
Lecky 6 1912
Shell 8 8055
Justin Huntlet 8 2174
Florence 4 1590
* More ' Sadlieb ... 8 3018
MacCaura, The Clan of 8 2128
MacCeln 2 804
MacConglinne, Gleeman. • 8684
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4091
▼OL. PAOfl
MacConffUnne, The Vi-
sion^ 6 vli
liacCon-Mara, Donoagh 6 2378
DUNCADH 10 3037, 3930
MaCool, Finn ; mac-
Cumhall, Finn. Bee
Finn MacCumhail.
MacCorse, The Tale of 2 xil
MacDaibb^ Tbigh (bi-
ography) lO 4023
From a Poem 5]/Htdb 4 1657
MaoDAthd'B Pig and
Hound, Btory of Htdb 4 1613
MacDebmott, Maktin 6 2189
IfACDONAQH, MiCHAJDL
(portrait) 6 2193
on The Sunnineaa
of JrUh lAfe 8 vli
MacDonnell. Bishop, of
Klllala « 2232
John (biography) 10 4013
(reference) a 803
MacEgan, Nehemias,
Vellum book of T 2709
MacFall^ Fbancis E.
(Sarah Gband) 6 2206
MacFibbib, Duald (bi-
ography) 10 4014
cited by Archbish-
op McHale « 2231
The Genealogy of T 2614
M'Geb, Thomas IVAbct 6 2217
MacGllllcuddy of the
Reeks 4 1690
McGlnley, Mr., The
plays of lO xlT
MacGorman, Finn 4 1660
MacGrath's, W., On the
Old Sod (color plate) 1 zri
M'niilre. Conor 9 Ix
Macha. The Grey of 4 1435
Monpi-Rue T 2757
the Empress 9 3493
the Red-Halred 7 2749
M'^'^Tale, Abchbishop
John 7 2227
Macintosh, Sophib « 2233
Mackenna*$ Dream .... Street Bal-
lad 8 3296
Popularity of 8 3270
McKemle, James . . SeeMcBuBNBY.
Macklin, Chables 6 2236
Anecdotes of 6 2241
the first consider-
able reviver of
Shakespeare B 1919
Maclican, M., on W.
Stokes as a Celtlclst 7 3243
McTiennan, William, M.
F. Egan on R zlii
Mac-Tilag, The poems of 6 2377
MacLintock, Lbtitia 6 2242
Macllse, Meagher on 6 2420. 2422
MacLughaldh 2 629
MacMahon. Marshal 8 941
Macm ANUS, James (Seu-
MAS) « 2254
M. F. Egan on 5 xlli, xvll
MB8. Seumas
(Anna John-
ston) « 2267
T., and Toung Ire-
land 9 xl
MacNessa, Concobar 7 2748
Conor 2 xll
McNbvin, Thomas 6 2274
Macpherson , 9 2231
▼OL. PAOB
Macreddin 6 2125
MacRolch, Fergus 4 1600
Macroom 1 354
MacRoy, Fergus, Cap-
tain of Queen
Meave's guards 7 2746
Description of 7 2750
MacSweeney of Fauat 2 633
MacSycophant, Charles
Egerton (character in
' HOW to Get on in
the World ') O 2237
Madden, Daniel Owbn 6 2281
on Grattan 4 1387
Mary A See Mrs. Sadlieb.
Richabd Robert 6 2286
Maddyn or Madden,
Daniel Owen 6 2281
'Maelduin, The Voyage
of 4 1601
Mael-mlc-Fallbhe, Tenth
Abbot of Hy 7 2710
Maev Leith-Dherg, The
Lament of Rollbston . 8 2975
Maeve. See Meve.
of Leinster, The
Half Red 7 2748
The great army of. 4 1432
and Cuchnlain 4 1437
Magee, on Irish Hotels. 8 xxl
William K. (John
Eglinton) 2292
Magennis. Miss .. ..See Forrester.. 8 1222
Maggy LadW Furlong . . 4 1249
' Magh Leana, The Bat-
. tie of ' O'CUBBT ... 7 2664
Magh Llf« 4 1448
Maoinn, William (por-
trait) « 2300
as a parodist 6 xiv
M. F. Egan on 5 xv
on Conviviality 6 x
spurious Irish
songs 6 xil
Maglone, Barney . . . See Wilson.
Magog, son of Japhet 9 8549
Magbath. Andbbw (bi-
ography) lO 4015
(reference) La-
ment of the Man-
galre Sugach 9 8508
Maguire. Hugh 2 639
John Fbancis • 2321
J. H. McCarthy
on « 2154
The Bard O'Hua-
aey*8 Ode to theM±xOA.v ... 2369
Father Tom 8 3275
Mahappt, John Pbnt-
land O 2328
Mahon, Brian's Lament
for Kino Hogan .... 4 1591
Mahont, Fbancis Stl-
vesteb [Fathbb
Proht] (portrait) « 2336
Maid of Ologhroe, ThcSTBEBT Bal-
' ^ LAD 9 3299
Maiden City, The Tonna 9 342S
Main 4 1252
MailUfjh Mo Stoir (Mol-
Iv Aatore) Oglb 7 2734
Maine, Son of Maeve 4 1443
Mairgread ni CheaUeadhWALBH. ... 9 3503
Major Boh Mahon's Hos-
pitality Lbvbb 5 1964
Make thyself Known, _ _
Sibyl DoWDBxr ... 8 877
Digitized by
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4092
Irish Literature.
Malaprop, Mn. (char-
acter In 'The Ri-
vals ') Shebidan.. 8 3078
Mailnmore B 186C
Malloc a 439
Mallow, The Rakea o/. .Stbeet Bal-
lad 3312
' Malmorda : A Metrical
Romance* Clabius ... 2 596
Malone, A 7 ix
Edmund 6 2346
Malplaquet. Battle of 8445
Malvern Hill 6 2423
* Man of the World,
The • Macklin .. . 6 2237
tor Oalway, The, . LiiiVEB 5 1975
18 no mushroon
growth iNGBAic ... 4 1660
Octipartite. From
the Middle Irish. Stokes ... 8 3262
Mftn-ft-nan M'Llr G 2223
Mananan, the sea-god.
See Naisi Reoeivee hia
Sword.
Manchester Martyrs,
The 7 2608; 9 3323. 3339
Rescue, The 6 2158
Mangaire Sugach, La-
ment of the Walsh 9 8508
Manqan, James Clab-
BNCB (portrait) 6 2350
The Woman of
three Cows 10 3831
W. B. Teats on 8 ix
See The Dead An-
tiquary 6 2218
Man^an's delight in riv-
ers e 2455
' Manifold Nature, Our*MACFALL .. . O 2206
Manners and Customs
in Ireland 2 xz ; 3 943
of the Ancient
Irish a 620
* of Ancient
Brinn' O'CtTBBT ... 7 2666
of Ireland in
olden times 7 2771
The Squire*s
running foot-
man 7 2772
See Oaatle Rack-
rent and Keen-
ing and Wake;
also Customs
and Manners.
Morals (see also
Customs and
Manners) 1 286 ; 4 1417
Manning, Mr. See note
to An Heroic Decep-
tion.
* Manuscript Materials
of Irish History, Lec-
tures on * O'CUBBT . . 7 2670
Mannscrlpta.
Dispersion of, by
invasions 7 2680
Irish ; collection
in the Bodleian
TJbrary at Ox-
ford 7 2673
■ British Museum 7 2672
■ Burgundlan Li-
brary, Brussels 7 2673
Royal Irish
Academy 7 2672
VOL. PAGB
Manuscrlpta.
National Library
of Paris 7 2673
See Ancient Irish
Illuminated MSS.
Many years have burst
upon Savagb .... 8 3026
Maove, the Magic 7 2593
Map of Ireland, His-
torical 9 3708
of to-day lO 4030
Marco, Polo, Irish ver-
sion of the Travels of 4 7 2672
Marcus 5 1847
Marital relations 6 1923 ; 6 2204
Market Day (half-tone
engraving) 8 2940
Mar low (character in
' She Stoops to Con-
quer ') 4 1349
Marot, Clement, Father
Prout on « 2338
Marriage Skbimb ... 8 3152
• between relations
in ancient Greece 6 2332
customs. See Love Making in
Ireland and Shane Fadh's
Wedding.
Dean Swift on 8 3377
law In Scotland 2 T54
of Florence Mao-
Oarthy More ...Sadlieb .... 8 3018
* Three Weeks Af-
ter' MUBPIIT . . 7 2564
Marriages in Ireland G 2193
Marrying season in Ire-
land. The 6 2194
Marsh, Bishop, Library
founded in Dublin by 5 1915
Marten Cats, Supersti-
tions about 9 3680
Martin and ' Young Ire-
land ' 9 xi
Mabtin Ross (see also
E. GB. SOMBB-
viLLB and Vio-
LBT Mabtin ) 8 3160
ViOLBT. See Mabtin Ross.
Mabtlby, John 6 2382
Mabttn, Edwabd 6 2383
The plays of lO xlil
Martyrs, Fox*s Book of 8 3060
The Manchester . . 7 2608 ; 9 3323. 3339
' Mary Alkenhead, Her
Life, Her Work
and Her Friends 'Atkinson .. 1 28
and Bt. Joseph
(folksong) HrDB 10 3807
D'Bste, Queen of
James II 2 768
Maguire Fdblono ... 4 1246
' Neir 8 3271
* of The Nation.'
See Downing.
Queen, and Ireland 9 Ix
* Tudor ' Db Vbbb . . 3 861
Marys.. The Keening of
the Three (folk song)HTDB lO 3780
Mary's Well (religious
folktale) Htdb lO 8795
Maryboro* 6 1939
Masbrook. The woods of 8 2280
Masks, The. in Ireland 9 3498
Mason. Mr. Joseph
Monck , 7 2673
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4093
VOL. PAGB
Mass, Key-Shield of the lO 8065
Masaaore at Drogheda. . Basbt 1 150
MOBPHY ... 7 2567
of 1641. The 3 954
Massagets, The 3549
Massarene, Lady, daugh-
ter of Harry Deane
Grady T 2733
Massarl, Dean of Fermo 1 82
Ma8terB» Annals of the
Four (see Four Mas-
ters, Annals).
Matchmaker in Ireland,
The 6 2194
Materialism, J. S. Mill
on 9 3464
Tyndall on 9 3464
Mathematics, Irish pro-
ttclency In 4 1280
Mathew. Frank 6 2391
Theobald 6 2396
Matthew, Saint (color
plate) 9 Front
Maiterhom, Thoughts
on the Tyndall.... 9 8478
Maturin, C, M. F. Egan
on 6 vli
Maureen, aoiM^ikK^ why. BoYLB 1 277
Maury'a Bong Trench ... 9 3433
Move's Repentance Gilbebt ... 4 1265
Mawwortn, Mr. (charac-
ter in 'The Hypo-
crite ') BiCKEBSTAFF.l 182
Max Mfiller on Nursery
Tales 8 xxlii
Maxwell, William
Hamilton 6 2400
M. F. Egan on 5 xll
May Love Bong, A Milliqan... 6 2488
Mai/flower O'Reilly . . 7 2834
Maynooth 7 2485
Ma3mooth College (color
plate) a Front
Mayo 6 2438 ; 7 2856
Duelling in 1 145
Famine and pesti-
lence in 4 1573
Lord, on the Irish
(Thurch « 2155
government of
India by 3 941
The County of.
From the IrlshFox 4 1224
Viscounts. Ances-
tor of the 7 2858
Mazarln, Cardinal 4 1347
Meade, L. T See Mbs.Toulmin
Smith.
Mbagheb, Thomas
Fbancis 6 2414
and * Young Ire-
land * 9 xl
In the civil war 6 2324 ; 7 2«33
J. F. Maguire on 6 2324
Meanings of Irish
names 9 8546
Meath 7 2748, 2827, 2864
King Ferghal and
the men of, at
Almhaln 7 2709
(Midhe). Origin
of the name 7 2667
• of the Pastures * 2 613
Pamell a member
for. In 1875 6 2177
Meave, Queen, Descrip-
tion of 7 2746
VOL. FAQE
Meave, the great queen,
was pacing to
and fro Yeats 9 3697
The Old Age of
Queen Yeats 9 3697
* Mecca, Personal Nar-
rative of Pilgrimage
to ' BUBTON .... 1 408
Medge, Baron 1 142
'Medical Student, Mis-
adventures of a ' 9 3607
Medieval Towns 4 1420
Meehan, The Bev. C. P 1 32
Meenavalla ; Grouse-
shooting in 2256
Meeting of Anarchists,
A Babby 1 156
the Waters, The. .Moobb .... 7 2532
(color plate) 7 Front
Memolm. See Char-
acter Sketches,
etc.
of James II.
(cited) 8 8824
John Cartaret
Pilklngton
(cited) 7 2603
Richard Lovell
Bdgenoorth,
Esq Edobwobth. 8 1078
* the Count de
Grammont * . . Hamilton. . 4 1542
* the Countess of
Blessington *. .Madden ... 2286
Memorial by Wolfe Tone
to French Govern-
ment, Extract from c.Tonb 9 8421
Memories M'Geb 6 2224
Memory. A MacAlbesb. 6 2111
Men's Dress in Ireland 9 3498
Merchant marine of Ire-
land, The 9 3362
Mermaid, The 2 736
Memory of Earth, A . . Russell . .. 8 3003
the Dead, The . . . Ingbam ...» 1659
Mend, son of Sword-
heel 4 1617
Merriment in Irish hu-
mor 6 ix
Merrion Square, O'Con-
neirs reRldence in 3 R15 ; 8 3064
Merrows, The 2 697 ; 3 xvill ; 5 1878
Mervin, Audley 7
Messiah, Handels, first
produced in Dublin . ^ 6
Meters in ancient Ire-
land
M&oe. See M a e v e ,
Meadhbh, Midhe.
and Oilloll 4
The white Bull of. 2
Meyer. Professor Kuno 4
Work of, for Celtic
literature 2
Michael of Klldare, the
first Irish poet in
English 4 ix
Rohartes Remem-
bers Forgotten
Beauty Yeats 9 3708
Mlchelstown » 1714
Midhe (Meath). Origin
of the name 7 2667
MIdlr. the fairy chief 7 2668
Midninht Escapade, A . . Smith 8 3158
Funeral^ A Dbbnx .... 8 845
ix
1918
2 xvill
1613
xvlll
1608
xvlll
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Irish Literature.
TOL. PAOB
lilld M the roM Iti
aweetfl will
breathe 10 4013
Mabel Kelly. From
the Irish of
O'Cabolan Feboubon . . S 1187
Miles O'EelUy, Private.
See Halpine.
Milesians, The vH. 3549
Mllesius 2 444
Mllford e 2244
Military life In Ireland O 2403
Mlir, J. S., on Material-
ism O 3464
Millbank Prison 8 839
MlLUGAN, Alicb 6 2427
The plays of lO xlU
MZLLIKBN, RiCHABD AL-
FBBD 6 2439
D. J. O'Donoghue
on the wit of « xlv
Mlllmount. The T 2568
Milton Mdllanby.. 7 2561
Elljah-Uke S 873
MlItowD T 2716
'Ministry of all the
Talents, The' 1 110
Mlnrowar, son of Ger-
kln 7 2757
Minstrel, A Wandering.L,B Fano ... 5 1934
Boy, The Moobe .... 7 2535
' Minute Philosopher,
Alclphron or the * . . . Bebkez^ey . . 1 175
176
MIola (rtvulet). The 6 2280
Mlrabeau 7 2660
Miracles of Brlglt 8 3246
Miraculous Creatures ., Yeats 9 3678
Miriam's Bong (Sound
the Loud Timbrel) . .Moobb 7 2537
• Mirror of Justice. The • O 8374
The Wonderful
Chinese 4 1337
' Misadventures of a
Medical Student ' 9 3607
MiRConceptlons of the
Irish. See The Na-
tive Irishman.
'MIssBrln* Blundell.. 1 225
Mistake of a Nioht,
The Goldsmith. 4 1348
Mr. Orator Puff had
two tones Moorb 7 2541
Misther Denis's Return. Barlow ... 1 114
MiTCHEL, John 6 2443
and E. Walsh 9 3502
and * Toung Ire-
land* 9 xl
cited by Meagher 6 2415
News of sentence
of « 2185
on XIX. Century
religion 6 2446, 2449
See By Memory In-
spired 8 3274
' Mitchel's. John, Jail
Journal * Mitchel .. . 6 2444
2454
Mlzen Head, The 8 2852
Mo Oraobhin Cno Walsh 9 3505
Modem Sgeria, A Campbell.. . 2 448
Gaelic writers (see
also Vol. 10) 2 xvlll
Irish lO 4025
Drama lO xIII
Poetry, Yeats on *< vll
Storlei 19 3876
TOI«.PAGB
Modem Literature of the
Irish Language. . Htdb . . . . lO 3711
Medievalism Babbett ... 1 119
political feuds 8 967
• So c I e t y. The
Church and ' . . . Ibbland ... B 1662
Molra, Lord 9 3521
O'Neill See Skbinb.
Molrln ft 861
Moll^re 8 87S
Moling, Bishop of Ferns. 7 2706. 2709
MoLLOT. James Lyman e 2457
MoUy Asthore Fbbouson. . 3 1182
CarevD Loveb G 2076
* Muldoon * Stbeet Bal-
lad 9 3300
MoLTKEnz^ William 6 2460
Irish literature be-
gins before 2 vU
Moment, A Bbooke .... 1 300
Monaghan, County 7 2696
Monallen 6 2279
Monamolln G 1804
Monasterbolce, Cross at
(half-tone engraving) 9 3486
Monasteries* Irish Fran-
ciscan 1 32
Monastic establish-
ments 8 2882
Monck, Lord 8 941
Money, Large sums of,
sent home by the
Irish in foreign lands 6 2197 ; 7 2618
Mongan and Colum
Cllle 4 1600
• Love of Dubh-
lacha for' 4 1608
Monks of the Scrctr. .Curban ... 2 797
Lbtbb 5 1952
Monna Lisa, Leonardo's ^
(half-tone engraving). Do WDEN ... 8 877
• Monomla ' McCabtht . . « 2172
Monotony anA the Larft.RussBLL . . 8 3005
Monroe Doctrine, The 2 464
Dorothy, the fa-
mous beauty 4 1377
MONSELL, James Sam- . « «
UBL BeWLET 7 24t..'>
Montana, Prospecting In 3 965
MontorUi, Tombs in the
Church of O'DONNBLL. 7 2684
Moon Behind the HUh
The Kenbaly . . 5 1788
* Moonaehug and Meena- ^ ,^
chug ' 4 1650
Mooney. Dr., of Trinity ^ ^^„^
College K 1986
MooBB^ Pbank Fbavk- - «.^o
FOBT (portrait) 7 2468
Gbobge 7 2482
M. F. Bgan on o x?
—on * The Heather
Field » ^« 2385
Plays of 10 xlli
Norman, on Sir
S. Ferguson 8 1168
The Burial of Sir
John WOLFE 9 36SS
Thomas (portrait) 7 2505
(reference) 8 soil
A n e c d o t e of
O'Curry and T 2663
Holmes, O. W., . ^,^-
on "Sr 2505
In college • 8528
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Oeneral Index.
4095
VOL. PAOB
Moore, ZAneB from the
Centenary Ode
to the Mem-
"orv of 6 2131
Meagher on « 2424
on Christianity
in Ireland » 3400
on Conviviality 6 xi
on Emmet's
character 8 1087
on Sheridan 8 1197
on the partlne
of Byron and
the Blessing-
tons 6 2289
Rogueries of ..Mahonet .. 6 2337
the Spanish type
In Ireland 4 1589
W. B. Teats on 8 vlli
Moral and Intellectual
Differences he- _^
tween the 8ese8.L,mcKr .... S 1920
force and intellect-
ual achievement O 3468
Morals. American 1 886
or Irish people 1 84
Moran, Michael, the last
Gleeman » 3683
More. MacCarthy 4 1500 ; O ix
Morfydd, To Johnson .. 5 1698
MOBOAN, Lady T 2542
Description of 7 2548
M. P. Bgan on 5vii,xv
Inherently Irish 1 xl
Dress of » 8495
* Morgan te the Lesser '.Mabtyn ... 6 2388
Morley, Professor, on
antiquity of Gae-
lic Literature 4 tII
on Steele and Ad- _
dlson 8 3198
Morna T 2526
Morning on the Irish
Coast (half-tone en-
graving) Locks S 2003
Momlngton, Lord, a
Monk of the
Screw a 797
Musical academy - -«.-^
presided over by o 1919
Mortgage, Foreclosure 8 8230
Morty Oge » 445
Morris. William, on Art
and Society » 8662
Moses at the Fair Goldsmith. 4 1305
(character in Sher-
idan's 'School
for Scandal*) 8 3109
The Burial of Albxandbb. 1 1
Mother, Boy who utas
long on his Hydb lO 3766
" Is that the pass-
ing bell?" E[BBOAN ... 5 1767
Mount Eccles T 2701
Gabriel T 2851
Saint Jerome 6 2420
Mountain Cottage in
Killamey (half-
tone engraving) 4 1484
Fern, The Gboghbgan. 4 1255
Theology Gbbgoby . . 4 1455
Mountains of the Set-
ting Sun a 417
Mountjoy, Lord T 2740
llie Wood of ,.«. 1 8
VOL. PAOB
Mountmorris. Lord,
duel with Francis
Hitchlnson 1 148
Moume 6 2354
Mourning Bride, Bm-
tracts from the Congbbyb .. 2 616
Moville, Donegal « 2248
Moyallo 5 1743. 1745
Moyle, The (river) 6 2534
Moy-Mell, the plain of
everlasting pleasure 5 1714. 1732
' Moytura * Labminib .. B 1876
Moyvore, The Bath of 4 1255
Muckish mountain. The 6 2251
Muckruss Abbey, Bulns
of '. . 8 8020
Muiredach 9 8487
Muime 4 1447
' Muirthemme, CMchu-
lain of * Gbbooby . . 4 1426
1431
Mulberry Garden, The 1 166
Mulholland, Rosa. See Lady Gilbebt.
Mulla 6 2276
Mullach-brack « 2866
Mullaghmast 5 1801
MULLANBY, PATBICK
Fbancis 7 2566
Mullen, The Borrowful
Lamentation of vol-
laghan, Qreally, and.. Stbbbt Bai/-
LAD 9 3316
Mullinger 6 2438
MULVANY^ C H A B L B S
Pblhak 7 2662
Munachof* and Mana-
char Hydb 4 1647
Municipal Corporation
Bill, The Irish 6 2176
Franchise Bill, The
Irish « 2176
Privileges Bill,
The Irish « 2176
Munremar 4 1616
Munster. Aldfrld in 6 2376
Bards. The 7 2615
Cashel of Fbbqcson . 8 1181
• Pacata Hlbemia,*
A record of 7 2740
Raleigh in Downby ... 8 909
The Dean of Fermo
on hospitality in 1 82
The women of 1 30. 32
War-Bong, The ...Williams . O 3607
William of . . . See Kenbaly.
Women, Dress of 1 33
Murchad, son of the
King of Leinster 7 2711
Murmurs of Love O'Dohbbty . 7 2676
MUBPHY, Abthub 7 2564
Denis 7 2667
Father. See M€K>-
henna's Dream.
James 7 2574
Murphys* Buvper, The. .Bablow ... 1 103
Musgrave, Sir Richard 1 129
Music has charms to
soothe CONGBBVB . . 2 615
Mvalc In Ireland.
Irish Music Pbtbib 8 2885
The Irish InteUectQiLza 4 1288
An Irish Musical
Genius O'Donoohub 7 2690
Lines Written to.. Wolfe .... O 8684
National Bubkb 1 400
The Last Johnson . . 5 1700
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Irish Literature.
VOL. PAGll
Musical slasses. The 7 2690
GeMus^ An Irish. ,(yDotiOQUW 7 2690
Muskerry 1 358
Laay, a daughter
of Harry Deane
Grady T 2733
Muster of the North. . .Duffy .... 8 954
Mutiny Act. The 4 1391
My Amotion Lysaght .. 6 2109
beautiful, my beau-
tiful ! Norton ... 7 2584
Boyhood Days . . . .Edgbwobth. 8 1073
• Brown G3rl Sweef 8 3270
Buried Rifle, To .. McCarthy. . 6 2172
country, wounded . Wildb .... 9 3573
* dear Vic' ses he.BARRY .... 1 151
eyea are filmed .. .Mangan ... 6 2367
First Day in Trin-
ity Leyer .... 5 1986
* ffirl, I fear your
sense is not great
at all * (Irish
rann) Hydb lO 8835
Grand Recreation lO 4016
Grave Davis 8 827
* grief on the sea '.Hyde 10 3763
heart is far from
. Llffey*8 tide Walsh ... 9 8505
heart Is heavy in
my breast Fitzsimon.. 8
Inver Bay Macmanus. . 6
Land Davis 8
Last Night in Trin-
ity Levbb 5 1990
* Life is like the
summer rose '. . .Wildb 3597
little one's going
to sea MOLLOY ... 6
' Lords of Strogue 'Winopibld. O
love, still I think. Reynolds . 8
love to fight the
Saxon goes . . . . O'Donnell . 7
Mother Dear Lover 5
name is Hugh Rey-
nolds Street Bal-
lad 8
Patrick Sheehan.KiRKHAM .. 5
it is Nell Street Bal-
1206
2264
831
2450
3620
2939
2686
2087
LAD
- Old Home O'Lbary ..
- Owen Downing
- Bawn's hair is
of thread of
gold spun Ferguson
3292
1831
3306
2797
916
* prison cTiomfter ' . RossA
spirit's on the
mountains Wolfe 9
thoughts, alas, are
without strength.GnBGORY . . 4
time how happy
once BiCKERSTAFF 1
Mvstery. Celtic love of 8
Mysticism in the new
movement ^
Mvthologlcal Cycle, The 3
Mythology *
1431. 1445. 1447, 1456.
of the Norsemen 8
MrtlkU and Lefrends.
See Legends, and Folk Lore.
N«*pd for study 1
Wakeman on 5
in Nature ©
Nature. See The Celtic Ele-
ment in Literature.
1179
2985
8635
1460
186
2974
vll
xl
1426
1459
3241
vll
8482
3667
*•• TOIkPAQl
Naas Jail 5 1887, 1894
Naisi Receives his
Stoord Joyce .... 5 1746
Nameless One. 77(0. . . .Mangan ... 6 2365
Story, The Larminie .. 5 1871
Names of places. Mean-
ing of : 6 2228
(Naols speaks) O to sec
once more Trench ... 9 8431
Napoleon : Phillips . . 8 28S8
• A n Historical
Character of * . . .Phillips . . 8 28fiS
and Baron Denon 1 214
Narraghmore 5 1888
' Narrative of the War
with China' Wolselby . 3636
Nathaniel P, Cramp. . .McCarthy.. 6 2134
Nation Once Again, A. .Davis S 827
T/fc«, Founding of 3 950
• Spirit of the' 3 x
National Characteristics
as Molding Pub-
lic Opinion Bbycb .... 1 831
Dramatic Society lO xlU
genius 8 2990
independence, Plun-
ket on 8 2901
Land League O xi
League, The O xl
Library of Paris.
Collection o f
Irish MSS. in the 7 2678
-literature, A.
- movement in Ire-
land, The 8
- Music of Ireland 'Bubkb 1
- Poet of Ireland,
The ' See Moorb.
-spirit in Irish lit-
erature 2
- literature now an
accomplished fact 1
- extinguished by
Act of Union 1
- temperament 1 n
Irish literature 1
- movement. Effect
of, on literature 2
-Poets. See Mod-
834
400
rrili
XlT
xili
em Irish Poetry.
Nationality Ingham ... 5 1661
and Imperialism. .RusBKLh .. 8 2969
Irish, now recog-
nized 1 r^l
Nation's History, A... Burke 1 3P^
Right A MOLYNEUX . 6 2460
Native irishman. The. .Stbebt Bal-
lad 9 8304
Land of Liberty. .Ireland ... 5 1662
literature of Ire-
land orl^nal 2 vl!
Nativity. Chapel of the. » 3537
Natural scenery 2 430
* Theology.* Palev's 5 17S7
Naturalization Bill. The. 4 13fl2
Nature. Joy in 1 174
Life, Art and Wildb 9 3578
in Myth 9 3657
Myths. See The Celtic Ele-
ment in Literature.
Love of, in Irish
saeas 2 xt
Nature (out-door life). ,.
The Young Fteliffr.GwYNN 6 2454
Rhapsody on Riv- ^„.
ers.A MITCHBL ... 6 2454
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4097
▼OL. PAGB
nature. « ^«.«
Vioar of Cape ClearOrwAY — 7 2848
EnnUhotoer Winofmld. 3620
Navan 5 1738
NaTlgatiouB 2 xll
Navy, Irishmen in the ^
British 84^2
Neaeh, The « 2112
-iLough .. S 1180; 5 1753; « 2276, 2280
Near Castleblayney lived ^ ^ ^
Dan Delanej ? 3270
Ned Qeraghiy^a iMch, . .Bbougbam .. 1 801
Needy Knife-grinder ... Canning .. 2 467
'Neighbors' Cbotty 2 768
Veil O'Oarree Hydb 4 1638
Nelll. Meaning of name 9 8546
NeU Flahert^e /)iaAe.. Stbbbt Bal- ^ ^^^^
LAD . . . . O 3306
D. J. O'DonoghLC
on « xl
Nemedlans, The 2 zl ; 9 yll
Nephln (moonUla) 6 2229. 2231
Nero 2 740, 746
Netteryllle, Nicholas,
Viscount 7 2728
Father Robert,
slain at Drog-
heda 7 2672
'Never Despair' (fac-
simile of verses) 7 2623
• New Antigone, The ' . .Babbt 1 156
• Ireland.' by A. M.
Bullivan 7 2619
Irish. The O 8391
MUforiunee ..;.. Goldsmith. 4 1309
Potatoee Lovbb . . . . B 2071
Town Glens 7 2551
Newbery. John, Gold-
smith on 4 1299
Newcastle, Duke of,
Sterne's reply to 8 3227
Newman. Cardinal 7 2556
Newport 7 2867
A OUmpse of hie
CountrV'Houee near. Bbbkelbt . 1 176
Newry S 964
Election, Speech atCuaoAN ... 2 788
Newspaper. The first
Irish (facsimile) 4 1258
Niagara « 2132
" Dr. Johnson the,
of the New
World" 7 2472
Nlal of the Nine Hos-
tages 1 402 ; 2 444 ; 9 3646
Nlall « 2356
Niam Chbsson . . 2 593
of the Golden
Hair B 1715
Nlbelungen, Lied. The 4 1698
and Ireland 4 vlll
Irish older than 2 vli
Nicknames and So-
brlaneta O 8547
'Night before Larry wae
etretohed^The.'STREET Bal-
lad 9 8308
D. J. O'Dono-
ghue on 6 xi
closed around . . . .Moobb 7 2536
in Forimanwi Vil-
lage, A SiGEBSON . . 8145
Piece on Death,
From a Tabnell . . 7 2874
Nlirrs. Constantlne, on
Celtic rhymes 2 xix
▼OL. PAGl
Nile. The 7 2612
Nine Hostages, Nlal of
the 1 402 ; 2 444
' Ninety-eight ' 9 3688
Lord Camden and 8 2930
The events of 6 2229
'No doubt sure/ 'My
a elf believee,'
'Thinke It'
(Irish rann) ...Htdb 10 8835
popery cry. The 8 8069
rising column
marks this spot.EMMvr ... 8 1094
Snakes in /relatid O'Kbbffb .. 7 2771
Noble Lord, A Mubfht . . 7 2574
Extracts from a
Letter to a ....Bubxb .... 1 879
Nolle Prosequi, A 7 2793
Nora Creina Moobb .... 6 2340
7 2623
Norbury, Lord, and Cur-
ran 2 798
at the Trial of
Robert Emmet 8 1003
duel with Fitsger-
ald 1 148
Norman work in Round
Towers 9 8492
Norman-Irish, The ... 9 3391
Norse Sagas and Gaelic
Tales 8 2978
invaders drown _
Irish books 2 viii
North, Th0 Muster of
the Durrr .... 8 964
Northern Blackwater . . Katanagb . 6 1752
Northmen in /relaiuT. .Stokbs .... 8 3288
N o b T o N , Cabolinb
(Ladt Stibling-Maz-
WELL) 7 2583
Not a drum was heard.
not a f u n e r a I
note WOLFB .... 9 8633
a Star from the ^ ^^^^
Flap Shall Pade.UjLLPiH 4 1539
far from old Kin-_ « -.«.
vara Faht 8 1134
for the lucky war- ^ _^^
rlors GwTNN ... 4 1529
hers your vast im- _
perlal mart Lawlbbs . . 8 1884
Nothing Venture, Nothr ......
ing Have Haicilton . 4 1642
Novel in The Figaro,
The O'Mbaba . . 7 2806
Novels, IrUh Bgan B yll
Burlesque 1 119, 123
''*^1?.".?.7^°"'.'.°': e 2448. 2458
Now all away to TIr ^ ^^^
na n'Og Chbsson . . 2 690
are you men Paenbll . . 7 2871
In the lonely honr. Joyce . . . . B 1747
let me alone,
though I know
you won't Lotbb . . . . B 2080
Me m o r y , false
spend thrift
Memory O'Qbadt ... 7 2760
when the giant in ^ ^^^^
us Russbll . . 8 3000
Nugent, Obbald (bio**- ^_
raphy) lO 4016
Translation from _
the Irish of S 980
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Irish Literature.
▼OL. PAQB
Nugent, Lord, Canning
on 1 171
Nullum TempuB Bill 4 1896
Number of Irish ancient
MSS. extant 2 xi
Numltorlus 5 1848
Nursery Tales, Max
MWler on 8 xxlil
Sir W. Scott on 8 xxlll
-~— Charles Welsh on 8 xxiy
O.
O could I flow like thee.Dw«Bi.x
did you not hear
of Kate Kear-
ney? MOBGAN ... 7
Srin, my Queen. . . Pabnbll . . 7
gentle fair malden.SiGBBaoN .. 8
God, may it come
shortly lO
had you seen the
Cooinn Pbboubon . 2
heart full of song.O'SHADOH-
NB88Y ... 7
Vm not myself at
all, Molly dear.. LoYBB .... 6
King of Heaven
who dld*8t create 10
Mary dear, O Mary
fair Fbboubon . 8
Meaning of the
prefix
my daughter ; lead
me forth Albzandbb. 1
Peggy Brady, you
are my dariln' 8
say can you see 9
8 840
- say, my brown
Drimin ' Callanan
Sigh of the Sea . . . Sigbbson
s t r o n g-winged
birds 0*Bbibx ,
the brown banks
of the river .... Jotcb .... 6
the days are gone.MooBB .... 7
the days of the
Kerry dancing . . Mollot ... 6
* the sight entranc-
ing* MOOBB .... 7
the sunshine of old
Ireland Todhdntbb. O
thou whom sacred
duty calls MacCabtht. 6
* were you on the
mountain * Htdb 4
where, Kinkora, Is
Brian Manoan ...8
— • — Woman of the
Piercing Wail ..Manoan ... 8
Woman of three
Cows 10
' Woman, shapely as
the swan Obavbb .... 4
'* Oaken-footed Elzevir,*'
The 4
Oatia DowDBN . . 8
Oatu, Binding the Colbman . . 2
Objective method of
studying literature...
Obelisk, The Boyne
(half-tone engraving) 8
0*Beme Crowe on an-
cient Irish MSS 2
2555
2873
8143
8920
1188
2843
2083
8011
1182
8547
8
8268
3331
2 442
8 8138
7 2501
1752
2521
2457
2580
8408
2128
1656
2377
2352
3831
1414
1250
876
610
868
8271
Zi
0*Bbibn, Chablottb
Grace 7 2591
FiTX Jambb 7 2504
Manus. discovers
Sarsfleld's plow O 8825
Michael, executed
at Manchester 7 2608 ; 8 3339
E. Babbt 7 2604
on keening 9 3648
Smith ^ 9 3414. 3550
on Wolfe Tone 7 2604
and Young Ire-
land 9 Bl
defended by J.
Whiteside 9 85&0
on T. McNevln 6 2274
Williak 7 2614
William Smith 7 2619
(portrait) 7 2614
and the Kllle-
naule affair 7 2798
=ir'*r"s>Don,; ** "^
ghue on art of. 8 xlli
O'Bryne. See Macken-
wye Dream
O'Bymes of Wickiow 9 8897
O'Burke, Father, on
Davis' poems 8 822
O'Callahy, M. (now
Caldwell) 10 8807
O'Cabolan, Tublough
(biography) lO 4017
and fairv music 8 zrlll
Translations from
the Irish of:
Qraoe Nugent 8 1186
Mild Ma }> e I
Kelly 8 1187
Bridget Cruise 4 1244
Mary Maguire 4 1246
Peggy Browne 4 1252
Why, Liquor of
Life 8 805
Ocean, The, In Irish sa-
gas 2 xvll
Och! a rare ould flag..HALFiNB .. 4 1539
girls dear, did you
ever hear ; . Duffbbin . 8 93S
hone ! and what
will I do? LovBB 5 2076
when we lived in
ould Glenann.. .SSBINB ... 8 8157
O'Clbbt. M. (biogra-
phy) lO 4018
Louvain collection
of manuscripts
made by 7 267S
See A Plea for the
Study of Irish.
See 0*Donovan.
0*Connell, Chancellor,
duel with the
Orange Chieftain 1 143
Danibl 7 2624
(portrait) 7 2629
and Biddy Mori-
arty Maddbn ... 6 2281
and Catholic
Emancipation 9 z
and the move-
ment for Re-
peal 1 xil
Anecdotes of 7 2651
Ballads on 8 8288
Bulwer on 7 xxv
Dickenson .".•. 7 xzr
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4099
TOL.
O'CoNinBLL, D., Erin's
Lament for 8
defended by J.
Whiteside »
Genius of, de-
scribed 7
In prison 8 811 ; 6
Liberation of •
Monument, The
(half-tone en-
graving) T
< on the com laws 7
on death of Da-
vis 2
on home market T
on T. D'Arcy
M'Gee «
on C. Phillips 8
on property tax T
Origin of Hokt 4
Shell's Pen-and-
ink Sketch of 8
talent of. for vi-
tuperative lan-
guage 6
John, In prison 8 812 ; 6
0*CONNOB, F 10
Matthew, on
Faulkner 4
Rev. Charles, com-
gl 1 e r of t h e
towe Catalogue 7
Captain Telge 7
Thomas P o w b b
(portrait) 7
O'Corra, The Voyage of
the Bona of JTotcb S
O'Cuisln, 8., Plays of 10
O'CnBNAiw, D. (biogra-
phy) 10
O'CUBBT, BVOBNB 7
on ancient Irish
MSB 2
extent of an-
cient MSB a
Work of, for Celtic
literature S
0*Daly, Aengus, satirist 6
Ode on Ms ship Bbookb ... 1
Written on Leav-
ing Ireland, From
the Irish Ndgbnt ... 8
O'DOHBBTT, MbS. Kb-
TIN ICOD (BTA
Mabt Kbllt) 7
sir Cahlr 6
'0*Donnel, a National
Tale • Mobgan ... 7
O'Donnell. See A Song of Defeat
and Tombe in the Church of
Montorio.
Ahoo McCann ...6
(reference) 8
Capture of Bugh
Roe CONNBLLAN . 8
Hugh Rnadh. See
Roiein Duhh,
Red Hugh 9
- In the West 7
John Fbancib 7
Manns, grandfa-
ther of Hugh ^
Roe 8
0*I>onneIIs banished ^
from Oalway. The 8
O'DONOOHVB. David J 7
on Banin's verse • *
PAOB
3269
3550
xxvl
2158
814
2645
2633
823
2647
2217
2888
2682
1588
8064
2281
2128
3713
1262
2678
2570
2655
1724
XV
4019
2668
xl
xlll
xvlll
vll
280
980
2675
2480
2549
2126
3270
682
Ix
2748
2678
685
2917
2690
45
O'DONOOHTTB. D. J., on
Carleton 8 472; 5
A. B. Code a
William Dren-
nan's verse 8
Klrkham 5
William Kenealy 5
Lover's humor 5
Mbs. Powbb 7
of the Glens 4
O'DoNovAif, John 7
on T. C. Irwin 5
Work of, for Cel-
tic literature 8
The Dead Anti-
quary McGbb .... 6
O'Driscoll drove with a
song Tbats O
O'Dugan. Maurice 8
O'Farrell O
O'Duibhme. Diarmuid 8
O'Fabbbllt, Miss Ao-
NBS 10
(biography) lo
O'Flynn, Lawrence 10
Father 4
O'er the wild gannet*s
bath Dablbt ... 8
Of all trades that flour-
ished of old .... Leveb .... 8
Drinking Flbcknob . 8
old, when Scarron
his companions
Invited Goldsmith . 4
priests we can offerGBAVBS ... 4
O'Flahbbtt, Chablbs 7
Prince of Conne-
mara 7
RODBBICK 7
O'Flaherty's cabin in
Connemara 7
O'Flanaqan^ Jambs
rodebick 7
Oft have we trod the
vales of Castaly.WiLDB .... 9
' in the atilly night '.UOGBM 7
Ogam stones (see also
Ogham) 4 8546 ; 7
0*Garas banished from
Galway 8
Ogham explained and
Illustrated 8
O'Glllarna, Martin Rua lO
OOLB, Gbobgb 7
a Monk of the
Screw 8
duel with Barney
Coyle 1
O'Gorman, Secretary,
duel with Thomas
Wallace 1
0*Grftdy of KUlbally-
owen 4
8TANDI8H 7
on H. Grattan 4
(portrait) 7
Sir Horace Plun-
ketf on 8
Standisb Hatbb 7
Work of, for Cel-
tic literature 8
0*Qnive» Lament of. . .Callanan . a
* Ogygia * O'Flahbbtt. 7
William O'Brien on 7
Oh, dark, sweetest girl . Fublono ... 4
Dermot Astore !
between waklng.CBAWFOBD . 8
xvll
607
924
xvll
1788
2008
2703
1590
2705
1668
xvlll
2218
3701
1188
Ix
629
8967
4026
8713
1412
809
1968
1209
1880
1412
2718
2867
2716
2616
2728
8694
2527
2668
2917
8751
2784
797
148
148
1590
2787
13S4
2737
2911
2762
xvlll
448
2717
2616
1252
608
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Irish Lvteraiure.
Oh ! drlmln donn dills !Wal8H
fairer than the lily
tall Faht
farewell. Ireland, I
am going Stubbt Bal-
TOL.
PAGE
8611
8 1138
8287
1764
8461
2842
8
2001
607
1 12
2 441
4 1415
6 2868
8 1184
4 1247
8320
1042
• God, It is a dread-
ful night ' Kebgan ... 6
• Oreen and freah '. Tynan-
Hi nkson. 9
if there be an Bly-
slum on earth . . Moorb .... 6
in the qaiet haven,
safe for a/e Albxandbb. 1
Larry M'Hale he
had little to fear.LoYBB .... 6
love is the soal. . .Codb a
lovely Mary Don-
nelly Allingham. 1
many a day have
I made Callanan . . 2
many and many a
time Obayes ... 4
my dark Rosaleen . Mangan ... 6
my fair Pastheen . Fbbgdson . 8
my sweet little
rose FuBLONG
Paddy dear, and
did ye hear .... Stbbbt Bal-
lad 9
Paudrig Crohoore
was the broth of
a boy Lb Fakd . . 5
rise up, Willy
Reilly Stbbbt Bal-
lad 9 8321
that my love and I.Furlono . . 4 1246
the clang of the
wooden shoon . . Mollot ... 2468
the fern, the fern . Gboghbqam . 4 1266
the French are on
the sea Stbbbt Bal-
lad O 8313
• the marriage '. . . Davis S 826
the rain, the
weary Mamgan ... 6 2378
• then tell me,
Shawn 0*Fer-
rair Casby 2 672
there was a poor
man Stbbbt Bal-
lad 8 3281
thou Atlantic,
dark and deep . . .Cbolt 2 740
'tis little Mary
Cassidy's Faht 8 1186
to have lived like
an Irish Chief.. Dupft .... 8 060
turn thee to me. . .Fcblong . . 4 1244
'twas D e r m o t
O'Nowlan McFlgff.O'FLAHEBTT. 7 2718
* What a Plague is
Love ' Ttnan-
HiNKSON. 3480
what was love
made for Mookb 8 1087
who could desire
to see better
sporting 10 8010
who is that poor
foreigner Stsebt Bal-
lad 8 8288
yea, 'tis true, the
debt Is due Hogan .... 4 1602
O'Haoan, John T 2767
O'Hara, Kane, D. J.
Donoghoe on wit of 6 zlil
8 2017
VOL. IPAQH
O'Heffeman, the blind 7 vll
O'Husaey's Ode to The
Bard Maguire Mangan ... 6 2360
Oilioll 4 1618
Olsin (see also Osslan,
Usheen) 2 xll
and Finn 4 1466
Cause of popular-
ity of O 8660
in Timanoge: or
the Laat of the
Fena Jotcb .... 6 1714
Macpherson's
poems of 7 2673
See Niam and On
the * Colloquy of
the Ancients/
O'Kanes banished from
Galway 8 2017
0*Keamey 10 8780
O'Kbllt^ Patrick 7 2770
O'Kbnnbdt, Richabd 7 2782
O'Kbbffb, John 7 2770
and Sir Walter
Scott 7 2601
Old Age of Queen
Maeve, The Ybatb O 8607
Books of^ Erinn 7 2670
' Celtic Romances 'Jotcb. 5 1724. 1731
Custom, An Gbiftin ... 4 1481
Lady Ann Cbokbb ... 2 660
" of Thread-
needle Street,
The" 8 8076
Pedhar Oar thy
from Ctonmore. .McCall ... O 2122
" White," a n e c -
dotes of 8 xviil
O'Lbabt, Abthub 7 2780
Dr 2 707
Ellbn 7 2706
W. B. Yeats on 8 xl
John 7 2708
on Klckham 6 1815
JOSBPH 7 2808
as a humorist 6 xv
Patrick 10 8058
(biography) 10 4028
Fathbb Pbtbb (bi-
Xphy) lO 4028
ence) 10 8041
Olkym, Iris See Millioan.
Ollamh, described 2 zll
Ollamhs, Costumes of 8 xzlv
O'Longan on ancient
Irish MSS 2 zl
"Olwen" in The Mabi-
noglon 8 8656
O'Mahon, Counsellor,
duel with Henry
Deane Grady 1 14S
O'Mahont or Mahont.
F. S. (Father Prout) 6 233G
O'Mallle, Breanhaun
Crone 7 2866
O'Mealley, Grace 7 2856
O'MRARAj Kathlebn
(Grace Rambat) 7 2805
O'Mbbhan^ Fathbb 10 8820
Omnium. .Tacob. See Higoinb
O'More. Roger 8 Ix
O' Mare's Fair Daughter.FjJtiiAiVQ . . 4 1252
On Carrlgdhoun the
heath Lane 8 1865
Catholic iJ<j7hf«...0'C0NNBLL.. 7 2620
Conciliation with
America Bubkb .... 1 876
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Google
General Index.
4101
On CaripidM* plA7S we
debated Ahmstsono. 1
Oreat Sugarloaf. ..Gbebnb ... 4
IriBhmen as RU'
lers DuPFEBiN . 8
Land Tenure Butt 2
Lough Neagh'B
banks, as the
fisherman strays 6
a Colleen Baton.. Btbsvt Baj>
LAO 9
* the Colloquy of
the Ancient* ^BOLLESTON. 8
Co mmeroial
Treat]/ with
France Flood .... 8
Death of Dr.
Swift Swift »
deck of Patrick
Lynch's boat. .Fox 8
- fourteenth day.
24
1424
938
422
2277
8310
2968
1219
3380
1224
1484
1510
xvl
2415
being Tuesday 4
ocean that hol-
lows Gbiffin . .. 4
Old Sod (color
plate) 1
Policy for Ire-
land Meagher . . 6
" Prospect of
Planting Arts
and Learning
in America. . .Bebkbley . 1 180
Travel Flbckxob . 8 1200
Wind Mabtyn . .. 6 2383
Onahan, William J T 2814
OndropoloB See Johnstone.
One blessing on my na- _
tlve Isle CUBBAN ... 2 767
day the Baron ^ ^
Stlffenbach Willums . 9 3610
Forgotten. The . . .Shobtkr . . 8 3128
Law for All 1 884
mom a Perl at the
gate MooBB ... 7 2509
morning by the
streamlet O'Brien ... 7 2692
ranging for rec- ^ ^^^^
rcatlon 8 3289
walking out I ^ .^
o'ertook Allinoham. 1 16
night of late I
chanced to stray.STBEST Bal-
lad 8 8296
touch there Is of - ^
magic white Albxandbb. 1 9
winter's day, long.
long ago Kbbgan ... 5 1762
O'Nbachtak, J. (blog- ^^ ^^^^
raphy) 10 4019
John. Translations
from Irish of.
A Lament 2
Maggy Ladir 4
'O'Neill. A LUe of Owen
Roe* Taylor ...»
Hugh 8
and his men, A
▼Islon of 1
Flight <rf e
The rebellion of »
• Submission of ^w
-of Ulster 10
- Molra See Skbinb.
- Owen Roe 9
-Sir Phellm 9
-or O'Nell 8
967 ; 4 249, 1630 ; 7
768
1240
8390
3018
364
2353
Ix
8392
3861
Ix
Is
928
26SC
0*Nellls banished from
Galway 8
Only Son of Aoife, TAcGbegoby . . 4
Oracles, Ancient Irish 7
Orange lilies, A story of 8
The EOAN 8
Societies 9
Oranseiam.
King William 8
Protestant Boys 9
The Orange Lilies 8
The Orangeman's
Submission 9
Willy Rellly 9
Orangeman's Submis-
sion, The TONNA 9
Orator, Canning as 1
Dean Klrwan as 1
Dr. Alexander as 1
Father Keogh as 8
Flood as 8
Flood the first
real 7
Fox as 8
Gladstone the
greatest In the
Commons 7
Grattan. hero and 4
Isaac Butt as 2
Meagher as 6
O'Connell as 7
Pittas 8
Puff MOOBB 7
Sheridan as Fitzoebald. 8
Orators, Great attribute
of 7
in Irish Parlia-
ment (portraits) 7
Ormtor-y.
Pulpit, Bar, and
Parliament a r y
Eloquence Babbinoton. 1
Chatham and
Townshend Bubkb .... 1
Extracts from the
Impeachment of
Warren Hastings.BvBK'B .... 1
On American Tax-
ation Bubkb .... 1
On Conciliation
icith America . . .Bubkb .... 1
Disarming of Ul- ^
ster CUBBAN ... 2
Farewell to the ^
Irish Parliamene.C UBBAN ... 2
Liberty of the
Press CUBBAN ... 2
On Catholic Eman-
cipation CUBBAN ... 2
Speech at Newry ^
Election Curban ... 2
Last Speech Emmet 8
Speech on Robert ^
Bums Fbbquson. . . 8
Defense of the Vol-
unteers Flood 8
On a Commercial
Treaty with
France Flood 8
Reply to Orattan's
Invective Flood 8
Declaration of Irish
Rights Gbattan . . 4
Of the Injustice of
Disqualiflcat ion
of Catholics Gbattan
2917
1426
2717
970
1080
3620
967
3311
1080
3430
3321
3430
170
127
8
1202
1210
1191
2657
1384
421
2414
2624
1191
2541
1190
vlU
▼ill
127
391
888
378
876
780
783
778
774
788
1087
1170
1217
1219
1212
1887
4 1406
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4102
Irish Literature
TOL. PAOa
Oratory.
PMlippio against
Flood Grattan
Olory of Ireland. . Mbaqhbb
On the Policy for
Ireland IklEiAOHBB
Speech from the
Dock Mbaghbb . .
Justice for /reland.O'CONNSLL..
On Catholic Rights.O'ConviKLL,, 7
Common Citizen
Soldier O'Rbillt .
Address Before the
House, washing-
ton Pasnbll .
Ambition of the
Irish Patriot. . . . Phillips .
Eulogy of Wash-
ington Phillips .
The Union Pldnkbt . .
First Step toward
Home Rule .... Rudm 0NI> .
Ireland's Part in
English Achieve-
ment Shwl . . .
Speech in Opposi-
tion to Pitt's
First Income To^Shsbidan .
In Defense of
Charles Gavan
Duffy Whitbsiob.
A century of. See The Irish
School of Oratory.
In America, Bryce
on 1
Irish, pitched in a
high key 7 vil
Masters In 7 zxylil
The Irish School o/Tatlob . . . . T vii
O'Reilly. See Macken-
na's Dream 8 8297
(Father) on nam-
ing children 4 1610
John Botlb (por-
trait) T 2825
• His Llfe.Poems,
and Speeches * 7 2825
on Fanny Par-
nell's Land
League songs 7 2870
Private Miles. See Halpinb.
Myles, F. M. Egan
on 6 viil
Orford, Lord, on an
Irish hull 3
4 1400
6 2420
6 2416
6 2424
7 2641
2629
7 2826
7 2861
8 2892
8 2891
8 2896
8 2926
8 8067
8 8072
9 8660
887
1058
1623
1056
xvii
408
Oriel, Dubhdun, King of 4
Oriental bull. An 8
folk lore and Irish 8
life 1
Origin of Life, The. . . .Kelvin .... 5 1784
O'Connell Hobt 4 1588
the Irish. The. . . . Wabb .... 9 3547
Originality of ancient
Irish literature 1 viii
Irish Bulls Exam-
ined, The Bdobwobth. 8 1055
Ormond, M. F. Egan on 6 zl
Ormonde on the mass-
acre at Droeheda 7 2567. 2573
Ormsby, Sir Charles; a
story of the butcher 1 144
'Oro, darlina Fair I 'Biqersov .. 8 3142
0*Rourke. Daniel Maginn ... 6 2813
O'Rory Converses with
the Quality Mobqan ... 7 2549
Obb, Andbbw 7 2837
VOL. ^Aia
Obb^ JaICBS 7 2839
The Wake of WO-
liam Dbimnam . . 8 925
Orrery, Lord, Swift and
Faulkner 4 1263
O'Ryan was a man of
might Halpinb . . 4 1540
Osborne, Anecdote of
Sir William a 425
Oscar, Keen, light-foot-
ed T 2766
Strength of « 1723
with edged blade
fighting 4 1525
Osgar (Oscur), grand-
son of Ossia 4 1455 ; 8 2753
O'Shaughnbssy. Abthdb 7 2842
O'Shba, p. J 10 3843
(biography) lO 4029
Ossian (see also Oisin) 8 2990
(biography) lO 4020
and Patrick, Lay
of GwTNN ... 4 1523
and St Patrick 2 xvl ; 4 1601
TJ^e Burthen of. . .O'Gbadt ... 7 2752
See MacAlbbse
and The Celts.
Osslanic lays. The 4 1606
manuscripts in the
Trinity College
collection 7 2672
or Finn Cycle « 629
poems, The 6 2231
prose romances 8 '^""'
Ossian's prose among
the Irish people 4
Ossln, Ossian, or Oisin B
O'SulUvan Bear, Dirge
of Callanan . 2
Gaelic 8
Red 8
Rev. 8. on the
Burial of Sir
John Moore 9 3632
Othello at DHll Lbvbb B 1979
O'Trigger, Sir Lucius
(character in * The
Rivals •) 8 3082, 3088
O'Tundher 9 3515
Otway, C^bsab 7 2848
'Ould Master, The ' . . . Bablow ... 1 114
Plaid Shawl, T*e.FAHY 8 1134
(color plate) lO Front
- 9 3328
1609
1705
445
vii
Til
2 1747
6 2206
6 2148
6 2273
8 3001
7 2767
Our BaUes Sullivan
long dispute must
close Cbolt ....
' Manifold Nature,
Stories from
Life ' MacFall . .
own Times, His-
tory of McCabtht .
Road Macmanus.
Thrones Decay . . Russell . .
Ourselves Alone O'Haoan ..
Out of Order 7 2793
upon the sand-
dunes Ttnan-
HlNKSON. 9 3460
Outer, Lough 6 2277
Outlaw of Loch Lene,
The Callanan . 2 441
•Outline of Irish His-
tory, An • McCabtht.. 6 2174
2179
Outside Gar (half-tone
engniTlng) 2 788
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Google
General Index.
4103
VOL. PAOB
Outworn heart. In a
time outworn Yeatb 9 3705
Over here in England. .Skbinb ... 8 3154
moving water and
surges white . . .Mxllxqan .. 6 2436
the carnage rose
prophetic a Voice 7 2827
Oveton, Father Richard,
slain at Drogheda 7 2573
Otoen Batcn 8 1179
King of Mnnster » 444
MiJr. King of Fern-
mag 4 1616
Roe (see also A Olance at Ire-
land's History « 969
• O'Neill. Life or:TATLOB ... 9 3390
Ownabwee. The ^ 1865
Ox Mountains. The 6 2229
Pacata HiherrUa O'Grady .. 7 2740
Author of 7 2744
Paddy, agra, run down
to the bog Street Bal-
lad 8 3285
Blake and the
echo 3 1056
Corcoran*8 Wi/e. .Carlbton .. 2 662
Fret, the PriesVs
Boy O'DONNBLL . 7 2678
MaoCarthy Hoqan 4 1694
the Piper Loveb 5 2055
Pagan Irish, Esthetic
sensibility of the 2 zviii
Pain's * Age of Reason '
condemned 9 8621
Painting, Expression of
female beauty by 5 1924
Pale, The 4 1265
English of the 9 3391
The English 10 3867
Paler and thinner the
morning M'Geb 6 2222
Palestine 7 2517
Paley's 'Natural Theol-
ogy* 5 1787
Palliser, Archbishop 5 1916
Palmerston, Lord 8 941
Pamphlet, Power of the 7 ix
Pamphleteer, Swift as a Boy lb 1 260
9 3344
Pantheon, The early
Irish a xl
Paradise and the Peri. .Moobe 7 2500
Paralon, or Migdonia 4 1484
Parents and children.
Affection between 6 2196
Parliament, Faretoell to
the Irish Cubran ... 2 783
How Ireland Lost
her McCabtht .. 6 2161
Irish Houses of
(half-tone en-
graving) 2 786
"f Ireland closed. 6 2170
The rights of 6 2464
' Parliamentary Reform,
Speech on ' 2 466
speaking. Canning
«Ti 1 170
P A B N E L L , ChABLES
Stewabt (portrait) 7 2860
VOL. PAOB
Pabnbll^ C. S., Address
of, before the
House. Washing-
ton, Feb. 2, 1879 7 2861
and the Land Lea-
gue 9 xi
National League 9 xi
J. H. McCarthy on 6 2177
* Life of Charles
Stewart • O'Brien ... 7 2607
2611
on the Manchester
martyrs 7 2608
Service of, to Eng-
lish legislation 6 2178
went into Politics,
Why O'Brien ... 7 2607
Epitaph on DoctorGoLDSMiTii . 4 1383
Fanny 7 2870
W. B. Yeats on 8 xii
Sir John, and Ire-
land's inde-
pendence 6 2170
Chancellor of the
Exchequer 1 135
Thomas 7 2874
English poet « 2177
W. B. Yeats on 8 vli
Parodist, Maginn the
best 6 xiv
Parsons as a Monk of
the Screw B 1967
Parthalomans, The 9 vil
Partholan 2 xi
Parties in Ireland in
1798 9 3426
* The Chiefs of ' . . Madden .... 6 2284
Partners in Crime Griffin ... 4 1494
'Party Fight and Fu-
neral * Carlbton . . 2 659
Passing of the Gael, TfceMACMANus.. 6 2267
Pasteur, Pouchet, and*
Bastian B 1784
Pastha, The, described 3 xx
Pastheen Fion. From
the Irish FERcrsoN . 3 1184
Pat (comlcpaper) 6 x
Pater, Walter, on
George Moore 7 2483
Pathos in Irish humor « vlli
Patience of the Irish
peasant 8 855
Patrician Bards, The 2 xvlll
Patrick, A Lay of Os- ^ ^^^^
sian and Gwtnn ... 4 1523
and Osslan 7 2753
Spp also Baint Patrick.
Sheehan Kickham .. 5 1831
Patriot, The Ambition
of the Irish Phillips ... 7 2892
Patriotic 8 o B fr • 9
SonflTH of War,
etc.
Siefje of Berry . . .Alexandbr. 1 3
*' He said that he
was not our
hrotJier " Banim 1 68
Th^ Ftword Barry 1 149
The Sa^on ShUling.BvoGY 1 358
Gougane Barra . . . Callanan . 2 439
" say my brown
dHmin" Callanan .2 442
Rising of the ^foon. Casta- 2 572
Oreen little Sham-
rock of Ireland. .CumttiY ... 2 887
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Irish LUeraiure.
Fmtrimtie mmM 'Wat
TOUT Aom
'Th€ FigMtHif Race.CLAma ... % 908
- Wearlmg of the
Oreem Ccbbax ... S
'F<mte»9ff Datis S
-JTy Qrave Datui S
- Mw Lamd Datm S
-A A'aKoii once
agaim Datw 3
- The We»Vt A •leep.D avi» S
'A C%9hla Oal mo
Chree Dohext . . S 864
-Brigade Qt Fimte-
noy DowLixo . . S
' Brim DREsrivAN . . S
- Wake of W. Orr. .Dbex.hax .. 3
-BaiiU of Beal-AB-
Atha-Bu4dh Dsestnax .
- Ode tm Leaving Ire-
land Dbummoiid
7«7
823 •
827'
831
827
H'2H
878
924
925
3 928
- ItMiehoiten Dufft
- IrUh Chief 9 Dcfft . . .
- Jri»h Rappareen . . . Dupfx . . .
-MuBter of the
North DcfTT . . .
- lAneM o» Arbor
Hill EXMST ...
'Fair HilU of Ire-
land Fekguhon
'Bong of the Irieh
Bm4prant Fxtzsimox
- County of Mayo . . Fox
- Roitiin Dubh PuBi>oxa
- Borroioful Lament
for Ireland Gbboobt ,
- Ireland Owtnn ...
- Hong of Defeat .. .Gwtnn ...
- " Xot a 9tar from
the flag shall
fade " Halpinb . .. 4
- Barafleld Teetimo-
niai HOOAN 4
- Miemory of the
Dead INOBAM . . . K
- Waye of War .... Johnson . . 5
• Blacksmith of Lim-
erick JOTCH 5
- Oroening the Black-
water Joyce 5
- Fineen, the Rover JoYcm IJ
-I ris/i Reaper's
Harvest H|/mi» . . Kbeoan ...
'Rory of the £rm..KiCKHAM .,
- Royal Love Lbamy ....
- Exilcn Return . . . Locke ....
-W ar-Bhipe of
Peace Loybb ....
- The Croppy Boy, .McBuBNBY..
'Good Bhip Oaetle
Down McBdbnbt.
' O'Donnell Ahoo ..McCann ...
- Pillar Towers of
Ireland MacCabthy,
- To my Buried A</leMcCABTHY . ,
'The fair hUU of
Erin M c C o N -
Maba ...lO
- The Irish Bwile. . . M a c D b B -
930
9«1
959
957
3 954
3 1094
3 1185
1206
1224
1247
1459
1532
1529
1539
1592
1659
1699
1741
1744
1743
1765
1829
1910
2003
2085
2115
2113
2126
2130
2172
MOTT
-Ami Remembered f M*Oeb .
- The Celts M'Geb .
- Dead Antiquary,
O' Donovan M'Obb .
- Death of the Home-
ioard Bound ...M*Gbb .
3937
2189
2225
2223
2218
2222
•/ tte
CeiU M-GSB
-r« Dmgp in
Prteom ITGbb
'My luver Bmy Macmajiub..
- Pm§§img •/ the
Gael Macmaxtb..
- 8kiela-9i-aarm . . .Uacisaxc». .
-Dark Rosaleen ...Mangax ....
-Fair HilU of Bir^.MAXQA^s ...
- Kaihaleem-Sp-Hou-
laham Iff A N QA N ...
-Kinkorm Manqan ...
-Lament IIabgan ...
-Buried Forests of
Brim UuiAfksn ..
-After the BattU. .Moobb
- ' Fakrest put on
awhile ' Moobb
- ' Go where glory
waiU thee ' Moobb
- Irish Peasant to
Ms MUtress ....Moobb
-Meeting of the
Waters Moobb
- The Minstrel Boy.Moomm
-'O the sight en-
trancing' Moobb
- ' Rich and rare
were the gems^.
she wore ' Moobb
- Bong of FionnualaMoomm
- The harp that ofioeMooBB
- ' When he «?*o
adores thee ' . . .Moobb ....
-Ijoch Ina O'Bbibn ...
- Tipperory O'Dohbbty..
- Bpinning Bong . . .O'Donnell.
-To mbs in the
Church of Man-
torio O'Donnell.
-'/ give my heart _
to thee' O'Gbady ...
- Dear Land 0*Haqan . .
'Ourselves Alone. .O'Hagan ...
-To God and Ire-
land Trite O'Lbaby ...
'At Fredericksburg,
Dec. lS,m» O'Reilly . .
- Ensign Epps, the^^^
Color-Bearer ...O'Reilly ..
- Prom ' WendeU^,^
Phittips' OReilly ..
- Mayflower O'Reilly . .
'InBwUe:AustraliaOKB
- The Irishman Obb
- Bong of an EwHe. .Obb
- Erin, my Queen . . . Pabnell . .
- Hold the Harvest. Pabnell . .
'Post-Mortem Pabnell ..
-Fight of the Arm-
strong Privateer.BxyCH'B ....
- Edward Duffy . . . Rossa
- Bhane's Head Savage ....
-T^« Lo«t 7'Hft«ne.8iOEB80N ..
- Corrymeela 8b»inb . . .
- Lament for King
Ivor Stokbs ...
- The Boyne Water. Stbbbt Bal-
T.AT>
- MacKenna's DreamSrBBST Bal-
lad
- Bit Memory In-
spired Stbbbt Bal-
« 2220
• 2284
« 2297
« 2271
« 2363
« 2378
« 2380
« 2377
« 2352
« 2437
7 2538
T 2929
T 2530
T 2536
T 2532
T 2535
T 2531
7 2532
7 2534
7 2535
7 2534
7 2602
7 2675
7 2686
7 2684
7 2760
7 2768
7 2767
7 2796
7 2831
7 2830
7 2836
7 2834
7 2837
7 2839
7 2840
7 2873
7 2871
7 2870
8 2961
8 2983
8 3024
8 3133
8 3154
8 3260
8 3271
8 S296
8 8274
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PatHotle and "War
Sonara.
Protettani Boyt . . Stbebt Bal-
lad 9
Bhan Van Vooht, . Stbbbt Bal-
lad 9
Wearin' o' the
Green Stbbbt Bal-
lad 9
Dear old /retoiul.SuLLXTAK .. 9
Ocd save Ireland. BviAjivkif .. 9
Fa4ry Gold Todhdntbb. 9
Longina Todhdntbb. 9
The Maiden City. . Tonna .... 9
Orangeman'9 Bub-
mieeUm Tonna 9
' Oh, green and
treeh^ Tynan-
HlNKSON. 9
The Eaodue Wildb 9
To Ireland Wildb .... 9
Faretoell to Amer-
ioa Wildb .... 9
--—-Munster War-8ong,Yf iLhiAua . 9
Patrlotl«BB.
Archbishop Ireland
on 5
of the IriBh a
See Nationality and Imperialiam,
Pfttterson. Chief Jastice
C. P., daela with gen*
tlemen 1
PATNB, PbBCT 80MBB8 7
Pearce, Sir Edward 5
Pearl of the White
Breaet Pbtbib
' Peasant Lore from
Gaelic Ireland '.Dbbny
3311
3313
3320
3341
3339
3411
8408
3428
3430
8461
3670
3573
3699
3607
1662
442
148
2878
1914
8 2886
..8 845
846, 847
to hie Mietreee,
The Irieh Moobb 7 2536
Superatitiona of
the IrlBh e 2149
Bngliah and Irish,
compared S 1836
Peasantry and landlords 1 138
Character of the
Irtsh 1 138 ; 3 854 ; O 2193
Conditions of the 9 8426
Dress of the 9 3495
Peck, H. T., on George
Moore 7 7 2488
Pedersen, Dr., on the
Irish vocabalary 4 1607
Peel, Sir B., Challenge
of, to O'Connell 7 2625
on B. Burke 1 x
• Peep O'Day, The ' Banim 1 46
Peggy Browne, From
the Irish Fcblonq . . 4 1262
Pelasgic style of archi-
tecture 8 2881
' Pen and Ink Sketch of
Daniel O'Connell ' . . Shbil 8 3064
Penal Dave, Women in
Ireland in Atkinson . 1 28
Lowe McCabthy.. 6 2179
(reference) 7 2615
Injustice of the 5 1888
of 1695-97 9 X
seryitude. The hor-
rors of 8 889
' Penny numbers,' The
evils of 2 640
Pensions for yeterans of
the civil war 7 2829
PcBtonyille Prison 8 889
VOL. PAGB
People, Amueementa o/.0*Bbibn ... 7 2620
' Perhdpe ' Wtnnb 9 3649
Persecution by Protest-
ants and Roman Cath-
olics alike 7 2790
'Personal Narrative of
a Pilgrimage to
Bl Medlnah and
Mecca ' Bubton .... 2 408
' Sketches * Babbinoton. 1 127
129, 138, 141
Personification of Ire-
land 1 viii
Pery. B. S., Speaker of
Irish House of Par-
liament 7 iz
Petre, Lord, and Father
O'Leary 7 2798
Pbtbib, Gbobgb 8 2879
on the Round Tow-
ers 9 3489
Petrie's 'Christian De-
scriptions ' (cited) 9 3484
Petticoats, Ancient Irish 9 3496
PJwntom Ship, The . . . Millioan . . 6 2485
Phandrig Orohoore .... Lb Fanu . . 5 1942
Philandering Boylb 1 277
Philippio Againat Flood.G'BiATTAix . . 4 1400
Philips, Bishop, of Kil-
lala 6 2232
Phillips, Chablbs 8 2888
Sir Thomas, pri-
vate collector of
Irish MSS 7 2678
' Phllo-Junius.' See Sir
Philip Francis*
Pl&llolovy.
Poetry of Worda. .Tbenck ... 9 3434
Language of the
Ancient IrUh ..Wabb 9 3544
Place names in
Ireland 6 2228
Bumames of the
Ancient Irish . . Wabb 9 3546
Philosopher, Bmerson,
The 7 2556
' Philosophical Survey
of the South of Ire-
land, A' 7 2695
Phllo«op]&y-.
Bwtracte from ' The
Queriat * Bbbkblby . 1 177
GUmpae of hia
Country Houae. ,Bkkkxlvt . 1 175
True Pleaaurea . . Bbbkblby . 1 174
Thoughta on Vari-
oua BubjeeU . . . Swift 9 3377
Twetve ArUciea, . . Swift 9 3388
Phoenix Park 1 146
Phooka's Tower, The 6 2313
Phoaphor, The Planeit
Venua, Heaperua oimIClabkb ... 2 601
Picture of mater McNbvin .. 6 2274
Pig Fair (half-tone en-
graving) 7 2484
'Pilgrimage to Bl Me-
dlnah and Mecca, Per-
sonal Narrative of a *Bubton ... 1 408
Pilgrimages in olden
times 1 32
Piiigrinta Abmstbonq. 1 26
Pilkington, John Carta-
ret 7 2693
PiUar Tov>era of Ire-
land, The MacCabthy. 6 2180
Pillars of Hercules 2 749
Pinohheek Heroes, The
Worship of QoLDfliUTH. 4 1388
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Irish Literature.
TOLu PAGE
Ploczi, Slgnor 6 2471
Piper, A Blind Irish
(half-tone engraving) 5
Pitch-capping 9
Pitt, William Maodbn ... O
and Sheridan 3
on Grattan'8 ora-
tory 7
Sheridan's retort
on 8 3122
Pitfs First Income Tav
BUI, Bpeeoh in Oj^po-
aition to Shbridan . . 8 3072
MHty of Love, The Tbats 9 8704
Plaoe of Rest, The Russell . . « 2997
names in Ireland 6
Placldla 5
Plague in Ireland, The
Famine and the 1
Planet Venua, Hesperue
and Phosphor, The,. Claxkh ... 2
Plato 2
Plato's * TimoeuB * 2
Players in London dur-
ing the reign of
Henry VII 6
Plea for Liberty of Con-
science O'Leaby ... 7
the Study of
Irish, A O'Bbibn ... 7
1762
3447
2284
1194
rv
2228
1925
68
601
603
740
2347
2789
_ _ ^ 2614
* Pleasant Ned Lysaght • « 2106
Pleasing, The Art of. . .Stbblb 8 3206
Plebeian bards, The 8 xvlii
Pledge, Signing the 6 2398
Plower, The Colum 2 612
PLUNKET, WlLLLiM
CONTNOHAM 8 2894
A master of ora-
tory 7 zxviii
and the Irish na-
tional Parlia-
ment 6 2171
as a Monk of the
Screw 5 1957
Bulwer on 7 xrv
Oratory of, de-
scribed 7 XXV
Plvnkbtt, Sib Hobacb
(portrait) 8 2908
PocKet boroughs, Irish
Parliament elected by 6 2162
Pockrich, Richard, in-
ventor of the musical
glasses 7 2690
•Poems* Yeats 9 8704
Poet and Publisher Johnstone. 5 1709
How to Become g.Faht S 1124
Poetry. (All poems are indexed
under their titles and first
lines.)
Irish, B. Spenser
on 4 ix
Modern Irish,
Yeats on 3 vii
of Words, The . . .Tbench ... 9 3434
Poet's Comer in West-
minster Abbey 4 1819
'Poets and Dreamers '. Gbboobt 4 1455
1459
in Ancient Ireland 2 xvlii
of the Agrarian
movement 8 xii
Fenian move-
ment 8 xl
Nation. See
Modem Irish
Literature.
VOL. pagb
Poets of Young Ire-
land, W. B. Yeats on 8 tUI
Pole, Wellesley, a
Monk of the Screw 6 1957
Polemical ballads. On 8 326S
Policy for Ireland, On
the Mbaohbb. . . 6 2415
Political humor 6 ix
satire. See Rack-
renters on the
Stump.
Polities and Gov-
ernment.
Swift as a Pam-
phleteer BoYLB 1 260
England and Ire-
land Bbycb 1 346
Chatham and
Totonshend Bdbjelb .... 1 391
Extracts from a
Letter to a Noble
Lord Bdbkk 1 379
Extracts from the
Impeachment of^
Warren HastingsBvvKa 1 3S3
On American Tax-
ation BUBKB 1 373
On Conciliation
ioith America ..Bubkb 1 376
On Land Tenure. . Bdtt 2 422
On the English
Constitution ...Canning ..2 465
Disarming of Ul-
ster CUBBAN 2 780
Farewell to the
Irish Par?tome»tCuBBAN ... 2 783
Liberty of the
Press Cobban ... 2 778
On Catholic Eman-
cipation CUBBAN ... 2 773
Speech at Newry
Election Cubban ... 2 78S
How the Anglo-
Irish Problem
Could be Solved. Vatttt 8 832
How to Oovem
Ireland Da Vebb. . . 3 854
On Irishmen as
Rulers Ddftebin . . 8 938
On a Commercial
Treaty with
France Flood 8 1219
Reply to Oration's
Invective Flood 3 1212
To the Duke of
Qrafton Fbancis ... 8 1228
Duty of Criticism
in a Democracy. GODKIN ... 4 1290
Liberty in Eng-
land Goldsmith . 4 1331
Declaration of
Irish Rights ...Gbattan ... 4 13S8
Of the Injustice of
Disqualiftc at ion
of Catholics Gbattan .. . 4 1405
PMlippio against
Flood Gbattan .. . 4 1400
Native Land of
Liberty Ireland ... 8 1662
PoUtics at Dinner. Kino 5 1S33
Faith of a Felon. . Lalob 5 1855
B^innings of
Home Rule McCabthy.. G 2174
How Ireland Lost
Her Parliament. ^cCavtby.. 6 2161
The Irish Church. McCaslthy.. O 214S
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VOL.
Polities and Got-
ernment.
Penal Law9, The. .MacCasthy.
On the Policy lor
Ireland Mbaghiib .
A Nation's Right. . Moltnbuz .
Colonial Slavery,
18S1 0*CONNBLL.
Justice for Ire-
land OTONNHLL.
On Catholic RightsO'ConvwiA^.
Gladstone and the
Oreat Home Rule
Debate O'Connor . .
Address Before the
House, WMMng-
ton Pabnell . . ,
The Union Plunkbt . .
First Step toward
Home Rule Rbdmond. . .
yationality and
Imperialism .... Russbll .. .
Ireland's Part in
English Achieve-
ment Sheil ....
Speech in Opposi-
tion to Pitrs
First /ncomc-TflUpSHERiDAN.. .
Our Exiles Sullivan . .
Brass Half-pence. . Swift
Short View of Ire-
land Swift
Essay on the State
of Ireland in
rm Tone 9
State of Ireland in
rm. The Tone 9
Some College Rec-
ollections Walsh ... 9
Politics at Dinner Kino 5
Bryce on American 1
Pollruane 7
Pooka, The. described
(see also Phooka) 8
Pope, A., on Sir John
Denham 8
on the Earl of
Roscommon 8
Poppsea, The Empress 2
Popular Superstitions. See The Celtic
Element in Literature; Su-
perstitions; Fairy and Folk
tales, etc.
Population of Ireland,
Decrease in 9
Portland, Duke of, on
the Union 8
Portlaw to Paradise,
From DowNBT ... 8
Portraore 8
Portsalon 6
Portstewart 4
Position of Women in
the United States .. .BttYcn 1
Positlveness, Swift on 9
Posterity, Sir Boyle
Roche on 1
Post-Mortem Pabnell ... 7
Pot of Broth, The lO
Post Office, The, in 1830
(half-tone engraving) 6
Potato failure of 1846 4
" Potatoes and point " 4
' Poteen Punch * Bodkin ... 1
Poulanass 5
Foul-a-Phooka (haU-
t(m% fngmving) ,,,tf«ftf*«f**
2179
6 2415
6 2460
7 2650
2641
2629
7 2666
2861
2896
2926
2989
8 8057
3072
8328
3369
9 3362
3415
3421
8518
1833
338
2763
ziz
849
2981
740
341C
2897
891
928
2432
1518
843
3377
135
2870
xiv
2107
1572
1504
232
2052
1796
Poyninp Act passed in
VOL. PAGE
495 O
Law 8 1210, 1213; 4
1401, 1403 ; 6 2161 ; 9
Repealed 9
Practical Illus tration, A. Shaw 8
joking 8
Prejudices, Swift on 9
Racial 8
Premium, Mr. (charac-
ter in ' School for
Scandal*) 8
Pbbndbboast^ John
Patrick 8
Prentice boys. The 9
Preponderance of Prot-
estant power 9
Presentation at the Vice-
regal court, Dublin 1 246 ; 6
Press, Liberty of the..DB Verb... 8
The Liberty of theCvnuAS ... 2
Preternatural in Fiction.BvnTOH ... 1
Prevalence of Irish hu-
mor 6
Priest, Love of Irish forBANiii 1
Priest's Brother, TAe... Shorter ... 8
Soul, The Wilde 4
Priests at Drogheda,
Murder of the 7
Primitive Irish, An-
tiquity of the a
Prince of Dublin Print-
ers, The Gilbert ... 4
of Inismore, The . . Morgan ... 7
Princess Talleyrand as
a Critic, The Blessingtc^* 1
' Principles of Govern-
ment^ O'Brien ... 7
Printers, The Prince of
Dublin Gilbert ... 4
Prison Code, The 6
* Diary, Leaves
from a • Davitt. 3 832,
To Duffy in M'Geb 6
Private Miles O'Reilly. See Halpinb.
' Problems of Modem
Democracy ' Godkin ... 4
Procession of peers at
Lord Santry*8 trial 7
Proclamation, a, con-
cerning Shane the
Proud lO
Procrastination, Evils of 4
Progress, Fluman 1
Proleke Stone, The
(half-tone engraving) 7
Promised Wife, To mf^. Walsh .... 9
Progresses (migrations) 2
Property tax, O'Connell
on the 7
Prophecy regarding Ja-
cob's Stone, The 7
Prosecutions, Evils of
State 9
Prospect. A 6
Prospecting in Montana 8
Protection to American
Industry 4
Protestant Boys Street Bal-
— Garrison In Ire-
land, The ' 6 2153,
- power in Ireland 9
-The great orators
in Irish Parlia-
ments wer^ ,,,,.,.f .,,.,,. 7
is
1895
3390
3035
xvi
3377
2995
3106
2913
3428
3423
2203
852
778
404
X
56
8130
3561
2672
vill
1258
2548
212
2620
1258
2178
837
2220
1290
2726
3843
1535
175
2666
8510
xii
2633
2717
3552
2107
966
1296
3311
2156
3428
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410S
IrisK lAterature.
TOL. r AGB
Proud of yon, fond of
you Dowmifa . . 8 016
Proudly the note of the
trumpet is ■ounding.McCi.MN ... 6 2126
Pbout, Father. See Mahont.
I^amous Blarney-
Stone fltansa of.
In The CHrovet of
Blarney 6 2441
on *LalTa Rookh.* 6 2842
Moore's * Nation-
al Melody ' 6 2342, 2345
T. C. Croker a 680
' Reliques of Fa-
ther^ Mahont ... 6 283T
Proverbs, Early Irish,
joyous 6 Til
See Irish Ranns lO 8833
Prussia, The King of,
cited on land tenure 7 2866
Psalter of Rosbrine 7 2863
Psalters of Tara and
Cashel, The 7 2664
Psychological method of
studying literature 8 868
Public opinion. Effect of
French Revolution on 9 8424
Puca, The, becomes
Puck in Shakespeare 4 iz
Pue'8 Oeowrrences (a
Dublin newspaper) 5 1010
Puff. Orator Moou 7 2641
Pugln's 'Revival of
Christian Architec-
ture ' (quoted) 8 8288
Puljtit, Bar, and ParUa-
mentary Bloouenoe. .BASBivonov. 1 127
Purdon, Spiiaph on Ed-
ward GOUMSMTTH. 4 1883
Put your head, darling. Fbbguson... 8 1183
Pyramids, The Wabbubton. 9 3620
Pythagoras 2 602
Quare Gander, The Ln Fand... 6 1028
Quand je suls mort, ]e
veuz qu*on m*enterre.MABOT 6 2338
Quarreleome Iriehmen . . O'KnnrrB . . 7 2778
Quarterly Review, The,
founded by John Wil-
son Cbokbb ... 9 675
Quebec, Dar1>y Doyle's
Voyage to Ettimosall. 8 1114
Queen and Cromwell, •
The Wills .... 9 8612
Queen's County Witeh,
A (fairy and folk
tale) Anontxoos. 8 1160
Queenstown (half-tone
engraving) 9 427
Querist, Emtraots from
The BBBKmLiT... 1 177
Querns or hand-mills 6 1736
Quiet Irish Tdlh, A Kulino ... 6 1760
guln, Matthew and
Mary 8 2015
QuotaUon, A Pointed 7 2652
R.
Rabelais 8 673
Race prejudices 8 2006
Racial Havor in Irish
literature 9 xvlii
VOL.rAGi
Racing, Irish love of 6 m
Rackett Lady (character
In 'Three Weeks
After Biarria^*) 7 25«4
Sir Charles (char-
acter in ' Three
Weeks After Mar-
riage*) 7 2664
Raekrent, Castle Edoswobtb. 8 996
Family, Continuor
tion of the Mem-
oirs of the Edobwobth. 8 1014
Raohreniers onthe
Stump Sullivan . . 9 3339
Rafterp, Anthony lO 3017. 3923
(biography) lO 4022
— — and Mary Hynes 9 36«7
and the Bush 9 36T1
How long has it
heen said lO 3917
The Cuis Da pW lO 391T
Raftery*s poems among
the people 4 1009
poetry 9 3671
Repentance Htdb lO 3911
Raglan, Lord, at Bal-
aklava 8 3011
Railroad Story, A. See
In the Bnpwe-Shed.
Raise the Cromlech
high Rollbston. 8 2975
' Raising the Wind '. . ..Kbnnbt ... 6 1805
Rakes of Mallow, The.^nsar Bal-
lad 9 3312
Raleigh is Munster. , .Bowwr ... 8 909
Ramoling Beminiseen-
ees MiLLiQAN. . . 6 2427
Ramelton 4 1512 ; 6 2252
Ramlllie cock-hat, The 9 3496
Ramsay, Grace. See 0*Mbaba.
Randle, Dr., Bishop of
Derry, cited on Lord
Santrys Trial 7 2726
Ranelagn Gardens 1 165
Ranns, Irish 16 3833
Raphoe, Donegal 6 2251
Rapparee, The, among
the hill fern 8 1255
Rapparees, The Irish. .I>um .... 8 957
Raps 9 3309
Rath Maolain (Ratb-
mullen) 8 633
of Ooghan, The 8 116S
Cruane 7 2752
Rathdowney 3 1150
Rathdrum, Beautiful
scenery between Ark-
low and 7 2532
Rathmore 8 573
Rathmullen 6 2431
Hu^h Roe at 8 633
Ray, T. M., and Repeal 9 i
in Prison 6 212S
Ray's 'Social Condi- ^
tion of Europe ' 8 423
Read, Chablbs Amdiib-
flOH 8 29i;
out the names ...Clabkb ... 8 598
Reaper's Harvest Hymn, _,
Thelrish ....Kbboan ...6 1769
Reason for AooepUng
the Doctrine of Pur- ^^^^
gatory (anecdote) ^ ^
R&el chaunt, A 6 211S
Rebellion of 1708 9 x
' Recollections of Fenl- ^^^
«Q9 and reoiaoiani'.OXBABT ... 7 2796
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4109
Itecollectloiui of
O'Keeffe, The*
RecnUUng Song,
pwary
John
Tip-
.or
Strbbt Bal-
lad 9
. PAOB
2771
3318
2591
804
2749
2593
1430
3779
3749
1866
2926
3058
465
Iz
951
2176
3105
2932
678
3572
2578
3105
3260
336
3377
Red Bog, Bog Cotton on
the O'Brihn ... 7
Branch Cycle, The. 2 xl ; a
7 2748,
Knights, The 5 1741; 7
House of the 4
Duo*, The (folk
^nir^ i Gaelic by Htdb. . > -»q
■<>"«>• 1 English by Wblsh f ***
Man'e Wife, The
(folksong) Htdb lO
Pony, The Labminie. . . 5
Rbdmond. John Bd-
WABD (portrait) »
Reform and Emancipa-
tion : 8
• Speech on Parlia-
mentary' Canning ... 2
Reformation, The 9
Carlyle on the 8
ReKlstratlon of Voters
Bill, The Irish 6
Rehan, Ada, as Lady
Teasle (portrait) 8
Rbid^ Matnb 7
Reign of Terror, The 2
Related 8ouU Wildb 9
' Relation of Amboyna,
The* 6
Relatives, Auctioning
OIF One's Shbbidan.. . 8
Relics of Brlglt 8
Religion In America i
Swift on 9
Religious Belief in Ire-
land, Carlyle on
Freedom of 8 962
Legend. See The
Story of the Lit-
tle Bird.
oppression. Father _
O'Leary on 7 2789
sects in Ireland.
?h'r^r...!^ 9 8422
_«o«y. ot Co»nocHtmv^^....^ 3795
'Rellques of Father
Prout ' Mahony ... 7 2337
' Remarks on the Life
and Writings of Dr.
Jonathan Swift * Botlb 1 260
Remedies, Vulgar a 759
Remlnlaeencea. See
Character Sketches.
Remnant? What is tHeBlAGBB 6 2292
Remote, unfriended,
melancholy, slow 4 1857
Renaissance in art and
letters. The 9 xl
M. F. Egan on the
Irish 5 Til
The new Irish a xxl
Rent-Day (fairy and
folk tales) Anontmous. 8 1160
Rents, Lalor on B 1857
Repartees of (Mrran 6 ix
Repeal, The agitation
for 9 X
Association, The 6 2416
Dictionary, John
O'Conneirs .9 812
TOL. PAGB
Repeal moyement. The,
effect of, on lit-
erature 1 xll
of the Union O'Connbll. . 6 2644
Repealers in Prison and
Out Daunt 8 811
Remember, Denis, all I
bade you say Fobbestbr.. 8 1222
Representative, The Du-
ties of a Burkb 1 391
Rest Patnb 7 2878
Retaliation, Ewtraots
from CrOLDSMITH . 4 1380
Retentive Memory (an-
ecdote of O'Connell) 7 2654
' Revelations of Ireland
in the Past Genera-
tion * Madden ... 6 2281
Revenue, Irish, decrease
In 9 3416
Revolution of 1798.
— Lynch Law on
Vinegar Hill . . . Banim 1 76
Rising of the
Moon Casey 2 572
Lines on the Bury-
ing Ground of
Arbor Hill Emmet ... 8 1094
Memory of the
Dead Ingram ... 6 1659
Scenes in the In-
surrection O/ i798.LBADBBATEB. B 1886
Shamus O'Brien.. Lb Fand... B 1937
How Ireland Lost
her Parliament. McCabthy.. 6 2161
The Irish CTturo/i. McCarthy.. 6 2148
Noble Lord, A Murphy . . 7 2574
Capture of Wolfe,
Tone O'Bbibn ... 7 2604
Story of Father
Anthony OTooIcTynan-
HiN'KSON. 9 3444
The American 6 2153
The French 1 186
Revolutionary Tribunal 2 678
Revue Celtique 4 1459
Rewriting of destroyed
MSS. begun 2 Ix
Reynolds, Geobgb Nu-
gent 8 2939
Sir Joshua, and
John O'Keeffe 7 2777
Goldsmith on 4 1380, 1382
Portrait of O.
Goldsmith 4 1298
of Sheridan 8 3020
of Sterne by 8 3210
See A Ooodly
Company.
Rhapsody on Rivers, A.Mitchel . . 6 2454
Rhetoric in Irish lit-
eraturfe 2 xlil
Rhyme, Celts taught
Kurope to 2 ix
Rhymers' Club, The B 1093 ; 9 3403
Rhine, The 7 2586
Rhys, Grace 8 2940
Rich and rare were the
gems she woreMoouE .... 7 2532
(reference) 8 3270
Richard II. in Ireland
(color plate) 8 Front
RiDDELL. Mrs. J. H 8 2949
Riddles by Dean Swift 9 3389
Ridge. Counselor John 4 1380
Rldgeway „,••,,,. See Taylor.
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4110
Irish Literature.
TOL. PAGE
Rifle, To My Buried . . .UcCabtht.. 6 2172
*. Blcrh Shemos be tuiff
'I Kone to France Dcffy 8 957
^ Bight of Free Speech 9 3551
'BighU of Man, The* 8 3269, 3270
of Parliament. The 6 2464
' Ringleted Youth of my
Lore (folk sonp) ...Htdb lO 3735
Rlnncinl, Archbishop of
Fermo 1 32
' Rise and Fall of the
Irish Franciscan
Monasteries* ...Meehax ... 1 32
up and come for
the dawn lO 3917
Rining of the Moon Caset a 572
Rit'Ml fiiraina. The Bullock ... 1 360
* Rivals, The * Gbiffin ... 4 1499
Sheridan .. 8 3078
308S
River of billows, to
whose mighty... De Vebe... 3 852
Boe, The 8 3270
Roads In Ireland S 1739
Robertson, Frederick
William Brooke ... 1 291
* Life and Ixjtterg
of * Bbooke ... 1 291
Bobespierre, B e v o 1 1
against 2 677
' Booinson Crusoe ; '
Princess Talley-
rand's amusing
blunder 1 213
W.. M. F. Egan
on B vUl
Boche. Lady 7 2733
Sir Boyle 1 134
James Jeffrey
(portrait) 8 2959
Rockv ilountains, First
Rinht of the ' Butler ... 2 415
Rop'^rn, Michael lO 3807
R o tj uericM of Tom
Moore, The Mahony . . 6 2337
Roe. Owen (seo also A
Otance at Ireland's
Tlisloru) 3 959
RoUin Duhh. From the
Irish FuRLONO . . 4 1247
Roland. Song of » 3657
the Brave, Irish
version of the
history of 7 2672
Roll forth, my song. . .Mangan ... 6 2365
RoLLBSTox, Thomas W.
n a z E N (por-
trait) 8 2968
and the Rhymers*
(Hub B 1693
on George Darley 2 807
the poetry of
(;. F. Savage-
Armstrong 8 3027
— ■ -^ 1193
' nolltad, The* 8
Roman invasion had lit-
tle effect on Ireland 9
Romance. See Fic-
tion ; Myths and Le-
pendH : Fairy and
Folk Tales.
•Romances. Old Cel-
tic' Joyce. 5 1724, 1731
Romanesque. The Irish
style 8
Rome, The Firing of. Xholy 2
vili
3238
739
TOL. PAOl
B6D Cerr 4 1622
Rope, Ttristing of the.BrvE 10 3989
Rory of the HUl Kickham .. S 1829
( reference) 8 3270
O'More Lotkr 6 2084
Dirge of Da Veu... 8 859
Boflbrine, The Psalter
of 7 2853
place where Insnr-
rectlons were
planned 7 2852
Boacommon 4 1607
Easl op 8 2981
W. B. Teats on 8 ▼«
Dnelling in 1 145
Bose o* the World, she
came Chbsson ... 8 592
of Ardee, The 8 8270
of the World, 7fte. Yeats • 8706
Boss, Martin. See 31iBnN Ross.
Bed-Haired 4 1444
The Siege of 6 2115
RossA, J. O'DoNOVAX 8 2983
Rosstrevor 6 2454
Ronblllac In Dublin 6 1919
Round of Visits, .4 . . . O'Kbnnedt . 7 2782
Tnhle of Stories . . Gilbert ... 4 1265
* Towers, The '. . . Pbtrib 8 2880
described in de*
tail 8 8491
Petrle on 8 3489, 3490
of Ireland,
Forts, Crosses
and Wakbmak
and COOKB. 8 3482
'Rover, The* Canning . . 2 466
Bowan, A. H 2 778 ; 8 3513
Curran's defense
of 7 nlil
Boyal Fairy Tales, The. 8 xx
1 r i B n Academy,
Collection o f
manuscripts in 7 2672
Love, A LxAMT 6 1910
' Buadh.* See MacAlebse.
Buadhan of Lorrha 7 2763
BOckert, Oone in the
Wind not a transla-
tion from German 6 2359
Buff, The, worn in Ire-
land 8 849S
Ruined Chapel, The . , . Allusquam. 1 22
Race, A Siobbson. . . 8 8145
Bules of 8. Robert 4 1419
Rushes that grow by
the black water Trench .... 8 3433
Russell. Baron 1 381
George W. ("A
E.") (portrait) 8 2986
Love Songs of 8 8659
"A. B." on the
poems of W.
Larmlnie 6 1866
S t a n d 1 B h
0*Grady 7 278T
W. B. Yeats'
poetry 8 3651
Plays of lO illi
W. B. Yeats on 8 xlll
Lord, and the
movement to dis-
establish the
Irish Church 6 2159
Matthew 8 3006
Sir William ^^
POWABD ,,,.,.,.,,.,..,.. 8 8008
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4111
VOL. PAGia
Rnsslan Air 7 2537
Rutland, The Duke of 1 188
Byan, Crowe 1 146
Book of the Summef^
Palace Wolsblbt.. . 9 3636
Sabbata Pango (Inscrip-
tion on an old bell)
Sacramento. The
Sacred subjects. Treat-
ment of, by Irish
wits
Sacrifice Russell .. .
Sadlibb. MB8. J
Saga, Literary Qtiali-
tiee of the IIdll
literature. Its ex-
tent
-Its style
MS. of a Lost
Sagas, Minute descrip-
tion In
Norse and Gaelic
tales in
The Irish de-
scribed
Sail bravely on, thou
gallant bark Sullivan...
St Aengus, the Culdee,
Litany of
St. Augustine, Mother
St. Baisil', 'Mother of '.'.'. '.','.','/.','.'.','.
St. Brendan. Church of
St. Bulthe. The Speck-
led Book of the Mon-
astery of
St. Chrysostom, Mother
of
St. Claran (see also St
Kleran)
St. Columba and Chris-
tianity
St Columba and St.
Patrick, Cross of. at
Kells
St. Comln, Fada (mean-
ing of)
St(5ithbert Bishop of
Landlsfame
St Fechln, diurch of
St Flnbar, Shrine of
St. Francis and the
Wolf Tynan-
HINK80N ,
St Oall, Monastery of
St Gregory, Mother of
St Helena
St Isadore, College of,
Irish manuscript In
the
St. James of Compos-
tella :
St John, Bayle, on ' The
Arabian Nights' ,
St John's Well
St Kleran (see also
Claran)
St. Kevin, King O'Toole
and LovBB
* St Lawrence, From
the Land of ' . . . Eoan
The (river)
•StMiiry o| pgypf
O 2348
6 2132
XV
8 2908
8 3017
4 1597
2 xil
8 xlll
4 1608
8 XV
8 2978
a xl
9 3831
8 2884
5 1925
5 1926
8 2881
7 2664
6 1926
4 1600
9 Till
9 8485
9 3546
8 2882
8 2881
4 1255
9 8461
4 Till
B 1925
6 1925
7 2678
1 82
1 406
B 1766
8 2979
6 2046
8 1080
7 2540
9 3684
VOL. PAGB
St Mat hew (color
plate) 9 Front
St Molaga, The Black
Book of 7 2664
St Molalse's Church 8 2881
St Moling, The Bvan-
gellstarlum of 7 2671
St Ninian, Life of
(quoted) 8 2884
St Patrick. See also
Irish Astron-
omv 4 1641
and Brlrit 8 3249
and OssTan 7 2753
Apostle of IreIand.TooD 9 3400
Cross of St Colum-
ba and, at Kells. 9 3486
In the * Colloquy of
the Ancients ^ 8
Introduced Chris-
tianity 9
Ireland converted
from Idolatry by 7
Legend of 4
Pagan festivals
adopted by 4
The Order of 3 797 ; B
St. Patrick's Breast-
plate, The Hymn
Called Stokbs
2968
vlll
2718
1457
1600
1956
Day, 1866, Address
delivered in the
8 8244
People's Theater,
Virginia City,
on Mbaghbb . . 6 2420
Hymn before Tara,
trans, by Manqan ... 6 2860
Success Todd 9 3400
Ward, Tn Blundbll... 1 215
St. Peter (folk story). Htdb 10 3813
St Pulcherla B 1925
St Rlcemarch, Saltalr
of 7 2671
' St Ronan's Well,' John
0*Keeffe mentioned
by character In 7 2691
St Ruth (see also Mao-
kenna's Dream) 8 8297
St Stephen's Green,
Dublin B 1914
Salnte-Beuve method
Inaugurated by Goe-
the e 2296
Saints and Scholars.
Ireland the
Island of 1 xvll
The Isle of 9 vlll
' Saints, Lives of the
Mothers of the Irish.* 1 32
Baladin, The History of
m-ff Hnrse Brownb ... 1 323
Sst I a III 11 D ca, Irish sol -
fllorfl at 8 3063
' Ha ! ;i 1 h t p1 the Immor-
tftl ■ Cbolt a 739
SaUcif Gardens, Doum
^w ttif Ybats 9 3705
*t<fiUy Oavanaugh'. ...KiCKHAM .. B 1824
Snltn'^t} Fishing In Ire-
!nrr! 4 1519
Sjiitnir of Cashel, The
(Bodleian Lib-
rary) 7 2678
of St Rlcemarch 7 2671
of Tara, The 4 1611
Salutation to the CelU.U^Qsm 6 2226
Sambab) ,.,,Mf«*« t 4 W;
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*112
Irish Literature.
6 zm
4 1451
Samhaln. Artlde en
Irlth Drama in
Tliii«
Bandera and the Inrar-
rection of Tyrone and
Deamond .' 7 2852
Sanaon and Fonqoler 2 677
Santry. Lord. Trial of 6 1017 : 7 2728
Sar$tleld, Patriek, Barl
of Luoan Omahan ... 7 2814
Patrick (Lord Ln-
can) 8 957; O Ix
at Sedgmoor 8 2816
Death of 7 2824
on the battle of
theBoyne<cited> 7 2810
Statue, The (half-
tone enaraTlna) 4 1502
Tt^UmoMal, The, Hogan 4 1602
SeeStooftMilfA of
Umeriek, The 5 1742
M^kenna'$
8 8297
See Bong of De-
teat, A 4 1580
Sarsnetd^B JUde Sullitan . . 9 8828
Satire. See also Humor.
A Proepeet Ltbaqht .. . 6 2107
Cease to do Evil
— Learn to do
Well MacCastht. 6 2128
On W4nd Masttn ... 6 2888
Sheelagh on her
Propoeale of
Marriaae Plunkbt .. 8 2006
Raokrentere on the
Stnmp Sullitan .. 9 8888
On the death of
D, Bwift Swift ...9 8880
on Bngllah inoti-
tuttons 9 3855
Satiriata. Barly Irish O yii
Political « Ix
Savaoe, A 0*Rbillt . . 7 2886
-^OHW 9 8024
A BKBTBONO^
OnoBOB Fbancis 9 8027
p., on William
Wllkina 9 8600
Marmion, The art
of 6 XV
Raved 5tf a Straw 7 2658
Raurin the Huguenot 1 128
Saxon churches In Ire-
land 8 2880
BhiUUig, The .... BrooT . . . . l 358
Bcalp, The Sa y a o b -
Abmstbono.8 3030
' Hunters, The * . . Rbid 8 2932
Bcandal Claee Meet;
The Shebidan . .. 8 8099
' The School for'..SHBBiDAN... 8 3099
3105
Scandinavia, Ireland's
assocUtion with 4 1599
Scandanarian Vikinga
in Ireland 8 3239
Scathach 4 1426
Bcenefrom'OatWne'.^CROLT 2 747
Beene in the Famine, A.Kbabt .... 6 1755
in the Irieh Fam-
ine, A HiooiNS ... 4 1578
Ill the Bouth of
Ireland, A Butt 2 427
Scenery, Irish 9 3622
Soenee in the Inenrree-
Hon of X7M LlADBlATBB. 6 1886
TOUYAQI
Sceolnlnf_ 2 629
ScheldTrhe 4 1857
BoMeh4itHon Tbbnch ...» 3432
Schiller and Ooethe at
Welmer 6 2297
' School for Scandal,
The * Shbbidak.. . 9 8099
8105
life in England 2 616
in Ireland —
Bnglieh Aoad-
emif. The Bamim 1 60
Schools, Irish in the lO 3713
Bolei&ee. See Astronomy.
BeienUHe ZAmit of
the Imaoination, TyvdaiAs .. 2 8471
-— ^ The Claime of Bei'
enoe Ttndall . . 2 3468
The Origin of Life.KsLvis ...» 1784
Scientific use of the im-
agination. The 1 XTil
Scotland. Marriage law
in .r. 2 754
Scott, Burke on 1 897
and Maria Edge-
worth 8994:B xl
C. Johnstone 5 1709
Sir Walter, on
Faulkner 4 1260
on Hamilton's
Memoirs of
Grammont 4 1642
on nursery tales 8 xxlil
ScrlbleruB Club, The 7 2874
Scully 2 445
Bcwiptwre.
Celt in 9 8487
Expression of male
beauty by 8 1924
Scythians, rAie 9 8549
£fea^ Bwrial at Albxandbb. 1 10
' Seadhna ' O'Lbabt .. .lO 3941
Beadhna'8 ThreeWiehe8.0*ljEAKY ...lO 3941
Beanchan the Bard and
the King of the Cats. Wildb .... 9 3566
Beanohue Mor, The (an-
cient laws of Ire-
land) 7 2705
Sear Dubh (the hound) 2 629
Sedgmoor, Sarsfleld at 7 2816
Beed-Time Colbman ... 2 609
Seek not the tree of
silkiest bark Db Vbbb. . . 8 862
Seest thou how Just the
hand CONGBBTB . . 2 615
Self-government, Irish
capacity for 1 349
help ...: 1 179
Denying Ordi-
nance, A Hamilton. . 4 1549
Belflah Oiant, The Wildb 9 8584
Senach, Bishop 7 2763
Beptember, In Todhuntbb. 9 8406
Set in the stormy
Northern sea Wildb .... 9 8588
Beven Baroneta, The., Babunoton. ' 1 129
' Seventy Years of Irish
life ' Lb Fanu. . . 6 1927
1946
Sexton and the Land
League 9 xi
Sgueluidhe Oaodhalach.
From the Irish of the.HTDB. 4 1625, 1631
See selections from.HTDB 10 3713
3737, 3751. 3766
Shadweirs Plays 8 1920
8hdt^69pegir9 .• , Wjbbkak.... 8 8628
Digitized by
Google
^General Index,
4113
YOL. PAGB
' Shakespeare, A Critical
Study* DOWDBN ... 8 870
— ^-and Bams Kick-
ham's favorite ^^
authors T 2802
— — the mnslcal «^^^
glasses T 2690
Celtic influence on. » 8656
Goldsmith's opiur . ^ ««
ion of T 2691
Irish influence on
work of 4 "vil
Shakespeare's favorite
characters 8 875
Portraiture ^ ^^^
of Women Dowdbn ... 8 875
Youth, England in.Dowomn ... 8 860
Shall and Will, Confu- ^ ^^^
slon of T 1062
mine eyes behold _. ^^^^
thy glory Pabkbll . . T 2870
they bury me In ^ ^^^
the deep Davis 8 827
we, the storm- ^ _^^
tossed BOCHS .... g 2966
Sham funeral, A 8 1044
'Shamrock' SeeWiLLiAMS.
The BOAH 8 1085
of Ireland, The ^ „^^
Green Little ...Chebbt ... 2 687
Bhamroeke Gilbbbt ... 8 1279
' A Bunch of Casbt a 565
ShamuM O'Brien Lb Fanu. . . 5 1937
Shan Van Vocht, TAs..STBaBT BaIt
LAD 9 8313
* The ' MiLLiOAN .. 6 2427
(reference) 8 2371 ; lO xxl
• The, a Story of
1798' MUBPHT ... T 2574
Shandon. The Bette of, .Mahont ... 6 2343
Shandon^s Bells 5 2004
Shandy, Mr. and Mrs 8 3210
Bhane Fadh'e Wedding, CAnLvros ..8 512
the Proud O'Shba ...10 3843
Shane's Head Savaob 8 3024
Bhanganagh, The Valley
of . .7r. TMabtlbt . . 6 2382
Bhanly, Oharlee Dm^
son 8 3032
Shannon, The Db Vbbb... 8 852
Cradle of the 6 2275
in Van Dieman's
land 6 2454
Palace of Kin-
Kora on the « 2877
Shann-na-Sagart, the
priest-hunter lO 8795
Shaw. Gbobob Bbbnabd. 8 8035
William e 2177
She is a rich and rare
land ..Davis 8 881
•far
far from
Land' , , ,
the
.MOOBB .
.Gbavbb
T 2583
4 1418
' my love
* Stoops to Con-
quer' Goldsmith. 4 1848
walks as she were
moving BoLLBBTON. 9 2978
Sheares. J. and H., and
^8 • X
The brothers 8 8275
Shbbhan, p. a. 8 8044
M. F. Egan on 6 vil
Bheelagh on her Pro-
posals of Marriage, , .Plukkbt ... 8 2906
Sheelin, Lough 8 2277
VOL. PAOB
Sheep and Lam}>s Ttnan-
HINK80N. 9 3454
Shbil^ Bichabd Lalox 8 3055
and Lyndhurst on
Irish ^Aliens ' 7 xxvii
Lord Beaconsfleld
on T xxvii
Bulwer on 7 xxvi
Gladstone on 7 xxvii
Oratory of, de-
scribed 7 xxvi
Sheoques, described 8 xviii
Shepherds, I have lost
my love Oqlb 7 2785
Shbbidan, Bichard
Bbinslbt (por-
trait) 8 8068
A master of ora-
tory 7xxviii
as a wit 6 viil
as Orator Fitzobbald. 8 1190
Bons mots of 8 3119
family. Heredity
in the 8 3068
D. J. O'Donoghue
on the wit <S 6 xlil
Meagher on 6 2421
Irish literature be-
gins before 8 vil
Parliamentary elo-
quence of 1 129
(reference) 6 1920
Speech on Hast-
ings 1 129
Thomas O'Kbbffb . . 7 2774
' Sheridans, Lives of
the ' Fitzgbbald. 8 1190
< Shiela-ni-Gara ' Macmanus. . 6 2271
Shlllelah, The 8 496
The Sprig of Codb 8 607
Shipping, Irish 9 3362
Shoes, Gentlemen's 9 3298
Short Story, M. F. Bgan
on tie 8 11
VietD of Ireland,
rm, A SwiTT 9 3362
Shoktxb. Mrs. Clbmbnt
(DORA SlOBRBON) 8 3126
W. B. Yeats on 8 xlil
Show me a right Gravbs .... 4 1410
Shrovetide the marry-
ing season 6 2194
Shule Aroon Stbbbt Bal-
lad 9 3315
Siberia Manoan ... 6 2368
Siddons, Mrs., Sheridan
on 8 321
Sidhe, A Call of the, . .Bussbll ... 8 2996
The Hostina of theYKAra 9 8707
Siege of Derry, The, , . . Albxandbb. 1 3
Sieges 2 xii
SiOBBSOK, Dora. See
Mrs. Clbmbnt
Shortbr.
Georob 8 3132 ; lO 3937
The Blackbird of
Derrycam S xvl
on J. J. Calla-
nan 8 489
(Serald Griflhi 4 1466
Ireland's Influ-
ence on Euro-
pean Litera-
4 vil
-MB8. HB8TBB 8 8145
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4114
Irish Literature.
Bian of the Crota For
Ever, The (folk Bong)HTDB lO 3829
Silent as thoa, whose
inner life Ibwin 6 1673
O Moyle, be tlie
roar Moobb 7
Silk of the Cows 2
* Sllva GadliaUca, The \0'Gbaj>t . . 7
(reference) 8
* Silver Cross, The * Kbiohtlbt . 6
(Question, B. L.
Oodkin on the 4
Silvester R
' Bince we 9hould part. '.G^ayka ... 4
'Single Speech' Hamil-
ton 7
flfir Fretful Plagiary's
Play Shbbisian .
Roger and the
Widow Steels . .
Slrlns See B. Mabttn.
Skeleton at the Feo«<. .Roche
Skerret, Bishop, of Kll- ^
lala • • 2
Sketch of Mr. GladstoneO'CoxNOB . . 7
• Sketches in Ireland *. .Otwat 7
• of the Irish Bar '.Shbil 8-
Skbinb, Mbs. W. (Moiba ^
O'Neill) 8
W. B. Yeats on »
M. P. Egan on «>
Skull, The bay of 7
To a IBWIN 5
Blane, The Star ©/....Stbebt Bal- ^
LAD 9
Yellow Book of 8
Slaughters . .- 2
Slewmargy <•
Sllabh, Breach 2
•Sliabh Crufllnn.' See
also J. O'Haoan 7
Dallaln (mountain) 7
Sliav, Rnadh 4
Sliav-na-man »
Slieve Bladhma 4
Cullan (half-tone
engraving) 7
Donnard 6
Echtge -♦
Bloom T
Rllevecam 7
Slievenamon 7
An Adventure in. .Banim 1
Klckham at 7
Slieve-nan-Or 4
Slieve Piol (Red Moun-
tain) 2
Sllgo 6
Dwelling in 1
in Election Time.
See An Iri9h Mis-
take.
Slinosbt, I. F. See X
F. Wallbb.
Slop (* Dr. Slop ') 8
Slow cause of my fear 10
Smerwlck Harbor, Ruins
at 8
Smith, G. Bamett, on
William Carleton 2
Smith, Mbs. Toulmin
(L. T. Mbadb) 8
Sidney «
'JInake's Pass, The'...8T0KXB
2534
442
2762
2766
2968
1774
1293
1726
1413
Iz
8 3114
8 3198
8 2965
Snakes in Ireland, :^o. .(rKBim
2232
2656
2848
2853
3064
3152
xiii
via
2852
1673
3317
2664
zli
2376
638
2767
2668
1242
1829
1447
2767
2275
1456
2766
2752
40
2800
1455
636
2367
145
3210
4020
2883
472
3158
2151
3228
2771
^ ^OUTAGE
Sneer (character In
Sheridan's * The
CriOc') 8 8114
Sneerwell Lady (charac-
ter In * The School for
Scandal) 8 S099
So, my Kathleen, you're
going Duffebin . S 934
Sobriquets or nicknames 8 3547
Sociability of Irish Celt 2 vll
Sociable Fairies, The 8 xviii
Social conditions in Ire-
land 2 426 : 4 1417 ; 8 3367
Heredity Ikqbam . . . B 1060
life, described in
*Ibish Litbb-
ATUBB' 2 XiX
in America 1 343
Ancient Ireland 8 1735
Dublin 8 1918
Ireland 1 32, 193. 246
8 995, 1166; 4 1557; 8 1735
See also Keening
and Wake 8 3640
Society of United Irish-
men 8 2162
originally a
peaceful, con-
stitutional as-
sociation 8 2164
* The Church and
Modem' Ibeland ... 6 1662
Sogqarth Aroon Banim .... 1 56
Soldiers, Irish, in the
British Army 8 3062
Solitary FBlries 3 xix
Solomon ! where is thy
throne? Manoan . .. 8 2359
Borne anecdotes of Fa-
ther O'Leary 7 2793
ofO'Connell 7 2651
College Recollec ^ ^^^^
tiona Walbh ...8 85].^
Ezperiences of an
Irish 'Resident
Magistrate ' . . . . Sombbvillb
and Robs. 8 3166
3182
laws there are too
sacred Db Vbbb . . 8 852
' murmur ' Tbekch . . . O 3438
Wiee and Witty
Sayings of Burke 1 396
Sombbvillb, B. 03., and
Violet Mabtin . . See Mabtix Ross.
Sonir.
Had I a heart. . . .Shbbidan .. 8 3118
Has summer come
without the RoscO'Shauoh-
NBSST ... 7 2844
■ How happv is the
sailor's life Bickebstafp 1 180
I'm verv happy
where I am . . . .Boucicault. 1 257
1 made another
garden O'Shauoh-
NESST ... 7 2844
My time how happy.
From • Thomas
and Sally * Bickbbstaf? 1 186
O'er the wild gan-
nef R bath Dablbt ... 2 809
One morning by
the streamlet. ..O'Bbibn ... 7 2592
— ^ Seek Not the Tree.T>s Vbbb . . 8 862
-— .^T?!^ Burnt Bird. .OxLBsn ..,4 1270
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VOL.
Sonar.
There was a jolly
miller Biceebstaff 1
When I was youngDB Vebb . . 8
Whene'er with hag-
gard eyes I view.
From 'The
Eover * Canning . . 2
Ireland the land of 8
of an BcBile Obb •. 7
185
859
466
3266
2840
1529
2534
3156
3157
2980
- Defeat, A Gwynn .... 4
Fionntiala, T^0.Moobb 7
Glen Dun, The, . Skbine 8
Qlenann, A ..,. Skbinb 8
Maelduin Rolleston . 8
the IrUh Emi-
grant in Amer-
ica, The Fitzsimon.. 3 1206
Tony Lumpkins*. .Goldsmith. 4 1349
Songs of C o n-
nachts' Hyde lO 3833
Love poem in O 3658
of Ireland 6 2231
Spurious Irish 6 xll
Street, and Bal-
lads, and Anony^
mou9 Verse Hand 8 3265
Sonnet Written in Col-
lege Wolfe . . . . O .3635
* Soon and Forever*. ...Monsell . . 7 2466
Sorrow Db Vebb . . 8 860
Sorrowful Lament for
Ireland, A. From
the Irish Gbeoobt . . 4 1459
Lamentation of
Oallaghan, The, .Stbbet Bal-
lad 9 3316
SouI» Butterfly symbol
of the e 3565
Cages, The Cbokeb ... 2 695
'Sound the loud tim-
brel' MOOBB 7 2537
Sources of Grattan's
allusions 7 zxi
Irish humor « ix
wealth 1 178
South African Bill. The 6 2178
Sweet Singer of
the See Walsh.
* Southern, The.* SeeDowLiNO.
' Gall, The.' See Locke.
Sower and his Seed, TTieLECKT 5 1926
Sowlth, The, described 8 xx
Spaeman, The 3 xxi
Spanish bull, A 8 1058
type in Ireland 4 1589
Spanker, Adolphus
(character in
' London Assur-
ance*) 1 256
Lady Gay (charac-
ter in ' London
Assurance *) 1 252
Spartan mothers 6 2333
Species, Evolution of 5 1786
Spectroscope, The 1 42
Spectrum analysis 1 41
Special articles de-
scribed 9 21
Speckled Book of St.
Buithe's Monastery 7 2664
' Spectator, The ' Steele .... 8 3198
3204
Speech ni Keirrp Elec-
tion CCRBAN ... 2 788
from the Dock . . . Mbaqhbb . . 6 2424
8 8072
8 3032
8 2978
VOL. PAGE
Speech in Opposition to
Pitrs First Income
Taw Shebidan .
Speed on, speed on, good
master ! Shanly . .
SpeU-Struck, The Bolleston
Spencer, H., on Fairy
Lore 8
Spenser, Eklmund, an
enemy of Ireland 6 2160
in the palace of
Desmond 6 2276
on Irish scenery 1 ix
Ireland 4 ix
xxiii
Spenser's ' View of the
State of Ireland * O 3397
(cited) 4 1248
Speranza See Wilde.
Spes beeCAMPiON.
Spinner's Song Sigebson . . 8
Spinning Song, A 0*Donnell. 7
* Splendlde Mendax *. . .Gwynn 4
Splendors of Tara, The. Hyde 4 1610
•Spirit of the Nation,
* Sports of* the West,
Wild * Maxwell .. 6
Spottlswood. Sir Henry B
Sprig of Shillelah, The.CODti 2
' Sprig of Shillelagh,
The' (quoted) «
Spring Time Gbeenb ... 4
Squirrels, Superstitions
about O
Stafford, Thomas 7
Stanihubst^ Richabd
(biography) lO 4023
Stanley. Lord 6 2157
O'Connell on 7 2642
Stanley's amendment.
Lord 6 2160
* Star of Slane, The * 8 3270
Star of Slane, The .... Stbbet Bal-
lad 9 8317
' Star Spangled BanAer,
The * . . .T .TT. . • 3881
* Starry 'Heavens,' The* *'.Ball ' .'.'.'.' '. 1 36,41
Stars, The Distances of
the Ball 1 86
What They are
Made of Ball 1 41
State Church In Ireland,
The 6 2160
of Ireland in 1720,
Essay on the. .Tone » 3415
rm. The Tone » 3421
8143
2685
1512
2411
2276
607
2193
1426
3680
2744
prosecutions. Evils
of 9 8552
Statute of Kilkenny 9 3391
Steam. Bishop 5 1915
Steele, Sib Richabd
(portrait) 8
D. J. O'Donoghue
on humor of «
Thomas, in prison 6
and Repeal 9
* Stella, The Journal to.* Swift .... 9
To Swift 9
Stephen, Leslie,
3196
xm
2128
X
3S7S
3887
Junius * 8 1226
Stephens' article on
'Felon-setting' 7 2799
Stem granite gate of
Wlcklow Savage- ABM'
STBONG .. 8 3030
Sterne, Lawrence (por-
trait) 8 8210
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Google
4116
Iruik LUerature.
.. 8 878
« Xlll
8tnBc» DowdCD oil .••.•••>
D. J. CDooocboe
OB ttaehainor of
Bwm€ Bim9 MoU
of S 3227
BHfembaeh, The Legemd
of WUiLIiLMJI . • 8610
SUIlornii, Harry Deane
GnMOr's place near 7 2788
StSrllna-lCazwoll. Str
WllUam, OD M. J.
HIggiiis 4 1672
STOKm, BSAM 8 8228
Stokm, UAaoAJon 8 8228
on Bound Towers • 8490
Dm. Whitut 8 8248; • 8520
Note on « 2860
on The Calendar
of Aengns 8 8141
Work ot for Celtic
literature 8 xrlll
Btolem Bheep, The Bakim 1 86
Stone. F., portrait of
Lad7 Dnfforln 8 982
Story* Ood bleea yon ! I
hare none to tell,
air: Camkiho .. 8 468
of OhUde ChaHtv.Bw>iniU ... 1 814
' BariT Gaelic
TjI teratnre,
The' Htdb 4 1622
Father Anthomif
CToole, The., Tin AV-
HiifK80N..8 8444
Genevieve, The.JAmaov .. 8 1679
Oroma WaOe. . .Otwat 7 2866
• Ireland. The ' . . Sclliyam .. 8 3323
Le Fevre, The. . SminB ... 8 3220
MaoDMh^e Pig
and Hotind ... Htdv 4 1613
the Lime Bird.. Crokkr ... 8 734
Yorick, The . . .Snaim 8 8213
tellers. Profes-
sional 5 1738
telling, IHsh, de-
scribed 2 ziy
Irish irift of a xly
in Ireland a pro-
fession 3 ZTli
Stowe collection of Irish
mannscripts 7 2673
fltrabane » 972
f^tmnqe Indeed Dbent 8 847
Rtranmore 6 2279
Street Arabe, Three
Dublin Habtlut .. 4 1668
ballad on Sir Kit
Rackrent 3 1012
Ballads (see also
Street Songs) 8 3266
change of taste
In 8 3270
See Wearing of
the Green, The 8 767
Scene In Dnblln
(half-tone en-
graying) e 2107
Bonge and BaUada,
and Anontf-
motu Veree 8 3271 ; 8 3299
Article on Hahd 8 3266
See Phaudrig
Orohoore and
8 h a m u 9
O'Brien.
Strength in Elasticity. . ^.^
Irish w... 8 886
'Stripes and Stars. The' 8 2115
* Strogve, My Lords of '.Wixohblo. • 8620
Strongbow's Monument
(haU-tone cngraylngi • xlU
'Study of WoiS, The^TRDiCH ... • 3434
Style, CMUc, M. Arnold
on 8 zyl
of 'IBISH LlTIBA-
Tun* logical a ziU
Saga literature 8 xUl
BmbieeMon, A Oentmry
of Tatlob ...•8390
SubUdan Bridge, The S 827
* Suetonius, Tlie Mod-
em ' SeeFiTSPATXiCK.
Suffolk Fenclbles. The , 8 1886
Bugaeh, Lament of the
Mangaire, for the
Irieh Walsh .... • 8508
Sugar Loaf Mountain
(half-tone en-
graying) S 2767
On Great.. Qwmmm ... 4 1424
SuUIdh (Lough Swllly) 8 633
Sulr, The 6 2864, 2379
Sullen, Mrs. (character
In ' The Beaux'
Stratagem *) S 1166
SULLiyAN, AUKAlfDnt
MABnir 8 8323
on B. M. P. Down-
lug's yerse 8 916
ByaMm, Kelly 7 2676
Smith O'Brien 7 2619
The Dublin com-
memoration of
the Manchester
martyrs 7 2609
TncOTHT DAitm* 8 8833
and the Land
League 8 xl
W. R Yeats on 8 zii
Summer. Ireland In
(half-tone en-
graying) 8 1703
— Sweet Tynak-
HiNKSON. 8 8467
Sfm God, The D« V sn . . 8 868
Sunburst The Irish 8 8<M)8
B mnn ime e e of Irieh Life,
The MacDoxaoh 8 vii
Sunset end alienee; a
man Colum 8 612
Superstition about the
angers footprint 7 2862
Byron on 6 2290
Irish 4 1287
about animals 8 8678
Superstitions. See
also Folk Lore
and Fairy Talee.
Banehee, The Allihohax. 1 17
Fairy Greyhound. Axomuaas. 8 1164
Loughleaah AiromrxouB. 8 1142
A Queeive County
WitOh AMONTXOU8. 8 1160
Rent-Day Anontxous. 8 1160
WiU-o'-the-Wiep . .ANomrxouB. 8 1136
The Cow Oharmer.BoT'Lm 1 264
The Ouree Casuron .. 8 669
Fate of Frank
M'Kenna Cablbton .. 8 653
Biddy Brady'a Ban-
ehee Casbt ....8 665
Brewery of Bgg-
Shelle CaoKBR ... 8 781
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411T
SvpenitltloiiB.
Otmfe$9ion9 of Tom
Bourke Cbokbb ... S 681
Fairies or No Fair-
ies Cbokbs ... a 720
Florjf OantUlon'9
Funeral Cbokbs . . . S 724
The Haunted Cel-
lar Cbokbb ... a 707
The Boul Cages . .Cbokbb ... a 606
Teigue of the I.ee. Cbokbb ... a 714
ABlaet Cbotty ...a 768
Little Woman m
Red Dbbnt 8 846
A Midnight Fu-
neral Dbbnt 8 846
The Changeling . . Lawless . . 5 1877
The Black Lamb, .Wxldb . . . . » 8660
The Demon Oat, . . Wilob .... 9 8667
The Homed Wo-
jnen Wildb 3668
The Prieare fifoi*l. Wildb 9 3661
OelUo Element in
Literature, T^.Ybats 9 8664
Ths DevU Ybats 9 3678
vmage BporU ...Ybats 9 8678
SnperstltlonB of the
Iriflhpeasant 6 2140
Lady Wilde on 8 xxlU
SujMreme Bummer 0*Shauoh-
^ . ^ NBBST ... T 2843
Sure, he*8 flye months. . Skbinb ... 8 8164
this Is blessed BrlnSKBiXB ... 8 3166
Surely a Voice hath
called her Obbbnb ... 4 1424
Surface, Charles (char-
acter In ' The
School for Scan-
,dar) 8 8106
Joseph (character
in ' The School
for Scandal ') 8 8000
Sir Oliver (charac-
ter in ' The
School for Scan-
dal*) 8 8106
Bumamee of the An-
cient IrUh Wabb 9 8646
Bwarm of Bees in June
U Worth a BUver
Spoon, A Hamilton . 4 1640
Swedenborg, The Iriidi.
"A. B.»' so called 8 2088
Sweet Auburn ! loyellest
Tillage Goldsmith. 4 1867
Chloe Ltsaoht . . 6 2100
Is a Tolce In the
land of sold ....Siobbson .. 8 3144
Land of Song ! thy
harp doth hang.LoTBB .... 6 2086
'Melodious Bard.' See Moobb.
'Si user of the
South* See Walsh.
Swift, Jonathan 9 8840
(portrait) 9 8848
and Faulkner 4 1268
as a Pamphleter. . . Botlb X
260
zll
- Dean, on Irish «
- Influence of, on
Irish Parliament 7 Ix
- Irish literature be-
gins before a tII
- on curates 7 2638
- dress 9 3407
- the Death of Dt.Swift 9 3380
— - the State of Ire-
land dted 9 8416
TOL. PAOB
SwiftjJ., Populartty of 1 262
W. B. Yeats on 8 vli
SwlUy, LouBh . a 683 ; 4 1518 ; 6 2126, 2427
a leading Ulster
lake 6 2277
Swltserland, described
In Ck>ldsmlth*s 'The
TrsTeller' 4 1361
Bword, The Ba|uit .... 1 140
of Tethra, 7fce. . .Labminib .. 5 1876
'SylTia' Dablby ... a 800
BymboUsm Rubsbll . . 8 3000
Synge, Mr. The plays of. lO xxt
Synonyms, CMkiousness
of. & Irish literature. a xiii
Syria 8 2617
T.
Taaffe, Father Peter,
Slain at Drogheda 7 2672
Taclmac, Tr#n 7 2768
' Tain Bo Cuailgne, The' a 620 ; 4 1600
Take a blessing from
my heart Mangan . .. 6 2878
my heart's blsBsing lO 3087
Talbot, Richard, later
Duke of Tyrconnell 7 2678
' Tale of a Town, The,'
Story of the play of lO xTlii
'Tales of Trinity Col-
lege * Lbtbb. 5 1086. 1000
Talk by the BlaekwaterBowmvQ .. 8 016
Tallaght 7 2678
Talleyrand 9 3420
as a €Hritle, The
Princess Blbbbimg-
ton 1 212
Tamney 6 2244
Tandy, James Napper 1 143 ; 9 3613
TSnlstry, The case of 9 3304
The laws of 7 2867
Tara, Antiquity of 6 2228
Conn made King
at 5 1782
Desertion of 4 1618
PlTe great high-
ways from B 1730
Halls of 7 2636
■■ Hill of 6 2364
Knights of 1 146
SeTen Kings of 8 2070
The Cursing of. . .O'Gbadt . . 7 2762
The far shining 7 2747
The Fes of * 5 1738
The Bplendors o/.Htdb 4 1610
The tongue of 7 2617
The westward road
from 7 2762
Tarah, St. Patrick's
Hymn before « 2360
"Tarry thou till I
come." See
'Salathiel the
Immortal.'
yet, late llngererRnssBLL . . 8 2006
Tasmania 6 2464
Taxation in Galway 8 2914
— Methods of 8 8002
— Bpeech on Ameri-
can BuBKB .... 1 878
Tatlob, John F 9 8890
Te Martyrum Condi-
datus Johnson . .. B 1701
Teach Mfodchuarta 4 1611
Teamair, Bochaldh at 7 2667
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4118
Irish Literature.
▼OL. PAGB
Tcftmhalr at Brnnhifn
time 4 1451
Teamor's Andcot Fame. l 281
Tear9, The Foumtaim o/.0'8h a u g h -
HBS8T ... 7 2845
Teazle, Ladj (character
In * The School
for Scandal *) 8 3100
Hlai Farren aa 8 3122
Sir Peter (charac-
ter Id 'The
School for Scan-
dal*) 8 3102
Technical Inatraction,
Department of 8 2908
Teetotallam e 2398
' Telgne of the Lee '. . .Cbokek ... 2 720
Tell me, my frfenda.
whj are we met here?8TSEST Bal-
lads 9 3311
Teltown (Tallltenn) on
the Blackwater S 1738
Temora, The nudds of 4 1591
Teviperaiiee.
ApoMtle of Temper-
ance in DuoUn,
The Mathbw . . e 2397
' IrUh Cry, The '..Wiisov ... 9 3617
** Temperance, The
Apostle of ** SeeMATHnw.
Templeofire, near Dublin 7 2728
Tennyson, Lord, on Mrs.
Alexander's verse 1 1
on 'Joyce*8 Celtic
Legends' 5 1713
The Charge of the
Light Brigade 8 3014
Tenure, Isaac Butt on
fixity of a 425
Lalor on fixity of K I860
of land. The 7 2862
Pamell and fixity
of 6 2179
Terence^ 8 Farewell Duffbbin . 8 934
Tethra, The Sword of. .Labmimib . 5 1876
Th* anim an Dhla — But
there It Is Locke 5 2003
Thackeray, Irish char-
acters of, M. F.
Bfnin on 5 vlli
on Goldsmith 4 1301
and O. P. O « xvl
J. Hljridna 4 1572. 1573
In Ireland 8 xx
on Irish Chap-
books 5t XTl
Dean Swift 9 3343
ThankfulnesB of Der-
mot. The O'Leabt .. .lO 3953
Thanks, my lord, for
▼our venison Qoldsmith. 4 137'f
"That Popular Poet of
Green Erin." ReeMooan.
That rake up near the
rafters Kxckham . . 5 1829
The actor's dead, and
memory alone . . Bunnbh on
PROrOHAM. 1 301
b»8t of all ways. .Moore 6 2338
bine lake of Deven-
Ish Macmaxus.. 6 2269
brses they are
aflame Macmandb.. 6 2263
brown wind of Con-
nsneht Maotandr.. 6 2272
de8»re of my hero
who feared no foe 2 zv
9 3707
TOE^PAGB
The dying tree no pans
soatalna Da Ymam. . . S 863
' end of a ship ie
drowning' (Iriah
rann) Htdb lO 3S37
fountains drink
caves Bubterren.FLBCKSOB . S 3209
girl I love la
comely Callaxan . 2 440
gloom of the sea-
frondng dlffa . .Dowden ... S 876
' Orore* of Biar-
ney* Millikxx . S 2439
' harp that once
through Tara'9
haiU^ MooBi
host Is riding from
Knocknarea Ybatb
kindly words that
rise O'Rbillt . . 7
Little Black Rose
shall be red Db Vbbb .. S
long, long wished
for hour Dohxnt ... S
' lord of Dunher-
ron' Cbokbb ... 2
' lifing man hae
promieed* (Irish
rann) Htdb lO
' man who only
took' (Irish
rann) Htdb XO
Mlnstrel-Boy to the
war has gone. . .MoOBB 7
Muse, disgusted at
an age Bbbkelet . 1
old priest Peter
GlUlgan Tbats 9
pillar towers of
Ireland «
' Pope he leade a
happy life ' ,... Lbvbb . — 5
' satisfied man for
the hungry one
never feels'
(Irish rann) . . .Htdb lO
savage loves his
native shore . . .Orb 7
sea moans on the
strand Todhttnteb. 8
silent bird Is hid
In the bough Gilbbbt ... 4
silent heart which
grief Pabnbll . . 7
room, the heavy
creeping shadeWiLDB .... 8
- Southern SeeDowLiHO,
- Stars are watchlngO'DoHBBTX . 7
- sun on Ivera Callakak . 2
- sunny South Is
glowing Grb 7
-tears are ever in
my wasted eye. .D' Alton . . 2
- time I've lost in
wooing ' Moobb 7
-top o' the momin'.CoLBMAM ... 2
-tuneful tumult of
that bird 2
-wild bee reels from
bough to bough. .WiLDB 8
-winter fleeteth like
a dream Gbbbnb ... 4
-work that should
to-day O'Haoan . . ^
- world la growing
darker Rossa . . . . R
- young May moon If oobb .... 7
2535
3707
2833
8r>s
S04
736
3841
3841
2535
80
3702
2130
2002
3837
2839
3404
1279
2876
3S93
2676
445
2837
803
2SK2
e09
xri
3593
1425
2767
2S2f
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4119
Theater In Blackfrlan,
The
- Whitef rlare. The.
TOL. FAOI
6 2348
6 2348, 2349
The IriBh Literary lO xlll
Irish Literary. SeeMiLLiOAN.
The Irish Naaonal. See BIabttn.
Their La9t Race Mathbw . . « 2391
Themes of Irish humor 6 x
Then Oberon spake Bablow ... 1 116
Theology, Irish devotion
lo 4 1281
Mountain Gbioobt ..4 1456
Tlieoloffy and Re-
ligion.
Frederick William
RoherUon Bbooks ... 1 291
True Friends of
the Poor and the
Af/lioted DOTLB .... 8 919
DUAute ioiih Oar-
lyle DUFFT .... 8 951
The IrUh IntelleotQiiMB 4 1281
Blessing of Afflio-
Hon KiBWAN . .. 6 1844
The Christian
Mother Kibwan . .. 6 1842
The Irish Church. UacCaetuy. 6 2148
Plea for Liberty of
Conscience 0*Lbabt ... 7 2789
fir*. Patrick's Buc-
cess Todd 9 8400
There are yells that Ilf tRoLUiSTON . 8 2980
Is a colleen fair as
May Pbtbib 8 2886
' a green hill far
away ' Albzaivdbb. 1 8
a green island. .Gallanan . 8 489
- a way I am fain
toi
-not m the wide
Mackanub.. 6 2268
7 2582
world MooBB
many a man's dim
closing eye ....Jotcb 8 1749
o n r murdered
brother lies . . . .Dbbnnan .. 8 925
was a jolly miller
once BiCKBBSTAFF 1 185
— a place In child-
hood Lotbb .... 6 2087
were trees In Tlr-
Gonal MiLLiOAN . 6 2487
There's a dear little
plant Chbbbt . . .
glade In AghadoeTooHUNTBB
wall from the
glen Wilson .
- grey fog over
Dublin Chbsson
8 687
9 8410
8 8617
8 691
Sally standing by
the river Todhuntbb. 8 8406
sweet sleep Macmanub. . 6 2270
Thermopyln 8 827
These be God's fair high
palaces Fublono ... 8 1239
Theseum at Athens, The 6 2885
• Thespls • Kbllt 5 1782
They are going, going. .ICacmants.. 6 2267
chained her fair
young body BocHB .... 8 2965
knelt around the
cross dMne 1 160
* Third Blast of Retreat
from Plays and Play-
ers, The^ 6 2848
Tblvlshes, The. de-
scribed . , • • *.MU«Mfli«Ml.i4 4 TX,
VOL. FAQB
Thlrty-slx Command-
ments, The, of Duel-
ing 1 148
This morning there were
dazzling drifts of
daisies Wznhb ...9 8649
wolf for many a
day Ttnan-
HiMKSON. 9 8451
* world is aU a
fleeting show ' . .Moobb .... 7 2538
tomb Inscribed to
gentle Goldsmith. 4 1388
Tholsel. The 4 1258; 6 1014
'Thomas and Sally, or
The Sailor's Return '.Bickbbbtaff 1 186
Thomas Sheridan O'Kbbffb .. 7 2774
Thomond 4 1667
* The Bard of .' SeeHooAN.
Thompson, Sib Wil-
liam SeeKBLViN.
Those delicate wander-
ers BU88BLL . . 8 2998
dressy and smooth-
faced young
maidens Gbijtin ... 4 1482
' evening hells t \. .UooBm .... 7 2527
' Thou art, O Godt' Moobb 7 2688
golden sunshine In
the peaceful day IStokbb ... 8 8260
' Though the senseless
and sensible' Htdb 10 8887
ThoughU on tM Mat-
ierhom Ttndall .. 9 8478
Various flt^aotsBwiFT 9 8877
7 2664
8 828
8 8180
9 8600
Thradan Hebrus, The 8 2465
Thrasna River 1 860
Three Counsellors, The.RvsamLL .. 8 8002
Dublin Street
Arabs Habtlbt .. 4 1568
' F's, The' 6 2179
Hundred Greeks at
Thermopyln, The 8 827
Rock Mountain 6 2121
Romans at the Sub-
Uclan Bridge, The 8 827
* Shafts of Death,
The' lO 8968
* Weeks After Mar-
riage* MUBPHT
Thrice at the huts of
Fontenoy Davis .
In the night the
priest arose . . . .Shobtbb ...
Through air made heavyWiLKiNS . .
the Solitudes .... Savaob-Abm-
STBONO .. 8 8028
' untraced ways ' . . Dbnham . . 8 860
Thrush and the Black'
Urd, The Kickham .. 5 1824
Thunder our thanks to
her (VRbillt . . 7 2834
Thurlow, Burke on Lord 1 896
Thurot 6 2113
Thus sang the sages of
the Gael Stokbs ... 8 8262
Tlemey on Sheridan 8 1194
Tlgemas, King 7 2718
Tim Hogan's Ohost,,, CoYVU .... 3 646
the Smith Doylb lO 8887
Timber In Ulster 8 2279
Time SwiBT 9 8889
• I've lost In woo-
ing. The ' Moobb .... 7 2622
of the Barmecides,
Th§ MAif«A]f ...8 2867
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4120
Irish lAteraiure.
VOL. PAOB
Timoleague, Lamtnt
over the Buine of the
Ahhey of FBBO08ON . 8 1177
• TlmoBUB/ Plato'* « 749
Tipperary O'Dohbbtt. T 2675
Duelling In 1 145
The County of ;
Sir William Oi-
bome's expert- ^ ^^^
ment « 425
ReonUUng Sono.-^^safs Bal-
LAD 9 8818
(reference) » 1881
See The Muneter
Barde.
Tlr-Conal. See The
Buried Foreete
of Erin.
Gonnell : (yDon^
fiell ^5oo e 2127
Tlrconnell, HughRaudh
O'rionnell of 2 633; 4 1247
Lord of ; 688
See Lament « 2868
Tlr-na-nOg, Oisln and 7 2766
Timanoge, Oiein in; or
the Uut of the
Fena Jotcb 5 1714
the Land of Youth B 1714. 1716
Tlr na n'Og, Tlmanoge a 600
Tlr-na-mbeo ; the land
of the ever-llTlng 5 1714
Tlr-na-Tonn; the land ^ ^^
under the eea > 694
Tlr-o4n. See Owen
Bawn,
•Tie I go fiddling, fid- ^ ^^^
dllne Chbssom .. S 592
not for love of
gdld, I go Banim ....1 67
war toe want to
Wage. From
the Irish Hydb 4 1667
now we want to _
be wary, boys. .Btbbbt Bal-
lad 9 3818
prettv to §ee Davis 8 828
the ia»t roe© of _
rammer Moobb T 2528
what they say lO 8749
Tithes, Sidney Smith
on 8 2151
" Tithes," Thecow .^^^
stamped with 7 2658
To a Beautiful MUh-^^
maid Moobb .... 6 2840
* ioayioard man
tMne advice to
hring ' (Irish
rann) Htdb lO 8885
BkuU IBWIN
drift with every
passion till my_
soul WiLOB . . . .
drink a toast ....Lbvbb
Duffy in Prieon. . . McGbb . . . .
Qod and Ireland
True 0*Lbabt . . .
Oold Wildb
Ireland Wildb
me by early mom.CLABKB . . .
Heath of the Pas-
tures COLUU ...
Morfydd JOHBSON . .
My Bicycle Rollbbton .
Buried Rifle . . . McCabtht. .
'Promised W</«. Walsh ...
•BteUa
B 1673
9 8595
6 1975
8 2220
T 2796
9 8596
9 3673
a 696
a 613
6 1698
8 2976
8 2172
9 8510
9 8887
VOL. FAGB
To The Duke of Oraf-
ton Fbancib . . . S 1228
the Leanan Sidhe.BoYD 1 258
Memory of leaao
Butt SlOBBSON . . 8 8133
sound of evening
bells Tbbnch ... 9 8437
Tobamavian, Origin of
name 8 2229
'Toby of the Ship,'
Or an a Wallers
son T 2858
Uncle 8 3210, 3220
To-day chance drove
me BBOOBa ... X 800
TODD^ J A M B 8 HBK-
THOBN 9 8400
ToDRDNTBB. JoHN (por-
trait} 9 3408
and The Rhymers'
Club
Toler, John, A Monk of
the Screw 8 1957,
Tom Moody Chbbbt ... a
Tomhe in the Church of
Montorio, on the
Janiculum O'Donnbll. 7
TONB, Thbobald Wolfb 9 8413
and *98 9 x
and Froude 8 2186
and Lough Scul-
ly •
8 1698
1958
588
2684
— Death of 7
-founder of the So-
ciety of United
Irishmen
2434
2607
2162
8507
1831
1885
Fate of 9
Klckham on B
Graham on •
* The Autobiog-
raphy of Theo>
bald Wolfe' Tohb 7 2604
9 3421
The Capture of _^ _ ^^.
Wolfe O'Bbibm ... 7 2604
Walsh's recollec-
tions of 9 8613
with his mangled ^ .,«.*
throat * 1531
'Tone's Journal,' Bx- ^ ..-«
tract from TOWB 9 8418
To-night as the tender^ ^ ^^^
glooming Blasb 1 190
To NN A, Mas. (CTOAB.
LOTTB BLIZABBTH) 9 8428
Tony Lumpklns (char-
acter In 'She Stoops ^ ,»^o
to Conquer ') • i»*»
Too long have the
churls lO 401o
Toomevara, A Chronicle^ ^ ^^^
of BtoCLBS . ... 3 967
Total abstinence « 2398
Toulouse, Irish soldiers ^ ^^^
Towers' in iVeiand ® 3239
of Ireland, The^^ ^ _ .,,.
Pillar MacCabtht. 6 2130
The Round Pbtbib 9 2880
•Town Life In the ^ ^a^t
Fifteenth Century '. .Gbbbn * 1417
Townehend, Chatham
and BUBKB .... 1 391
Lord 4 1377
MarquiB of , a
Monk of the
Screw » T97
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4121
'Traces of
FaltliB of
1 828
1
2
408
418
TOL. PAOX
the Elder
Ireland '. , Wood-Mab-
TiN • 8640
Trade and the Union 8 2002
of Galway 8 2916
' Traditions, Fairy Le-
gends and ' Cbokiib. a 696, 736
Tragical deaths 8 zll
Tralgh-Balle MIc-Bualn
(ancient name of
Dundalk) 3 630
Tralee 6 2108
Tramore 6 2223
* Transcripts and Stud-
ies * DOWDBN. 8 866, 875
Transfusion of blood,
Pockrlch'B plan for 7 2700
Translation of Irish,
Difficulties of lO 8711
Transportation in Ire-
land 9 3362
Transubstantlatlon Is
the faith we depend
upon 8 8270
TraTCly adTentnre^
description.
Hiatory of My
Horse, Baladin.. Browst .
Journey in Die-
guUe Burton .
An African Qtieen.BnTLBB .
Sight of the Roohy
Mountain$ Butlbb .
City in the Oreat
west DUNRAVBN,
Ah Man MacFall
Byron and the
Blesaingtons at
Genoa Madden .
Acropolis of Ath-
ene and the Rock
of Caahel Mahafft
Rhapsody on Riv-
era MiTCHBLL
The Prince of Fn-
ismore Mobgan .
Dunluce Castle . . Otway . .
The Vicar of Cape
(Hear Otway . .
Capture of an In-
dian Chief Reid 8 2032
Bethlehem Warburton. 9 8535
The Pyramids . . . Wabbubton. O 3529
Sack of the Stun-
mer Palace . . . .Wolsblbt. .
Travel. On Plbcknob. .
Traveller, The Goldsmith .
Travels of Marco Polo,
Irish version of the
(MS. in the Royal
Irish Academy) T 2672
Treaty of Limerick,
The 3 957 ; 9 x
Stone, Limerick
(half-tone en-
graving) 8 967
' with France, On
a Commercial*. .Vlogd 8 1210
Trees. The Fublono ... 8 1230
in the Irish sagas. 2 xvll
Tbbnch, Hbbbrbt » 3431
W. B. Yeats on 8 xlll
Abchbibhop Rich-
ard Chbnbviz O 3434
Triangulation 1 87
Tribulation, George
Wither on 9 3436
2 415
8 963
6 2206
6 2286
6 2334
6 2454
T 2543
7 2853
7 2848
9 3636
8 1209
4 1357
VOL. PAQB
Tribunal, The Revolu-
tionary 2 678
Tribune, The Lost .... Siobbson . . 8 3133
Tried by his Peers O'Flanaoan. 7 2723
Trim, Corporal 8 3210
Trinity College, Collec-
1 1 o n of an-
c 1 e n t manu-
scripts In 7 2671
Attitude of, to-
ward Irish lO 3713
Dublin (color
plate) 2 Front
Story of a stu-
dent in 6 2400
B n g 1 1 s h , not
Irish 8 xiv
Irish manu-
scripts in, cat-
a 1 o g u e d by
John O' Dono-
van 7 2705
' Tales of* Lkvbb. 5 1986. 1990
Trinket's Colt Somervillb
and Ross. 8 3182
Tristan 9 3060
and Isolde, Irish
scenes In 4 vlli
'Tristram Shandy' ...Stbbnb ... 8 8211
3213, 3220
Trout-flshing in Ireland 4 1517
Truagh 8 957
True Loveliness Darlky ... 2 807
Pleasures Berkblby . 1 174
' Trust to luck ' Street Bal-
lad 9 3319
Tnam-da-Gualann 5 1725. 1728
Tuatha de Danann 2 xi
Tribes and build-
ings of 8 2882
Tuathal Teachtmar 7 2706
' Tudor, Mary * Db Verb . . 8 851
Tuileries, Garden of
the 2 676
Turlockm6r, A folk tale
of 4 1632
Turloughmore, Faction
fight at 9 3316
S t . Columciirs
home 4 1455
'Twas beyond at Mac-
reddln McCall . .. 6 2125
but last night I
traversed M'Gbb .... 6 2220
Twelfth Century, Irer
land in the 10 3845
Twelve Articles Swipt 9 3388
Tujenty Oolden Years
Ago Mangan ... 6 2373
Questions. C a n -
ning and the
game of 1 167
TftisUng of the Rope,
The Hyde lO 3989
• Two Centuries of Irish
History * Bbycb 1 346
* B s s a y s on the
Remnant * Maoeb O 2292
Songs Bickebstaff 1 186
Tyledan. See A Mem-
ory.
Tynan-Hinkson, Kath-
ARTNB 9 8439
W. B. Yeats on 8 xlll
M. F. Bgan on 5 vli
Tyndall, John 9 8462
and Imagination 1 zvli
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4122
Irish Literature.
VOL. PAOB
Tyndall, J., and Dr. 81-
gerson 8 3132
Tjrawley, Scenery
around 6 2280
Tyrawley's duel with
Lord Clonmell 1 142
Tyrconnell 1 14 ; a 633
The Duke of: bis
recollections of
Drogheda T 2573
Lord, on Sarsfleld T 2818
The Mountains of. « 2276
See Tirconnell.
Tyrconnelllan princes
burled at Rome, The 6 2853
Tyrone 1 3
and Desmond, The
Insurrection of 7 2852
Earl of, English
fear of a 633
Hujfh O'Neill ;
battles fought
by T 2748
Mllltfa. The 6 1886
See The Siegt of
Derry.
Tyronian and Tyrcon-
nellian Princes, La-
ment for the ILlnoam ... 6 2362
Tyrowen, Gold found
In e 2280
The mountains of 6 2275
watered by Lough
Neagh 6 2277
Tyrrell, Garden (char-
acter In ' The
Heather Field*) 6 2887
Kit (character In
' The Heather
Field') « 2386
Miles (character In
*The Heather
Field') « 2386
U.
Ua Malghlelne, the
royal clown, Ttie
shout of 7 2711
Ullecean, D u b h O !
(Irish air) lO 3037
(quoted) 8 vUl
Ulsnach. First Druldl-
cal fire lighted on the
Hin of 7 2667
Ulster, Aldfrid In 6 2376
Cause of confisca-
tion of 6 2352
colonized 5 1861
Conor, King of 4 1613
-T Cuchulaln fights
for the honor of 4 1435
Grief of O'Donnell
and O'Neill at
leaving 7 2685
In support of
Henry Flood « 1217
Picture of McNevix . . O 2274
Tenant Right 2 424
The bogs of 6 2278
• Confiscation of'McNRVi.v .. « 2274
Di«artnin(7 of. ..CUBRAN ... 3 780
English expelled
from » 1170
Invasion of, by
Maeve 7 27r)i
* -UndcrtftkcM' to « 865
TOI«.FAaB
Ulster, WlUUm de
Burghs, Earl of.
Prohibition of
marriage by S 1179
Ultonlan, or Red Branch
Cycle 2 xii
Uncle Remus See Kavanaqh.
* Undertakers, The ' S 055
Unhappy Island if» the
Weet, An Kbblino . . S 1769
VnUm. The Plunkst . . 8 2890
Ireland cheated
into • X
Irish songs of « xil
Repeal of O'Connulu . 7 2644
The Act of « 2160
Curran on a 790
Duke of Port-
land on 8 2897
— Effect of, OB
commerce 8 2902
Extinguished na-
tional spirit 1 xi
hated from the
first » X
Repeal of 9 x
See Sheeldh on
her PropoeaU
of Marriage.
United Irishmen, So-
ciety of the .... 6 2162 ; 9 8513, 3520
atatee. The Posi-
tion of Women
in the Bbtcb .... 1 848
Unity of Irish litera-
ture a xTlll
Uniyersity of GOttin-
gen. Canning's poem
on the a 466
Unspoken Words O'Rbillt .. 7 2883
*Untilled Field, The'..MooBa 7 2483
Unto the deep Russell .. 8 2997
Up the airy mountain. .Allingham. 1 18
Up the sea-saddened
▼all^y Db Vkbi . . S 869
Frbs Marmons SeeCAMPiON.
Usna, Uisnech, or Ush-
nagh. The Hill of 5 1731, 1738
Ussher (character In
'The Heather
Field ') 6 2886
Sir William; Let-
ter to him dted
as causing the
Ulster confisca-
tion 6 2352
V.
Va ofi la gloire t' invite 6 2339
Vale of Avoca, The
(half-tone engraving) 7 2532
Valley of Shanganagh,
The Mabtlbt . . 6 2382
Van Dlemen's Land 6 2454
V-A-8B, The Roche 8 2966
Venus, Hesperus and
Phosphor. The Clbbkb ... 2 601
Vernet's, Horace, Bat-
tle of Fontenoy (half-
tone engraving) 8 880
Vemey, Sir Edward,
slain at Drogheda 7 2568
Versification of Irish
,,, a zU
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4123
VOL. FAQB
Verulam, Lord, and the
echo 8 1066
Very Far Away Alexander. 1 9
Viands, The vision of.
From the Irish of
Aniar MacCongllxme.SiOEBSON .. 8 3134
Vioar of Oape Clear,
The Otway . . . , T 2848
* of Wakefield, The 'Goldsmith. 4 1301
1305
(dted) 6 2421
Vicar's Home, The Qolx>shith. 4 1301
Victoria, Qneen, and
Louis Philippe 1 151
View from Honeyman's
Hill, The Bbbkxlby . 1 176
of London Dbnhah . . S 860
* of the State of
Ireland * 4 1248 ; • 5397
Vile and ingrate! too
late CONOBEVB .. 2 615
' Village Oarland, The *.Hall 4 1584
Ghosts Ybats • 3673
Life In Ireland.
See Honej^
Fair, The,
See Night in
Fortmanus Vil-
lage, A,
Bovereign, A Lynch .... 6 2088
Vlmlera, Irish soldlera
at 8 3063
Vine culture possible
In Ireland T 3696
Vinegar Hill 2 691, 599
Lynch Law on , . . Banih .... 1 76
Vlolante, Madam, the
dancer 6 2473
Virginia City, Nevada,
Barl of Dunrayen at 8 963
The Death of ... .Enowlxs .. 5 1847
•Vlrginlus' Knowlbs .. 5 1847
Virtues of the Irish
peasant 8 864
Vis et Armls. See Locke.
Vision of McOongllnne,
The « vll
of Viands, The.
From the Irish
of Anlar Mac-
Congllnne Siobbson .. 8 8184
Visions 2 xil
' Visits and Sketches at
Home and Abroad \ . Jambson ... 6 1679
Vocabulary of the Irish
people 4 1607
Vocal stones 7 2717
Volcanic action. Inun-
dation of country
around Loughs Erne
and Poyle due to 6 2277
Voltaire, Dowden on 8 873
Volunteer Movement,
The ! 6 2106
Volunteer's Song, A 6 2113
Volunteers, A Defense
of the Flood 3 1217
Vowel-rhyming lO 3919
Vowels, The Swift O 3389
•Voyage of Maelduln,
^e' 4 1601
of the Sons of
O'Oorra, The.... Joyce 5 1724
royal. A 6 2468
The First Molloz ••• 6 2459
YOL. FA.GB
Wases In Ireland 3 922
Waistcoats, Styles of O 3498
Walters In Ireland 8 xx
Waiting Todhuntbb. O 3408
Wake of waUatn Orr,
The Dbbnnan ..3 925
Wakbman, Wilbub F.,
and John Cookh O 3481
Wake, Keening and ....Woo d-Mab-
TXN 9 8640
'Waklnff of Corpue*.
Biddy Brady's Ban-
shee Blackbubnb 2 567
568
Tim Hogan's WakeCoYvn .... 2 653
Their Last Race. .Mathxw . . « 2394
Waldron, Bishop, of
KlUala 6 2232
Walkbb, Joseph Coo-
PEB O 3493
of the Snow, The. Suahly ... 8 3032
Wallace, Thomas, duel
with Secretary 0*Gor-
man 1 148
Wallbb, John Fbancib O 3500
Walpole, Horace, cited
on Glfick and the
musical glasses T 2692
Walsh, Edwabd O 3602
W. B. Yeats on 3 x
John 9 3510
John Bdwabd 9 3513
Michael, murdered
by Viscount Net-
tenrllle T 2728
Wandering Minstrel, A. La Fanu . . B 1934
War correspondent. An
Irishman the
first 8 3006
not all of History 4 xl
The IrUh in the. .Maouibb . . 6 2321
Ways of Johnson . . 4 1699
• with China. Nar-
rative of the * . . . WoLSELET. . 9 8636
Ship of Peace, ThehoYER 5 2086
Song, The IfniMterWiLLiAMS . . 9 3607
Wabbubton, Elliot 9 3529
Ward. Father Hugh,
collector of Irish man-
uscripts for Louvain 7 2678
Wabd, Owen (biogra-
phy) lO 4024
Poem by Mangan
from the Irish of 6 2352
Wabb, Sib Jambs 9 8544
Irish literature be-
gins before 2 vll
Warren, Colonel, slain
at Drogheda T 2568
Was She Oomplainin't .Keelijuq ... 6 1771
Wasliington, A Eulogy
of Phillips . . 8 2891
Waste Not, Want ^ot. .Edgbwobth. 3 1068
Water-eruptions 2 xil
Fairies, The, de-
scribed 8
Sherie, The, de-
scribed 3
Waterford election of
1826 1
King John at 3
Waterloo, Irish soldiers
at 8 3062
Wathers o* Moyle an*
the white gulls flyln'.SKBiNv .... 8 8156
xvill
zx
849
900
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4134
7rM Literature.
TOL-PAflB
Wfttt, Jmmm, Jota
Mltcbel on « 2449
Wmmet^ U$gm4 em ike
MUmtd of B€U, Tfte.ToDHDnn. • 3404
ir«f» tff ir«r JoBMWom . . S 1099
We mx% little airy eras*
tores Swift 9 3399
stood eo cteedy ..Jotcb S 1744
-^— ' eomiDoiied not tlie
micnt Oneet ...Bochb 8 2965
wlio are old, old ^
•Dd ffTftT Tbats 9 3705
won't CO Bome till
monmis 8 1194
WcAltb. BlSboD Berke-
ley oo wrarees of 1 178
WeturW & tk€ Oreem,
The Bnmn Bai>
LAD 8 8320
We&riHff of the Oreem,
The CUBBAV ... 8 707
Weerfng of the Oreem
The Knro 5 1833
Weary men, wbat reap
yef WiUMi .... 8 8575
Wearer Poet, The. fleeOaa.
Wedd4tiff 0/ the Oleme, _
The... DnYsaa.. 8 800
Weddings in Ireland 8 2202
Wedding-feast, A 8 634
Weep no more aboot my
bed .BlUD 8 2924
Weeping Irish, a term
for sorrow 8 8001
Weloome^ The Datis 8 830
Wem Bee Aheui It Hall 4 1534
Wellington, Dnl^e of.
8ee also 'He
eaUl that he woe
not owr brother.'. 1 58
Q'Connell on T 2020
J. W.Doyle on 8 919
on Irish soldlen 8 3002
Wblss, Crablbs (por-
trait) : 8 ril
A OUtnoe at Ire-
Umd'e Hietory 8 ril
on OllTer Gold-
smith 4 1298
Foreword 1 xvii
on Fairy and Folk
T^les 8 xvli
— — Nursery Tales 8 xvili
The Red Dnoh lO 3779
'Wendell PhOUpM/
From O'Rbillt . . 7 2830
Were yon erer In sweet
Tlpperary O'Dohbbtt. 7 2075
Wesley, John, on the
Triih character 8 xIt
West, A City M the
Great Dvitbatbn. . 8 908
* Wild Sports of
the' MaXWBLL . 6 2411
Westminster Abbey Cor-
onation Chair,
The (half-tone
ensraTing) 7 1717
Gol&mlth on 4 1317
W eeTe A sleep, The Datis 8 828
Westward the course tff
empire takes its way. Bkbxblbt . 1 181
6 1604
We're farled the bannerTonNA 8 3430
Wexford, Gonnty, Noted
members for •••.. « i 180
tlie fnannimts
Vinegar Hill ...
Sf^ssiesds . . . .TTTOoMBimm. 4
'Wmmt ere out ward
forme f Bioebbbkaft A
' Jhatl^nsioTUeiirBBOWBB ... X
if a ffemtiema»r..<yVoao^nim T
U the Remmamtf..MAamm «
rights the braTe?.BAiBr A
shall I giTe thee?.DB Tbbb .. S
• s o w e s t tlioa,
OffOB' TtXAX-
HcnEBOir. •
Siiall we monm?. .OlUiLLT .. T
sorrow wings Dbuxmoxd. S
the Stare are Made
of Ball A
we say of a thing
which Is ^ost
come in fastuon.CSoLBBMiTH. 4
' «rCI yon do, loverijamL «
Whately on Irish ednea-
tion 4
When all beside a Tigil
keep Datib 8
April rains make
flowers bloom
TO
1341
187
321
27VS
149
861
41
-boyhood's fire was
tai my blood ...Datib ...
- comes tlie day . . .CTHAOAjr
- Brin first rose . . . DBBBXAJf
- flrst ^ I m et meek
- I saw thee.'EA'teLAirB . . .
— rto this coontry
a strsnger I
-nnto this town I
came Stbbbt Bal-
lad T
- he who adores
thee' >^ooj» I
- 1 was young Db Vbbb . . 8
-like the early rose.GBimH ... 4
- loTely woman
stoops to folly.. Goldsmith. 4
- my arms wrap yon
round, I press . . Ybats •
- my feet hsTe wan-
dered MOMSBLL .. T
- on my sickly coach
I lay SwWT 8
-Pat came OTer the
hill LoTBB e
-round the festive
Christmas board.M a c D ■ b-
MOTT . . . «
- St. Patrick oar or-
der created . .Cubban . . . S
- this order CiTBBAif . . . S
4 1009
8 828
5 1065
S «27
T 2768
8 924
» 2079
S 1863
8 3207
32S0
2534
8S0
1509
1315
3708
2405
3387
2081
2189
1962
_ _ 79T
-the breath of twl
light RussBLL . . 8 3004
* eagle shtai nest
in the hoUow
alen ' (Irish
fUum) Htdb AO 3841
the time comes. . .Rollbston. 8 2979
' When yon sre old '. . .Ybats • 3704
Whene'er I see soft
hasel eyee PBaansoN .. S 1183
with liaggard eyes
I Tlew Canninq .. 2K 408
Where Foyle Ills swell-
ing waters , Tonka .... 8 S428
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TOIfPAGI
Wbere to my chief, my
maater Wmqax ... 6 28e0
1§ thy lorely peril-
ons Abode Botd 1 268
lurk the merry
elyes . . .- Todhuxvteb. 9 8406
Susarloaf with
here Gbsiks ... 4 1424
While ffolng the roed to
■weet Afliy Stbibt Bai.-
LAD 8 8290
WMely. Addre$8 of a
Drunkard fo a
Bottle of Lb Fand . . 5 1046
Illicit dlsfllllng of. a 541
' drink divinen...O*ljBJiRY ... T 2808
Whitper WTNini .... 9 8648
WhitUlsig Thtef, The. .hOYm .... 6 2081
White Cockade, TAe. ..Callanan . S 442
Mr. Lake: Aieo-
datlon to ralae
the price of meat
formed by 7 2688
Whltef rlara. The theater
m 6 2848
WHiTMnm, Jambs 9 8560
Whitman, Walt, on art. 9 3664
Whltwortii, Lord, The
admlnUtration of 7 2687
Who dreamed that
b e a n t y paaaea
like a dream? ..Ybatb 9 8706
' ■ ' ftara to apeak of
Nlnety-Blght? ..Inobam ... 6 1669
Whoerer the yonth 8 1187
'Whole Work! of Sir
Jamee Ware Concern-
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the window of this
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