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vard University Prof. H. S. Pancoast
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Charles Welsh, Managing Editor
Author of ' The Life of John Newbery ' (Goldsmith's friend and publisher).
SPECIAL ARTICLES and THEIR WRITERS
Irish Literature ...... Justin McCarthy
Modern Irish Poetry .... William Butler Yeats
Early Irish Literature . . . Douglas Hyde, LL.D.
Ireland's Influence on Euro-
pean Literature Dr. George Sigerson
Irish Novels Maurice Francis Egan, LL.D.
Irish Fairy and Folk Tales . . Charles Welsh
The Irish School of Oratory . J. F. Taylor, K.C.
The Sunniness of Irish Life . . Michael MacDonagh
Irish Wit and Humor . . . . D. J. O'Donoghue
The Irish Literary Theater . . Stephen Gwynn
A Glance at Ireland's History . Charles Welsh
Street Songs and Ballads and Anonymous Verse
BIOGRAPHIES and LITERARY APPRECIATIONS
by
George W. Russell (" A. E.") W. B. Yeats
W. P. Ryan S. J. Richardson
Charles Welsh Standish O'Grady
Douglas Hyde, LL.D. D. J. O'Donoghue
T. W. Rolleston Austin Dobson
G. Barnett Smith Dr. G. Sigerson
H. C. Bunner N. P. Willis
G. A. Greene Lionel Johnson-
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Irish Lit. Vol. 10— A
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-An "OpAmA ^Ae-oeAtAc. (SciopAn ^tnnn)
s^^aUta a^us AttRAiti tiAiroAoine.
tlij An JT-ArAij 'Quit) (An CnAOibin do cui|\ fiof
fSeuUn-oe)
A 65.an.Ai5 au cuit ceAn5Ait.ce. ("Oicco)
Coinnin nA ti-Aicmne. (tmcco)
tDe^n x\n pn HuAit). (-oicco)
Hi-oif\e nA 5deAf. (-oicco)
ITIobnon An An bpAinnse. ("oicco)
An btlACAllt "DO bl A b^AO A\\ A WAtAin. ("OICCO
IDaIa Tleipn. (-oicco) ....
An Laca "OeAng. (-oicco)
CAOineA"6 nA*ocni tTluife. (tucco)
CobAn fhuipe. (-oicco ....
Tllume Aguflofep. (-oicco)
tlAOrh peA-OAfl. (-oicco) ....
TT1a|\ CAimg aii c-SAincm j\An eA5tAir. (-oicco
pogAin iia Cnoire tlAorhcA. (sn c-Ac,Ain
TTIiotxiAin) ......
tDeAn nA "ocpi mbo
TlAintl 1 n^ACOeitj. (cfunnnisce teif An jCiiAOioin
Aoibinn) .......
picuiuit as suAm nA ft-SmeArm.
SeA$An An DiomAif. ("ConAii mAOt." p. S. 0
SOAg-OA) ... . . . .
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CONTENTS OF VOLUME X.
PAGE
The Irish Drama. — Stephen Gwynn. . . . xiii
Introduction. — The Modern Literature of the Irish
Language. 3711
Folk Tales and Folk Songs.
King of the Black Desert. — Douglas Hyde. . 3713
Ringleted Love of my Youth. — Folk Song
from " Love Songs of Connacht." . . . 3735
Coirnin of the Furze. — Douglas Hyde. . . 3737
The Red Man's Wife.— Folk Song from " Love
Songs of Connacht." ..... 3748
The Knight of the Tricks.— Douglas Hyde. . 3751
My Grief on the Sea. — Folk Song from " Love
Songs of Connacht." 3763
The Boy who was Long on his Mother. — Doug-
las Hyde 3765
The Brow of Nefin. — Folk Song from " Love
Songs of Connacht." 3777
The Red Duck.— D. Hyde. Trs. by C. Welsh. 3779
The Keening of the Three Marys. — Tradi-
tional Folk Ballad. — Douglas Hyde. . . 3789
Mary's Well. — A Religious Folk Tale. — Doug-
las Hyde 3794
Mary and St. Joseph. — Folk Song. — Douglas
Hyde. . 3807
Saint Peter. — A Folk Story. — Douglas Hyde. 3813
How Covetousness Came into the Church. —
Douglas Hyde 3823
The Sign of the Cross For Ever.— Folk Song. 3829
The Woman of Three Cows. — J. Clarence
Mangan. ....... 3831
Irish Ranns. — Douglas Hyde. .... 3833
Historical Sketch.
Shane the Proud. — A fragment of Irish His-
tory.—P. J. O'Shea 3813
vii
SS^AtUAte H-UJ;>OAftA1t), 1 nu^-SAe'oeits.
CAilin ru mbfAitfe. (SeAtnuf 6 *Outi$AiU) . . 3874
-An s^-o mA^A. (SeAinuf 6 TDubsAill) . . 3874
p&itfS&At. (An CfAOibin Aoibmn) . . . 3878
C<v65 ^AbA. (SeAtnuf 0 •OubgAill). . . 3886
SeA*6nA — bluipe Af — (An c-AtAif peA-OAf 0
tAogAife) 3940
"tli Af "Oia a buroeACAf " (pAt)f.Aic 6 tAOgAife 3952
SeAtfun Ceicinn — Pf 6f gACoeAlAC (An c-AtAif
0 TDumnin) 3958
Soif no fiAf if f eAff An bAile — An CneAtfiAife—
bluif e Af— (UnA tli f AifceAllAij) . . . 3966
An tlAirh 510CA Af An ngioblACAn — (UomAf 6
h-Ao-oA) . 3976
An tTUc AtU\ 3982
pitt-oe^cc
Aitfige An UeAcctifAig. (An TLeACcufAc) . . 3910
An Ctnf t>'a pie. (An TleActuf. ac) . . . 3916
If f a-oa 6 cuif e^-o f iof . (^n tleACcufAc) . . 3922
HI .All ac can t)6eif. (peAf. gAn Ainm) . . . 3928
CurhA cfoit>e cAilin. (SeAti-AbfAti) . . . 3932
t>An-cnuic 6ifeAnn 0. ("OonncAt) tTlAC ConinAf a) 3936
■ortAtnA SAti miAt)-5Ae,6eit5
CAfA-0 An cfusAin. (An CfAOibin Aoibinn) 3988
CUtlCAS All tlA SeAn-1J5T)AnAlt). ^Ae-oeilse a\\ a
bf uil cf acc inf nA n-imleAbfi Aib f eo 6 I. 50 IX. . 4011
CUtlUAS tlA nUA'O-US'OAnAlt) 5Aet)eAlACA a bfuil
An-obAif 1 m-tteAflA. .....
tto 1 n5Aet)eil5 mf An tmleAbAf fo. . . 4025
Coff65 4031
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Contents. ix
PAGE
Prose by Modern Irish Authors.
The Friar's Servant Girl. — James Doyle. —
Trs. by Mary Doyle. . . . • . . 3875
The " Gad Mara." — James Doyle. — Trs. by
Mary Doyle 3875
An Allegory. — Douglas Hyde. — Trs. by
Norma BorthwicJc 3878
Tim, the Smith. — James Doyle. — Trs. by Mary
Doyle. 3887
Seadna's 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 0. Farrelly. . . 3967
The Cavern. — From " An Gioblachan." —
Thomas Hayes 3977
The Echo.— From "An Gioblachan." T. Hayes. 3983
Poetry.
Raftery's Repentance. — Douglas Hyde. . 3911
The Cuis-da-ple.— (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 Girl's Heart. — (Love Song.) — Lady
Gregory 3933
The Fair Hills of Eire. — (Patriotic.) — Dr.
George Sigerson. 3937
Modern Play.
The Twisting of the Rope.— Douglas Hyde. . 3989
Biographies of Ancient Celtic Writers, whose
work appears in Volumes I-IX. . . . 4011
hose work
. 4025
. 4031
. 4041
Biographies of Modern Celtic Writers, w
appears in Volume X. .
Glossary.. ......
Index.
THE IRISH DRAMA.
In an article in the Fortnightly Review for December,
1901, Mr. Stephen Gwynn, 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 Grania,' by Mr. Yeats and Mr.
Moore in collaboration. At the time when the last was
produced by Mr. Benson, a troupe of amateurs played Dr.
Hyde's l Casadh an t-Sugain,' and the advantage that Irish
amateurs had, even over good English professionals, for
the purpose in hand was obvious. I suppose that this oc-
curred 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 enjoyment of drama the auditor must be one of a
sympathetic crowd. For instance, a comedy of Mr. Shaw's
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xiv The Irish Drama,
played before the Stage Society is infinitely more enjoya*
ble than when it is played in Kennington or Netting 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 be 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. MeGinley's ' Eilis agus an Bhean Deirce y
('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
whi-le 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.
The Irish Drama. xv
That was all, and it was little enough. But it was interest-
ing to find Mr. Yeats 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.1
I may dismiss at once Mr. Seuinas O'Cuisin, author of
two of the plays. His ' Racing 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 effectively 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, tor
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 difficult 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
1 The story is told in Griffin's ' The Collegians,' see Volume IV.
xvi The Irish Drama.
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 Red Branch Order.
It is, indeed, for comradeship in the Red 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 Red 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 Gods 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."
The Irish Drama, xvii
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-
xviii The Irish Drama.
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 thigh, leans back, and drains his tumbler of mon-
strously stiff whisky and water. 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,
The Irish Drama. xix
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 conies 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-.
xx The Irish Drama.
songs, their forbidden passion for Ireland ; that the " Shan
Van Vocht," or " Poor Old Woman," was another of these
names; and that Killala, 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 Gillane, 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 off 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 Gonne, 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 Donegal whom I have
Tlie Irish Drama. xxi
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.
Bridget. 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.
Bridget. 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.
Bridget. What was it put the trouble on you ?
Old Woman. My land that was taken from me.
Bridget. Was it much land they took from you ?
Old Woman. 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 Kilglas a while
ago ?
Bridget. She is not. I saw the Widow Casey one time at the
market in Ballina, a stout, fresh woman.
Peter (to Old Woman). Did you hear a noise of cheering and
you coming up the hill ?
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'Sullivans 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*
xxii The Irish Drama.
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.
Peter (to Bridget). Who is she, do you think, at all ?
Bridget. 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 down; 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 gir1 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
The Irish Drama. xxiii
the house thrilling. I have never known altogether what
drama might be before. 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-
han " 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 Avholly 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 Gillane, 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.
xxiv The Irish Drama.
I was unable to be present, but have heard his views before,
and have heard Miss Farr speak or chant verse on his
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, ' Rivers 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.
The Irish Drama. xxv
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.
Let 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
Munster 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.
FOLK TALES, FOLK SONGS, RANNS,
HISTORICAL SKETCH,
t)tiaine as scAin tia ti-6ine-Atinf-
STORIES, POEMS, AND PLAYS,
S"se&lZAi "o^nu-A, A5tis ■ouatyiAj
BY MODERN IRISH AUTHORS.
te n-flS-o^UAit) ax) IaG in-oill,
3710
An nuA'O-ViUTii'OeAct 1 nsAetteag,
Cibrirm'o mfAn imteAbAn "oeinrb feo, fomptAibe An $nAc-
^Ae-beitg nA troAoine, niAn "oo bi fi aca m f An x>A CeAT> btiAbAn
fo t>o CnAib CAnfAinn, Ajuf niAn cA fi aca Anoif. T1i't aCc nuAb-
$Aet)eil5 te pA$Ait Ann ro, -] CAicrit) An teigceoin a bneiceAtntiAr
pern "OeAnArh An An CfeAn-$Ae"oeit5 te congnArii nA u-Aifcnin$Ab
beAntA *oo tujjAiriAn infnA n-imteAbnAib eite. Ill tusAmAoro An
Cfenn-^Aebeitj; Ann fo, oin if no beACAin a cuigfmc "oo Aon ■oume
nAC n"oeAnnA fuiT>eAnACc fpeipAtCA innci.
UA fgeAtCA, AbnAm, -| nAibce nA nx>Aoine fern, te fAgAit mfAn
teADAn fo, i ca cuit) riibn "otoO ro f5fiobcA rior te fgotAinib 6
oeAt nA reAn-"OAome i n-6inmn nan tvng a "oceAngA rem "oo
fgnibbA-b nA t>o teigeAt). Ace cA cum eite -be, Aj;uf if obAin nA
fgnibbnoin if etifoe i obAin nA f^nibbnofn acA aj "oeAnArii ticnit>-
caCca nuAibe tio ifiumncin nA n-6ineAnn inmu, tnAtt acA An c-x\tAin
peAT>An O tAO$Aine, SeuniAf O *Oub$Aitt> ConAn HlAot (TTIac ui
SeAj-oA), pA-onAis O tAo$Aine,- UomAf O n-Ao-dA, An c-ACAin
O "Otnnnin, tinA m £eAn$Aitte, " UbnnA " *j "OAOine eite;
If An-x»eACAin An nut) e beAntA ceAnc btAfOA no Cun An ^Aet)-
eits, bin if e mo bAfAriiAit nAC bfuit Aon *oa ceAn$A An CAtAiii nA
CfiofCugeACcA if tn6 "oifif eAconnA fern 'nA iat>. Aguf crO 50
bfuitit> a Com fA"OA fin 'nA feAfArii An An Aon oiteAn, cAob te
CAoib, if fion-beAj An 1of$ "o'fAg ceAnn aca An An $ceAnn eite,
A5uf *T fiof-beAgAn t)'f Ogtuim ha x)Aome tAbnAf iat> 6 n-A Ceite.
Ua f^oitce ua n-6ineAnn, fAnAon ! £A fcitinu $A*b "OAome t>'a
T>CU5 AU TllA$AtCAf SACfAttAC AU fCIUfUgAb OffA, A£Uf b! UA
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ceAn^A-b nA cine, "tli't ebtAf A5 -oume Af bic aca uifni aCc oineA-o
teAfAtnote butOig. UAceACfAf "oe nA T>Aoimb feo'nAmbfeiCeArh-
nAib 0 cuinceAnnAib An T)ti$e, nAC bptnt pioc ebtAif aca Af
oi*oeACAf, aCc o'f 5nAt-obAif teb -OAOine cionncACA do "bAOfA-b,
"OAonAnn fiAx> mumncin nA li-6ifeAnn, '5A scuf fA bneiceAtnnAf
AinebtAif, fAt> a mbeACA, 1 -ocAoib nA neice bAineAf teo fein -j
te n<j T>cif. UA feAn eite aca 'nA uACcAnAn Af CotAifce nA
UnionbiT>e — if fUAC nA n^ebeAt An Aic fin — A5Uf cA cuit) rhbn
3711
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 modern 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 making a modern literature for the people of Ireland
to-day, such as Father Peter O'Leary, James Doyle, Co-nan Maol
(O'Shea), Patrick O'Leary, Thomas Hayes, Father Dinneen,
Miss O'Farrelly, 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 them have learned from one
another either.
The schools of Ireland also, are, alas, under the dominance
of people to whom the English Government has given the
control over them, and these people have always been against
the Irish, and against the language of the country. Not one
3712 An tluA-o-ticni-oeACt i tlgAe-ceils;
eile aca nA n"OAOinib-tiAirle f Ai-obne gAn Aon eolAr r peiriAtcA aca
&P r501l-c1D nA AF rgoluigeAcc ; Agur "oo toinmeAfs riA"© 5Ae"°"
eilg "oo rhunA'o inrnA rgoilcib, no "oo lAbAinc leir nA rgolAinib, 50
t>ci cni no ceAtAn "oe bliA"6AncAi£> 6 foin. CA AtnugAt) Ann Anoir,
•j 50, -ocujai-O X)ia "Oumn 50 mbeit) re buAn ! Hi tfieAr-Aim 50 nAib
Aon cin eile a\< tAlAtfi nA CniorcuigeACCA niArii, a nAib a leiteit)
fin T>e rgAnnAil te peicr-mc mnci Aguf t»o bi 1 n-6inmn — mAigi-
rcni-Oe -] tnAijifcneAfA rsoile nAC nAib jtocaI 5-de'oeil-5e ACA> AS
" mtinAt) " ! pAircrOe nAC nAib pocAl beAnlA aca ! Hi n-iongnAt)
gun "oibneAt) AmAC rpionAT) nA UcnrbeACCA Af nA "OAomib, Agur
gun ntiAigeAt) Area sac oroeAr, gtiocAr, cnionACc, Agiif rcuAim "oo
tAini5 AnuAf Cuca 0 n-A rmnreAnAib nompA. ACc Anoir, — rriAn
geAll Af ConnnAt) nA 5Ae"°ei^5e — CA An $Aet)eilj;, aj; ceACc cuici
pern Anir ; A^ur ir roilein e Anoif, "oo'ti "oorhAn An £A"o, mA ca
6ine te beit 'nA nAiriun An leit, no te beit 'nA nuo An bit acc
'nA cotroAe gnAnnA SAcrAnAig, (A^ur i A5 "oeAnArii Aitnir 50 p Aon
fAnn puAn An norAib nA SAcrAnAc) 50 5CAitit> ri iompot) An a
ceAtigAit) pern Anir i ticni"beACc nuAt) ceAp^"6 inno.
Agur cA £ine A5 corn^A* An rm "00 *oeAnArh CeAnA pern, Aj;ur
cA romplATbe An a bpuit ri *o'A "OeAnArh inrAn leAbAn no. tli'l
lonncA ro 50 tein (obAin nA n"oeiC mbliA'bAn ro cuAit> tAnnAinn)
aCc ceAt)-btAtA An eAnnAig. UA An SAninAt) le ceAcc pOr te
consnArii "Oe:
U1£ Atl f:ASA1$ "6t1lt)j
tAb^Af O f. lomn, 6 beutVAe-tiA-muice (Swinford 1 mbeur-lA) ■o'tnnif An fjeui
fo T>o pfompAf O ConcubAifi 1 mb't'AcluAin, 6 a bpuAip mire e.
tluAin bi O ConcubAin 'nA ni$ An 6ifinn bi r^ '"^ cOrhnuit>e 1
ttAC-cnuA6Am OonnAcc; t)i Aon rhAC ArhAin Aije, aCc nuAin "o'frAf
fe fUAf, bi fe piA'bAin, A^uf nion peu"o An nig fmACc *oo cun Aif j
mAn bei"beAt) a toil pem Ai^e mf 5AC uite ni*6:
The Modern Literature of the Irish Language. 3713
of them knows anything about it, more than so many asses
or bullocks. 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 anything at all except an ugly English county,
(imitating, in a manner lifeless, feeble, and cold, the manners
of the English), she must 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
spring blossoms. The summer is to come with the help of
God.
THE KING OF THE BLACK DESERT.
This story was told by one Laurence O'Flynn, from near Swinford, in
the County 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 " Sgeuluidhe
Gaodhalach." — Douglas Hyde.
When O'Conor was king over Ireland, he was living in
Rathcroghan of Connacht. He had one son, but he, when he
grew up, was wild, and the king could not control him,
because he would have his own will in everything.
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tig teAC AbnAn *oo gAbAit, but) mAit tiom ctuiCe t^iminc teAC."
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T>' £iAff ui§ : " An ■OC15 teAC iat) fo "o'lmifc ? "
" U15 tiom," An fAn mAc-ni§.
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Hit) An bit ir miAn teAC," An fan mAc-fi$.
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•ouine UAt.
" €A me f ArcA," An ran mAc-fi$:
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me a ioc."
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•oo Bi Ann, Aguf te ua f Af u$At) "oubAifc f 6 teif *
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uinfi Af ^eA"() feAtcrhAine."
" "Oeunf At) fin •ouic," Af fAn feAn "ouine tiAt:
CuatO An mAc ni$ A5 mAfcuigeAtc Af a tApAtt;
A cu te tia coif
A feAbAC Af A t>01f,
Aguf tug fe a A$Ait> Af Aic eite, Ajuf niof tuimnig f6 niof m6
a\\ An feAn "oume tiAt, 50 "OCA1T115 fe A-bAite.
"PuAif fe 5Aif Aguf bf6n m6f m fAn gCAifteAn; T)'innif riA
reAfbf 6$AtiCAit) *0 50 T>CAitn5 t)f AoiteA-oOif AfceAC 'f An feomf a
'n Aic a f Aib An bAinnio$An Aguf guf tuif f e ceAnn gAbAif uiffi
l n-Aic a cmn f etn;
Tlie King of the Black Desert. 3715
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 gray old man sitting at the
foot of the bush, and he said, " King's son, if you are able to
play as well as you are able to sing songs, 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 alighted, 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, " C&n
you play these? "
"I can," said the King's son.
" What shall we play for? " said the gray old man.
" An^y thing you wish," says the King's son.
"All right; if I win, you must do for me anything I shall
ask of you, and if you win I must do for you anything 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's head on her in place
of Jaer own head.
3716 ni$ An f AfAig t)«iO.
" T)Af mo tAirh, if lon^AncAC An nit) 6 fin," Af fAn mAC fig,-
" t>A mbei-omn 'fAn mbAite "oo bAinfmn An ceAnn T)e te mo ctAit)-
eAtfi." t)i bfon m6f An An fig Ajuf cuif fe fiof An corhAifteoif
cnionA Aguf -o'fiaffuig fe -06 An fAib fiof Aige cia An caoi tAf tA
An nit) reo t)o'ti bAinfiogAin. " go "oeimm ni tig Horn fin mn-
reACc "otiic," An f eif eAn, " if obAif t)f AonbeACCA e."
Tliof tei5 An mAc fig Aif fem 50 fAib eCtAf An bit Aige Af An
gcuif, acc Af mAixiin AmAfAC "o'lmtig fe AmAC,
A cu le tia coif
A f eAOAC Aft A 001f
'S A CApAtl b|ieAJ 'Out) T)'A 10TT1CAf,
Aguf niof tAffAmj; fe rniAn 50 "ocAim^ fe com £at>a teif An
fgeiC rhoif Af bf uaC An gteAnnA. t)i An feAn nuitie tiAt 'nA fui"6e
Ann fin f aoi An fgeic Aguf -otibAifc f e : " A. mic An fig, tnbeit)
cttuce ajjat) Ant)iii ? ' tuiftmg An mAc fig Ajuf "oubAifc :
" beit)." teif fin, CAit fe An ffiAn tAf geug, Aguf funo fiof te
caoiO An cfeAn •ouine. tTAffAinj; feifeAn nA cifOAit) awaC, Ajuf
■o'fiAff uig -oe'n tfidc fig An, bfUAif f e An nit> "oo gnotAig f e Ant)e;
" Ua fin ceAfc 50 teof," a\\ f An mAC fig;
" 1me6f AmAoit) Af An njeAtt ceutmA Antnu," Af f An feAn
■ouine tiAt.
" Ua me f AfCA," Af f An mAc nig;
T)'irmf fiA"o, Ajuf gnotAig An tnac pi§. " CfeAT) X)o but) miAn
teAC mife "oo ■OeunArh t)uic An c-Am f o ? " Af f An feAn "ouine
tiAt. SmuAin An iuac fig A^uf X)ubAifC teif fem, " beuff Ait) me
obAif cfuAit) t>6 An c-Am fo." Ann fin "oubAinc fe : " Ua pAifc
feACc n-ACfA Af cut CAifteAm m'AtAf, biot> fi tioncA A]\ mAi-on.
AmAf At te bAt (bUAib) jau aou beifc aca "do beit Af Aon t>At, Af
Aon Aifoe, no Af Aon AOif AtfiAin."
" t)eit) fin "oeuncA," Af fAn feAn •ouine tiAt:
tuAlt) AU mAC f1§ A5 mAfCUIjeACC Af A CApAtl,-
A cu te tiA coif
A feADAC Aft A t)01f,
AJUf tUg AgAlt) A-bAlte. t)l AU flj 50 bfOUAC 1 "OCAOlb UA bAin-
fiojnA. t)i *oocctiifit) Af n-uite aic 1 n-^ifinn, acc niof feut)
fiA*o Aon u'iAit *oo "OeunArii t)1.
Af mAiT)in, tA Af ua mAfAC, cuAit) mAOf An fig AmAC 50 moc,
Ajtif connAifc fe An pAifc a\^ Out An CAifteAin tioncA te bAt
(buAib) Aguf gAn Aon beifc aca x>e 'n x>At ceux>nA no "oe'n Aoir
feu"onA, no "oe'n Aifoe ceuDnA. tD'imtig fe AfceAC, Ajguf "o'lnnif
ce An fgeut lon^AncAC ■oo'ti fig. " ^eifig Aguf ciomAm ia-o
AmA6," Af fAn fig. |TuAif An mAOf fif, Aguf cuatO fe te6 A5
The King of the Black Desert. 3717
" By my hand, but that's a wonderful thing," says the
King's son. " If I had been at home I'd have whipped 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 King'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 was 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 King'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,
3718 Uig An ^AfAig "Ouitti
ciomAmc nA mbb AmAC, acc ni tuAite CuiffeA* fe aiyiac Af Aon
CAOib iAt> 'nA CiucfAb fiAT> AfceAC Af An CAOib eite; CuAlt) An
mAof "oo'tt nig ■Afif, Aj;uf "oubAifC teif nac bfeu-ofAb An meA-o
feAf bi i n-6inmn nA b&t fin x>o bi fAn bpAifc -oo Cup AmAC. " 1f
bAt "Of AoibeAfiCA 14"0," AH V^n fig:
TluAif Connaifc An mAC-fig ha bAt, -oubAifc fe teif V&" '•
" t>eit> ctuiCe eite As^tn oeif aii f eAn t>uine tiAt attoiu." T)'imcig
fe AmAC An itiAix>in fin,
A cu te nA coif
A f e4t)AC Af( a boif
A'f a CApAtl bjieAJ -out) t>'a lomcAf ,
Ajuf niof tAffAing fe fftAn 5° "ocAinis fe Corn fAt)A teif An
fgeiC riioif Af bnuAC An gteAnnA; t)i An feAn "oume tiAt Ann fin
foirhe Aguf "o'lAff fe Ain An mbeibeA'b ctuice cAfOAib Aige.
" t>ei-b," Af\ fAn niAc fig ; " aCc cA fiof asa>o 5° m^it 5° "0^15
Uom tu buAtAb A5 irmfc cAfOA."
" t)eib ctuiCe eite A5Ainn," An fAn feAn "oume tiAt. "An imif
cu tiAtf 61T) AniAtfi ? "
" T)'imneAf 50 ■oeirhin," An f.Mi niAc nig; "acc fAOitim 50
bfuit cufA no feAn te tiAtfoit) -o'lminc, A*;uf con teir fin "i't
Aon Aic AgAinn Ann no te n'imifc."
" 1TIA ca cufA urhAt te n-iminc, seobAitt mife aic," An fAn TeAt1
•oume UAC;
" CAim urhAt," An fAn mAC fig;
" l,eAn mife," Af fAn f e^n ■oume tiAt:
lean An mdc fig e cfiT> An njleAnn, 50 ■ocAnjA'OAf 50 cnoc
bfeAg sLAf. Ann fin, caff^ing fe auiaC ftaicin -ofAOibeAecA,
Aguf -oubAinc foctA nAf cuig mAC An fig, Aguf fAoi CeAnn moimn),-
•o'ofgAit An cno6 Aguf cuAit) An beifc AfceAC, Agtif cuai-o fiAt)
Cfi-o a tAn "oe bAttAib bfeAjA 50 •ocAngA'DAf .amac 1 njAifoin. t)i
5^6 uite ni-0 niof bfeAgA 'nA ceite m fAn ngAifoin fin, Aguf A5
bun An gAif-oin bi Aic te tiACfbiT) "o'lmifc.
Caic fiAT) piofA AifgiT) fUAf te feicfinc cia aca mbei^eA* tAm-
Afcig Aige, i fUAif An feAn "oume tiAt fin.
topMt; fiA-o Ann fin, A^uf niof fCAt) ai feAn -oume ^uf.
gnOCAig fe An ctuice: tli fAib tiof aj An mAC fi$ CfeA-o "oo
•OeunfAt) fe: "Paoi "Oeoit) -o'fiAffuig fe "oe'n CfeAn--oume cfeAt)
"oo bu-b rhAic teif e "oo t>eunArii "06.
" 1f mife Tli$ Af An b^f^C t)ub, A^uf CAitfitt cufA m6 fein
Ajuf m'^ic-cdriinuit>e "o'fAgAit AmAC f aoi CeAnn U Asuf btiAt)Am,
nb seobAi-b mife cufA AmAC A^uf cAittfib cu "oo ceAnn."
Ann fin Cu$ fe An mAC fig AmAC An beAtAC ceuT>nA a n"oeACAit>
fe AfceAC. "Ofuit) an cnoc gtAf 'nA "OiAig A5Uf -o'lmtig An feAn
•oume UaC Af AmAfc:
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'ro
enchanted cows," said the King.
When the KingTs 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 playing cards."
" 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 opened and the two went in, and
they passed through a number of splendid halls until they
game 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 he
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 the gray
old man disappeared out of sight.
3720 m$ An FAfAig t)uib;
Cuai-6 An mAc nig A5 mAfcuigeACc An a CApAttj
A cu le tiA coif,
A f eabac an a boif,
A^uf 6 bnonAC 50 teon.
An cnAtnonA fin, no bneAtnuig An ni$ 50 nAib bn6n Aj;uf
buAit)neAt) mon An An mAc 65, Ajur nuAin Cuai-0 fe 'nA CoT>tA-6,
CuAtAro An ni$ Agur 5AC uite -ouine x>o bi in fAn gcAirleAn cnom-
ornAoil Ajuf n^rhAtArb uAit). £)i An nig fAoi bnon ceAnn gAbAin
■oo beic An An mbAinniogAin, acc but) meAfA 6 readc n-uAine
nuAin "o'lnnir An mAc -oo An fseut, rriAn cAntA 6 cuf 50 "oeineA-o.
Cuin fe pof An corhAinleoin cnionA, Aguf -o'piArnuis fe t>e An
nAib piof Aige ciA An Aic a nAib An Tlig An An b^AfAC *Oub 'nA
Comnuroe:
" TlTt, 30 T>eiriun," An feifeAn ; " acc Com cinnce A'r ca nubAtt
(eAnbAtt) An An $cac munA bcAt^ro An c-oi-bne 65 An ■onAoit)-
eAT>6in fin AtnAC, CAittfit) fe a CeAnn."
t)i bnon mon 1 gcAifteAn An ni£ An tA fin; t)i ceAnn ^AbAin
An An mbAmniogAin, Aguf An mAC-ni$ "out Ag conuijeACc ■onAoi'o-
eAt)onA, jAn fior An "ociucf At) fe An Air 50 -oeo.
CAn eif feACcrhAine [t»o] bAineA* An ceAnn ^AbAin "oe'n bAin-
niogAin, Aguf cuineA-6 a ceAnn fern uinni. tluAin cuAtAit) ri An
caoi An cuineA* An ceAnn ^AbAin uinni, tAinij fUAC mon uinni
AnAgAit) An true nig, Ajjuf "oubAinc ri : " TIAn ca^ato r£ An Aif
beo nA mAnb."
An mAi-oin, "Oia tuAin, "o'fAj; fe a beAnnACc a^ a ACAin A^uf aj;
a $aoI, bi a rhAtA-fiubAiL ceAngAitce An a t>nuim, Aj;uf t)'imti$ re,
A cu te r>A coif
A feAt>AC Af1 a boif
A'f A capAlt b|ieAJ -bub •o'a lomcAfi.
6iubAit fe An t£ fin 50 n Aib An jniAn imti$te fAoi fgAite nA
jcnoc, Ajuf 50 f Aib •oofCA'OAf nA b-orbce A5 ceACc, gAn fiof
Ai$e ciA'n Aic a bpuijpeAt) f6 loifcin. t>neAfcnui$ fe coitt rh6p
An tAoib a tArnie cte, Aguf CAffAin^ fe uinfi corn CApA Aguf
•o'feu'O fe, te fuitAn oi-bCe -oo CAiteArh fAoi fAf^At) nA jjcnAnn.
Suit) f6 fiof fAoi bun cnAinn rhOin "OAfAC, "o'fOfSAH fe a rhAlA*
fiubAil te biA*o *j "oeoC •oo CAiteArh, nuAin ConnAifc f e iotAn m6n
A5 ceACc Cuige.
" HA biot) f AicCiOf one f 6rhAm-f A, A rhic fi$. Aitnigim tu, if
cu mAc Ui ConCubAin nf$ 6ineAnn: 1f CAnAi-o me, A^uf mA Cu5Ann
cu t>o CApAtt x>Am-f a te cAbAinc te n'ice -oo ceitne eAntAit ocn aCa
The King of the Black Desert: 3721
The King's son went home, riding on his horse,
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 — a
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 ho
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 she 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,
His 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 night
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 him.
" 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
3722 tti$ An £AfAi$ "butt:.
AtA a^axy>, beAffAitt mife niof fui*oe 'nA "oo beAffAtf *oo CApAtt
tu, A$uf b'ei-oif 50 gcuinfinn tu Af tofj; An ce acA cti 'cofurg-
cacc."
" C15 teAC An CApAtt "oo beit a^at* Aguf police," An fAn mAC
nig, " cit> gun bf 6nA6 me Ag fgAf ArhAinc teif."
" UA 50 mAit, beit) mife Ann f o An mAi"oin AmAf ac te b-eifge
nA gneme." Ann fin "o'fofSAit fi a 30b mof, fus Sfeim An Ati
jjcApAtt, buAit a -oA tAoib An^Ait) a ceite, teAtnuig a fjiAtAn,-
Ajuf T>'imtig Af AtfiAfc:
*0'it Aguf "o'ot An niAc nig a fait; cuif An mAtA-fiubAit pAoi
nA ceAnn, Aguf nion bpAT>A 50 fAib fe 'nA co-otAt), Aj;uf nion
•duifig re 50 "ocAimg An c-iotAf Aguf gun "bubAifc : " UA fe 1
n-Am "oumn beit '5 imteACC, cA AifceAf f ax>a fomAinn, beif gneim
An "oo rhAlA Aguf teim fUAf An mo "Ofuim."
" Ate, mo bf on ! " An feifeAn, " CAitrit) me f$Af AmAinc te mo
Cu Aguf te mo feAbAC."
" VIA bicb bf on one," An fife ; " bei-0 fiAt> Ann fo f OmAO
UUA1f tlUCf Af CU Af A1f."
Ann fin teim fe fUAf Af a "Ofuim, gtAc fife fpAtAn, A^uf Af
50 bfAt teite 'fAn Aef.< tug fi e tAf cnocAib A^uf steAnncAib,1
tAf muif moif Aguf tAf coittab, gtif fAOit fe 50 fAib fe Ag
•oeifeA* An "oorhAin. fluAif bi An gfiAn A5 "out f aoi fjjAite nA
genoe, CA11115 fi 50 CAtAiii 1 tAf f Af Aig moif, Aguf "oubAifc teif :
" t,eAn An cAfAn Af tAoib "oo LAime "oeife, Aguf beAff Alt) fe tu
50 ceAc cAfA"o. CAitfit) mife fitteAt) Af Aif te fOtAtAf "oo
m'eAntAit."
teAn feifeAn ah CAfAn, Ajuf niof bfAt>A 30 "ocAini^ fe 50 tici
An ceAt, A^uf cuai"6 fe AfceAC. t)i feAn-*ouine tiAt 'nA fui"be 'fAn
gcoifneutt ; -o'eifig fe *j -oubAifc, " Cent) mite f Aitce f 6mA"o, a
fhic Rig Af RAt-CfUACAn ConnACC;"
" fli't eotAf AgAm-f a Ofc," Af fAn mAC fig:
" t)i Aitne AgAm-f a Af x>o feAn-AtAif," Af fAn feAn "ouine tiAt ;
" f ui"6 fiof ; if "0615 50 bf uit cAfc Aguf ocf uf ofc."
" lli't me fAOf viAtA," Af fAn mAC fig. t)uAit An feAn "onme A
•6A boif AnAjAit) a ceite, Aguf tAmig beif c feif bif eAc, Ajtif teAj-
At>Af bofo te mAifc-feoit, cAoif-feoit, muic-feoit Aguf te neAfC
Af Am 1 tAtAif An mic fi$, Ajuf T>vibAifC An feAn •ouine teif : ' 1t
Aguf 6t "oo fAit, b'eiT)if 50 mbut> fAt)A 50 bfuigp* cu a teiteit)
Afif." T)'it Aguf "o'ot fe oifeA-o Aguf but) itiiAn Leif, Aguf tug
burbeACAf Af a f on.
Ann fin T>ubAifC An feAn mime, " cA cu "out A5 cofuigeAtc
Rig An ^AfAig "Ouib ; ceifig Ag cox)tA"0 Anoif, Aguf f AtAit). mife
Cfe mo teAbfAib le peutAinc An "ocig tiom Aic-cbmnui"Oe An ni$
The King of the Black Desert. 3723
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 off
and away with her through 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 corner. He rose and said, " A hundred thousand
welcomes to you, King's son, from Rathcroghan of Connacht."
11 1 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
3724 m$ An £AfAi$ t)uib:
fin T)'f^$Ait AmAC." Ann pn, buAit re a t»of a ; tAimj feint>ifeAC,
A^uf "oubAinc re leif " UAbAin An mAC juj 50 T)ci a feomf a;" C115
fe 50 feomnA bneAg e, Aj;ur nion brAt)A gun tuic re 'nA CcoUvo;
An mAi"om, Ia An nA ttiAnAc, cAmij An reAn ■ouitie A^ur T>ub-
Ainc : " 6ini$, ca AifceAn ^a-oa nCrhA-o; CAitp-o cu C1115 ceut>
mile "deunAm noirn meA"oon-LAe:"
" tli peu"opAinn e t>o -oeunAm," An rAn mac ni$:
" tTlA'r mAncAC mAit tu, beAnrai-o mife cApAU "ouic tte^nvAf
cu An c-AifceAn."
" "OeunpA-o mAn "oeAn^Af cuf a," An f An mAC ni$:
tug An reAn T>ume ne^nc te n'lte A$ur te n'<5t "DO,- A^tir nuAij\
bi fe rACAC> cu5 Te seAnnAn beA$ bAn x>6, Agur "oubAinc : " CAtiAip
ceA-o a Cmn -oo'n £eAnnAn, Aj;ur nuAin proper re, FeAC fu^r Y^"
a6|\ Agur reicp-b cu cl^1 eAtAi*6e Corn geAt te r^eACcA; 1r iat>
fin cni mjeAnA Ri$ An fMrA1$ "Ouib: t)eTO nAipicin gtAr 1 mbeut
eAtA aca, r1r> 1 A" i«$eAn if oi^e, A^uf ni'l neAC beC T>'reuT>pyd
tii t>o tAbAinc 50 ci$ tti$ An f ApMg ^l11D ACC *• t1«Ai|\ r^oppAr
An geAnnAn, bei"° cu 1 "5^ >D0 tot ' ^ucp5*1*0 nA cf! eAtAi*>e 50
CAlArh An bnuAC An Loca pn, Agur 'oeunrAi-o cpun ™nA (bAn) 05
•oiob r6in> A5ur pacai-o r^"0 ArceAC 'p*" t-°c ^5 p^™ ^5ur ^5
pnc. ConsbAis x»o full An An nAipicin jtAr A^ur nuAin geobAr
cu nA mnA 65A 'p*" ^oC, ceinij Agur rA$ An nAipicin A$ur nA r5Afl
teip ^eip$ 1 brotAC rAOi CnAnn Agur nuAin tuicrAit) nA mnA 65A
AmAC, -oeunrATb beinc aca eAtAifje t)iob ip£ir\ A^ur imteOcAi-6 riAt)
^An Aer-- Ann fin, -oeAfvpAit) An mgeAn if oi^e, " "OeunrATO me
ni-6 Af» bit -Do'n ce beAnr^r ^o nAipicin -DAm." UAn 1 tACAin Ann
pn, A^ur CAbAin An nAipicin "of, -j AbAin nAC bpuit nit) A|\ bit A5
ceAfCAL uaic, aCc -do t&v>&i^ 50 cig a n-AtAn, A^iir i""ir "of 5un
mAC fig CO Ar cij\ CumaccAig."
■Rmne An mAC r»1'5 5A<i T1''° ^^ -oubAi^c An reAn "oume teir,
Ajur nuAir tus re An nAipicin -o'lngm Ui$ An ^ArAi$ "Omb, "oub-
Ainc re : " 1T ™ire rnAC Ul ConCubAif, nig ConnACcj UAbAif 1116
50 -oci "o'AtAin : rAT)A me *°'A t6fun$eACc."
" t1Ar» breAf-r "Ouic me ni-o ei^m eile -oo •oeunArii "omc ? " An
ftfe.
" Wi't Aon nit) eite A5 ceArcAt uAim^" Af reireAn:
'-' tTlA tAirbeAnAim An ceAC "ouic nAC mbeit) cu rArcA ? "a^ r'fes
" t)ei-6eATj," a|a reireAn-
" Anoir," An nre> " A^ "o'AUAm nA b-inmr "oo m' AtAif $un mire
•00 tus Cum a ti$e-reAn tu, A^ur bCit) mire mo CAfAix* mAit
•Cuic; Agur teig o^c rei"," An pr*. "50 bruit mOf-CuinACc
■OrAOlt)eACC A^AX)."
i(- "OeunrA-o mAn "oein cu," An feireAtu
The King of the Black Desert. 3725
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 rider 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.
There 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. Then 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 but to 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, " T-am the son of 0' 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.
3726 tti§ An t^fAig "Ouib:
Ann fin finne fi eAlA *6i fern Aguf "oubAinc : " teim fUAf Af
mo mum, Aguf cuif x>o lAmA fAoi mo rhuineAt, Aguf congbAig
Sfeitn cfUAit>."
Umne f6 AtfitAi'b, Aguf CfAit fi 4 fgiAtAnA,- ^ Af 50 bfAt I6ite
t^n CnocAib A'f tAf jteAnncAib, t^n muif Ajuf tAf fL6ibcib, 50
"ocAinis fi 50 CAlArh man t)o 01 An gfiAn A5 ^u^ fAd: Ann fin
"oubAifc fi teif : " An bf eiceAnn cu An ceAt mbf fin tAtt ? Sm
ceAt m'AtAf . SlAn teAC. Am An bit benieAf bAogAt one, beit)
mife te -oo tAoib." Ann fin "o'lmtig fi uAi"b;
Cua1"o An mAC fig cum An cige, Cuato AfceAC, Aguf cia "o'feic-
feAt) fe Ann fin 'nA fuit)e 1 gcAtAOif oin, aCc An feAn "oume HaC
"o'lmif n^ cAf"OAi"o Agtif An LiAtf6i*o teif.
" "£eicim, a mic fig," Af f eifeAn, " 50 bf UAif cu m6 AmAC f oirh
IA Aguf bliA'OAin.1 CA fAT) 6 "o'fAg cu An bAile ? "
" Af mAit)in Ant)iu, nuAin bi me A5 eifge Af mo leAbuit), Conn-
Aifc me cuAg-ceAtA, finne m6 leim, fgAf me mo "bA coif Aif, Aguf
fleAriinAig me com f at>a teif f eo."
" T)Af. mo LAm, if mon An gAif5i*6eACC -oo finne cu," Af f An
feAn fig.
" "O'feu'Of Ainn fu*o niof longAncAige 'nA fin "00 "oeunArh, "oa
n-osfbCAin," Af fAn mAC fig:
" UA cfi neiCe AgAtn Ttuic te ■oeunArh," Af fAn feAn fig, " 7
mA'f fei*oif leAC ia*o "oo "OeunArh, bei*6 fogA mo tmuif mgeAn
ajat) mAf mnAOi, Aguf munA "ocig teAC iat> "oo -OeunArh, CAillfi-O
cu "oo CeAnn mAf CAiti cuit) rhAit "oe "rjAoimb 65A f 6rhA"0."
Ann fin "oubAifc fe, " tli Dionn ite nA 6t m mo tig-fe, aCc
Aon uAif ArhAm 'fAn cfeACcrhAm, Aguf bi fe AgAinn Af mAiTnn
au-oiu."
" 1f cumA Uom-f a," Af fAn mAC fig ; " C15 tiom cf of^A"© "oo
•OeunArh Af feA"0 miof a t>A mbei"0eA*6» CfUA-boj; ofm."
" 1f *ooig 50 "ocis teAC "out $au Co'otA'd mAf An 5ceuT>nA ? " Af
fAn feAn fi$.
" U15 Horn 5An Arhf Af," a^, fAn mAC fig:
" tD6it> teAbui* cfuAi"d asat> auoCc mAf fin," Af fAn feAn
fig ; " CAf tiom 50 "ocAif beAnf ai-o me "Omc e." tug fe AmAC
Ann fin 6, ■) tAifbeAn fe "06 CfAnn mof Aguf gAbloj Aif, -| x»ub-
Aifc : " Ueifi$ f uAf Ann fin Aguf co*OAit m fAn n^ADlOis, Aguf
bi f6i"6 le n-eif$e ua 5feme."
Cuai-0 fe fuAf m fAn ngAblois, aCc torn IuaC Ajuf bi An feAn
fig 'nA Co"olA"0, CAmi5 An mgeAn 65 Aguf tug AfceAC 50 feomfA
bfeA$ e, Aguf ConjbAig fi Ann fin e 50 fAib An feAn fig Af ci
eif$e: Ann fin Cuif fi e AmAC Afif 1 njAbtOis An Cf Ainn.
te n-eif$e nA gfeine, tAimg An feAn fig Cuige Aguf "outJAifCj
The King of the Black Desert. 3727
" 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 rising 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 three 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 be'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
Hie rise of the sun."
3728 ttrg Ati pAfAig "Ciub.
" UAf AnuAf Anoif, i CAf tiom-fA 50 -ocAifbeAnfAit) me tjuic ^n
nit) acA ajjat) te *oeunArii An-oiu."
U115 fe ah mAC fig 50 bf uaC tocA -| tAif beAr> p6 i>& feAn-CAif-
teAn, A^uf "oubAif c teif ,. " CAit jaC uite ctoc 'f^n £CAif teAn fin
AtnAC 'fAn ^oC5 1 bio* fe x>euncA a^ati feAt mA >oc6i,deArm ati
gfiAn pAoi, cfAtnonA." "ONmtig fe UAit> Ann fin:
tofAig An niAC fig A5 obAif, acc bi nA ctoCA sfeAtnwgte "o'a
Ceite Corn cfUAit) fin, nAf feu-o f£ Aon cloc aca x>o tosbAit, Aguf
•oA mbeitteAt) fe aj; obAif 30 X)zi An tA f o, ni bei-oeAt) ctoC Af Ati
jCAifteAn. Suit) fe fiof Ann fin A5 fmuAineAtj cfeAT) >oo but)
coin "66 •oeunArh, Ajuf nion bfA*OA 30 T>cAinis ingeAn An cfeAn-
fig cmje, -\ "oubAifc, " Ca-o e f At "oo bf oin ? " "O'lnnif fe tri An
ot>Aif "oo bi Ai£e te "oeunAtn: " 11a ctnneAt> fin bfon ofc ; "oeun-
f Ait) mife e," Af fife: -Ann fin tu$ fi AfAn, niAifcfeoit t fion
•06, tAff Aing AmAC f tAicin T)f aotocacca, buAit btntte Af An c-feAn-
CAifteAn, A$uf fAoi ceAnn moimiT) bi 5AC uite Ctoc "oe Af bun
An tocA: " -Anoif," Af fife, " nA b-mnif t>o m'AtAif guf mife T)0
finne An obAif tunc."
tluAif bi An gfiAn Ag -out faoi, cfAtnOnAj tAimg An feAn fig
Aguf t)ut)Aifc : " "peicini 50 bfuit "o'obAif tAe *oeuncA aja-o."
" CA," Af fAn niAC fig, " C15 Horn obAif a^ bit "oer "oeunArn."
SAOit An feAn fig Anoif 50 fAib cutfiACC mOf 'OfAoi'oeACcA A5
An mAC fig, A5,uf "oubAifC teif, " Se "o'obAif tAe AmAf aC nA cIoca
•00 tOgbAit Af ax\ toe, Agtif An CAifteAn "oo cuf Af bun mAf bi
rt ceAnA."
tug fe An niAC fig A-bAite A^uf TDubAifC teif, " Ceifig "oo
to-oLA-6 'f An aic a f Aib cu An oit)Ce Afeif ."
HuAif cuai"6 An feAn-fig 'nA tox>lAt> tAim^ An mgeAn 05 <A5tif
tug AfceAO e cum a feomfA fem, Aguf CongbAig Ann fin e 50
fAib An feAn fig Af ci eifge Af mAToin ; Ann fin cuif fi AniAC
Afif 6 1 nsAblOig An cfAinn."
te ti-eifi$e ua ^feine. tAim^ An feAn fig "\ "oubAifC : " UA fe
1 n-Am "ouic "out,, ^cionn D'oibfe."
" tli'L -oeifif Af bic Of m," a\\ fAn niAC fig, " mAf cA fiof AjAm
50 "ocig tiom m obAif tAe "oeunAm 50 fei"6."
Cuato fe 50 bfUAC An tocA Ann fin, acc niof feut) f6 ctot
•o'feiceAl, bi An c-uifje Com "oub fin. Suit) fe fiof Af CAff A15 ;
A$uf niof bfAT)A 50 -ocAinij pionnguAtA, but) n-e fin Ainm mgme
An cfeAn fig, tuise, Aguf "oubAifc : " CAt) za ajatj te •oeunAtfi
An-oui % " T>'inniv fe t)i, Aguf "oubAifc fi : " X\A biot) bf on ofc ;
C15 tiom-fA An obAif fin "OeunArii t)uic." -Ann fin tug fi t)d
AfAn, mAift-feoil, A3Uf CAOif-feOit Ajuf fiom -Ann fin tA^ Ain$
fi AmAC An CftAicin x>f AoiteACCA, buAit uifje An toCA teite, Aguf
The King of the Black Desert^ 3729
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 daughten
of the old King came to him and said, " What is the cause of1
your grief? " He told her the work which he had to do. " Let
that put no grief on you, I will do it," said she. Then she
gave him 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, " Go 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
3730 ttig An £apai$ t)tiib:
pAoi teAnn moimit) bi ah peAn-CAipteAn Att bun mAp bi pe An tA
poime. Ann fin -oubAipc pi teip : " An "©'AnAm, nA n-innip "oo
m'AtAin 50 n'oeApnAi'o mipe An obAip peo "owe, n6 50 bpuit eotAp
An bit a^ax> opm."
CpAtnonA An tae pm, tAinij; An peAn ni$ Ajjur -DubAinc, " "peicim
50 bpuit obAin An tAe *oeuncA av;at)"
" €A," An fAn mAc pig, " obAip poi-tteuncA i pm ! "
Ann pm pAOit An reAn nig 50 pAib niop mo curhACC •onaoi'O-
eACcA A5 An mAc nig 'nA t)o bi Aige pern, Agup -oubAipc pe : " tti't
acc Aon put) eite A5A0 te •oeutiAtfi." tug pe A-bAite Ann fin e, -j
Cuip pe 6 te co'otA'o 1 ngAbtoij; An CpAinn, aCc tAimj; ponnguAtA
1 tuip pi m a peompA pein e, Agup An mAiT>in, Cuip pi ahiac Apip
An An gcnAnn e. te n-eipje ha gneme, tAinig An peAn pig ctnge
Agup -oubAinc teip : " Cap tiom 50 "ocAip beanpAit me "guic
•o'obAip tAe."
tJug pe An ttiAC nig 50 gteAnn mop, Aj;up tAipbeAn -06 cobAp, •;
•oubAinc : " CaiU, tno mAtAip-mOp pAinne in fAn cobAp fin, Agup
pAg tAm e peAt mA "ocei-o An gpiAn fAoi, CpAtnonA."
Anoip bi An cobAp fo ceuT> cpoig Af "ooimne A$up pice cpoig
cimCiott; Aguf bi pe tioncA te ti-uipse, Agup bi Antn Af ippionn a$
pAipe An pAinne.
tluAip "o'ltntig An peAn pig, tAmij ponnguAtA A^up typiAppuig,-
" Cat> cA ajat) te "oeunAtn AnTnu ? " 'O'mmp pe tti, Agup "oubAipc
pi, " 1p "oeACAip An obAip i pm, acc "oeunpAitt me mo "oitCiott te
■oo beAtA t)o fAbAit." An fin tug fi x>6 mAipcpeoit, Af An, Agup
pion. Tlmne pi pixieAt * "oi pem A^up Cuai* piop 'pAn cobAp.'
Tliop bpAT)A 50 bpACAit) pe x>eACAC Agup cinnceAt A5 ceACC AmAC
Af An cobAp, Agup copAn Ann mAp coipneAC ApT>, Agup -ouine a^
bit "oo beit)eAt) A5 eipceACC teip An copAn pm pAoitpeAt) p6 50
pAib Apm ippinn A5 cpoit).
"Paoi CeAnn CAmAitt, "o'lmtig An "oeACAt, coipg An cinnceAC A^up
An coipneAC, Ajup tAimg "pionngUAtA Aniop teip An bpAmne;
SeACAi-o pi An pAmne "oo rhAC An pig, Agup -oiibAipc pi : " 5not'A1S
me An CAt, *j cA t>o beAtA pAbAtcA, a6z peuC, cA tAitipcin mo
tAime "oeipe bpipce. Ate b'ei-oip gup A"0AmAit An ni-0 jup bpip-
eA"6 e; TluAip tiucpAp m'AtAip, nA CAbAip An pAinne t)6, acc
bAgAip 6 50 cpuAit). t)eAppAit> pe tu Ann pin te ■oo beAn -oo
togAt), Agup peo An Caoi -OeunpAp cu -oo pojA. t)eit> mipe A^,vf
mo -OeipbpiupAtA 1 peompA, beit> pott a\< An "oopAp, -j cuippimi-o
uiLe Ap tAttiA AmAt mAp Cpuimipgin. Cmppit cupA "oo tAm cpi-o
An bpott, Ajjup An tAm CongboCAp cu speim uippi nuAip pop^OtAit)
* Ui-oeAC no ^u'^oeAc = " Cjiocac mAt<D," fojtc ein mrse-
The King of the Black Desert. 3731
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 lake
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 again 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 difficult 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
3732 ,tti$ -An £AfAi$ ^U1^.
m'AtAin An *oonAf, if i fin LArri Ari c6 oei-oeAf a^a-o mAn?mnAO*,j
U15 teAC mife -o'Aicne An mo tAi-Oincin bnifce."
" U15 tiom, Aguf 5fA"° ™° cnoi'de tu, a pionnguAtA," An fAn
tnAc f.15:
UnAtnonA An tAe fin, taims An feAn-ni$ A^uf "o'viAtnuis : " An
opuAin cu pAinne rno ™&tAV- moine ? '
" puAineAf 50 •oeirhin," An fAn mAC nig ; " oi Anm '5A CunroAC
Af ipnionn, aCc ouAit mife iat>, Aguf ouAitpmn a -peACC n-oineAt>:
tlAc opuit piof AgA-o gun ConnACcAC tn6 ? "
" CAttAin -dAm An pAmne," An fAn TeAn 1^5-'
"go "oeimm, ni tmonA-o," An f eif eAn ; ;' cnoi"o me 50 cnuAi-6
An a fon ; acc cAOAin "OAtfi-fA mo t>eAn. UeAfCAig' uAim t>eifc Ag
imceAcc."
tug An reAn ni§ AfceAC e, Aguf >ouDAinc, " O mo tniun ingean
'fAn reomnA fin ro' tACAifj O tArii -^a6 Aom aca fince auiac,'
Agup An ce CongooCAf cu gneim uinni 50 opofsotAi-o mire An
•oonAf, fin i "oo oeAn."
Cuin An mAC nig a t£rh cni"o An bpott -oo ni An An nonAf, A^uf
£UAin fe Sfeim An tAim An tAituncin onifce, Aguf const)Ai$ gneim
cnuArO Ain, gun fofSAit An reAn nig -oonAf An cfeomnA:
" 'S i reo mo oeAn," An fAn mAC nij ; " cAUAin "OAm Anoif fpn6
•o'mjine;"
" tli't -oe f pne aici te pAgAit aCc CAOit-eAc t>onn te fio "no
tAOAinc AOAite, Agur nAn casai-o p» W Air> t>eo nA mAnti, 50
•oeo ! "
Cuai-o An m-Ac nig 1 fionnguAtA An mAncuigeACc An An gcAoa-
eAC -oonn ; Ajur nion opA-OA 50 •©cAn^A'DAn 50 -oci An Coitt 'n An
■pAg An mAC ni$ a cu Aguf a feAt>Ac: t)i fiAT> Ann rm noime, mAn
Aon te ua CApAll bneAg "dud: Cuin re An c-eAC caoI -oonn An
Air Ann fin: Cuin re ponnjuAlA A5 mAncuigeACc An a CApAlty
A$up I6im ruAf> ^ Pe1t1>
A cu te n-A coif
A feAbAC A|l a botf,
A^uf nion fCA-o re 50 "ocAims re 50 "RAt CnuACAm:
t)i fAitce mon noime Ann rm, Asuf nion tvpA'OA gun p6fA* 6
•pem Agur ponnguAtA. CAit fiAT> X)e&t& pA"OA feunrhAn, — aCc if
beA5 mA ca tofg An cfeAn-CAifteAin te f AjAit Ant)iu 1 HAt-CnuAC-
Ain ConnACC;
The King of the Black Desert. 3733
hole in the door, and we shall all put our hands out in a
cluster. You wall 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 that 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 King.
"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 daughters 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 Rathcroghan of
Connacht.
Cfiioc.
3734
A ©5AtiAi$ An cm CeAtisAitxe,
A o5^hai$ An Ciiil CeAngAitxe
le a ttAib me reAl i n-emfeACc,'
CuAlt) CU 'fXfelft, At1 beAlAc fO,
'S ni tAmi5 cu "oo m'feucAinc.
SaoiI me r»A6 n'oeunpAi'de -oocAn *6uic
"OA "OCiucfA, A'f me "o' lAn^Ai*,
'S sun b'i t>o iboisin CAbAinpeA-6 rolAf
"OA mbeTOinn 1 tAn An £iAbp.Air.
X)A mbeitteA-o mAoin AgAin-f a
Agur AingeAt) Ann mo poc&
"OeunpAmn boiCnin AiC-5ionp.AC
go "oo|\Af ci$e mo fcoifvin,
tTlAn fuit te "Oia 50 5-cttnnntMiin-fe
ConAnn binu a bnoige,
'S if ?at> An IA 6 coT)Ait me
Ace as ruM te blAf x>o poige.
A'f fAoit me a rcoifiin
50 mbu-6 geAtAC Ajur gniAn tu>
A'f fAoit me 'nnA "6iai§ fin
go mbu-6 yneAttA Ap. An crUAb cttj
A'r fAoit me 'nn a -Oiai$ fin
50 mbtit) tocttAnn o "Oia Cu,
tlo 511^ Ab cu An neulc-eolAif
A5 'out nomAm A'r mo "OiAig cus
$eAtt cu riooA 'r fAian "OAm
CAllAi'Oe 'r bf6gA A|\-oa,
A'f geAtt cu CAn eif fin
50 teAnp A cm'T) An cfnAtii me?
fli rtiAn fin acA me
Ace mo fgeAC 1 mbeul beArtnAj
5aC noin A'f 5.4c mAi"om
As peucAinc cige m' AtAn^
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 thee,
And this house, I grow dead of, is all
That I see around or about me.
3736
comnfn riA H-Aicinne.*
A bfAT) 6 fom, m fan c-feAn-Aimfin, bi bAincneAbA6 "OAnb1
Ainm D|M'$1"0 Hi $f.AT>Ai3, nA comnui'de 1 5Con"OAe nA 5Aittime:
t)i Aon rhAC ArhAin aici -OAf b'Ainm Ca'Os: Hu3A"6 e mi CAn eif
bAif a AtAn 1 tAf coitte bije Aicinne "oo bi A3 fAf An CAOib cnuic
1 n3An T>o'n ci£; An An A-obAf fin, S^P nA "OAome Coinnin tia
b- Aicinne mAn teAf-Amm Ain.1 tAinig cinneAf obAnn An ad mnAoi
bonic nuAin bi fi A3 feOtAt) tia mbo fUAf An tAoib An Cnuic;
TluAin nugAt) Ua"6s bi fe 'nA nAorbeAUAn bneAg, Aguf meAT>Ai3
fe 50 niAit 50 nAib f e ceicne btiA^OnA "o'Aoif, acc o'n Am fin AmAC
nion fAf fe ofOtAC 50 nAib fe cni btiA"onA "oeus, no nion Cuin fe
cor fAoi te coifceim "oo fiubAt,- acc T>'feu,ofA"o fe imceACc 50
CApA 50 teOn An a *0a tAim Aguf An a tAoib fiAn, A5uf "°^ 3ctum-
f eAt> fe Aon T>ume A3 ceACc cum An age, *oo buAitpeAt) fe a "6a
tAim fAoi, Aguf ■oo nACATi fe "o'Aon teim AriiAin o'n ceme 50 *oci
An -oonAf ; Agur "oo CuinreA-o ceu-o mite p^itce noim An ce tAmig.
t)i seAn m6n A3 Aoif 615 An bAite Ain,' mAn "oo geibeAt) fiAt> sneAnn
m6n Af, sac uite oi-OOe: O'n Am bi fe feACc mbtiAt>nA "o'Aoif, bi
fe "oeAftAmAC A3Uf ufAiT>eAC t>'A mAcAin, Aguf td'a riiACAin-mOin
•oo bi 'nA comnui-oe 1 n-Aon C15 teif: 1n fAn brogitiAn, cerbeAt)
re An a tAmAib Aguf a\\ a CAoib-fiAn fUAf An tAoib An Cnuic, t
bio-0 A3 ice btAC nA b-Aicmne mAn jjAbAn: t)i AbAnn beAg Ann,
1-oin An ceAC A^ur An cnoc, A^ur vo nACA* re "oe teim tAn An
AbAinn Com b-AeneAC te ^einnpiA-bj
t>u"6 feAn-jo^AToe An mAtAin-mon. "bi ri bo"6An Agur beA^-nAC
bAtb, Agur b'lonrOA cnoiT5 no bio-0 aici pem Aguf Ag Ua-O^.-
-Aon t& AmAm, "oubAinc An rhAtAin te UAt>5, '- CAitpit* me, a
tAi-o^in, coin teAtAin cun An "oo bnircib ; t& me f^niofCA A5
ceAnnAC bneroin, A^uf nuAin bei"OeAf fe "oeuncA AgAm cAitfit) cu
•out 30 CAittiun te ceifo "o'f o$tuim."
" "OAn m'p ocAt," a\\ f a Ua"03, " ni ti-e fin An ceift) bei-OeAf
A^Am: tli't in fAn c^ittiun aCc An nAorhAt) cuit) "o'feAf: Vf\A
tu^Ann cu ceint) An bit "OAm, "oeun piobAife ibiom — ca fpeif mOf
AgAm m fAn ^ceot."
" t)io-6 mAf fin," Af fAn mAcAif:
An tA 'nA "diAig fin, Cuai* fi Cum An bAite mOif teif An teACAn
T>'f A^Ait,- A^uf nuAif f uAif buAtAittit) beA^A An bAite 30 f Alb An
mACAin imtigce, fUAf At>Af poc SAbAif "oo bi A3 p^itrin IDacaC O
CeAttAis, A3Uf Cuif fiAt) Coifnin A3 mAfctngeACc Aif: x\f 50
* 6 Pfiotnpar O ConticuttAiji no fuaiji me &n fseAt ro.
3737
COIRNIN OF THE FURZE
(Translated by Douglas Hyde.)
Long ago, in the olden time, there was a widow, whose name
was Bridget 0 'Grady, living in the County Galway. She had
an only son, whose name was Teig. He was born 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 born 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 go over the river of a leap, as airy as a hare.
The grandmother was a silty 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 Teig, " 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."
" By my word." says Teig. " that is not the trade I'll have.
A tailor is only the ninth part of a man. If you give me a
trade at all, make a piper of me. I've a great liking for the
music."
"Let it be so," savs the mother. The day after that she
went to the town to get the leather, and when the little lads of
* Pronounced : Curneen." T . , _ . __ , _
Irish Lit. Vol. io— C
3738 Coinnin nA h-xMcmne:
bnAt teif An bpoc, A35 rneiplc corn n-Anx) Aguf "o'ireuT) f e, -j Coinnin
An a mum Ag fsneATMoit mAn -bume Af A ceYtt, te fAicciof 50
•ocuicfeA'b fe, A^uf buACAittit) ah bAite 'nA ,6iai$. tug An poc
c$Ait) An bot.5n pAroin, Aguf nuAin connAinc p^i-oin An poc -j
a riiAnrAC a$ ceAcc, fAoit fe £un b'e An feAti-buACAitt -oo bi Ag
acacc 'nA comne. flion fiubAit pAiTiin coifceim te feACc mbtiA-o-
AnAiO noime fin, acc, nuAin connAinc fe An poc A5 teACc ArceAC
An An "oonAf, cuato re "d'aou terni awiac An An btuinneoij;, Aguf
&Ain re An nA comAffAnnAib e ■oo fAbAit o'n -oiAbAt -oo 01 'nA
Thai?;.
t)i nA buACAitU'd a$ gAini-oe -j at; jneA-OAt) bof gun cuin fiAT>
An poc An mine, Agnr awiac Anif teif Af An ceAC; tluAin ConnAinc
pAix)in e A5 ceACc An T>AnA uAin, Ar 50 bnAt teir, Aguf An poc
Ajuf Coinnin An a mum 'nA "oiai*; t)i a-oahca f at>a An An bnoc,-
Ajuf bi sneim An fin bAi*6ce A5 Coinnin onnA: Uu$ pAroin ajai-0
An ^Aittim, Agiif An poc t>'a teAnAtfiAinc. T)'einig An gAin Agur
tAinis "OAome nA mbAitce An $ac CAOib T>e'n bbtAn AniAC, Agur a
teitero "oe gAntAoit ni nAib AniAm 1 5conT>Ae nA 5A1ttime. Hion
fCAT) pAi-oin 30 n"oeA6Ai"6 re AfceAC 1 gCAtAin nA ^Aittime Agur
An poc -] a rftAncAC te nA fAtAib: but) tA niAngAro e Aguf bi nA
rnAit>eAnnA tioncA te "OAoinib; CofAig pAi"oin A5 5tAot)AC A^ur
A5 gAntAoit a^ nA "OAomib e "oo fAbAit Agur bi fiAT)-f An Ag T)eunAm
niAgAi-b fAoi; Cuai* re fUAf rnAi*o Aguf AnuAr rnAi*o eite A^uf
bi A5 imteACC 50 nAib An gniAn A5 *out fAoi 'fan Cf&tnbnA.
ConnAinc Coinnin ubtA bneA$A An 6tAn, A^ur reAn-beAn AnAice
te6, A^uf tAimg -ouit n'ion, Ain, ciht) "oe nA n-ubtAib "oo beit Aigej
SgAoit re a $neim An A"OAncAibAn pmc A^uf cuato fe *oe terni a\\
CtAn nA n-iibAtt; .Ar 50 bnAt teif An c-reAn-beAn Aguf "o'rAS
ri nA b-ubtA 'nA "OiAig, bin bi ri teAt-n'iAnb teif An fgAnnf At).
tlion bfAT>A bi Coifnin A5 ite nA n-ubAtt nuAif tAimg a niAtAin
1 tAtAif, Aguf nuAif ConnAinc fi Coifnin, geAnn fi tofg nA cnoife
tnnni fein, i "oubAifc, " 1 n-Amm "Oe, a Coifnin, cat) "oo tug Ann
f o tu 5
" fiACfuij fin "oe pAi-oin O CeAttAiJ Aguf T)'a poc gAbAif ; ca
An c-At) ofc, a ifiAtAin, nAt bruit mo mumeut bnipce."
Cuif fi Coifnin AfceAC m a pfAirge Aguf tug AgAit) An An
mbAite;
ACc if AifceAC An ni"b tAftA t>o pAi*oin O CeAttAig. ITuAif
fgAn Coifnin teif An bpoc, teAn fe pAix>in AmAt Af ati mbotAj\
mbf, tAini^ fUAf teif, cuin a t)A At)Aifc caoi, CaiC An & t>nuim 6,
A5Uf niof feAf 50 X)CAim5 fe A-bAite.- tuiftmg pAi-oin A5 An
•oon^f, Aguf tuic An poc mAfb Af ah CAinfi$. CuAit) pAi-oin 'nA
eox>tA-o,' oin bi fe teAt-mAfb A5Uf bi fe niAtt 'fAn oit»ee, Asuf
Coirnin of the Furze; 373S
the village found that the mother was gone, they got a buck
goat that belonged to lame Paddy Kelly, and they put Coirnin
riding on it. Off and away with the buck, bleating as loud as
he could, and Coirnin on his back screeching like a person out
of his senses, with fear lest he should 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 Coirnin on his back after him.
There were long horns on the buck, and Coirnin 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
people to save him, and they were making a mock of him.
He went up one street and down another street, and he was
going until the sun was setting in the evening.
Coirnin 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 Coirnin was eating the apples, when
his mother came by, and when she saw Coirnin she cut th9
sign of the Cross on herself, and* she said — " In the name of
God, Coirnin, 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 Coirnin into her apron and faced for home.
But it's curious the thing that Happened to Paddy Kelly.
When Coirnin 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.
3740 Coinnin nA ti-Aicmne.
ntiAin "o'einis fe &p mAi-om, ni nAib Ati poc te f .igAit beb n& mAnb ;"
Ajuf "oubAinc ha x)4oiiie tnte 50 mbub poc -onAoibeACCA no tji
Ann. An caoi An bit bus fe coifibeACc "oo "p^i-oin O CeAttAij;,-
nux) nAC nAib Aige te feAcc mbtiAbnAib noime fins
CtiAib An fseut unit) An cin, 50 scuAtAib 5A6 tnte feAf , beAn, -j
pAifoe 1 5ConT)Ae nA 5A1^1riie 6> A'S^T 1f iombA cun-fiof "oo bi
Ain, norni cnAtnonA An tAe fin. T)ubAint; cuto gun poc x>fAoib-
eACcA x>o bi 1 bpoc pAi-oin, 7 50 nAib fe nAnnpAinceAb teif ; -oub-
Ainc ctn-o eile 50 mbub feAf fibe Coinnin, Aguf 50 mbub coin
a bc-SAbj
An oibce fin, "o'lnnif Coinnin ti-tule nit) 1 "OCAOib nA caoi no
tus An poc 50 gAitlirh e, *j tAimg nA buACAittib 50 ceAc t^nijit)
tli 5nA"OAi$, Ajur bi gneAnn mbf aca A3 eifceACC te Coinnin Ag
innpnc 1 "ocAoib nA mAncuigeAtCA "oo bi Aige 50 g^tim AV mum
puic pAi-oin tli CeAttAig, Aguf jaC nib tAftA teif An feAb An
tAe:
An oibbe fin, nuAin cuAib Coinnin a^ a teAbuib, tAims bnon
615m Ain, A3Uf 1 n-^ic coT>AtCA tof A15 re A3 feicnit: T)'fiApnui5
a rh^tAin -be cneA-o "oo bi Ain: DubAinc feifeAn nAC nAib fiof
Aige. " Tli't one acc f eAf bm," AV We '■> " f cop ^o ctn"° feicnit,1
) teis T)uinn co-otAb." Ace nion fcop fe 50 mAi"oin:
An mAimn nion feu-o fe 3feim "o'lte, A^uf t>ubAinc f6 te nA
fhAtAin, " Ka6ax> AtriAC, 50 bfeicfib me An n-oeunf Ait> An c-Aen
mAit bAm." " t)'eiT)in 50 n-oeunfAb," a^. fire:
teif fin, biiAit fe a -6a tAim f aoi, A^uf cuAib "o'Aon teim AriiAin
50 "oci An "oonAf , A^xif aitiaC teif 3 C115 fe A$Aib An nA n-AiceAn-
hAib, t nion fUAT> 50 n-oeACAi-b fe AfceAC 'nA meAfs: Sin fe 6
pem i*oin t>a fjeAC A^uf niof bfAT>A 50 f Aib fe 'nA co"OtA"b. t)i
bfionstoi-o Ai^e 50 n Aib ah poc te n-A tAoib, A3 iAff ai*6 cAinc
•oo Cuf Aif : t)infig f6, aCc 1 n-Aic An puic bi feAf bfeA$ sfuAgAt
tAob teif, -J T>ubAifC fe, " A Coifnin, tiA biob eAgtA ofc fomAm-
fA. 1f CAfAiT> me, *j z& mS Ann fo te coriiAifte t>o teAfA -oo
tAbAi|\c "ouic, mA gtACAnn z,<\ tiAim i: Ua cu "oo CtAinineAC 6
fugAb tti, 1 "oo Cuif-mAgAib A3 buACAittib An bAite: 1f mife An
poc SAbAin "oo tug 30 5A1^1-'1t"'"1 tfl) Atz ca me Atftngte Anoif 30
•oci An mocc m a bfeiceAnn cu me: Hi feut)f Ainn An c-Atnu^Ab
•o'fAgAit 30 "ocusfAinn An rhAncinseACc fin tduic, A3iif Anoif ca
cOrhACc mbf A3Am: "O'f eu"op Ainn "oo teAf u§Ab Af bAtt, aCc "oeAf-
f Ab nA cbrhAffAnnA 30 f Aib cu f Ann-pAinceAC teif nA fibe, Asuf
ni feu-opA An bAfAifiAit fin bAinc "oiob: Za~ vu *oo ftube Anoif
50 -oifeAC in fAn aic An f«3Ab tv, -j zS poCA bif 1 bfoi3feACC
Cfoise T)0"o' tAoib-fiAf, aCc ni't zu te bAinc teif 30 foit, mAf
ni feuT>fA OfAiT) mAit t)o beunAm be; Ueinig A-bAite Anoif A3Uf
Af mAi*oin AmAf At, AbAif te x>o rhAtAin 30 f Aib bnion3t6iT) bfeig
Coirnin of the Furze: 3741
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 story 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 Paddy had, and that he
was in league with it; others said that Coirnin was a fairy
man, and that it would be right to burn 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 Coirnin 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 Coirnin 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 Gn 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, " Coirnin,
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 born, 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
3742 Coipnin nA b-Aicmne;
•^Sat* 50 -pA1tt t«it» Ag -p^f te coip nA b-Aibne -do beuppA* piubAt
Ajup tut t)uic ; AbAip An pu-o ceu-onA lei cpi riiAiT>in dn"oiAi5 a
teile, A$up cpei*opi"6 -pi 50 bpuit pe pof TluAip -p^C^f cu A5
cOpuigeAtc nA tuibe geobAi* cu 1 Ag p^f CAOb-fiop "oe'n tloit
rfioip nigeAtAm aca A5 bpuAt nA n-Aibne ; CAbAip leAC 1 Agup
bpuit T, A$up ol ^n puj, A^up beit) cu lonnAn p^p^ "oo pit AnA$ATO
buAtAill Ap bit m pAn bpAppAipce. t)eit> longAncAp ^p nA "OAoimb
1 t>copAt, Ate ni tfiAippit) pm A-bpAT>; t>eit> cu cpi btiA-OnA "oCas
An tA pm. CAp 'pAr> oittte Cum nA b-Aice peo ; beit Ati pocA
oip cojtA AjAfn-pA, Ate a\^ *oo beACA congbAig "o'lnncwn AJ$AX>
pern, Asup nA n-inmp t»o "buine a^ bit 50 bpACAi-6 cu rmpe.- 1mti$
Anoip; SlAn teAC."
$eAll Coipnin 50 n-oeunpA-o pe gAt nit> "oubAipc An gpuAj;At
beA5 Itip, -J tAinis pe A-bAile, lut$AipeAt 50 leOp. t)peAtnAi$ An
mAtAip nAt pAib pe torn jpuAniAt Ajup bi pe put, mA n"oeAtAit>
p6 AmAt, Agup -oubAipc pi, " SAoiUm, a true, 50 n-oeApnAit An
c-Atp niAit tine."
" Rtnne 50 X)eirinn," a^ peipeAn, " Agup CAbAip pu-o te n'lte
■6 Am Anoip."
An oit>Ce pm, 1 n-4ie -oo beit as peiepil, tor>Ail pe 50 bpeA$,
A^up A\^ niAi"Oin TjubAipc pe te n-A mAtAip, " t)i bpionsltit) bpeA$
A^Arn Apeip, a mAtAip/'
" tlA CAbAip Aon Aip-o a\\ bpionsltTO,'* Ap pAn mAtAip ; " 1p
concpAtCA cuiceAnn piAT) AniAt."
CaiC Coipnin An l& Ag pmuAineA* a^ An j;c6mpAt> t)0 bi Ai^e
leip An n^puA^At beAj;, -j Ap An pATbbpeAp mop t>o bi le p^$Ait
Aige: Ap mAiT>m, tA Ap ha mApAC, "oubAipc pe le n-A mAtAip,
" t)i An bpionslOit) bpeAj pin A^Am Apeip Apif."
" 50 meA-OAiji-t "Oia An rhAit, -j 50 tA$t)Ai$it) S6 An c-otc," a^
pAn mAtAip ; " tuAtAit) m6 50 mime t)A mbei-teAt An bpionslOTo
CeAT>nA A5 "ouine cpi oit)ce An*oiAi$ a telle, 50 mbei-teA* pi piop."
-An cpiorhAt) mAiT>m, "o'6ipi$ Coipnin 50 mot Agup "oubAipc pt
te n-A mAtAip, " t)i An bpionslOit) bpe4$ pin A^Am Aptip Apip,
Ajup, 6 tAptA 50 t)cAini5 pe tugAm cpi oTtte An"oiAi$ a teile,
pAtAit mt te peutAinc bpuit Aon pipmn innci. ConnAipc mt tuib
in mo bpionstoit) x>o bSAppAt) mo fiubAt A^up mo tut tAm."
" An bpACAit) cu m pAn mbpionstti-o cA pAib An tuib Ag ?&V 2- "
Ap pAn m^tAip.
" ConnApcAp 50 •oenfnn," a^ peipeAn ; " ca pi Ag ?&? cAob leip
An sctoit mtip mgeAtAin aca a^ bpuAt ua n-Aibne."
" 5° "oeimm, ni'l Aon tuib A5 \:^ AnAice leip An jjctoit m$-
eAtAm," a\\ pAn mAtAip ; " bi me *pAn A1C rin S° romic, Agup ni
peu"opAt pi beit Ann A-^An-piop "OAm."
Coirnin of the Furze. 3743
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 born 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. Go
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."
Coirnin 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."
" Coirnin 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 Coirnin 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."
3744 Column nA h-Aicinne:
" b'ei-oif j;uf fAf fi Ann 6 f om," Aff a Coifnin, " Aj;uf f acai-o
mife t>a cof AigeACc."
£)tiAit fe a "6A tAim fAOi, Agtif cuato "o'Aon teim AmAm 50 t>ci
An "oofAf, Aguf aitiaC teif. Tliof bfAT>A 50 fAib fe a$ An j;ctoic
mjjeACAm, Aguf puAif fe An tuib. tug fe teimeAnnA niA)\ piAt)
a mbei-OeAt) gAttAf '$a teAnAtfiAinc, A5 ceAtc A-bAite te ceAnn-
lutSAines
" A mAtAif," An feireAn, " b'piof "OAm mo bnionstCro.- puAin
me An tuib. Cuif fiof t)Am An pocA A^ur bftnt "OAm e."
Cuif An mAtAif An tuib 'fAtl bpocA, Aj;uf cimciott cAfCA uifje
teif, Aguf nuAin bi fi bfuitce Aguf An fu$ puAf, "o'6t Coifnin
e. Hi fAib f6 mCimit) m a botg nuAif feAf fe fUAf An a cofAib
Asur tofAi$ fe A5 fit fUAf A$uf AnuAf: t)i ionj;AncAf m6f An
a rhAtAif. tofAi$ fi A5 CAbAifc mite gtoin Ajuf aIcu$a"o "do
"Cma ; Ann r in $Ain fi Af r\A coriiAf f AnnAib Aj;uf "o'mnif "061b
bnionjioiT) Coifnin, A^uf An caoi a bpuAif fe ufAit) a Cor. t)i
tut$Aif e mon off a uite, niAf bi t>fi$i"o Hi $f A*oai£ 'ha coriiAff Ain
rhAit Agur bi meAr aca uite uinni:
An onDce fin, Cfumni£ buACAittit) An bAite AfceAC te tiitgAine
•oo "oeunAtn te Coifnin Aguf te n-A mAtAif; tluAif bioT)Af uite
A3 cOrhf A-6 cia fiubAtfAt) AfceAt acc pAi"oin O CeAttAig; "bi fiAt>
uite A3 CAmc fAOi ah jcaoi a bpuAif Coinnin a fiubAt Aguf tut
a cnAtfi.
" 5° "oeitnin if T)Am-fA but) cOif "66 beit buit>eAC ; 'f6 Ar>
cf.AtA-0 "oo tug mo poc-$AbAin-fe "Oo "oo fmne An obAin, Aguf cA
fiof A5 n-uite "ouine 30 "ocu3 An mAfCuigeACC t»o fmne fe, OfAiT)
mO 6of Af Aif *OAm fein. Oc, mo bfOn ! 50 bptiAin mo poc bf.eA3
bAf ! "
" tu3 cu n-6iteAC," Af Coif nin, " 'p An ^u1b "oo teigeAf A13 me;
Umne me bfionstoit) Cfi oit>ce AnrnAig a ceite 50 teigfeocAt) An
tuib me, Aguf tig te mo mAtAif a CnotugAt) "50 f Aib me mo ctAif-
ineAC CAf eif mo teAcc' 6 $Aittim, ^uf 6t me fug nA tuibe."
" 'O'feu'OfAinn mo mionnA CAbAifc 50 bfuit mo mAC A5 mnfinc
nA fininne ^tAine," Af fAn mAtAif.
Ann fin tofAig cA6 A5 "oeunAim mAjAi-o fAOi "pAroin, gtif imti$
fe AttiAC.
Cuai* sac mte ni"6 50 mAit te Coifnin Aguf te n-A mAtAif nA
•O1A13 feo. Aon oittce AtriAin nuAif Cuai-O An mAtAif A^uf nA
cOrhAffAnnA 'nA jjco-otA*-, Ouai'O Coifnin turn nA ti-Aicmne. t)i
a CAfAi-o, An sfuAgAC beA^, Ann fin foime, A^uf bi An pocA Oif
feit) -06.
" Se6 liuic Anoif An pocA oif ; ctnf 1 "ocAif^e e 1 n-Aic a^ bit
if coit teAC. UA An oifeAt) Ann Ajuf "beunfAf "ouic fAT» -oo
beAtA."
Coirnin of the Furze. 3745
"Did you see in your dream where the herb was 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 the 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 Coirnin, "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,
Coirnin 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 Coirnin 's dream and how he got the
use of his feet. There was great joy on them all, for Bridget
0 'Grady 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 Coirnin and his mother. When they were all
discoursing who should walk in but Paddy Kelly! They were
all talking of how Coirnin 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 every-
one 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 Coirnin; "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,"
says his mother. Then each of the people began mocking
Paddy, till he went out.
Everything went well with Coirnin and his mother after
that. One night, when his mother and the neighbors went
3746 Coinnin nA ti-Aicinne:
" SAOitim so-brAgfAit) me 6 in fAn bpott a fAib fe Ann,'* A|i
fA Coinnin " acc beAffAit) me f omn "oe A-bAile tiom."
" ttA CAbAif teAC p6f e, acc bio"6 bnionstbn) eile a^ax) mAn
bi A5A"o ceAnA, Aguf, 'ha ttiAij; fin, cig teAC f omn "oe "oo CAbAifC
teAC; CeAtinAig An CAtAm fo Aguf cuif ceAC aj\ bun in fan
mbAtt An nugAt) tu, Aguf ni feicfit) cu f em nA Aon "ouine i n-Aon
cig teAC, LA bocc fA"o *oo beACA: StAn teAC Anoif — ni feicfrO
cu me niof mo."
Cuif Coinnin An pocA fiof in fan bpott, Aguf cfeAfoj; or a
cionn, Agtif tAinig fe A-bAite.
An mAi-om, "oubAinc fe te n-A uiAcAif : " t)i bnionstoro eite
AgAm Anein Anif," 7 An cneAr mAitnn, "oubAinc fe tei, " Ua mo
bmongtoiT) rion Anoif gAn ArtinAf, bi fi AgAm Anein 50 "oineAC mAn
bi fi AgAm An "oa uAin eite ; fin cni iiAine An"6iAi"6 a ceite, Aguf
C15 tiom e feo mnreACc "ouic nAC bfeicfi*6 cu IS bocc fA*o -oo
G^AtA,- aCc ni C15 tiom Aon nut) eite x>o nA"6 teAC t>'a caoi6."
An orbce fin, cuato re cum An ;>oca Oin, ~\ tug tAn fponAin
•oe AbAite teir, Aj;uf An mAi-om tug re ■oo'n rhAcAif e. " UA nior
mo," At>eif f e, " m fAn Aic a "ocAinig fin Af, Agur seobAro me
•6111c e nuAin beroeAr re A5 ceAfcAt uaic, acc nA cuif Aon ceifc
onm "o'A tAoib."
tlion bf at>a 'nA -6iAig feo; gun CeAnnAig "bnijit) Hi $nA*OAig bo
bAinne 7 cuin Af feunAC i: Cuai* ri rem Aguf Coinnin Af ajai^
50 mAic, Aguf nuAin bi re pee btiA-oAn "o'Aoif, ceAnnAig f6 gAb-
AlcAf mOn cAtitiAn cimtiott ua 1i-Aicinne, Agup cuin ceA6 b^eAg
An bun A]\ An mbAtt An nugA-6 e. SeAt geAnn 'ua ^iaij rm pop
fe beAn. t)i nunnigm mof Aige, Aguf nuAif fuAin fe bAf te feAn-
Aoif, "o'fAs fe of Aguf AifgioT) Ag a ctomn, Aguf ni fACAro Aon
■ouine "oo c6mnAi$ in fAn C15 fin tA bote AfiArii;
Coirnin of the Furze.: 3747
to sleep, Coirnin 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 Coirnin,
" 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 born, 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."
Coirnin 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 alter 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 Coirnin
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 born. 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.
3748
t>eAn An pn rttiAit)!
"CA f\AX> "o'a pit)
5uf cu rAitiii rocAin 1 mbnois,"
UA fiAt) "o'a nAt>
gun cu beitin CAnA nA bpoj.
UA f1AT) "o'A fAtJ
4> mite 5fAt> 5° "°cu5 ct* "O^m cut;
Cit) 50 bptnt peAn te -pAgAit
'S teir ah cAittiiin t)eAn An "fin "RuAit>3
X)o tu^Af nAoi mi
1 bpniorun, ceAn^Aitce cntiAro,
t)otcAr6 An mo CAotAib
A^ur mite star Af fut> ruAr,
tADAfvpAinn--pe ntm
111 An CADAfpAt) eAlA COIf CUAinj
te -ponn "00 belt rince
Sior te t)eAn An fin TUiArO.
SAOit mire a ceuT)-feA|\c
go mbeit)' Aon cigeAr i*oin me 'r tu
SAOit me 'nnA *6ei$-rin
50 mbneu^pA mo teAnti An -do $tuin3
TTlAttACC "R15 tleime
An An ce rm bAin t>iom-fA mo Ctu;
Sin, Agur uite 50 tein
tucc bneige ctnn i"oin me 'r tu.
UA cnAnn Ann r An nsAintnn
Ain a opAfAnn "otntteAbAn A'r btAt Duit)ej
An uAin teAgAnn mo tAn'i Ain
1r tAi-oin 11AC mbmreAnn mo cnoi*6e ;
'S e rotAr 50 bAr
A'r e "o'fAgAit o ptAiteAf AnuAr
Aon poi5in AtfiAin,
A'f e "o'^AgAit o t)eAn An pn ttiiAi"dj
ACC 50 "OC15 tA AT\ CrAOgAlt
'flnA neubjMn cnuic A^ur cuAin,-
UuicpAit) rmihe An An ngnein
'S beit) nA neuttCA Coin "oub teir An njuAtj
"beiti An fAinge cinm
A'r ciocrArO nA bnoncA 'r nA cnuAi$'
9S berO An cAittuin a 5 rj;neA,OAC
An tA rm r. aoi "DeAii An 'fin Uuato:
3749
THE RED MAN'S WIFE.
[Translated by Douglas Hyde in " Love Songs of Comiacht.^J
'Tis what they say,
Thy little heel fits in a shce,
'Tis what they say,
Thy little mouth kisses well, too.
'Tis what they say,
Thousand loves that you leave me to rna 5
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 bound;
Bolts on my smalls*
And a thousand locks frowning around j
Bur 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 |
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 5
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
romantic literature we often meet mention of men being bound "with
the binding of the three smalls."
3750
111*01 ne ua scteAS*
t)f peitmeAp [no •oume-UApAt] Ann p An "cfp Agts^ lfl^|idll> Ai^e
acc ,*on rhAc AmAin. C^inis pe peo [nit)ipe ti4 gcteAp] cuige
ApceAC cpAtnonA oi-OCe, Agup "o'lApp pe toipcm do pew A^up
X)o'n "OA-'p-'eus do bf i n-ewpeACc teip.
" Sua^ac i.iotn mAp ca re AgAm te c'ajaiD," ^ f^n peitmeAp;
•" acc ciubpAi-o me Dine e Agup do d' DA'p-'eus." fytt ptnpeAp
peiD Doib com mAic aY of pe Ai^e, Agup miAip bf An puipeAft
CAicce, D'lApp An ftiDipe A|\ ah DA-'p-'eus po eipige puAp Agup
pfofA SAifgi-oeAccA do DeunAm Wn peAp po, aj CAipbeAnc r*&
ngniorhApCA Of aca;
T)'eipi$ An "OA-'n-'eug Aguf pinneADAp ^AipgiDeAccA Do, Ajup
nf pACA An "ouine peo ApiAm pfopA SAip^iDeAccA mAp iad pinj
" mAipeAD," A-oeif\ An Dtnne-uApAt, -peAn An cije, " nfop bpeApp
tiom An oipeAD po [De fAiDbpeAf] 'nA dA mbeiDeAD mo rhAc
lonnAnn -pin ["oo] "oeunAm."
" Leis tiom-p a e," An TliDipe tia gcteAp, •" 50 ceAnn tA A^up
btiADAin, Ajjup beiD pe com rriAit te ceACCAp De nA btiACAittib
peo ACA AJAm."
" teigpeAD," Ap pAn Dtnne-uApAt, " acc 50 DaubpAiD cu Ap Aip
Cu^Am e 1 gceAnn nA btiADnA."
" O cuibpA-o," a^ TliDipe nA jcteAp, " a\\ Aip Cu^ad e."
Pp1C bpeACpApC Ap mA1"Oin, tA A\\ nA mApAC, "0010, nuAip bfODAp
as "out A5 imceACC, Ajup tei$ at\ Dtnne-uApAt An mAC teo, A^uy
■o'pAtl p1AD AmU1$ tA Agtip t)t1A"0Ain;
1 gceAnn a' tA A^up btiADAin CAinij; pu\D Apfp A-bAite ctujej
A^up a rhAc pem 1 n-ewpeACc teo. t)i pe [aj] pAipe oppA, Agup
of pAitce pompA Ai^e, A^ur bf oiDCe niAit aca; 11uAip bfcoAp
CApeip a puipeip, *oubAipc "RiT)ipe nA jcteAp teip An •oA-'p-'eu^
eipige fUAp Apfp A^up ^Aipgi'OeACc "oo "OeunAm "oo'n "oume-uApAt
■oo bf CAbAipc An cpmpeip "061b: xXnoip bf a rh^c pem Ann, ppeipm,
A^up bf pe 1 n^Ap t)o beit Com mAit te ceACCAp aca.- " 11f't pe
'nA 5Aip5it)eAC pop Com mAic le mo ctn"o-pe peAp, acc teij tiom-pA
e," a\\ "RiTMpe nA ^cteAp, " A]\ yeAt) Ia Agup btiAt)Ain eite."
" 1ei5peAX>," ai^ peipeAti, " aCc 50 "ociubpAit) cu A1[\ Aip Cuj;Am
e 1 ^ceAnn An tA abu? bliA-oAm." "OubAipc pe 50 "ociubpA-O.
"O'lmCig piAt> te<3, An tA A]k t\a tiiApAC 'peip bit) ha mATone, A^up
•o-frAnA-OAp Ammj tA A^up btiADAin eite; Agup 1 jjceAnn An tA
A^up btiA-OAin connAipc ah •otnne-UApAt An comtUA-OAp A3 ceACc
* Ca &n pseut fo pocAt a\\ pocAt 50 x>it»eAc mAp t>o p«AipeAp Ajvif mA|i -oo
pjpfolJAp fiop e 6 beul ttlApcAin Uuai-6 Ui 5iotlAptiAc (pop-oe^? mbeuptA), «
5CotroAe tia ^Ailtirile.
3751
THE KNIGHT OF THE TRICKS.
Written down word for word by me from the dictation of Martin Rua
O Gillarna, or "Forde," near Monivea, Co. Galway (a small farmer,
about 50 years old, Irish-speaking only). — Douglas Hyde.
There was a farmer [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.,.
3752 fti-Dipe r\& gcteAf;
tinge Apip. t«s ft pAitce Agiif ftnptAp T)6ib, te tutgAipe iat>
■oo beit A|\ Aif Apif Aguf a rhAC teo.
CAiteAT>Ap An finpeAp, Aguf ti«Aif bio"OAp 'peif a ftnpein,
•OubAipc -pe te n-A tint) feAp tipige fiiAf Aguf piofA gAifgiteAccA
•oo teunArh *oo'n "otnne-uAfAt x>o bi CAbAipc tia snAonfiuiteAtc (?)
•061b. T)'eiju$ fiA"o f uAf, cpi fip "oeug, ^up bA e a rhAC An peAp
•oo b'feApp T>e'n meAt) fin; Hi fAib peAp Ap bit lonnAnn ceApc
•do bAinc "oe acc tti-oipe nA gcteAp fein.
T)eip An T>iiine-tiApAt, " ni'i feAp An bit aca lonnAnn SAippt)-
eACc "oo "oeunAn'i te mo tfiAC pern."
" Vli't, 50 "oeirinn," An Tlit>ine nA gcteAp " Aon peAp lonnAnn a
teuTiArh acc mire ; Aguf tnA teigeAnn cu "OArii-rA 6 lA Agup
btiA-OAin eite, bei*6 ft 'nA SAifgiteAt torn rriAit Horn fern."
" tTlaifeAt), teigpeAT)," An fan "owne-uAf At, " teigpit me teAt
e," A-oein fe.
^niof, nion lAnn fe Ain, An c-Ani fo, a CAbAipc Af Aif Apip, mAp,
pinne fe nA b-AniAnncA eite, Agup niop ttnp fe Ann a geAf Aib e.
1 jceAnn An tA Ajuf btiAt)Ain, bi An "oume-uAfAX aj; pAnAtfiAinc
Agiif A5 f nit te n-A rhAC, Ate ni tAimj; An niAC nA ttToipe nA gcteAf:
t)i An c-AtAin, Ann fin, fAoi imnite nioin nat pAib An niAC Ag
ceACc A-bAite tinge, Agup -oubAipc ft : " pt b'e Aic "oe'n- "ooifiAn
A bpWt ft, CAltpit mt A f AgAlt AmAt."
T)'imti$ ft Ann fin Agup bi ft Ag wiceACC gup. tAit ft cpi oi"6Ce
Agup cpi tA Aj pnibAt; tAmig Ann fin A^x:eAC 1 n-Aic a pAib Apup
bpeAg, Aguf Aming AnAgAi* An "oopmp rhoip bi cpi pip "Deng ^5
buAtA-t bAipe Ann $ Agnp feAf ft Ag feuCAinc a^ m\a cpi peApAib
"oeug "o'a buAtAt, Agup bi Aon peAp AriiAin "o'A btiAlAt te "oA-'p-
'eug aca. tAinig pt 'pAn Aic A nAbA'OAn ApceAt Ann a meApg Ann
pin, Agup ^^ a rhAC f£in bi A5 biiAtA* An bAipe teip An "oA-'p-'eug
eite.
Cmp pe p^iLce p. oirh An AtAMj\ Ann pin; " O ! a AtAMj\," A*oeip
y^, " 111't Aon f AgAit aja-o opm; Hi pmne cupA," A*oeip ^6, " -oo
£r[AtA (5116-6) ceAfc ; nuAip bi cu [aj] ■oeun^u'i m^p^it) teipe^n
niop iApp cu Aip ; rrnpe [•oo] tAbAipc Ap Aip tii5A"o."
" 1p piop pin," A-oeip An c-AtAip:
" -Anoip," A-oeif An niAC, " ni bpuigpi* en fenCAinc onm AnoCc-,
Ate *oeiinpAp cpi cotaim "oeug "oinn Ajup c^itpi'teAp gpAna coipce
A]\ An upt^p Agup "oetipf Ait) "RToipe nA gcteAp mA Aitni$eAnn cu
"oo rhAC oppA pin [ =: Ann a meApg-pAn] 50 bptngpit cii t. fli
bei-6 rrnpe A5 ite Aon jpAm Agup bti"6 nA cinn eite aj ite. "beni
mipe "out Anonn 'p AnAtt 'f A5 biiAtA-6 ppiocA Ann fAn.gcui'o eite
The Knight of the Tricks. 3753
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
gon 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 atll the
lot. There was no man at all able to take the right from him
[overcome hirn] but the Knight of the Tricks himself.
Says the gentleman then, " There's not a man of them able
to perform 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, " I'll let him
with you," says he.
Now this time he did not ask Kim 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 Jays
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 oat*
thrown on the floor, and the Knight of the Tricks will say thai
3754 tti-oine nA scteAf,-
■oe nA cotAtnAib. ^eobAi-o cu *°° f°54r> A5t1f "oeAffAi-o cu teif
5un b'e me cosfAf cu: Sin 6 ^n comAfCA beimm t>uic, i mocc
50 n-AicneocAi-0 cu mife AmeAf3 nA scotAm eite, Agtif mA cogAnn
cu 30 ceAnc, belt) me A3AT> <mi uaij\ fin."
"O'v^s Ati triAc e Ann fin, A3Uf cAims fe AfceAC Ann fAn ceAC;
Aguf cuif Tlixufe nA gcleAf fAitce noime. "DubAifC An "oume-
iidfAl 50 -ocAims fe A3 iAffAi"o a mic nuAif tiac T>cii5 An TlToine
Af Aif teif e 1 gceAnn nA btiA-onA: " Tlion ctnf. cu fm Ann f An
mAnsA-o," Af f An fli-oine,- " acc 6 CAims cu com f ax>a fin "o'a
iAnuAi-6, CAitpt) fe beic A3AT>, mA 'f fei"oif leAC a togAt) aihaC."
tlug fe AfceAC Ann fin e 50 feomfA a fAib cni cotAim "oeug Ann;
AgUf T>UbA1fC fe teif, A f.O$A COtAim T)0 COgAt) AttlAC, A^Uf T)4
mbu-o b-e a riiAC fein x>o cosfAtf fe 50 •oaucpA'b teif a consbAit:
t)i nA colAim uite A5 piocAX) nA ngfAnA coif.ce "oe'n uftAf, acc
Aon ceAnn ArhAin x>o bi gAbAit CAfc A^uf A5 buAtA-6 pniocA Ann
fAn gcuiT) eite aca. TDo C05 ah -oinne-iiAf At An ceAnn fin. ' Ua
•00 mAC gnoCAigte A3AT)," An fAn tti-oine;
Caic fiA-o An oi-oce fin buit (?) a ceite, Aguf T)'imci5 An •otnne-
UAfAt AJUf A rflAC An tA Af nA fflAfAC AJUf ■OpAgA'DAf. ttToife nA
gcteAf. tluAin bi fiA-o A5 "out A-bAite Ann fin, cAimg fiA-o 50
bAite-mon, Aguf bi aouac Ann, Aguf nuAin bio"OAf "out AfceAC Ann
fAn AonAC "o'lAff An niAC An a ACAin ffeAng 'oo ceAnnAc Aguf -oo
•oeunArh A"dAfCAin '66. " "OeunfAit) mife fCAit "oiom fern," A"oein
fe, " Aguf "oiotfAi"6 cu me An An aouaC fo. CiucfAit> T\it)ife nA
gcteAf cusat) A|\ An aouac — ca fe "oo "o' teAUAmAinc Anoi^ — Aguf
ceAnnocAi-d fe mife uaic; tluAif bei"6eAf cu '5 Am' t)iot, nA
CAbA1|\ An C-A-OAfCAf UA1C ACC COUSbAlj CU5AT) pein e, AJUf [if]
fei-oif tiom-fA ceA6c Af Aif eu5A"o — acc An c-At)AfCAf -do cons-
bAlt."
Uinne An mAc fCAit T>e fem Ann fin, A^uf fUAif An c-AtAtn
At>AfCAf A^uf Cuif fe Aif e; tJAffAins fe fUAf Ann fin Af An
AonAC e, Aguf if geAff •oo bi fe 'ua feAfAm Ann fin, nuAif tAimj
Tli-oife nA gcteAf ctnje Ajuf "o'lAff f6 cia meAt) *oo beit)eA-0 An
An fCAit Ai^e. " Cfi ceu-o puncA " "oeif An x»uine-uAfAt. ' Uiu-
bfAi-6 mife fin -0111-," -oein "Ri-oife nA gcteAf — ciubfA'o fe fu-o
Ati bit "66 A3 fuit 30 bfin§feAt) fe An mAC a\\ Aif, rtn\f bi piof
Ai^e 30 mAic suf b'e "00 bi Ann fAn fCAit. " UiiibfAit) mife •6111c
6 Af An Aifgio-o fin," Af fAn "otnne-uAf At, " acc n1 tiubf atO me
AU C-A-OAfCAf." " t>UT} CeAfC AU C-A-OAfCAf "OO CAbAlfC," Af fAtt
tli'oif.ej
T)'imti3 An tti-oife Ann fin A^uf An fCAit teif, Aguf -o'lmtig An
■oume-UAfAt Af a beAtAt fem A3 -out A-bAite. Acc ni fAib fe
aCc Amuig Af An AonAC 'fAn Am a TicAinic An niAC fUAf teif Afifs
The Knight of the Tricks; 3755
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 Knight.
The Knight went away then, and the stallion with him, and
the gentleman departed on his own road going home, but he
3756 ftiTUfe nA ^cteAfj
" A At<Mf\," A-oeif fb, " ca me Af fAjAil Airou'i a^ja1©, acc c£ aoua<J
Ann a leiceiT> feo "o'aic AtUAfAt Aguf fAtAmAoro AfceAt Ann.'"
An Ia An nA mAfAt, nuAif biot>Af a$ "out AfceAt Ann fAn aouaC
eite, "oubAifc An niAc : " Deunf Ait> me fCAit "oiom fern Aguf
aucpAib Rix>ine nA gcteAf Afif "oom' ceAnnAt; CiubfAi-b fb
Aingico An bit onm a lAnnpAr cu, acc cmn Ann fAn mAngAt) nAt
•ocuibfArb cufA An c-A"OAfCA|v -co." UAf f AinseAtiAf fuAf An An
AonAC Ann rm, Aguf ninne re fCAit "oe pern Aj;uf cmn An c-AtAif
At)AfCAn Ain A5ur ir seAff "oo bi re Ann, 'nA feAfArii, nuAin CAiing
ftroife nA gcteAf cmje Aguf "o'fiAffuij; re "be cia riibAt) tio beit-
eAt> ai^ An rcAil Aige. " Se ceiro puncA," An fAn "oume-uAfAt:
" Uiut>nAi"6 mife rm x>uic," A"oein fe. " Acc ni tiubf ai-6 me An
c-At>AfCAn "buic." " but) ceAnc An c-AbAfCAf tAbAifC AfceAb
'fAn mAfgA-o," Af An fliTMfe, Ate ni bfUAif fe b.
T)'imti5 Ui"Oi|\e ua gcteAf Ann fin Aguf ati fCAit teif, Ajuf
■o'lmtij; An "ouine-UAfAt Af a GeAlAt Ag "out A-bAite, acc ni fAib
fe 1 mbeAfnA a' cofcunn a$ "out AmAC Af An aouac Am [nuAin]
a -ocAims An mAc Afif f uAf teif;
" Ca 50 mAic, ACAin " A"oeif fe, " ca au uAif feo gnbtAi^te
AgAinn, acc ni't pof AgAm cneuT) "oeunfAf An tA-AuiAfAt imnj
JZa aouac Ann a teiceit) feo "o'aic AmAfAC Aguf CAffbngAmAOiT)
Ann."
CuAtiAn mAf fin Af. An aouac ax\ Ia Af u-a rhAfAt, A^uf finne
AU 1UAC fCAit Tie feiU, A£Uf CUlf An C-ACA1f A"OAfCAf A1f, AgUf if
geAff -oo bi fe 'nA feAfArii Af An aouac 1 n-Atn cahuj Tli'oife na
jcleAf Afif ctn^e; "O'fiAffuij An Uitufe cia riibAt) "oo berbeAt)
fe A5 -Aff Ait) An An fCAit bfeAg fin T>o bi Aige Ann fAn At>AfCAf3
" T1aoi gceut) puncA ca mife A5 iAff Ait) Aif," Af fAn "oume-uAfAt:
fliof f Aoit fe 50 "ocuibf A"D fe fin "oo. Acc ni consbbcAt) Aifgiot)
Af biC au fCAit o'n RiT)ife. " CiubfAit) me pn "ouic," A"oeif fej
Cuif fe a tAiii Ann a pbCA Aguf cug fe An uaoi gcetiT) piincA "bb,-
Agtif fug f6 a\\ An fCAit teif An tAim eite, Aguf "o'ltnciS fe leif
bom tuAt fin guf beAfniA-o An T>uine-uAfAt e "oo cuf Ann fAn
tUAf^At) AU C-A"bAfCAf CAbAlfC Af Aif x>6i
"O'fAn fb A5 fuit 50 bfittfeAt) An mAc, aCc niof fitt fb. Uu^
fe fUAf b Ann fin Agtif "oubAifc fb nAt f Aib Aon mAic "bo cf ufbn
(?) [belt A5 fuit] 50 bfAt teif, nS te n-A teACc Af Aif Afif 50
bf At.
Cug Ui^ife nA jcteAf Ann fin An iuac teif, Aguf bi fb CAbAlfC
'b uite fbifc pionniiif A^uf "Ofot-ufAroe bb, Aguf ni teigfeA-b fb
e Af bofo te aou "ouine A5 ite a beAtA, Ate bi fb Ann fin ceAn-
^Aitce, A^uf au tA teijfeA-b f6 nA SAifgibig eite AmAb, ni teigfeAt)
The Knight of the Tricks. 3757
was only just out of the fair when the son came up to him
again. *' Father," says he, " you have got me to-day, 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 tlie 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
halter 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 oif 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,
and would not let him [sit down] at table with anyone to eat
3758 ftiT)ife tiA gcteAf:
fe eifeAn teo? t>i fe feAt ^AX)A niAf fin,- Ajtif 1\iT>ife nA scteAf
A5 cuf •ofoc-rfteAf Aif A3Uf as CAbAinc mte fbinc pionniiif ■oo.
£uic fe AniAC 5«f miti$ ttitnfe nA gcteaf An t& fo Af bAite,-
Ajuf "o'fAsbAit) fe eifeAn Ann fan bpuinneois if Aifoe 'fAn ceACy
'n Aic nAC n Aib fu-o An bit te fAgAit Aige ; Aguf e ceAnsAitce
Ann fin, f uAf 1 n-Ain"oe: Ajuf ntiAif bi 'c tnte 'buine imtijte Ann
fm, Agiif gAn An An c-ffAi"o acc e fein Aguf An cAiUn, -o'lAff fe
•oeoC uifse 1 n-Ainm De, An An gcAitin; T)ubAift; An CAitin 50
mbei-OeAt) fAicciOf tiifni "oa bpA$At> a rnAigifcif aitiac i, 50 niAn-
bocAt) fe !.'
" tli Otoiffi'd "otnne Af bit 50 "oeo e," A"oein fe, " nA bio*
f Aicciof Af bit one, ni mife innfeocAf [ — inneofAf] "oo e." U115
fi fUAf An T>eoc mfge cuise Ann fin, Aguf ntiAif cuif fe a 01015-
lonn Ann fAn tiifge, A5 6t An uifge, ninne fe eAfcon *oe fein Ajuf
cuai-6 f e fiof Ann fAn f oiteACJ t>> f f otAt> beAj; uifje CAob Anun§
•oe 'n "oofuf bi [A5] fit 50 n"oeACAi"6 fe AfceAC Ann fAn AbAinn,
Aguf tAit fi AniAt Ann fAn ffotAn 3A6 a fAib "o'fuigteAt 'fAn
foiteAc aici; t)i feifeAn A3 miteACC Ann finr Aguf 6 'nA eAfcum
Ann fAn AbAinn, A3 CAnn Ain^c A-bAite:
tluAif tAimg tli-Dine nA gcteAf A-bAite, cuai"o fe f«Af 50 bpeic-
feAt> fe An peAf "o'fA3 fe ceAngAitce, Aguf ni bptiAif fe e fonne
Ann. "O'fiAffuig fe ■oe 'n CAitin Af Ainig fi 6 A3 imteACCj
T)ubAifc An CAitin nAf Ainijg,- Ate 50 "octis fi fein bfAon uif$e
fUAf cuige:
" -^S«f c^ 'f cuif cu An ftiigleAC "oo bi a^a-o ? " A-oeif f e:
£- CAit me 'fAn ff ot&n AniAC e," Af fif e.
" Ua f6 imtigte 'nA eAfcum Ann fAn AbAin," A-oeif fe, " steuf-
Aigi-b fUAf," At>eif fe,- teif An "OA-'f-'eug ^Aifsi-beAO, " 50
teAnfAniAoit) e."
UmneA'OAf x>& riiAtJAni "Deng nif^e "biob fein A^uf leAnA-OAf,
Ann fAn AbAin e ; Aguf nttAif bicoAf A3 ceAcc fiiAf teif Ann f ati
AbAinn -o'einig fe 'nA enn Af An AbAinn Ann fAn Aef:
tluAif f«Aif fiA-o fin AniAC 3Uf imtig fe Af An AbAinn, finneA'OAn
x>& feAbAC "oeus -oiob fein A3iif •o'ltntigeA'OAf Ant)iAi5 An em —
nife63 "oo nmne fe "6e fein — A3Uf bicoAf A3 ceAtc fUAf teif;
tluAif fuAif fe 1AT) A3 ceAnnA*6 teif, A3Uf nAc fAib fe lonnAnn
T)ut uAtA, bi p Aictiof m6f Aif? t)i beAn A3 c^tA"6 Amtns Af pAifC
bAin: tuiftms fe 'nuAf Af An Ae\^, 6 beit 'nA eun," 1 n3Af "oo'n
toifce, Asiif finne f6 3fAnA coifce -oe fein.
tuiftin3 fiAt) fern 'nA -biAig A3iif ninneA"OAf vA OeAfC-ffAncAC
The Knight of the Tricks. 3759
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 anything 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 o£ 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 hinij and that he was not
able to escape from them, there was great terror on him.
3760 Ri"oine tiA gcLeAf;
■oeug "oioti fern, [A^uf bi An Ui"oi|\e 'nA coileAC-ptvAncAc]: tofAij-
eAt)An Ag ice An coince Ann fin Ajuf fAoit pAT> e beic itce aca,
acc ni f\Aib; t)i fiAt) A5 ice An coifce 50 fAib fiAt) 1 n^Af t>o
beic f AtAC:
TluAitt rheAf fetfeAn 50 fAib a fAit icce aca, Agtif nAc f AbAT)Af
lonnAnn mofAn eite -oo "OeunAin, "o'eifis fe fUAf Agur fmne fe
fiontiAC "oe pern, Agur bAin fe An cloigionn "oe'n "OA ffAncAc "oeus
A^uf "oe'n eoiteAcj
t)i ceA-o Ai£e "out A-bAile "o'a AtAin Ann fin nuAin biot>Af tnle
niAnb Aige. As«r T'" "oeine Ui-oine nA gcteAf; «
The Knight of the Tricks. 3761
There was a woman winnowing [oats] out in a "bare field. He
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 cock.
He had leave to go home to his father then, when he had
them all killed And that is the end of the Knight of Tricks
Irish Lit. Vol. 10— D
3762
mo tmoti air &n t)f aitmse.
tTIo bnon Ain An bpAinpse
1f 6 jAbAit iT>in m&
'S mo mile peon:
"O'^^^At) 't\An mbAile m6
"OeunAtn bnom,
5^n Aon criiil CAn rAile Horn
Congee n^ 50 "oeo.
tTIo teun nAC brnnt mire
'5uf mo muinnin DAti
1 S-cuige tAi$eAn
llo 1 g-con-OAS An CtilAifi.
lYfo bnon tiac bpuit mife
'juf mo mite Sf^-0
Ain bont> toinge
Urn au, 50 'iTIemcd,
LeAbuit) UiAcnA
t)i -pum Anein,
>A5tif CAit me AtnA6 6
"Le ceAf An Ia£.
tamis mo gr\A-o-t\A
Le mo tAdb
gtlAtA Alfl $UAlA1t1
^5«r oeut An beuU
3763
MY GRIEF ON THE SEA*
^Translated by Douglas Hyde.)
My grief on the sea,
How the waves of it roll 1
For they heave between me
And the love of my soul I
Abandoned, forsaken,
To grief and to care,
Will the sea ever waken
Relief from despair?
My grief and my trouble !
Would he and I were
In the province of Leinster
Or county of Clare.
Were I and my darling — •
Oh, heart-bitter wound !-—
On board of the ship
For America bound.
On a green bed of rushes
All last night I lay,
And I flung it abroad
With the heat of the day.
And my love came behind me —
He came from the South ;
His breast to my bosom.
His mouth to my mouth.
* Literally: My grief on the sea, It is it that is hig. It is it that is
going between me And my thousand treasures. I was left at home
Making grief, Without any hope of (going) over sea with me, For ever
and aye. My grief that I am not, And my white moorneen, In the
province of Leinster Or County of Clare. My sorrow I am not, And my
thousand loves On board of a ship Voyaging to America. A bed of
rushes Was under me last night And I threw it out With the heat of
the day. My love came To my side, Shoulder to shoulder And mouth
on mouth. [" Love Songs of Connacht."]
3764
AX\ t)t!ACAlU "00 tM A t>V&0 AU A rhAtAItt*
A bpAt> 6 pom bi tAnAriiAm popcA T)Ap b' Ainm pA"opAis A^up
TluAtA ni CiApACAm: t)i,beA,0Ap btiA^Am A^up -pice pbpcA ^au
Aon CtAnn T>o belt ACA, Agup bi bpon mop oppA,- mAp uac pAib
Aon oittpe aca te ha scuto pAittbpip td' pAgbAit Ai^e; t)i t>a ACpA
CAtrhAti, bo, Ajup peipe jgAbAp aca, Agup bi cuAipm aca 50
pAbA"OAp pA1"0blp.
Aon oi"oce AriiAin, bi pA-opAig ceAcc A-bAite o teAc T>ume
rhuinnapij;, Agup nuAip tAinig pe com pAT>A teip An poitij; rhAoit,-
tAinig peAn T>ume tiAt AtriAc A$up "oubAipc : " 5° mbeAimAigio
T)ia "ouic." " 5° inbeAntiAij' T)ia 'gup TTIuipe "Ouic," aj\ Pat>-
PA15. " Ca*o aca A5 cup bpom ope ? " An pAti reAn -ouine. " lli'l
mopAn 50 "oeitfim," Ap pA-opAig, " m beit> me a bpA-o beo, Agup
ni't niAC 'ua mgeAn te CAomeAt) mo "biAig nuAip geobAp me bAp."
" t)' eiT)ip nAC mbei-OeA mAp pin," Ap pAn peAn-"oume. " ^ApAop !
bei"OeA"o," Ay pA*opAi5, " CAim btiA"OAin Agup piCe popcA, Ajup
ni't Aon copAmtACC pop." " ^t&c m'pocAt-pA 50 mbeit) mAC 65
A5 x>o rhnAoi, cpi pAice o'n oi"6ce Anocc." Cuato pA*opAi5 A-bAite,-
tutgAipeAC 50 teop, Agup "o'mnip ah pgeut "00 11uaLa; " AyA !
ni pAib Ann pAn cpeAn "oume acc gogAitte, a bi Ag "oeunArti mAg-
Ait) ope," Ay tluAtA. •" 1p mAit An pseuluit) An Aimpip," An
pA-opAig;
t)i 50 mAic Agup ni pAib 50 n-otc ; peAl mi (put) n"oeACAit)
teit-btiA*6Ain CApc, ConnAipc pA*opAis 50 pAib tluAtA "out oi"Ope
■oo tAbAipc *oo, Agup bi bpb*o mop Aip; Uopui$ pe Ag cup da
peitme 1 n-opoujAt), Agup A5 pAgbAit sac nit) -pei* te H-ajai* An
oi"Ope 015; An tA CAim5 cmneAp ctoinne a^ TluAtA, bi pA"op^is
A5 cup cpAinn 015 a tAtAip "oopAip An cije: tluAip tAimj; An
pgeut Cuige 50 pAib mAC 05 A5 TluAtA, bi An oipeAO pm tiit$Aipe
Aip gup tuic pe mApb te cmneAp cpoToe;
t)i bp6n mop Aip HuAtA, A^up "oubAipc pi teip An nAOTbeAUAn :
" Hi Coipspio me tu 6m' CiC 50 mbei* cu lonAnn An cpAnn -oo
bi "o' AtA^ Ag cup nuAip puAip pe bAp "oo tAppAing Ay nA ppeA-
liiAibj"
5oipeA"6 pAi"Oin a\< An nAoit)eAnAn, A^up tu^ An mAtAip cioc
•06 50 pAib pe peACC mbtiA-OnA "o'AOip: Ann pm tuj pi AtnAC 6
te peuCAinc An pAib pe lonAnn An cpAnn "oo CAppAinj;, aCc ni pAib:
tliop Cuip pm Aon "OpoC-rheipneAC a^ An m^tAip, tug pi ApceAC e;
* O peAp x>&\\ b'Ainm btAcA, 1 11-Aice te OAite-An-fioba, jCotroAe ttluig-ed.
3765
THE BOY WHO WAS LONG ON HIS MOTHER.
(Translated by Douglas Hyde.)
There was long ago a married couple of the name of Patrick
and Nuala O'Keerahan. 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 began 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 Tittle 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
3766 An buACAitt "oo bi a bfAT) Af a rhAtAif;
A$uf tug ciot reAtz mbtiAtnA eite "66, Aguf ni fAib Aon buAc-
Aitt Ann fAn cif lonAnn teAtc fUAf teif 1 n-obAif;
"Paoi CeAnn -oeifi-o nA ceitfe btiAtnA -oeus tug a rhAtAif AtnAt
€, te peutAinc An fAib fe lonAnn An cfAnn X)o tAffAing, aCc ni
fAib, mAf bi An CfAnn 1 n-itif rhAit, Aguf A5 pAf 50 mbf.- fliof
Cuif fin Aon *Ofoe-mifneAC An An rhAtAin:
ting f! cioC feACc mbtiAtmA eile "06, Aguf paoi CeAnn T>eifit>
An AmA fin, bi fe Coin mof Agur corn lAit)in le fAtAt;
tug An tiiAtAin AmAC 6 Aguf "oubAifc : " ttluf (munA) bpuit cu
lonAnn An CfAnn fin to tAffAing Anoif, ni tiubf Ait) me Aon bfAon
eite cite ttuic." Cuif pAiT>in ftnugAifte An a tAn'iAib, Aguf ptiAif
5feim An bun An CfAinn: An teu-o-iAffAit) -oo tug fe, tfAit ft
An cAlArii feACc bpeinfe An 5AC CAOib T>e, Aguf leif An x)aj\a
lAfnAit tog fe An CfAnn Af ua ppeAn'iAib, Aguf amCiott pice
connA "oe CfeApoig teip. " 5^"° mo tfoi*6e tu," An fAn mAtAif,
"if piu cice bliA-OAin Ajuf fiCe tu." •" A mAtAif," Af pAi"oin,
" "o'oibfig cu 50 cf uAit) te biAt) Aguf "oeoc "oo CAbAifc "OArii-f a 6
fugAt) me, Aguf ca fe 1 n-Am "OAm Anoif fu"o 615m "oo t>eunArii
"ouic-pe, Ann "oo feAn-tAetib: 1f e feo An Ceut)-CttAnn "oo tAff-
Aing me Aguf -oeunf ai-o m6 mAToe tAime "OAm ptin *oe." Ann fin
fUAif fe fAb Aguf cua§, Aguf geAff An cfAnn, Ag pAgbAit cim-
Ciott pite cpoi$ "oe 'n bun, Aguf bi cnAp Aif, Com mof te ciif
■oe nA cufAib cfumne "oo biteAt) 1 n-(5ifinn An c-Atn fin: t)i of
cionn connA meAt>ACAin Ann fAn mAi"oe tAime nuAif bi fe gteufCA
Ag pAi-oin.
Af mAi-oin, tA Af nA itiAfAC, fUAif pAiT)in gfeim Af a mAToe,
•o'fAg a beAnnACC Ag a mAtAif, Agtif t)'imCig Ag cofuigeACc feif-
bife. t)i fe Ag fiubAt 50 *ocAmi5 fe 50 CAifteAn fit; tAigeAn.
"O'fiAffuig An fig "Oe ca-o t>o bi fe 'iAff<Mt>: " As lAff Ait>
oibfe, mA f6 "oo toil," a\\ pAi-oin: " "bfuit Aon Ceifo ajat) ? "
An fAn fig. " tli't,'' An pAi-oin, " aCc C15 tiom obAif Af bit "oa
n-oeAfn<M-6 feAf Afiatfi •OeunAm." " "OeunfAi-6 m6 mAfgAt) teAc,"
<\f fAn fi$, " mA tig teAC n-uite ni* a ofooCAf mife «uic a t>eun-
Atri Af feA* fe mi, beuffAit) me *oo meA"0ACAn f6m "o'of "Ouic,
AS^f m'mgeAn mAf mnAOi-pofCA, aCc munA "ocij teAC 5AC nit) t>o
'6eunAm, CAittfit) cu -oo CeAnn." " UAim fAfCA teif An mAfgAt)
fin," An pAi-oin: " Uei* AfceAC 'f^n fgiobot, Aguf bi a$ buAtAt
coifce -oo ua bA (buAib) 50 mb6i"o t>o Ceu*o-pfonn f6it>."
Cuai-6 pAix»in AfceAC, Ajuf fUAif au fuifce, Ate ni fAib An
fuifcin aCc niAf tfAitmn 1 tAim pA-OfAig, Aguf "oubAifC fe teif
•<:ein," if feAff mo mAi-oe-Uim' 'nA An gteuf fin." tofuig fe
A5 buAtAt) teif An mAix»e-tAim' Ajuf niof bfAX> 50 fAib au meA-o
The Boy who was Long on His Mother; 3767
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 ground
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 bora, 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
your married wife; but if you are riot able to do each thing
you shall lose your head."
" I'm satisfied with that bargain," says Paudyeen.
" Go into the barn, and be threshing oats for the cows till
your breakfast is ready."
Paudyeen went in and got the flail, and the flailem was
3768 An buACAitt "oo bi a bpAT* Ay a mAcAip:
do bi Ann p An p^iobbt buAitce Aige; Ann fin buAib y6 AmAb Ann
fAn njAn-OA Agup copui§ Ag buAtAb nA pcAcA coipce Agup cpuic-
neACcA, gun Cuip pe ciceAnnA spAin AP VeA^ ^a cipe: CAin/g An
pig AniAC A^uf "oubAipc, " Coipg t)o tArii, AT>eipim, no pgpiop-pAib
cu me. Ceib Agup beip cuptA buiceut> uipge cum nA peApb-
pb^AncA Af An toe u"o piop, Agup bei* An teice puAp 50 Leon nuAip
CiucpAp cu Ay Aif." "O'peub pAiT>in CApc, Agup bonnAipc pe t>a
bAipitte mop potArii, te coip bAtta: £uAin pe gpeim oppA, ceAtin
ACA Ann gAO tAim, buAib Cum An toCA, Agup tug 1A"0 tioncA 50 cut
•oopaip An CAirleAm; X)\ longAncAp An An pi$ nuAip ConnAipc pb
pA-opAij; Ag ceAcc, Agup "oubAipc yd teip : " Ceib ApceAC, cA An
teice peib "buic." CuAib pATOin ApceAb, Agup cuAit> An pig cum
*OAitt $tic "oo bi Aige, A^up 'o'innip pe -bo An mAp^At) t»o pinne
pe te pAiT)in, A£jup "o'piAppuig pe "be, cpeuT> "oo bub Coip "Ob
CAbAipc te "oeunAtfi "oo pAroin; " AbAip teip "out piop Agup An
Lot t)o CAObmAt), Agup e "oo beit "oeuncA Aige, peAt mA TDceib An
gpiAn pAOi, An cpACnbnA po."
$Aip An pij Ay $Ai"oin A$up "oubAipc teip : " CAObm An toe
pin piop Agup bio* pe *oeuncA ax^at> peAt mA T>ceit> An gpiAn paoi
frn cpACnbnA po." " HIaiC 50 teop," Ap pAi"Oin, " aCc cia An aic
^ CuippeAp me An c-uipge ? " " Cuip Ann pAn njjteAnn mop aca 1
njAp T)o'n toC e," Ay pAn pi$; Hi pAib ixup An gteAnn Aj;up An
lob Abe pjonpA, Agup bibeAb t\a t>AOine A5 "oeunArii bbCAip-coipe
be. £uAip Paitmii buiceuo, picoiT) Aj;up tAibe, Agup CuAib bum
An tobA. t)i bun An gteAnnA cocpom te bun An toCA. Cuaib
pAi"oin ApceAb 'yAr\ ngteAnn Agup pinne pott ApceAC 50 bun An
tobA. Ann pm buip pe a beut a^\ An bpott, tAppAing AnAt patia.
Ajup niop PA5 pb bpAon uipge, lApg, nA bAt), Ann pAn tob, nAp
tAppAing pe AmAb teip An AnAt pin, A$up nAp Cuip pb AfzeAt 'p^'
ngteAnn. Ann pm "bun pb puAp An pott:
TluAip t)'peub An pig piop, bonnAipc pb An tob Com cipm te boip
•oo t^ime, Ajup niop bpA"o 50 "ocAims pAioin Ctn^e Ajup -oub-
Aipc : " Ca An obAip pm cpioCnuijCe, cat> -oeunpAp mb buic
Anoip ? " " tli't Aon puo eite te "oeunAm ajao au-oiu, aCc beib
neApc ajat) te t>eunAm AmApAb." An oibbe pin, Cuip An pig piop
a^ A\y nt)Att Stic, A^up "o'innip "Ob An bAoi a^ tAOttm pAitjin An
toe, A^up nAc pAib piop Ai^e cpeu-o x>o bbAppAb pb bb te -oeunAm:
•*' CA piop AgAm-pA An mb uaC mbbib pe lonAnn a beunAm, Ap
mAi"oin AmApAb, cAbAip pgpibinn "oo bum x>o beApbpAtAp 1 ngAitt-
im, AbAip teip x>A pidT) connA cpuicneAbCA "oo CAbAipc bu^AT), Agup
A beit Ai(y Aip Ann yo pAOi CeAnn ceiCpe uAipe a\\ picit). CAbAip
An cpeAn-tAip Agup a c^ipc "ob, Agup C15 teAC beiC cmnce nAd
"OCiucpAib y& Ay Aip." Ay mAi"oin, tA Ay nA tiiApAC, $<Mp ah pi$
The Boy who was Long on His Mothert 3769
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 barn 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 fbail 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 body, and cast into the glen. Then he closed
up the hole.
When 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."
3770 An buACAitt t>o bi a bfAT> An a mACAifj
pAit>in, Aguf tug An fgfibinn "ob, Aguf -oubAifc teif, " £Ag An
tAif Aguf An CAifc Aguf ceit> 50 5All<tim; CAbAif An fgfibinn
feo •oom' -deAnbjUtAin, A^uf AbAif teif t>A ficit> connA cfuic-
neACCA t)o tAbAinc "ouic, A$uf bi An Aif Ann fo fAoi ceAnn ceitfe
uAine An pici-o."
puAin pAi-oin An tAif Aguf An cAifc, Aguf cuAib An An mbbtAf:
Tlf nAib An tAif lonAnn niof mo nA ceitfe mile fAn uAif "00 fiubAt;
CeAngAit pAi-oin An lAin An An gcAinc, Cuif An a guAtAin e, Aguf
Ar go bfAt teif., za\\ cnocAib Aguf gteAnncAib, go n"oeACAi"b fe 50
5AiU,im. tug fe An licin x>o -beAfbfAtAif An fig, fuAif An
cnintneAcc Aguf Cuif An An gcAinc e. tluAin cuif re An tAif fAoi
An gcAifc, nmneAt) t)A teit "o'a "Ofuim: Cuif pAi-oin An Cfuit-
neAcc Ann fAn fgiobbt: fluAif CuAib mumnnn An CAifteAm 'nA
gccotAt), cuAit> pAi-oin Cum An Cuaiu, Aguf nion fA$ fe rlAbnA
An An tomgeAf nAf tug re teif; Ann fin notfiAin fe fAoi An
fgiobbt, CeAngAit nA ftAbfACA cimCiott Aif, Aguf Af 50 bfAt
teif, Aguf An fgiobbt Aguf ^aC a fAib Ann An a "bnuim; CuAit>
fe CAf cnocAib Aguf gleAnncAib, Aguf niof fcop gun £Ag fe An
fgiobbt 1 lAtAin CAifteAm An fig: t)i tACAin, ceAfCA, Aguf geib-
eACA Ann fAn fgiobbt.- Af mAi-om 50 moC, "o'peuC An fig AmAC
Af a feomfA Aguf cfeux* "o'feicpeA^) fe aCc fgiobbt a "6eAf-
bfAtAf.
" m' AnAm 6'n •oiAbAt," a\k fAn fig " f e fin An f eAf if
longAncAige 'fAn "oorhAn." UAmig fe AnuAf Aguf fUAif pAroin
te nA riiAToe Ann a tAnn, 'nA feAfArii te coif An fjjiobbit:
" An "ocug cu An CfuitneACc CugAm ? " An fAn fig:
" UtigAf," Af pAi"oin, " aCc cA An cfeAn-tAif mAfb." Ann
fin -o'mnif f6 -oo'n fig gA6 ni-6 "o'a n"oeAfnAi"b fe 6 "o'lmtig fe
50 "ocAimg fe Af Aip
Hi fAib fiof Ag An fig cfeuT> "oo "beunfA-b fe, A^tif -o'lmtig fe
cum An "OdiU $Hc, Aguf -oubAifc leif, " muf (tilling) n-innfigeAnn
cu "bAm ni-b iia6 mbeib ati ?eAn fin lonnAn a "beunAm, bAinfit)
me An ceAnn "oioc."
SmuAin An TDaU ^Uc cAmAtt Aguf -oubAifc, " AbAif teif go
bpuit -oo "beAfbfACAif 1 n-iffionn, Aguf 50 mbut) riiAit leAC
AfhAfC "OO belt AgAt) Alf, A^Uf AbA1f teif e "OO CAbAlfC cugA-o,
go mb6ib ArhAfc a^ax) Aif ; nuAif a geobAf fiAt) in n-iffionn
e, ni teigfTb fiA-o -oo ceAcc Af Aif."
$Aif An fig pAi-oin Aguf -oubAifc teif, " cA "oeAfbf AtAif "bAm
1 n-iffionn Aguf cAbAif cugAm e, 50 mbei-b AtiiAfC AgAm Aif."
'- Cia An Caoi AitnebCAi-b me t»o *eAfbf AtAif 6 nA "OAomib eite
acA 'fAn Aic fin ? " An pAix>in:
The Boy who was Long on His Mother: 3771
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 off 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 barn. 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 barn [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 barn in front
of the king's castle. There were ducks, hens, and geese in
the barn. Early in the morning the king looked out of his
room, and what should he see but his brother's barn.
" 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 barn.
" 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
eight of him; and to bring him to you, until you have a
3772 An buACAitt t>o bi a bf at) Af a tiiAtAif:
" CA flACAll fA-DA 1 gCeAfC-lAf A CAfbAlt) UACCAfAlg," Af f\Atl
Cuif pAiT>in fmugAifle Af a mAiT>e, buAil An b6tAf, Aguf niof
bfAt) 50 "DcAitus fe 50 geACA iffmn. t)uAil fe buille Af An
ngeACA "oo Cuif AfceAC AmeAfg nA nTHAbAl 6, Aguf fiubAil fe
pern AfceAC 'tia -oiAig. TiUAif ConnAifC t)elfibub e as ceACc,
CAinij; pAicciof Aif, Aguf -o'fiAffuig ye t>e cfeut) -do bi a'
ceAfCAt uai"6 :
" "OeAfbf AtAif fig tAigeAn aca a' ceAfCAt UAim," Af pAi-oin:
" pioc AtriAC 6," An t)elfibubv
"O'feuC pAnDin CAfc, aCc puAif fe niof mo nA t>A piciT) peAf
A fAlb flACAIl fA"OA 1 gCeAfC-lAf A gCAfbATO UACCAfAlg ACA;
" An pAicciof uaC mbei'OeA'o An peAf ceAfc AjjAm," An pAi"oin,-
" ciomAnpAro me An c-iomlAn aca tiom, Agup C15 leif An fig a
•OeAnbnAtAin piocAt> AfCA."
domAin fe va piciT) aca awac f oiriie, Aguf nfon fcop 50 "ocAmig
ye 1 tAtAin CAifleAm An fig; Ann pm gAif fe An An nig Agup
-oubAinc teif, "pioc AmAC "00 -oeAf bf AtAif Ay tia pip (peAfAib) peo."
tluAip T)'peu6 An nig Aj;up connAinc ye v\a "oiAbAil Le ti-A-bAfCAib
onnA, bi pAicciop Aip, fgneAt) ye Ay, pAit)in Aguf -oubAifc, " cabAif
An Air ia-o."
top uig pAit>in '5A mbuAtA-o le r\A rhAit>e, gun cuip ye Ay, Aif 50
b-ippionn iat);
Cuai-6 An nig cum An X)aMI gUc, A^ur T)'innif "06 An nit) -oo
nmne pAit)in, Aguf "oubAifC teir, " ni cig LeAC innpinc "OAm Aon
ni"6 nAC bpuil ye lonAnn a "oeunArh, Agup CAillpit) cu "oo CeAnn
An mAit)in AmApAC."
" UAbAin iAff Aro eile -OAm," An p An "OaU, "£Uc, " A^uf
ni beit) An ConnACcAC a bpAt) beo: Ay inAiT)in AmAnAC,
AbAin teir, An cobAn aca 1 lAtAin An CAirteAin no tAo*-
niA-o ; bio* pin nei-o AgAt), A^uf nuAin a geobAf cu fiof Ann y An
cobAn e, AbAin teif ha ritt (reAnAib), An CtoC rhttitmn aza le coir
An bAltA "oo CAiteAtti fiof 'nA muttAC, A^uf mAnbOCAit) fin e."
An mAixnn, Ia Ap nA m&yAC, gAin An nig pAi-oin A^uf "oubAinc
teif : " ceit> A^ur CAO"6tn An cobAn rm ca 1 tACAin An CAirteAin,
Agur ntiAin a bei"6eAr fe "oeuncA a^ax*, beunrAi-0 me bACA nuAt>
*6mc, if fUAf AC An cAibin e fin aca ofc."
t)i nA fif ye\-6 A5 An fig le pAiT)in boCc T)0 ttiAfbAt), "oA
bfewofAt) fiAT) e:
Cuai-6 pA-ofAig 50 bfUAC An cobAif, tui* fiof Aif a bent fAOij
The Boy who was Long on His Mothers 3773
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
the 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 Glic 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."
3774 An bu.AC.AiU "oo bi a bpvo An a rhACAiru
A$uf tofuig Ag CAnnAinj; An uifge AfceAC Ann a beut,- Aguf t>a
fgA-pCAt) aitiaC uai* Anif 50 nAib An cobAf lonnAnn Ajjuf cifm Aige:
t)i nomn beAg 1 mbun An cobAin nAC nAib CAO"omCA, • A^uf CuAro
pA-onAij; fiof te nA cinmiugA*. CAimg nA fin teif An gctoiC rhoin
rhtnlinn Aguf CAiteAtMn fiof Af rhuttAC pAiT>in e. t)i An polt
•oo bi 1 tAn nA ctoiCe 50 "oineAC Com mon te ceAim pAitiin, Aguf
faoit fe gun b' e An kaca nuAt> T)o Caic An nij fiof Cuige, Aguf
$Lao,o fe fUAf : " CAim bui'oeAC "oioc, a rhAi$ifcin, An f on ■AT1
tiaca nuAi"0." Ann fin tAmij fe f UAf leif An gctoiC rhuitmn An
a CeAnn; t)i bn6"o mon Aige Af An bACA nuA,6; t)i lonjAncAf An
An nij Aguf An b-uite tniine eite, nuAin ConnAinc riAT) pAiT)in
teif An 5CI01C rhuitmn An a CeAnn:
t)i fiof A5 An nig nAC nAib Aon mAit "Co Aon nit) eile *oo tAbAinc
•oo pAi*oin te "oeunArii, A$uf "oubAinc -re teif, " ir cu An feAfb-
f ojjauca if f eAnn "°0 bi A5Am AniAtfi ; ni't Aon nit) eite AgAm *ouic
te "DeunAni, Aguf CAn tiom-f a, 50 •ocujai'o me -oo CuAfAfCAt "ouic.
Tli't m' mjeAn reAn 50 teon te pofAt), aCc nuAin a beroeAf -pi
btiA"OAin Aguf fiCe *o'Aoif, C15 leAC i •oo beit a^at*."
" tli't "o'lngeAn a' teAfcAt UAim," An pAix>in.
tus An nig e Cum at\ Cifce, An aic a nAib 50 teon oin, A^ur
"oubAinc teif : " bAin "oioc *oo bACA nuAt>, Aguf cero AfceAC
'r^' fS^tA."
" 5° "oeirhin, ni bAinfit) me mo bACA *6iom, bnonn cuf a onm e,M
An pAroin, " beitteAt) re Com mAit -ouic mo bnifce "oo bAinc
"oiom."
Hi nAib An oineAt) oin Aguf a meAt>6CA,6 bACA "pAi*oin, aCc
focnuij An ni$ teir A5 CAbAinc t)6 x>a mAlA oin. Cuin pAix>in
ceAtin aca -pAoi 5AC ArcAtt, puAin gneim Ain a mAit)e, An nAC*
nuA-0 An a CeAnn, A^ur An 50 bnAt teif, CAn cnocAib Agun
5teAnncAib, 50 "ocAimj; re A-bAite.
tluAin ConnAinc "OAome An bAite pAi"Oin Ag ceACc teif An jctoiC
rhuitmn An a CeAnn, bi lonjAncAf mon onnA ; aCc nuAin ConnAinc
An ifiAtAin An "oa mAtA Cin, but) X>eAS nAn tuic fi mAnb te tuC-
$Aine.> tofing pAi-oin, Aguf Cmn re ceAC bneAj An bun xr6
pCin, A^uf "o'a rhAtAin. Tlmne rC ceitne teit (teAtAnnA) "oe *n
bACA nuAt), Agur* ninne ctoCA cuinne t)iob x>o 'n ceACj Con^bui^
re a rhAtAin mAn mnAoi uAfAit 50 bpuAin ft bAf te feAn-^oif^
Aguf CaiC fC pCin beAtA mAit 1 ngfAt) "Oe A5Uf nA 5-corhAnfAni
The Boy who was Long on His Mother?, 3775
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, and
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
wras 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 wdien 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 corner-stones of them for the house. He kept his mother
like a lady, until she died of old age; and he spent a good
life himself, in the love of God and of the neighbors.
3773
X)A mbeininn-fe Aif. IflAtA neipin
'S mo cet!T>-$t^>fr te mo tAoib;
1f tA§AC comeotAmAoir 1 n-emfeAC'c
11lAn An c-einin aij\ An 5-cf,Aoib:
'Se no beiUn binn bf.iAtf.Ac
*Oo meu'OAij; Aif mo piAn,
-Aguf ccotAt) cunn ni feuT>Aim,'
go n-eu<5f at>, f Af AOf !
"0a mbeitnnn-f e Aif nA ctiAncAib
ITUf bu* "ouaI "OAm; £eobAinn fp6f.r$
Wo CAifoe uite fAoi buAiDfeAt)
<^5uf SfUAim offA 5A6 to;
Tiof-f5^it nA nj;fUA5AC
"PuAif buAit) A'f ctu Annf j;ac 5le6,
*S juf b'e mo CfOTfte-fciJ tA 'nnA $uAt nub.
Aguf beAn mo tfUAige ni't beo.
11ac Aoibmti "oo nA ti-eminib
A eifigeAf 50 b-Aft),-
'S a conluigeAf 1 n-emfeACC
.Aif Aon CfAoibin AmAin:
11i mAf fin T)Am fern
x\'f "oo m' ceti*o mite 5f a*6,-
If f ada 6 ha ceite off Ainn
6ifi*;eAf 5AC td:
Ca*o 6 "oo bfeAtnu$A"6 Aif nA fpeAftASt)
Uf At tig CeAf A1f Atl L&,
11a Aif An tAn-mAf a A5 eifije
te b-euT)An An ctoi"6e Aifo ?
ITlAf fu-o biof An ce fin
A beif An-coit do 'n §f a-6
UlAtt cf Ann Aif rhAtA fteibe
T)o t|\ei5reAt) a bt&t.
3777
THE BROW OF NEFIN.
(Translated by Douglas Hydb.)
[" Love Songs of Connacht."]
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.
3778
AN LACHA DHEARG.
Sgriobh me an sgeul so, focal ar fhocal. o bheul sean-mhna de mhuinntir
Bbriain ag Cill-Aodain, anaice le Coillte-mach i gcondae Mhuigh-E6.
An CjiAoibhiti.
Bhi righ i n-Eirinn, fad 6 shoin, agus bhi da 'r 'eag mac aige:
Agus ghabh so amach la ag siubhal anaice le loch, agus chonnairc
se lacha agus dha cheann deag d' eanachaibh leithe. Bhi si [ag]
bualadh an domhadh ceann deag uaithi, agus ag congbhail aoin
cheann deag leithe fein.
Agus thainig an righ a-bhaile chuig a bhean fein, agus dubhairt
se leithe go bhfacaidh se iongnadh mor andhiii, go bhfacaidh se
lacha agus dha cheann deag d' eanachaibh leithe, agus go raibh
si ag dibirt an domhadh ceann deag uaithi. Agus dubhairt an
bhean leis, " ni de thir na de thalamh thii, nach bhfuil fhios agad
gur gheall si ceann do'n Deachmhaidh agus go raibh si chomh
cinealta agus go dtug si amach an da cheann deag."
" Ni de thir na de thalamh thu," ar seisean, " ta dha cheann
deag de mhacaibh agam-sa, agus caithfidh ceann dul chuig an
Deachmhaidh."
" Ni h-ionnann na daoine agus eanacha 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
cheile. Dubhairt an righ go gcaithfidh ceann aca dul chuig an
Deachmhaidh, " agus cad e an ceann," ar seisean, " bhearfas me
chuig an Deachmhaidh ? "
' Ta do dha-deag cloinne ag dul chum sgoile, agus abalr leo
lamh thabhairt i laimh a-cheile, dul chum sgoile, agus an chead
fhear aca bheidheas 'san mbaile agad go dtiubhraidh tii dinear
maith dho, agus cuir an fear deiridh chum bealaigh ann sin."
Rinne se sin. An t-oidhre do bhi ar deireadh, agus nior fhead
se an t-oidhre chur chum bealaigh.
Chuir se amach ag tiomaint ann sin iad, seisear ar gach taoibh
agus an taobh do bhi ag gnothughadh, bhi se ag tarraing fear
[fir] uaithi, agus d a thabhairt do;n taoibh do bhi ag cailleamhain.
Faol dhelreadh bhain aon fhear amhain an liathroid de'n aon
fhear deag. Dubhairt an t-athatr leis, ann sin, " a mhic," ar
seisean, " caithfidh tu dul chuig an Deachmhaidh."
' Ni rachaidh mise chuig an Deachmhaidh, a athair," ar seisean
3779
THE RED DECK.
[Written 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."
3780 An Lacha Dheargi
" tabhair dham costas, agus rachaidh me ag feachain m' flior-
tiiin."
D'imthigh se ar maidin, agus bhi se ag siubhal go dtainlg an
oidhche, agus casadh asteach i dteach beag e nach raibh ann acht
sean-fhear, agus chuir se failte roimh Realandar mac righ Eireann.
" Ni'l mall ort " [ar seisean leis an mac righ] " do shaidhbhreas
do dheunamh amarach ma ta aon mhaith ionnat id' foivl-eiridh,
[seilgire]. Ta inghean righ an Domhain-Shoir ag tigheacht chuig
an loch beag sin shios, amarach, agus nior thainig si le seacht
mbliadhnaibh rolmhe ; agus beidh da cheann deag de mhnaibh-
coimhdeacht leithe; Teirigh i bhfolach ann san tseisg go gcaithfidh
siad a da cheann deag de cochaill diobh? Leagfaidh sise a cochall
fein leith-thaobh, mar ta [an oiread sin] d' onoir innti, agus nuair
gheobhas tusa amuigh ann san tsnamh iad, eirigh agus beir ar an
gcochall? Fillfidh sise, asteach ar ais, agus dearfaidh si, " a mhic
righ Eireann tabhair dham mo chochall." Agus dearfaidh tusa
nach dtiubhraidh [tu]. Agus dearfaidh sise leat, " muna dtugann
tii ded' dheoin go dtiubhraidh tu ded' aimhdhe6in e." Abair
leithe nach dtiubhraidh tu ded' dheoin, na de d' aimhdheoin di e
[muna ngeallann si do phosadh]. Dearfaidh Si, ann sin, nach
bhfuil sin le faghail agad mur [=muna] n-aithnigheann tii i aris.
Geobhaldh siad amach uait ann san tsnamh aris, agus deanfaidh
siad tri easconna deag diobh fein; Beidh sise 'na rubaili'n [ear,
baillin] suarach ar uachtar ; ni thig leithe bheith ar deireadh-
mar ta onoir innti, agus beidh si ag caint leat; Aithne6chaidh tu
air sin 1, agus abair go dtogfaidh tu 1 fein i gcomhnuidhe, an ceann
a bheidheas ag caint leat. Dearfaidh sise ann sin, " Caillte an
sgeul, an fear thug a athair do'n Deachmhaidh areir, geallamhain
posta ag inghin Righ an Domhain-Shoir andhlu air' ! "
[Dubhairt an mac righ leis an sean-fhear go ndeanfadh se gach
rud mar dubhairt se leis. Chuaidh se amach ar maldin chuig an
loch agus tharla h-uile short go direach mar dubhairt an sean-
fhear.
Nuair bhi an bhean gnothaighthe aige] d'imthigh an da-'r'eug
cailin a-bhaile; Tharraing sise amach slaitin draoidheachta, agus
bhuall si ar dha bhuachalldn buidhe i, agus rinne sf dd chapall
marcuigheachta dhiobh;
Bhi siad ag sliibhal ann sin; go dtainig an oidhche,- agus bhi si
ag teach oncail di, ar dtuitim na h-oidhche; Agus dubhairt si le
mac righ Eireann eochair ruma na sead d' iarraidh ar an oncal,
agus go bhfuighfeadh se i fein astlgh ann san ruma roimhe. [Ni
raibh fhios ag an oncal, go raibh sise ann, chor ar bith, agus shaoil
se gur ag iarraidh a inghine fein thainig mac righ Eireann chuige.]
The Red Duck: 3781
" I will not be going to the DeachmhaidE," 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 Realander, 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
good will or a bad will, unless she will promise to marry you.
She 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
3782 An Lacha DJiearg.
Fuair se an eochair 6'n oncal, agus chuaidh se asteach, agus
fuair se mar bean bhreagh astigh ann san riima i. Bhi siad ag
caint go h-am suipeir. D'iarr si air, a cheann do leagan ar a
h-uchd. Rinne se sin, agus chuir si bioran suain ann a cheann go
maidin. Nuair tharraing si amach an bioran ar maidin, dhuisigh
se, agus dubhairt si leis go raibk fathach mor le niarbhadh aige
ar son inghine a h-oncail.
Ghabh se amach chum na coille [ag iarraidh an fhathaigh].
" Fud, fad, feasog ! " ar san fathach, " mothaighim boladh an
Eireannaigh bhreagaigh bhradaigh,"
" Nar ba soirmid (?) bidh na digh ort, a fhathaigh bhroich ! "
" Cad e [is] fearr leat-sa caraigheacht ar leacachaibh dearg :
no gabhail de sgeannaibh glasa i mbarr easnacha a-cheile ? "
" Is fearr liom-sa caraigheacht ar leacachaibh dearga, 'n dit
a mbeidh mo chosa mine uaisle i n-uachtar, agus do spaga mio-
stuamacha ag dul 1 n-iochtar."
Rug an dias gaisgidheach ar a cheile, agus da dteidhfidhe ag
amharc ar ghaisge ar bith na ar chruadh-chomhrac, is orra rachd
d'amharc. Dheanfadh siad cruadhan de 'n bhogan agus bogdn
den chruadhdn, agus tharrongadh siad toibreacha fior-uisge tre
lar na gcloch glas. [Bhi siad ag troid mar sin] gur chuimhnigh
mac righ Eireann nach raibh fear a chaointe na a shi'nte aige.
Leis sin thug se fasgadh do'n fhathach do chuir go dti na gliina
e, agus an dara fasgadh go dti an basta, agus an triomhadh
fasgadh go meall a bhraghaid go doimhin.-
" Fod glas os do chionn a fhathaigh ! "
" Is fior sin ; seoide mac-righ agus tighearna bhearfas me dhult,
acht sporail m'anam dam."
" Do sheolde 1 Mthalr a bhodalgh ! " " Bhearfaidh me cloidh-
eamh solais a bhfuil faobhar an ghearrtha agus faobhar an
bhearrtha [air agus] treas faobhar, teine 'na chul, agus ceol ann
a mhaide."
" Cia [chaoi] bhfeachaidh me mianach do chloidhimh ? "
" Sin thall sean-smotan maide [ata ann sin] le bliadhain agus
seacht gcead bliadhan."
" Nl fheicim aon smota 'san gcoill is mo chuir grdin orm 'na do
shean-cheann fein." Bhuail se i gcomhgar a chinn a bhinn agus
a mhuineill e. Bhain se an ceann de, gan meisge gan mearbhai.
Chaith se naoi n-iomaire agus naoi n-eitrighe uaidh e;
The Red Duck. 3783
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
fesdg," 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
pretty feet shall be on top, and where your heavy, ill-built
hoofs 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 flagstones. 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
3784 An Lacha Dhearg.
" Is fior sin," ar san ceann, " da dteidhinn suas ar an gcolaina
arfs, a raibh i n-Eirinn ni bhainfeadh siad anuas me ! "
" Is dona an ghaisgidheacht do rinne tu nuair bhi tu shuas ! "
Thainig se abhaile [agus ceann an fhathaigh ann a laiinh] agua
dubhairt an t-oncal go raibh trian d'a inghin gnothaighthe aige.
" Ni buidheach diot-sa ta me, a bhodaigh," ar ses
Ghabh se asteacb ann sin go dti a chailin mna fein, agus chuir
si bioran suain ann a cheann an's go d' eirigh an la. Bhi dolas
mor air nuair nach raibh cead cainte aige leithe go maidin. [Nuair
dhuisigh se ar maidin dubhairt si leis] " ta fathach eile le marb-
hadh agad, sin d' obair andiu ar son inghine m' oncail aris."
Chuaidh se chum na coille, agus thainig an fear mor roimhe:
" Fud, fad, feasog ! mothaighim boladh an Eireannaigh bhradaigh
bhreagaigh ar fud m' fhoidin diithaigh ! "
* Ni Eireannach bradach na breagach me, acht fear le ceart
agus le coir do bhaint asad-sa."
" Cia fearr leat, caraigheacht ar leacachaibh dearga na gabhail
de sgeannaibh glasa i mbarr easnacha a-cheile ? "
" Is fearr liom-sa caraigheacht ar leacachaibh dearga, 'n ait a
mbeidh mo chosa mine uaisle i n-uachtar, agus do spaga mio-
stuamacha ag dul i n-iochtar."
Bhi siad ag troid ann sin gur chuimhnigh mac righ Eireann
nach raibh fear a chaointe nd a shinte aige. Leis sin thug se
fasgadh do'n fhathach go dti na gluna, agus an dara fasgadh go
di an basta, agus an trfomhadh fasgadh go dti meall a bhraghaid
'san talamh;
" Fod glas os do chionn a fhathaigh !"
" Is fior sin, is tu an gaisgidheach is fearr d'a bhfacaidh me
riarnh no d'a bhfeicfidh me choidhche. Agus bhearfaidh me
seoide mac-righ agus tighearna dhuit, acht sporail m'anam."
" Do sheoide i lathair a bhodaigh ! "
" Bhearfaidh me each caol donn duit, bhearfas naoi n-uaire
ar an ngaoith roimpi, sul mbeiridh [sul do bheir] an ghaoth 'na
diaigh aon uair amhain uirri."
Thog se an cloidheamh agus chaith se an ceann de, agus chuir
se naoi n-iomaire agus naoi n-eitrighe uaidh e le neart na buille
1.
" Ochon go deo?" ar san ceann, " da bhfaghainn dul suas ar
gcolainn aris, agus a bhfuil i n-Eirinn ni bhearfadh siad anuas
sin.
an
me."
DOUGLAS HYDE, LL.D.
The Red Duck. 3785
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 dawn 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 fesog,"
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 in 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." r . , _ . ., , -
6 Irish Lit. Vol. io— E
3786 An Lacka Dhearg;
" Budh bheag an ghaisgidheacht do rinne tu, nuair bhi tii shuas
uirrl cheana ! "
Thainig se a-bhaile ann sin, agus thainig an t-oncal amach
roimhe aris : " Ta da dtrian de m' inghin gnothuighthe agad
anocht."
" Ni buldheach di'ot-sa ta me, a bhodaigh."
Ghabh se asteach ann sin ann san riima, agus fuair se a chailin
mna fein roimhe, agus ni raibh bean 'san domhan budh bhreagh-
dha 'na i. Bhi siad ag caint go h-am suipeir, agus dubhairt sf
leis tar eis an t-suipeir a cheann do leagan ar a h-uchd, agus
nuair rinne se sin chuir si bioran suain ann go maidin. Bhi se
triobloideach nuair nach raibh cead cainte aige leithe go maidin.
[Nuair dhuisigh se dubhairt si leis.] " Ta fathach eile le marbh-
adh agad ar son inghine m' oncail aris andiii, agus ta faitchio3
orm go bhfuighfidh tii cruaidh e seo. Acht seo coileainfn beag
madaidh dhuit, agus leig amach faoi n-a chosaibh e, agus b'
eidir go dtiubhraidh se congnamh beag duit. Agus amharc ar
an meadhon-lae de'n la, ar do ghualainn dheis, agus geobhaidh
tii mise mo cholum geal, agus bhearfaidh me congnamh dhuit."
Chuaidh se chum na coille agus thainig an fathach mor
ehuige. " Ni mharbhochaidh tu mise le do choinin granna mar
mharbh tu mo bheirt dhearbhrathar, a raibh fear aca cuig
bliadhna agus fear aca seacht mbliadhna go leith."
" Fualr me garbh go leor iad sin fein," ar sa mac righ
Elreann.
Ghabh siad de na sgeannaibh glasa ! mbarr easnacha a-chelle;
chuirfeadh siad clth teineadh d'a gcroicionn arm agus eadalgh:
Nuair thdinlg an meadhon-lae, d'amharc se ar a ghualainn
dheis agus chonnalrc se an colum geal. Nuair chonnalrc an
fathach mor an colum, rinne se seabhac de fein, acht rinne sise
tri meirrliuin df fein, de'n choilean, agus de mhac righ Eireann,
agus throld siad leis an seabhac ann san aer, agus thuirllng siad
ar an talamh aris. Dubhairt an fathach mor ann sin; "is tii an
fear gan chelll, cad e 'n sort Gwtf-al ata agad, thii fein agus an da
raid in granna sin ? Ni'l aon fhear le fdghail le mise do mharbhadh
acht Realandar mac righ Eireann."
*' Mise an fear sin."
" Ma's tii e," ar san fathach, " tarrnochaidh [tarrongaidh] tu
an cloidheamh so." Shaith se a cliloldhoamh asteach 'san
gcarraig, agus dubhairt, " tarraing an cloidheamh so m& 's td
Realandar."
The Red Buck; 3787
"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
Realander, 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
eword if you are Realander."
3788 CAo^neAt> na cni riunr\e;
Tharraing se an cloidheamh, agus bhuail se an fathach m6r
leis, agus chaith se an ceann de. Bhi se fein lolte. Bhi gearradh
mor faoi bhonn a chich' deas [deise]. Tharraing si amach
buldeull beag iocshlainte, agus chneasaigh si e. Chuaidh se a-
bhaile ann sin, agus thainig an t-oncal roimhe.
" Ta m'inghean gnothuighthe agad anocht."
" Ni buidheach diot-sa ata mise a bhodaigh."
Ghabh se asteach ann a ruma fein, agus fuair se a bhean
astlgh ann roimhe.
CAoineAt) riA cm tiitnrte>
[From Douglas Hyde's "Religious Songs of Connacht."]
■RdC^m.Aoi'O Cum An Cfteibe
50 mot an mxMt)in AmAjVAOj
(Ocon Agtif ot on 6,)
*' A fieATi&Mp. riA r»-AbfCAt
An tt^AC^it) cu mo 5^"° SeA^ • "
(OCon -Agu-p oc on 6.)
s< m^ife-At) ! a itlAig'oeAti,-
ConnxMfC me An bAtt e,
(Ocon A5«f oC on 6.)
A5«r 01 re gAbtA 50 c|\uAi,d
1 lAfl A nAtilAT),"
(Ocon Aguf 06 on 6.)
" Oi tux)Af 'nA Aice
A-$ur f.115 re gneim tAirh' Ain,"
(Ocon Agur oc on 6.)
" ttlAireA-O a lu'OAir rjnA"OAi5
Cneu-o -oo nmne mo $nA"6 °VZ • "
(Ocon A^uf oc on 6.)
Literally: We shall go to the mountains early in the morning to-
mori'ow, ochone and ochone, O ! Peter of the apostles, did you see my
white Love. Ochone and ochone, O !
Mush a, O Mother, I did see him just now, ochone and ochone, O!
And he was caught firmly in the midst of his enemies, ochone and
ochone, O !
Judas was near him, and he took a hold of his hand, ochone, etc.
" Musha, O vile Judas, what did my love do to you, ochone," etc.
He never did anything to child or infant, ochone, etc. And he put
anger on his mother never, ochone, etc.
The Keening of the Three Marys : 3789
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 KEEXIXG OF THE THREE MARYS.
A Traditional Folk Ballad.
Taken down from O'Kearney, a schoolmaster near Belmullet, Co. Mayo
[From the " Religious Songs of Connacht," by Douglas Hyde.l
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 !)*
" Aye ! truly, O Mother,
Have I seen him lately,
(Ochone agus ochone, O !)
Caught by his foemen,
They had bound him straitly."
(Ochone agus ochone, O !)
"Judas, as in friendship
Shook hands, to disarm him."
(Ochone agus ochone, O !)
O Judas ! vile Judas !
My love did never harm him,
(Ochone agus ochone, O !)
* This is nearly in the curious wild metre of the original. " Agus,"=: " and," is
pronounced "ocrsrus." In another version of this piece, which I heard from my
friend Michael MacRuaidhrigh, the cur-fa ran most curiously, tick tick agus tick ud
&n, after the first two lines, and&vfc tick, agus, och tin o after the next two. Thus:—
l-eAJAT) AnUAf- 1 U-UCT) A triACAft e
(Oc, 6c, 4j«f oc uc An)
JJabAfo a tetc. a x>a rhuijie Ajuf- cAomi5i"6e.
(Oc oc, Ajuf 6c thi 6.)
3790 CAomeA-6 nA cjai muine.
" til ,6eAj\nAi'6 f e AfUArh
"Oat>a aja leAnb nA pAifce,
(OCon Aguf oc on 6.)
-Aguf niop cuijA fe peAps
/AfviAfh A|\ a mAtAin,"
(OCon Agtif 06 on 6.)
tluAifi jruAin nA "oeAmAin 4m<sc
50 tnbu-o 1 pem a mAtAip,
(Ocon Agup 06 on o.)
fcogA'OAtt fUAf
A^ a nguAilmD 50 ti-Ajvo 1;
(Ocon Aguf oc on 6 !)
Aguf quakca-oak -piof
Aft ClOCAID nA ffAI'Oe f
(Ocon Aguf oc on 6 !)
Cuai* fi 1 lAige
A^tif 01 a jLunA seAftntA
(OCon Aguf oc on 6 !)
" Uudili-o me pern
x\s«f nA bAin te mo tfi^tAip."
(Ocon Aguf oC on 6 !)
s- buAilpinuT) tu pern.
-A'f mAflboCAtttAOIT) "DO iflAtAin,'*
(OCon Aguf oc on 6 !)
ScnbiceAtMn An oj\aij5 teo
-An tA fin 6 n-A lACAift,-
(OCon Agtif oc on 6 !)
Ace "oo leAn An tf)Ai;g"oeAn
1at) Ann fAn bpAfAC
(Ocon A^uf oc on 6 !)
" Cia An oeAn 1 fm
'Haj\ n-oiAi$ Ann f An opAfAC ? **
(Ocon Aguf oc on 6 !)
" 5° "oeirhin mA ca beAn A|\ bit Ann
'Si mo mAtAin,"
(Ocon Aguf oC on 6 !)
They tore with them the captive, that clay from her presence, ochone.
etc. But the Virgin followed them, into the wilderness, ochone, etc.
What woman is that after us in the wilderness, ochone, etc. Indeed
if there is any woman in it, it is my mother, ochone, etc.
TJie Keening of the Three Marys. 3791
No child has he injured,
Not the babe in the cradle,
(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 !)
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, O !)
And she lay and she fainted
With her knees cut and torn.
(Ochone agus ochone, O !)
" For myself, ye may beat me,
But, 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 the Virgin pursued them,
Through the wilderness going.
(Ochone agus ochone, O !)
" Oh, who is yon woman ?
Through the waste comes another."
(Ochone agus ochone, O !)
" If there 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 high, ochone, etc.
And they smote her down 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.
3792 CAomeA-o nA cni muine:
w A eoin, feuC, f A^Aim onr
CiinAtn mo rhAtAn,
(OC on Aj;ur oC on 6.)
CongOAig uAim i
go scnioCnoCAi-b me An pAif reo/*
(OCon Agur oc on 6 !)
TluAin cuAtAit) An mAij-oeAn
An ceiteAonAt) cnAi-oce,-
(OCon Aguf oC on 6 !)
tug ri teim tAn ati ngAn'OA
Ajjur leim* 50 cnAtm nA pAire
(OCon Aguf oC on 6 !)
Cia b-e An peAn bneAj; pn
An CnAnn nA pAire
(OCon Aguf oC on 6 !)
An e nAC n-AicmjeAnn cu
'Oo tfiAC A tflAtAItt ?
(OCon Aguf oC on 6 !)
An e fin mo leAnb
A "o'lomCAn me cni p-Aitej
(OCon Agur oC on 6 !)
Ho An e fin An teAnb
"Oo n-oiteAt) 1 n-ucc lilAine ?
(OCon Agur oC on 6 !)
***** 2?
CAiteA"OAfl AnuAf e
IIa rp6tAib seAnntA
(OCon Aguf oC on 6 !)
" Sm CugAib Anoir e
Aguf cAoimsn!) bun fAic A.n,"
(OCon, Agur oC on o !)
JtAot) An nA cni tilmne
50 scAomfimTO An ngn^t) geAt
(OCon, Aguf oC on o !)
Ua -oo Ctn-o mnA-CAOince
te bneic por a niAC^in
(OCOn, Aj;ur oC on o!)
Is that my child that I carried for three-quarters of a year, ochone,
etc. Or is that the child that was reared in the bosom of Mary,
ochone, etc.
O Owen (i.e., John) see, I leave to thee the care of my mother, ochone,
etc. Keep her from me until I finish this passion, ochone, etc.
When the Virgin heard the sorrowful notes, ochone, etc. She gave
a leap past the guard, and the second leap to the tree of the passion,
ochone, etc.
The Keening of the Three Marys. 3793
"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!)
When the Virgin had heard him
And his sorrowful saying,
(Ochone agus ochone, O !)
She sprang past his keepers
To the tree of his slaying.
(Ochone agus ochone, O !)
" What fine man hangs there
In the dust and the smother?'8
(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 !)
" 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 is that fine man on the tree of the passion, ochone, etc. Is it
that you do not recognise your son. O mother, ochone, etc.
They threw him down [a mass of] cut limbs, ochone, etc. There he is
for you now, and keene your enough over him, ochone, etc.
Call the three Marys until we keene our bright love, ochone, etc. Thy
share of woman-keeners are yet to be born, ochone; etc.
Thou shalt be with me yet in the garden of Paradise, ochone, etc.
Until thou be a . . . (?) woman in the bright city of the graces,
ochone. and ochone, etc.
3794 UobAf tilinfe:
t)eit> cu tiom-fA
go foil 1 ngAifoin pinncAitv
(OCbn Aguf oc on 6 !)
50 fAib cu "oo beAn lomf^*0 (?)
1 gCACAin 51 1 nA njfAfA
(Ocbn Aguf oc on 6 !)
rot>AR rrmine.<
A bfAt) 6 fom t>o bi cobAn beAnnAigce 1 mt)Aile An cobAin,^ 1
SCon-OAe tiling eb. t)i niAimfCif Ann fAn aic a bpuit An cobAfl
Anoir, Aguf if a\\ tofj; AlcbfA nA mAimrcfe t>o bfif An cobAjt
auiac; t)i An rhAinifcin An tAOib cntnc, acc ntiAin CAinig CnomAit
Agur a cult) fgniofA-ooi-p Cum nA cife feo, teA^A-OAf. An riiAinifcin,-
A^uf nion fAgA-oAf ctoc of cionn ctoice "oe'n Atcbin nAf caic-
eAt)An fiop
tHiA-bAin o'n l& no teA5At>An An Atcbin, 'fe fin IS feil thuife
'fan eAffAC, 'feA-o bnif An cobAf AmAC An tof.5 nA ti-Alxbn a, Aguf
if longAncAc An nut) be fAt) uac fAib bfAon uifge Ann fAn fnuc
■oo bi A5 bun An cntnc o'n t& "oo bnif An cobAf AtnAC:
t)i bnAtAin bocc A5 r>ul nA ftige An tA ceutmA, A^uf CuAit> fe
Af a beAlAC be p<Mt)if T)o fAt) Af long tia n-AlconA beAnnAigce,
Aguf bi longAncAf mbn Ain ntiAin ConnAinc fe cobAf bne^g Ann
a h-Aic: CuAit) fe Af a gtunAib Ajuf tofAig fe A5 f^"6 a pAi-one
nuAif. cuaIai-0 fe gut A5 fA*, " cuin tn'oc -oo bnogA, cA cu Af
caIaui beAnnAigte, cS cu A-p bnuAb UobAin tfluipe, Aguf cA leigeAf
nA mitce caoc Ann: t)eit) •oume teigeAfCA te uifge An cobAin
fm AnAjAit) 5AC uite "bume "o'eifc Aifnionn 1 tACAin nA h-AlcbfA
•oo bi Ann fAn Aic Ann a bptnt An cobAf Anoif, m& bionn fiA-o
cutnCA cpi n-tiAine Ann, 1 n-Ainm An AtAn An tilic Aguf Ati
Sp10fA1T» tlAOIttl."
tluAifV bi a pAiT>p.eACA f^Tbce A5 An mbNAtAip. ■o'peuC fe fUAf
* This is not the Roscommon Ballintubber, celebrated for the ancient
castle of the O'Conors, which is called in Irish " Baile-an-tobair Ui Chon-
chubhair," 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 Mac a' Mhilidhs, a name taken by the Stauntons [Mac-a-Veely, i.e.,
" son of the warrior," now pronounced so that no remains of any vulgar
Irish sound may cling to it, as " Mac Evilly !]. The prophecy is current
in Mayo that when the abbey is re-roofed Ireland shall be free. My
Mary's Well. 3795
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 Religious Folk Tale.
[From the " Religious Songs of Connacht," by Douglas Hyde.]
[Taken down from Proinsias O'Conchubhair.]
Long ago there was a blessed well in Ballintubber {i.e., 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 ha
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 trouble. The tomb of the notorious Shaun-na-
Sagart, the priest hunter, which is not far from it, is still pointed out
by the people. It is probably he who is the " spy " in this story, though
his name is not mentioned.
3796 CobAf liluinej
Aguf ConnAifc cotutn mof gtegeAt An CfAnn jiubAif i ngAf x>6i
t)ut) h-i An cotum "oo bi a$ cAinc; X)\ An bfAtAif jteufCA 1 n-
eu-OAijib-bfeige, mAf. bi tuAC Af a CeAnn, Corn trior* A^uf "oo bf
Ari CeAnn mA'OfA-AttA:
Af Caoi An bit "o'fuAgAif fe An fgeut -oo -OAOimb An bAite bi^,
Ajuf niof bpAt)A 50 rToeACATO fe cfi"o An cif. t)u"0 boCc An aic
i, Aguf ni n Aib acc botAm A5 nA "OAoinib, Aguf iat> tioncA te
•oeACAt; An An A-ObAn fin bi cuit> mAit "oe "OAomib caoCa Ann:
"le clApfolAf, Ia Af nA tiiAfvAC, bi of cionn "oa fiCit) "OAome Ann,-
A5 cobAf ttluine, A^ur ni fAib feAf nA beAn aca nAC "ocAim^ Af
Aif te fA-OAfc mAit;
Cuai* ctu cobAin Tiluife zpx> An cif, Aguf tiion bf at>a 50 fAib
oitic^eACA o saC uite conT>Ae A5 ceACc 30 CobAf liluine, Aj;uf
ni -OeACAit) Aon neAC aca An Aif gAn beit teigeAfCA ; Aguf f ao:
CeAnn cAmAitt t»o bit>eAt) "OAome Af cioftAib eite fern, Ag ceAcc
50 t>ci UobAn ttluine:
t)i feAf mi-Onei-orheAC 'nA Con'munie 1 n$Af "oo 1!)Aite-An-cobAif:
"Ouine UAfAt "oo bi Ann, A^uf nion CfeiT> fe 1 teigeAf An cobAif
beAnnAigce; "OubAinc fe nAC fAib Ann acc pifcneogA, Aguf le
mAjAt) "oo "oeunAm ah nA "OAoimb tug fe AfAll "OAtt "oo bi Aige
Cum An cobAif Aguf turn a CeAnn f aoi An uifge: puAif An c-Af Att
fAt)Afc, aCc cugAt) An niASATDoirv A-bAite Corii "OAtt te bun •oo
bfoije;
"Paoi CeAnn btiAt>nA tuic fe AmAC 50 fAib f A^AfC A3 obAin mAf
gAfOA-ooif A5 An "ouine-uAfAt 00 bi -OAtt; t)i An fAgAfc gteufCA
mAf feAf-oibf.e, Aguf m f Aib fiof A5 "oume Af bit 50 tubuo f AgAfC
•oo bi Aim: Aon tA AriiAin bi An "ouine uAfAt bfeoit)ce Aguf
"o'lAff fe Af A feAfbfOJAIICA e "OO tAbAlfC AmAC 'fAn ngAffOA:
tluAif tAimg fe Cum ua b-Aice a fAib An fAgAfc Ag obAif, fui-6
fC fiof: " tlAC mof An cfUAg e," Af feifeAn, " nA6 "ocig tiom
mo gAfbA bfCAj -o'feiceAt ! "
$tAC AU SAfbA-OOIf CfUA1$ *06 AgUf "OUbAlfC, - Ca flOf A5Am
ca bfvnt feAf "oo ICijfeOCA-O tu, aCc cA tuAC An a CeAnn mAn
geAtt Af a Criei'oeArh."
" t3eifim-fe m'focAt uaC nt>eunfAit) mife fpit)eA"o<3ifeACc Aif»
A^uf iocfAifj me 50 mAit e An fon a tfiobtoit»e," An fAn *ouine
UAfAt:
' ACc b'emip nAf rhAit teAC "out cni-o An cfti$e-ftAnAi$te azS
Aige," Af fAn ^Af'CA'ooiri:
" 1f cumA tiom ciA An Cftige acA Aije mA tu^Ann fe mo fAt>Afc
"OAm," Af fAn "oume UAfAt:
Anoif, bi "OfoC-Ctu An An "ouine-uAfAl, mAf bf Ait fe a tAn t>e
Mary's Well: 3797
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 hot 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 as*
blind as the sole of your shoe.
At the end of a year it so happened that there was a priest
working as a gardener with the gentleman who was blind.
The priest 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 clown. "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 I'll
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
3798 UobAf Tfluife;
fAgAfCAib foime fin ; thnsAtn An c-Ainm "oo bi Aif; Af caoi An
bit gtAC An fAgAfc tneifneAC Aguf T>ubAifc, " tHot) "oo Coifce
fei-b An mAiTiin AmAfAC, A5tif aomAinrrb mife tu 50 "oci aic "oo
teijjif, m C15 te coifceoin nA te Aon "oume eite beit 1 tAcAin aCc
mire, Ajuf nA n-mnif t>'Aon "oume An bit cA bfuit cu Ag "out, no
por cat> e -oo jnAite (gno)."
x\n niAi*oin, Ia An nA mAf AC, bi coifce "bingAm feno, Ajuf Cuai-6
re fein AfceAC, teif An n5AfbAT>bif "o'a tiomAinc " fAn, tufAy
Ann f An mbAite An c-Atn f o," An fe teif An 5-coirce6in, H A^uf
tiomAinprd An 5An"6AT)6in me." t)i An cbifcebif 'nA biteAtnnAC,-
•Aguf bi eu"o Ain, A^tif gtAC re nun 50 mbei-oeAt) re Ag fAife nA
coifce, te f AgAit AmAc cia An aic f Aib fiAT> le •out: t)i a §teur
beAnnAigte Ag An fAgAfc, CAob-Afaj x>e'n euoAC eile: tluAin
tAngA-OAn 50 UobAf Itluife "oubAinc An fAgAfc teif, " 1f rA^Anc
mife, ca me "out te x>o nA'OAnc "o'fAjAit "Dine 'fAn ^1C At* CAitt
cu e." Ann fin cum re cfi uAine Ann fAn cobAf e, 1 n-Ainm An
AtAn An Ttlic Aguf ah SpiofAro TlAoim, Agur tAmi5 a fA-bAfc
cuige com rnAit A^ur bi re AfiAtfi.
" "DeunpAit) me ceuo punc x>uic," An f a tJingAm, " Com tuAt
Aj;ur nACpAf me A-bAite."
t)f An cbirceoin aj; fAifej A^uf Com UiAt Aguf ConnAinc re An
rAgAnc Ann a gteuf beAnnAijce, Cuai"6 fe 50 tuCc An "otige Aguf
bf Ait fe An fAjAfc "Oo gAbAt) Agtif "oo cnoCA-6 e gAn bfeiceAm
gAn bfeiceAmnAf. "O'veu-ofA* An feAf x>o bi CAf eif a fA-OAifC
•o'fAJAIt Af Alf, An fA5AfC "OO fAOfAt), ACC niOf tADAin fe fOCAt
Af. a fon.
Omciott miofA ^nA "oiai$ fe6, tAinij; fA^Afc eite 50 "bm^Am
Aguf e gteufCA mAf jAjvoA-ooin, Ajuf -o'lAff fe obAif. Af "Dm^Am
Aguf fUAif uAit) 1; ACc m f Aib fe A bf At) Ann a feifbif 50 "ocAplA
•ofoC-fUT) no "bingAm. Cuai* fC AmAC Aon tA AttiAm A5 fiiibAt
cfi"o nA pAifceAnnAib, Ajuf "oo cAfA* CAitin mAifeAC, ingeAn fif.
boiCc, Aif, Aguf finne fC mAftugAt) uiffi, A^tif "o'f^lg teAt-mAfb
1: t)i cniuf •oeAfbfAtAf A5 An gcAitin, Agtif cu^A'OAf nnonnA 50
mAfb6CA-6 fiA*o e Com tuAt Aguf 5eobAi"oif Sfeim Aif. Hi fAib A
bfA-o te fAnAmAinc aca. $AbA-OAf e fAti Aic Ceu-onA Af rftAftAi$
fe An CAitin, Aguf <fefocAT)Af e Af CfAnn, Aguf -o'fASA-OAf Ann nn
C 'nA CfOCAt).
Af mArom, An LA An nA mAfAC, bi mittiumi-b "oe miotc65Aib
cfummjce, mAf Cnoc mof, dmCiott An CfAinn, Aguf niof feuw
•oume An bit "out AnAice teif, mAf £eAtt Af ah mbotA"6 bfCAti
•00 bi cimCiott nA b-Aice, A^uf "oume An bit x>o \\aCaX) AnAice
teif, t)o "OAtifAt) iia miotcbgA e;
Mary's Well. 3799
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
priest in his blessed vestments, he went to the people of the
law, and betrayed the priest. 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 long to
wait. They caught him in the same place where he assaulted
the girl, and hanged 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
blind him.
3800 CobAp ttlmpe:
tJAips beAn astir mAC "DinjAtn cevx> ptinc "o'aoh "oinne "oo
beAppAt) An copp AmAC. TliTine cuit> rhAit T)Aoine lAppAit) Aip fin "oo
■oeunArii, aCc niop peu-OA-OAp. £uAip piAT) pii"OAp te cpAtAt) Att ha
miotc<35Aib, Ajup geugA c^ Ann te tia mbuAtA-6, acc niop freu'OA'OA^
a fSApAt), nA "out com pat>a teip An jjcpAnn. t)i An bpeuncAf
An eipi$e niop meApA, Agup bi eAjtA An nA comAppAnnAib 50
•ociubpA-b nA miotcCgA Agup An copp bpeun ptAig oppA:
t)i An T>AnA rA^Anc 'nA gAp-OA-ooip A3 thngAm 'pAn Am po, acc
ni pAib piop A5 tuec An age gun fAgAnc "oo bi Ann, oip t>a mbeit}-
eA"o piop A5 tuCc An "olije no ax, nA ppi,6eA,o6ipib, "oo $eobA"0
piAX) A^up "oo cnocpA'6 piA-o e; Cuait> nA CACoitcij 50 beAn
"binjAm A^up •ouoApA'OAp tei 50 pAib eotap aca a\\ -ouine t>o
-oibpeoCAt) nA miotcosA. " UAbAip CusAm 6," Ap pipe, " A511P
nA'p pei-oip teip nA miotcosA x>o ttibipc ni n-e An "ouAip pin geobAp
pe acc a peACc n-oipeAT);
" x\cc," aj\ piA-o-pAn, " T)^ mbei-o' £iop 45 tuCc-An-'otige Agup
x>a n^AbA-OAoip 6, "oo CpoCpA-OAOip e, mAp Cpoc piATi An peAp "OO
puAip pA*Apc a put a\\ Aip "oo." " -Acc," ^ pipe, " nAC bpeu-opA-0
pe nA miotcogA *oo "oibipc gAn piop Ag tucc-An-T)ti5e ? '
" tli't flop ASAinn," a\\ piA-o-pAn, " 50 ngtAcpAmAOiT) coriiAipte
tetf."
-An oit>Ce pm gtACATtAp corhAipte teip An pA^Apc, A$up "o'lnnip
piAT) t)6 cat) "oubAipc beAn "GmgAm.
" tli't AgAm aCc beAtA fAogAtCA te CAitteArhAinc," a^ pAn
pA^Apc, " Agup beAppAit) me i a\\ pon nA nt>Aoine bocc, oip.
beit) ptAij Ann pAn cip munA jcuippit) me "oibipc a\< v\a miotcos-
Aib. -Ap mAit)in AmApAC, beit) lAppATO ajaui 1 n-Amm *Oe 1AT) "00
•Oibipc, Agup ca mmnigm A^Am Agup t)otCAp 1 nT)iA 50 pAbAtpAit)
pe m6 o mo Cuit) nArhAT); U6it) CU15 An beAn-uApAit Anoip, Agup
AbAip tei 50 mbeit) me 1 n^Ap "oo'n CpAiin te b-eipige nA jpeine
a\^ mAiT)m AmApAC, Agup AbAip tei pip "oo beit peit) aici teip An
JCOpp "OO Cup 'pAn UAlg."
Cuai* piAt) Cum ua mnA-uAipte, Agup "o'lnnip piAT> "oi An meAT>
xiubAipc An pAgApC.
" 1T1A eipigeAnn teip," a\^ pipe, " b6ix> An t)uAip p6it) A^Am -ooj
Ajup opT)oCAit) m6 moip-peipeAp peAp "oo beit 1 tAtAip."
CaiC An pA^Apc An oit)Ce pm 1 n-upnAijtib, A^up teAt-uAip poirh
eipi$e ua 5p6me Cuai*o pe Cum ua b-Aice a pAib a s^eur beAnn-
Aijce 1 bpotAC; Cuip p6 pm Aip, Agup te cpoip Ann a teAt-tAirii
Agup te uip^e coippeA^tA Ann pAn tAim eite, Cuai* p6 Cum nA
b-Aice a pAib ha miotco^A. UopAij pe Ann pin aj; teijeAt) Ay a
teAbAp Agup A5 cpAtAt) uipge CoippeA5tA a\^ x\a miotcogAib, 1 n-
Marifs Well.: 3801
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 people 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 back
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
him."
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 God 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 blessed 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
3802 UobAf itltnfe;
Ainm An AtAn An tYlic Agtif An SpiOfATo tlAom'i. T)'eifi3 An cnoc
miotcos, Aguf *o'eiall fiAt> fUAf 'fan Aef, Aj;iif finneAt)Af An
fpeif Com t>ofCA leif An oit)ce. Hi fAib fiof a$ nA "OAomib cia
An aic a nx>eAi,AX)An, Act fAoi CeAnn leAt-uAife tn f Aib ceAnn T>iob
te peiceAl (feicfinc).
£>i tut$Ai|\e rhbf An tiA T)Aoinib, aCc nion X)?at>a 50 bfACAT)Af
An rpi"oe *ooin Ag ceACc, Agtif jIaco fiAt) An An fAgAfc fit teif
Com CApA A'-p 01 Ann; tug An f AgAfc "oo tiA bomn Aguf LeAn An
fpi'OeA'ooin e, ■ASMf T51Arl Arm 5^ tAirh Aije. TluAin nAf pent)
fe ceACC ftiAf teif, CAit fe An rjiAn 'nA "OiAig; tluAif 01 An fgiAn
A3 "out tAf 5UAtAm An cfAjjAifc, cuif fe a tAtfi eie fUAf, Agtif
5AD fe An fgiAn, A^up caic fe An fgiAn An Aif ^An peACAinc
caoo fiAf. T>ej t)tiAit fi An peAf, Aguf CuAit) fi cpi-o a cpoite, gup
tine fe mAfb, Agnf "o'lmtis ah fAgAfc fAOf.
puAin nA pip copp t)in5Am, Ajuf CuifeAT>Af Ann fAn UA15 e, aCc
nuAif CuATtAf cofp An fpi"0eAT>6fA "oo cuf, fUAifeATtAf, nA milxe
*oe tuco^Aio mofA cimciotl Aif, A^tif ni fAib sferni peolA An a
cnAifiAib nAC fAib itce aca; 11i CoffoCAT) fiAT) "oe'n Cofp Aguf
niof pent) nA "OAome ia"o t>o fUAgAt), Aguf b'eigin "061b nA cnArtiA
•OfAgbAit of cionn CAUfiAn.
Cmp ah fA^Afc a gteuf beAnnAigte 1 bpolAC, Agup -oo bi A5
obAip 'fAn ngAf&A nuAif Cuif beAn "Dm^Am fiof Aif, Aguf Tt'iAff
Aif An "ouAif t)o gtACAt) An fon nA mioUrosA "oo TnbifC, Aguf i
•oo tAbAifc t)o'n feAf t»o "Oibif iat) niA bi eotAf Aige Aif.
" Ua eotAf A^Ani Aif, A^uf "oubAifc fe tiom An "ouAif "oo
tAbAifc Ctnge Anocc, niAf ca fim Aige An cif "o'fAsbAit fut mA
gcfocf Ait) tuCc An "otije e."
" Seo tunc 1," An fife, Aguf feACAi-o fi fpofAn oif "oo.
An mAi*oin, tA Af nA itiAfAc, "o'lnitig An fAgAfc 50 coif nA
^Aiff^e ; fUAif fe long t>o bi A5 "out Cum nA yn Aince, cuatO f6
An bofo, A^uf Corn UiAt Aguf "o'fAg fe An cuaii Cuif fe Aif a
ei1"OA15 fA^AIfC, A^Uf tllg bUI-OeACAf "OO *t)lA fAOl n-A tAbAlfC
fAOfi tli't fiof AgAinn cat) tAflA "06 'nA "Oiaij fin.
"CAn 6if fin -oo bitteA* "OAome "oaIIa Ajuf caoOa a^ cigeACC
50 UobAf ttlmfe, A5Uf niof fill Aon "ouine aca AfiArh Af Aif ^An
a beit teigeAfCA. x\Cc m fAib nnx) niAit Af bit AfiAtn Ann fAn
cif feo, nAf miiteA'O te "ovnne eigin, Aguf milleAt) An cobAf, niAf
fOJ
Mary's Well. 3803
scattering holy-water on the flies, in the name of the Father,
the Son, and the Holy Ghost. 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 for you," said she, and she handed him a purse
of gold.
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.
* This ''s the absurd way the people of Connacht translate it when
talking English. " Bonn " means both " sole " (of foot) and " butt."
3804 UobAn tiluine:
t)i cAitin i mt)Aite-An-cobAin, Agur bi ri Aft ci beic popcA, nuAin
CAmij; reAn-beAn caoc cuici Ag lAnnAit) "oeince i n-onoin "oo "6ia
A$ur T)o tiluine;
" tli't Aon nu-o A^Am te CAbAinc -oo feAn-CAOCj\An cAittije, cA
me bcbAnAijce aca," An rAn CAitin.
" tIA |\Aib fAmne An porcA one A-coi-Oce 50 mbeit) cu com
caoc A'f cA mire," An rAn creAn-beAn.
-An mAixnn, tA An tiA mAnAC, bi rtnte An CAitin 015 nirhneAC,<
Agur An mATom 'nA "oiaij rin bi ri beAg-nAC t>Att, Aj;ur "oubAinc
nA corhAffAnnA 50 mbu-o Coin "Oi "out 50 UobAn tiluine:
xXn mAiT>m 50 moC, "o'einiS ri, A$ur CuAit> ri Cum ah cobAin,
aCc cneuT) "o'peicreAt) -pi Ann ACc au creAn-beAn tMAnn An "oeinc
ui|\ni 'ua ruroe A5 bnuAC An cobAin, A5 ciAnAt) a cmn or cionn An
cobAin beAnnAigte;
" 1_ein-rj;nior one, a CAitteAC jnAnnA, An a$ f aIaCa* UobAin
ttluine acA cu ? " An f An CAitin ; " itnti$ teAC no bnirrit) me t>o
mumeut."
" tli't Aon onoin tii meAr a^ax> An *Oia nA An tiluine, "o'eicig
cu -oeinc -oo CAbAinc 1 n-onoin "061b, An An A-obAn rin n1 tumpAi-o
cu cu rem 'fAn cobAn."
£tiAin An cAitin gneim An An 5CA1U.15, aj; peucAinc 1 x>o rcneAC-
Aitc o'n cobAn, aCc teir An rcneACAitc t>o bi eAconnA x>o cuic An
beinc ArceAC 'rAn cobAn Agur bAiceAt) iat>:
O'n tA fin 50 "OC1 An tA ro m nAib Aon teigeAr Ann rAn cobAn;
2 S S £ *
Mary's Well; 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.
11 I've 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 yon 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 well and were drowned.
From that day to this there has been no cure in the well.
3806
mtnne A^tis tiAorh loseplij
TIac nAOriicA "oo bi tlAotn 16fep
TluAifl pof V& ttluine ttlAtAin ?
TIac e "oo ftiAip An CAbApCAf
"Oo b' feApp 'tia An f AogAt Avt>e [A-bAtn] ?
"OhuitxAig fe *oo'n op bmt>e
Agup "oo'n cpom "oo bi Ag T)Aibi,
Aguf b' peA^p teif beit aj; cpeopugAt)
-^5ur ^5 tnuriAt) An eblAif "oo tTlhuipe tllACAips
"La ArhAm t>'a pAib An cuplA
X\g fiiibAl Ann fAn njjAifoin,
TTleAfs nA feipim'b cubAf\tA,
t)LAt ublA, A5Uf Aipni"be:
"Oo cuip tTlvnne T>uit ionncA
Agup Cnuj fi teo, 1 lACAip,-
O bolAt) bpeAg nA n-ubAll
t)ni 50 ciibAntA "oeAr o'n Aifo-pigj
Ann fin -oo lAbAip An TTIhAig'oeAn
"Oe'n corhpATj bi fAnn,
-* t)Ain *OAtn nA fe6ir> fin
Ua A5 fAf Af An gefAnnj
*Now ill-called "Caldwell" in English.
t Literally: 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 ? He refused the yellow 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-blossoms and sloes, Mary conceived a desire for
them, and fancied them at once, [enticed] by the fine scent of the
apples that were fragrant and nice from the High King [i.e., God].
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 shall 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 blessedly beneath her bosom. Then spake Jesus holily,
" Bend low in her presence, O tree." The tree bowed down to her in their
3807
MARY AND ST. JOSEPH.
From Michael Rogers and Martin O'Calally,* in Erris Co. Mayo. —
Douglas Hyde.
Holy was good St. Joseph
When marrying Mary Mother,
Surely his lot was happy,
Happy beyond all other. |
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.
Then spake to Joseph the Virgin,
All 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 off the tree. Then spake St. Joseph, and cast himself upon the
ground, "Go home, O Mary, and lie upon thy couch, until I go to
Jerusalem doing penance for my sin." Then spake the Virgin 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 born, there came
three kings making adoration before the child. Three months from that
night the blessed child was born 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."
3808 ITItiife Aguf flAom 1ofepft3
" t)Ain t»Am mo fAic ACA
Oif ca tne tA5 fAnn,*
A'f cu oibfeACA fig tiA n^fAfCA
A^ fAf fAoi mo 6foin."
Ann fin -oo lAbAif tlAom 1ofep
"Oe'n corhfA-O bi ceAnn,
" Hi bAinfit) m6 "ouic ha fe6T>£
A'f tii b-AiU, tiom "oo clAnn;
a
^IaccO Afv AtAif 6 x>o Lemb
1f Aif if coin ,6tiic beic ceAnti M
Ann fin *oo coffuij 1ofA
50 OeAnnAigce fAoi nA bfoitr
Ann fin t>o tAbAif fofA
50 nAomtA fAoi nA bfom
" ffcijj 50 n-ifiott
Ann a pA-ontnre a CfAinn;"
X)'tirfitAi$ An cttAnn fiof "o!
Ann a bfiAt>nuife jAn rfiAitty
Agur puAi|\ fi miAn a cfoit>e-fci$
5tAm-,oineAC o'n gcfAnn;
Ann fin "oo tAbAif IIaoiii 16fep
Ajuf caic e p6m Af An cAlAtnj
" 5ad A-bAite a mnAine
Aguf tuit) Af "oo LeAt>tii"6.'
50 "ocei-0 m6 50 n-lAftifAtem
A5 "oeunArii Aitfige Aim mo peACAi'Oi
Ann fin "oo LAbAif An ITItiAig'oeAn
"Oe'n corhfAt) bi beAnmngce,
" til f acai"0 m£ A-bAite
A'f 111 lui"0fit) 1116 Af mo teAbufO,
Ace ca mAiteAifinAf le fAjAit a^ax>
0 fij ha ngfAfCA Ann "00 peACAi-O."
* "Ann a 5-CA1II" -ou&Aifc Hide f c Uuai-oij, a6c t>ubAifr An CAtlAOileAC
"Iaj pAnn." Ca me Ann a 5CA1U, = " C«Arcui5©Ann uAim iac."
Mary and St. Joseph. 3809
"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 the fruit that it offered,
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 bound;
I must go to the holy city,
And confess my sin profound."*
Then out spake the gentle Mary,
She spake with a gentle voice,
u 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 six-line verses are alien to the spirit of the Irish Language, and
probably arise from the first half of the next quatrain being forgotten.
239 Irish Lit. Vol. 10— F
3810 ITUiine Aguf ruom lofepfij
Uni mi o'n IS fm
ttu5<v6 An teAnb beAnnuijte,
CtiAims nA C|\i f.i$te
A5 •oeunAtti At>nAi$te T)o'n teAtit>,
Cni mi on oi*6ce fin
■RugAt) ah Leant) beAnmngte,
Ann a ftAbtA -pu/kft peAnncA
e^oin buLAn Aguf AfAt;
xVnn fin *oo lAbAin An riiAig'oeAii
50 ciun Aguf 50 celtuce,
" -A mic nig nA 5CAttAT>
Oa 'n nof mbeit) cu an An CfAogAl ? *
" "bei* me "OiAtvoAOin
xXguf me -oiotCA 45 mo nAriiAiT),
Aguf beit) me T)ia nAome
mo cm At An pott 45 nA cAinnnib:
t>ei-6 mo ceann 1 mbAnn fpice
'S fwl mo tnoi-Oe 1 lAn nA -pnAi-oe,
*S An trleig nime "out cne mo cnoi-oe
te fpixteAiAC An Ia fin.
Mary and St. Joseph: 3811
Three months from that self-same morning,
The blessed child was born,
Three kings did journey to worship
That babe from the land of the morn.
Three months from that very evening.
He was born 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."
[thh babe.]
"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.
3812
tiAorh peA'OAtt:
ChUAtAI'D Pf6lt1f1Af O CotlCtlftAlf, 1 Tn'bt'4*-tt1A1fl, An fjeut fO 6 feAtl.
tfinAoi •oAft t>' Aititn bjiiji-o ni ctlAtAfAijj 6 bhAile-T>A-;\&Ain i jcotroAe
SI1I1515, A3Uf fuAif tnife uAi-6-feAn e.
Ann fAn^Am a fAib tlAorh peA-OAf Aguf Af SlAnuigceOif aj
fiubAt nA cine, if iombA lonjAncAf -oo CAifbeAn a ttlbAigifcif bo,
A^uf "oa mbub buine eite •oo bi Ann, •o'^eicpeA'o teAt An oifit), if
■061$ 50 mbeibeAb a botCAf Af a mtiAijifcin niof tAiT)fe 'nA bi
•oOCCAf pneA'OAin:
Aon tA ArhAin -oo biot>Af A5 ceACc AfceAC 50 bAite-mof Aguf
•oo bi feAf-cebit teAt An meifge 'nA fwbe An tAoib An botAin
Ajuf e A5 iAff Aib T>eifce: Ctius An StAnuigceoif pior a Aingit)
•oo An njAbAii tAfc t>6: t)ni lon^AncAf An ptieA"OAf f aoi fin, oin
•oubAifc f e teif f em " 1f iombA "ouine bote "oo bi 1 n-eAf buib rhoif,'
•o'eicig mo rhAi$irnn, acc Anoif tuj fe "oeinc "oo'n feAf-ceoit reo
AcA An meifse: ACc b' 6iT»in," Af fe teif fein, " b'eix>in 50 bfuit
x>uit Aige fAn sceot."
T)o bi fiof A5 An StAnuigceoif cneAT) ■oo bi 1 n-mncmn
pneAT)Ain, acc nion lAbAin f£ focAt t)'A tAoib:
An t& An n-A rhAfAC "oo bio*OAf aj; fiubAt Afif, Ajuf "oo CAfAb
bfAtAif bocc onnA, Aj;uf e cnom teif An Aoir, Aguf beA^-nAC
noCctA; T)'iAnn fe "oeinc An An StAnuigteoif, aCc ni tug SeifeAn
Aon Aifo Ain, Aguf nion pneAgAin Se a impibe;
" Sin nib eite nAC bf uit ceAfC," An f a tlAOrti peAT>Af Ann a
mncinn f6in ; bi eAgtA Ain tAbAinc teif An TYIAijifcif t>'A caoid,
a6c bi fe as cAitteArhAinc a "obGtCAif sa6 uite tA:
An cfAtnOnA ceutmA bicoAf A5 ceAtc 50 bAite eite nuAif
cAfAb feAf T)Att onnA, A^uf e A5 lAfnAib "oeince: Ctiuif An
StAningtebif CAinc Ain A^tif "oubAiiic " cfewo cA uaic ? "
'* LuaC t6ifcin oibee, tuAt f uix> te n'lte, Agiif An oineAt) Ajtif
beibeAf A5 ceAfcAt uAim AmAf ac ; mA tig teAc-f a a tAbAinc t)Am,-
^eobAib cu cuiciu$Ab mOf, ^Suf cuiciu$Ab nAC bfuit te fA$Ait
Af An Cf AOgAt bf onAC f o."
" 1f niAiC i "oo CAinc," Af fAn UigeAf nA, " acc ni't cu aCc aj
lAffAib mo meAttAb, ni't eAfbuib tuAiC-t6ifcin nA fuit) te n'ice
ofc, cA bf A5Uf Aifgiot) Aim x>o 66ca, A^uf bub Coif bmc no
buibeACAf "oo CAbAifC *oo T)1iia f aoi "oo biot 50 tA •oo beit aj;at>.'
Hi f Aib fiof A5 An "OAtt guf b'e Af StAnuigCeoif "oo bi A5 CAinc
teif, Ajuf "oubAifc fe teif : " Hi feAnmOf a aCc x>eifce acA me
*iAffAib, if cmnce me t^A mbeibeAb fiof aja"© 50 fAib bf nA
8813
SAINT PETER.
A Folk Story.
An old woman named Biddy Casey, from near Riverstown, in the
Co. Sligo, told this story to O'Conor in Athlone, from whom I got it. —
Douglas Hyde [in Beligious Songs of Connacht.]
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 (sic) 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 were 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."
" Good 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
your 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 Mm, " T+ is not sermons,
3814 Tl-Aorh peAT)Ap;
Aif3iot) A3Am 50 mbAinf ei -oiom 6, ' £1354 ' teAC* Anoif, m teAf*
cui^eAnn x>o CAinc uAim."
" 50 "oeitinn if -oi-C^illTOe «in feAf Co," ^j\ fAn LigeAfnA, " nt
tteit) 6f ni Aif 510-0 a5A"0 1 bfAT>," A5uf teif fin "o'-pi.j f£ An t)Att:
t)ni peAT)Af 45 6ifceACc leif aii scon'ifit), A5uf bi T>uit Ai3e a
mnfeACc T>o'n -oaU 5Uf mbu-6 4 if SLinmgteoif "Do bf A3 CAinc
teif. aCc m bfUAif fe Aon f A1LI; ACc 00 bi peAf eae A5 eifceACc
nuAif oubAifC if. Slinui^teoif 50 fAib 6f A5Uf Aif 510*0 a 5 AH
-oaU. t>u-d f5fiof^t)6if mitlceAC 00 01 Ann, acc "do bi f/iof Ai5e
nip mmf if Slinuigteoif Aon Dfeug AfiAin: Cnorh luAt A^uf bi
SeifeAn Ajuf tlAom peA-OAf imtigte, timi5 An f5fiOfAT>oif cv-m
An -oaiia Agtif -oubAifC leif, " UADAif -OAin "oo Cui-o <5if Aguf
■Aipsp-o, no cuiffeA-o f5iAn cfe "oo Cfoit»e."
" lli'i 6f ni .Mfjio-o AjAtn :' Af fAn -oaii, " t)A mbei'beA-o, m
beit>mn A3 lAffAit) -o£ifce."
Ace leif fin -oo fuAif An f5fiofA"ooif 3feim Aif, *oo cuif fAOi
6, Ajuf "oo OAin -oe An meA-o -oo bi Aije. "Do §Aif A^uf "oo f3f eAt>
An -oaii. coin n-if-o A^uf "o'feu-o fe, Aguf CuaIato Af Slinuij-
teoif A^-jf peAt)Af e.
" Ui ettgc6if T>;i ■oeunArh Af An -oaU.," AffA peATMf;
" "pit 50 feAllrAC. A^uf imte6CAi"6 f£ ah Caoi Ceu-onA, 3^n
CAinr Af Ia An bfeiteArhnAif,5' Af if Slinvn Jteoif.
" Uuipm Cu, ni'l Aon fut> 1 bf oIaC uaic a ttlniitifcif," AffA
peA"OAf.
An Li 'nA ■61A15 fin "OO DTOeATIAf A3 flUbAl C01f fifAlJ. AJUf
cimij teoriiAn ciocfAC AtnAC. *' Anoif a pheAT>Aif," Af if
Stinuijteoif. " if mmic A-oubAifC cu 50 5CAillfei "oo beAtA Af
mo fon, Anoif ceifi$ A^uf CAttAif tu f£m xto'n leOriiAn Ajuf
nnte5CAi-6 rnife fAOf."
"Oo fmuAin peA-OAf Ai$e f6m Ajuf X)ut)AifC; " b'feAff liom bif
a^ bit eile -o'tiSAil 'ni teipnc "oo 1.e<5riiAn tn'ite ; ciniAOTO ccf-
luAt Ajnf ti5 linn fit uai"6, Ajuf mi feicim € a$ ceACc -
Unn f AnfAi-o m£ Af "oeifeAt). Ajuf C15 leAC-fA imteAtc fAOf."
" t)iot) mAf fin," Af if Slinuijteoif:
"Oo teis An le6mAn fjfeA-o, Ajuf Af 50 bfit teif 'nA nTnAit;,
A^uf niof bfA-OA 30 f Aib fe A3 bfeit OffA, A3uf 1 bf03Af T)Oib.
" "fAn fiAf a pneA-OAif," Af An Slinuittedif, aCc lei3 peAT>Af
Aif f6m nAfi 3CUAtAit) f6 focAt, A5Uf t)'imti3 f^ AtnAC forni a
tflAi^tfCtf. "O'lompAig An UiteAfnA Af a Cut Ajuf -oubAifC f^
leif An leorhATi, " Teifit Af Aif 30 -on An fifAC," Aguf finne
\ 6 AmiAit).
* "tojyfl le.-r ':="imt't; leAr," " otjc le^r," no v«-o "oe'n cfOfir fin. b'erotf
ju^i Mc-Ji5e le&z " but coip -do *>*\t aim, 7 6013 &r\ "DeAtriAn !"
Saint Peter. 3815
bat 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, you are a senseless man," said the Lord; "you will
not have gold or silver long," and with that He left him.
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 they 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 andi
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.
3810 tlAom pe<voAtu
T)'feub peAT>An CAob-fiAn x>€, Aguf nuAin bonnAinc fe ah
tebriiAn Ag T>ut aj\ Aif "oo feAf fe 50 "ocaitiis An StAnuigcebin
fUAf teif. ' A peAOAin," An Sb, " "o'f A5 cu mb 1 mbAogAt, Agup
— nut) but) tfieAfA 'nA fin, — t)'innif cu bneugA."
" ftinne me fin," An peAT>An, " mAf bi fiof AgAm 50 bfuit
curhAcic ajat) of cionn 5AC nit), m ti-e AmAm An tebtfiAn An f Af-
A1S-"
" Coif5 t>o beut, Aguf nA bi aj; mnfeACC bneug, m nAib fiof
AgA-o Aguf t>a bfeicpeA mb 1 mbAOjAt AtnAttAC -oo cneigfeA mb
Anif, cA fiof A^Atn An ftnuAincib *oo bnoit)e."
" flion fmuAin mb AniAm 50 n"oeAfnAit> cu Aon nit) hac nAib
CeAfC," Af-fA peAX>&\u
SJ Sin bneug eite," An An StAnuigcebin: " Hac cuimin teAC An
tA x>o tug mb "obinc x»o'n feAn-cebit -oo bi teAC An meifge, bi
longAncAf one Aguf "oubAinc cu teAC fbin gun lonrbA "ouine bobc
•oo bi 1 n-eArbuit) mbin "o'eicij mb, Aguf 50 "ocug m6 "oeinc -oo
f.eAn "oo bi An meifge rriAn bi *ouit AgAm 1 gcebt; An tA 'ua "biAig
fin *o'eici$ me An feAn-bnAcAin, Aguf "oubAinc cu nAb nAib An mt>
rm ceAnc. An cnAtnbnA ceuT)nA if cuimin teAC cneux) cAnlA 1
ocAoib An "OAitl; TYlinebbAit) me Anoif T>tnc cat> fAc finneAf
mAn fin; Tlinne ayi feAn-cebit niof mo "oe rftAic 'nA ninne fice
bnACAf *o'A fbnc 6 nugAt) iat>: SnAbAit fb AnAm CAitin b piAn-
CAib iffinn: t)hi eAfbuit) boinn AingiT) uinni Aguf bi fi aj; "out
peACAt) mAnbtAb "oo t>eunAm te nA fAgAit, Abe Coifmifg au feAf-
ceoit i, tug f e An bonn t)i, cit) 50 nAib eAf bui"0 "oige Aif f em An
c-Atn ceu-onA: fnAi"oif teif An mbnAcAin, ni fAib Aon eAfbtnt)
Aif-feAn, cit) 50 bfuAif fe Ainm bfAtAf but) bAlt -oe'n *oiAOAt 6,
Aguf fin 6 An fAc uac "ocug me Aon Aifo Aif. ITlAi'oif leif An
•OAtt, x>o bi a T)Mia Ann a pocA, bin if f iof An feAn-f ocaI, " An
aic a bfuit "oo cifce b6it) "oo Cf oit)e lei."
SeAt geAff 'ua "6iai§ fin "oubAifC peA"OAf, " A tTlnAigifcif, cA
ebtAf a^at) Af nA fmuAincib if UAigmge 1 gef oi"be An "ouine, Aguf
6'n nbimix) feb AmAb geanm "ouic Annf gAb nit)."
Cimciotl feAtcmAine 'ua t)iAig-fin ■oo biot>An A5 fiubAt cfe
bnocAib Aguf fteibcib, Aguf bAitteA'OAf An beAlAb. te cuicim nA
n-oit>be cAmi5 cemnceAt Aguf coifneAt Aguf feAnntAin Cfoms
t)ni An oit>be bom "oonCA fin nAf feuT>At)Af cofAn cao^aC
■o'f.eiceAt. Cnuic peAt>Af AnAgAit) CAff Aije Aguf toic fb a bof
boiti "OonA fin nAf feut) fb coifcbim x>o fiubAt:
CnonnAinc Af StAnuigte6if fotuf beAg fAoi bun cnuic, Aguf
•oubAinc S6 te peAt)Af, " f. An mAf cA cu Aguf f AbAit) mife Ag
cdfuigeAbc congnAim te x>'iombAn."
Saint Peter: 3817
"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 anything 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 prevented 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,'
3818 tlAom peAt>An:
«>:
,: tli't Aon ConsnAtfi te f A$Ait Ann f An Aic fiAt).<iin fe6," A|t
DeAT>An, " Aguf n<S teij; Ann fo tn6 i mbAo<4;At tiom fern "
" Oiot> mAn fin," AP ^ StAnuigte<3in, A^uf teif fin •oo teij; f6
peAT), Aguf tAinig ceAtnAn feAn, Ajjuf cia bi 'nA CAipcin onnA acc
An feAn -oo fSfiof An "o^tt feAt noime fin; "O'Attnig f6 Aft
StAnuigCeoin Aguf peA"OAn, Aguf oubAinc fe te n-A Cuit> feAn
peAOAn "o'lomCAn 50 cunAtnAC 50 "oci An Aic-C6mnuit>e "oo bi aca
AmeAfs nA gcnoc " Cbuin An beinc feo," &V f£> " °F ASUV A1t*-
510-0 Ann mo beAtAC-f a feAt geAnn 6 foin."
"O'lomcAin fiA"o peA-OAn 50 "oci feomnA f aoi tAtAm ; 01 ceine
oi\eA$ Ann, Aguf cuineA"OAn An feAn toicCe 1 ngAn "oi, A$uf tug-
ax»a|\ "oeoC "do. Unuic fe Ann a Co"otAt> Aguf "oo nmne An
StAnui$Ceoin tons nA cnoife te n-A meAn, or cionn nA toice, Aguf
nuAin ■ouing re "o'feu-o re riuoAt Com mAit Agur "o'feu"o fe niArii;
t)hf longAncAr Ain, nuAin "ouifig fe, A5ur 'o'fvffuig fe cneuo "oo
DAin -oo. "O'mnir An StAnuigceoin x>6 5A6 nit) mAn CAntA.
" SnAoit me," a\^ f a peA"OAn, " 50 nAib me mAnb Aguf 50 nAib
me fuAf A5 oonuf ftAiCif, acc nion feu-o me "out ArceAC mAn
ot An -oonuf -onuroce, Aguf m nAib "ooinreoin te fAgAit."
" Aiftmg "00 bi AgA"© " An An StAnuigCeoin, " aCc if fion
1 ; ca An f LAiteAf "on uioce Aguf m't fe te beiC f ofgAitce 50
DpAg' mife bAf Af fon peACAit) An Cine "OAonnA, "oo Cuin feAnj;
a\( m'ACAin. Hi t>Af coicCionncA aCc bAf nAineAC geobAf me, aCc
eine6CAit> me Anif 50 gtonriiAn Aguf foifgeotAit) me An ftAiCeAf
■oo bi "onuioce, Aj;uf bero cufA "oo t>oinreoin ! "
" 0|aa, a mhAigifCin," An f a peA"OAn, " ni f£i"oin 50 bfuigteA
bAf nAipeAC, nA6 teigreA t>Arii-fA bAf fAgAit Af "oo fon-fA, cA me
feit) Aguf coitceAnnAC."
" SAOiteAnn cu fin," Af Af StAningteoif:
CbAinig An c-Am a fAib An St^nuijtedif te bAf fAgAit: An
cnAtn6nA noime fm bi fe fein Aguf An "o4 AbfCAt "oeug Ag feife;
nuAin "oubAinc f6, " ca feAf AgAib A5 "out mo bnAt." t)tii cfiob-
toiT) rh6f onnA Aguf -oubAifc sac Aon aca " An mife e ? ' ACc
•oubAinc SeifeAn, " An ce tumAf te n-A tAirii Ann fAn meif tiom,'
ip e fin An reAn bfAitpeAf me."
"OubAinc peAOAn Ann pn, " "oA mberoeAt) au "oorhAn iomUn
1 -o'A$Ait>," Af feifeAn, " ni beit) mire 1 "o'A$Ait>," aCc -oubAifc An
SUnui$teOif teir, " f ut mA ^oifeAnn An CoiteAC AnoCc ceitpt)
(feunpAi-O) cu me cfi b-uAine."
" Do $eobAinn bAf fut mA ceitfinn tu," Af fA peAt)An, "50
•oeirhin ni CeitfeA-o tuj"
Saint Peter: 3819
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 be doorkeeper."
"Ora! Master," said Peter, "it cannot be that you would
get a shameful death; would you not allow me to die for you;
I 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
3820 tlAorii peAT>An:
TluAin cu^At) bneiteAriinAf bAif An An StAnuigteoin, bi -A cinx)
tiArhAT) "o'A biiAtAT) Aguf A5 CAtAt) fmugAinte Ain. t)tii peA-oAji
Atnuij Ann fAn gcuinc, ntiAin tAinij; cAitin-Aimfine tinge Aguf
•oubAinc teif " bi cuf a te nfofA." •" fh't fic-f AgAm," An f.<3
PeA"OA|\, " CAT) e CA CU fA*."
TluAin bi fe A5 "out ArriAt An geACA, Ann fin, "oubAinc cAitin
eite, " fin ipe&y. x>o bi te bfof a," acc tug feifeAn a iti'.onnA nAd
fAib eotAf An bit Aige Ain. Ann fin "oubAinc cuto "oe nA •oAoimti
■oo bi Ag eifceACc, " ni't AinnAf An bit nAC nAib cu teif, Aitmjmixi
An "oo tAinc e." Chug fe nA mionnAit) rnonA Ann fin, nAn teif
e, Ajuf a\^ bAtt "oo gtAOt) An coiteAC, Aguf tuiriimj; fe Ann fin
An nA foctAib "oubAifc An StAnuigteoin, Aguf x>o fit fe nA ■oe6p4
Aitfi$e, Aguf ftiAin fe mAiteAtimAf o'n te "oo teit fe. Ua eotnAtd
ptAitif Aige Anoif, A^tif mA fiteAnn finne nA -oetnA Aitnije fAd
n-An toccAib niAn ■oo fit feifeAn iat>, geoDAmAOTo niAiteAriinAr
niAn fUAif feifeAn e, Aguf cuinjnt) fe ceut) mite fAitce nGrhAinnj
nuAin f.AtAf finne 50 -oonuf ftAitifg
Saint Peter. 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.
3822
t)nl 4f StAnui$cedif Aguf tlAorh peAT>Af Ag fpAifoeOfACc
CfAcn6nA, Agtif *oo CAfA"6 feAn-feAf OffAj t)ni An "ouine boCc
fin 50 "oonA, m fAib Aif aCc ceifceACA Aguf feAn-C6CA fcf oicce,'
AS^f 5An fi° na nibfoj; fAoi n-A CorAib: T)'iAff f6 "o^ifc Af Af
T>0$eAfnA Ajuf Af tlAorh peA"OAf: t)tii cftiAi$ A5 peA"OA|\ "oo
&n T>onAn bocc Agtif fAoit f6 50 "ociubfA-O An CigeAfnA fuT>
615m "06; x\Cc niof cuif An Ui$eAf nA Aon cf mm Ann, acc *o'itnci$
fe tAinif gAn ffeAjAifc CAbAifc "ooa t)ni lon^AncAr An pneAT>Af
fAoi fin^ 6in fAoit f6 50 •ooubfA'd An UigeAfnA *oo $ac Aint>eif
e6if a fAib ocnAf Ain, acc bi f Aiccior Aif Aon mt> "oo f a-0;
/An tA An nA rhAfAC bi An CigeAfnA Agtif peA'OAf A5 rpAir-
•oeOf acc Afif An An nibocAf ceu*onA, Aguf cia *o'f eicf eAt) fiAt> A5
ceACc 'nA gcomne Ann fAn jceAfc-Aic Ann a fAib An reAti-feAn
bocc An IA noirhe fin acc fiobAititte A^uf ctoi"6eAni noCcA Aige
Ann a lAirh: UbAinis f6 Cuca A^tif "o'lAff f6 Aifsiot) offA;
Cntis An UigeAnnA An c-Aif 510*0 no gAn focAt *oo fA*6, Aguf *o'imci$
An nobAiut>e. t)ni longAncAf "oubAtcA An pheA*oAf Ann fin, oif
fAoit f6 50 f aid An iomAfctn*6 meifmj A5 Af "oUigeAfnA Aifjiot)
"DO CAbAlfC "OO ^ATJUlt) Af fAicciof; fluAif bf An UigeAfnA AgUf
peA-OAf imcigce CAtnAlt beA$ Af An mbocAf niof feu"o peA'OAf
5An ceifc -oo cuf Aif. " Hac mof An f^eut a UbigeAfnA " Af f6
K nAC "0CU5 cu •OA-OATfi *oo'n "oonAn bocc "o'lAff T>6ifc ofc An*o6,-
aCc 50 T)cu5 cu Aif5ioT> "oo'n biceAtfinAC 5A"oun!)e "oo Wini5 6U5AT)
te ctoi-OeAtti Ann a lAirh : nAC f Ait» fmn-ne 'n Af mbeifc Aguf
ni f aid Ann acc f eA|\ AttiAin ; cA cloi"6eAifi A^Atn-f a " "oeif f 6;
" Aguf b' ^eAni\ An f eAf mif e 'nA eifeAn ! " "A ptieA"OAif " Af
f An Ci$eAf nA " ni f eiceAnn cuf a acc An CAob Atnuig, acc CTOim*
*f «Aif me ah f ^eut fo, o peA|i-oib^e -oo t)t A5 Ue-oinscon *Oe Uoifce, "O^uitn An c
reAjAit. acc cuAtAf 30 mitiic 6. ni Ii-ia-o fotiA ceA^c-pocAit Ann a t>p«Ai|ieAf 6.
3823
HOW COVETOUSNESS CAME INTO THE CHURCH.
This is a story I have often heard. The above version I got from
a man near Monivea, in Galway, though I do not give his exact words.
I heard one nearly identical, only told in English, in the Co. Tipperary.
The story reminded me so strongly of those strange semi-comic
mediaeval moralities, common at an early date to most European
languages — such pieces as Goethe has imitated in his story of " St. Peter
and the Horse-shoe " — that I could uot 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 as this story will occur to the student. — Douglas Hyde.
[Beligious 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 manl
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 I
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,
3824 tTlAp Coitus An c bAinc Annf An eAj;tAif:
•pe An cAob-Afa$ : m f eiceAnn cup a acc copp nA n*OAOine ntiAif
peicim-fe An cpo^e : -Acc bei"6 piof a^at) 50 poll" An S3
" cf eu"o fAt *oo nmne me fin."
Unuic fe AmAC Aon Ia AriiAin 'nA "diai$ fin 50 n'oeACAi'o An
•oUiJeAfnA Agtif peA-OAf Amu$A Af nA fleibcib; t)hi cemnceAc
Ajuf coifneAc Aguf peAnptAm mop Ann, Ajuf bi fiA*o bAi"bce, Aguf
An oOtAf CAitlce aca: Cia T)'f eicfeAt) piAt) cuca Ann fin acc An
pobAiti'be ceuTDnA a "ocuj An UijeApnA Aif^ico "oo An tA pin,-
tluAin tAimg pe cuca bi cpuAig Aige "6610, Agup pug p6 teif iat>
50 -OC1 uai$ *oo bi Aige f aoi bun cAiffi^e, AmeApj nA pleibceAt),
Ajtif DAin pe An c-euT)AC ptiuC "oiob Agup Cuip eu"OAi5 cipme
offA, A^iif tuj; neAfc te n'lte Ajup te n'ol "001b Aj;up leAbuit)
te tin-oe Aip., A^up 5AC uile pbpc "o'fetJT) pe "beunAtfi "doid "do
nmne fe e. -An IA An nA mApAC nuAip bi An pcoipm tApc, tug
fe ArriAC 1A"0 Aguf niop f A5 fe iat) j;up Cuip fe An An mbotAp ceApc
iat>, A^tif tug tCn "061b te n-AgAit) An Aipap; " TTlo CompiAp ! "
Af peA-OAf teif pein Ann fin, " bi An ceApc A5 Ui$eApnA, if mAit
An feAf An 5AT>ui"be ; if lonroA peAp coin," An feifeAn, " uac
n'oeAnnAi'b An oipeA*o fin "OArii-f a ! "
Hi fAib fiAt) a bfAt) imci$te Af An mbotAp Ann fin 50 bpuAip
fiA"o peAp mApb Agup e pinte Af CnAim a "dp otnA Af lAp An bbtAip,-
Aguf "o'Aitnig peAT)Af e gun Ab e An peAn-feAp ceutmA x>o
•biulcAit; An UigeAfnA An "oeipc "oo; " t)'otc *oo pmneAtnAp " Af
peA-oAf teif pern, " AipgioT) x>o "oiulcugAt) -oo'n "otune boCc fin,
Aguf peuC e niAfb Anoif te "oonAf A^uf Anf o." " A. ptieA'OAip "
Af f An CiJeAfnA " ceit) tAtt Cuig An bf eAf fin Ajuf f euC cpeA-o
ca Aige Ann a pbCA:" Cu<Mt> peAt)Af Anonn Cuige Aguf tofAig
fe A5 tAirhfiugAt) a feAn-CocA Aguf cfeut) "oo ptiAip fe Ann aCc
a lAn Aif^iot) geAt, Ajuf cimCiott cuptA fiCiT> bonn df. " A.
CbigeAfnA," Af fA peAt)Af, " t)n! An ceAfc A^A-o-fA, Aguf cia be
fu-o "OeunfAf en no "beAffAf c« Afif, ni fACAit) me 1 "o' AjgAit).'1
'' *OeunfAit) fin a ptieAUAip," A^ fAn Ui$eAfnA: " ~&Ia-C
An c-Aifgiot) fin Anoif Ajuf CAit AfceAC e Ann fAn bpott
How 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 only a little man."
"Peter," said our Lord, "you see
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 ground
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.
3826 tYlan tamis an c Saint annran easlaip
mona tall, m ttionn ann ran ain^iCD 50 mime ace matlaec m6-|tt
Ctittummj; peaT>an An c-ainsio"o le c6ile, a^vm ciiai* r£ 50 "ocJ
an pott-m6na teir ; a£z nuain £>i f£ "out "o'a eaiteam arceae,'
" oC6n," An r6 teif ?em, - nae ■Aitfoeut an enua$ an c-ainsicm
onea$ fo "oo cun amuga, a^ur if mime bionn ocnar a^uf cane
a^tm puaec an An ffiaijifor., 6in 111 cugann f6 aon aine "66 p6in,
aCc const)6Cait) mife cuit) "oe 'n ain^iCD ro an ron ateafap6in,-
a $an fior t>6, aguf b'feann'oe e." teif rm "oo cait ?6 An c-
ainjiot) seat uite, arceae ann ran bpott, 1 nioec 50 jcttunreat)
an Uijeanna an conan, ajiif 5° raoitfea'd f£ 50 t^1^ f6 ui1-e
caitce arceae: tluain tamig r6 AF airann rm "o'^iarnms an Ci$-
eanna, "06 " A pnea"oain," an r^> " ^n eait cu an c-ain5io*o rm mte
arceae." " Cnaiteaf ': an pea*oan, " aec amam piora oin no
r>6, "oo eonsttaij m6 te bia"6 a^ur "oeoe t>o eeannac T>uic-re."
" O ! a pneat)ain," an ran dgeanna, " cneat) ?At nae n"oean-
naitt cu man "oubainc mire teac. "fear, fanncae Cu, agur t>6rd
an crainc rm one 50 bnat."
Sin e- an pat faoi a bpuit an eaglair ranncac 6 fom.
How Covetousness came into the Church: 3827
" Ochone !" 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."
" Peter," 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 silver 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 — I'll 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 off 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.
3828
pfO$A1R. HA CROISe llAOliltA.
O nArhA-o mo 6f\eix>itti, nAmAt) mo tif.%
11AriiAT> mo ctomne 'r mo ceile^
A CijeAnnA ■oeun mo cotriAince
te pogAin nA Cnoire nAomtAi
Le bAr nA Cnoire ceAnnAig cu
Sliocc [mi-] foncunAC 6oa,-
0 fom AtiuAf ir beAnriAijte
An coriiAntA ro A^-o-nAomtA:
T)o pleurs Ar> Calais, "oo -ouib An gni^J
T)o cnoit An ■oot'hAn 50 li-eACCAc,
TluAin •o'An'OAigeA'd ruAr An SlAnin$te6in
An "onuim tiA Cnoire nAotfitA.
J?4«Aon ! "oA bitm rin, An ce
tlAC mbeit) a cnoroe "o'A neubA-6,'
A'r "oeoin Aitnige aj; rileA-6 uato,
Or coitiAin nA Cnoire nAotntA !
1r geAnn 6 neim An -oume tAig
Sior te pAn An c-rAogAit-re,
Hi tAomAnn (?) An SpionAT) mALtuiJte
Iaicc po§Ain nA Cnoife TlAon'itAj
S5Ann|\6CAn 5A6 Aon pAoi gneim An OA<.f
*0'A tACCAt) ruAr, A5 eugA-6,
— 1f "OOCC belt) LA At1 AnAf A
5ah rj;At nA Cnoire 1lAomtAj
3829
THE SIGN OF THE CROSS FOR EVER.
[I came across this religious poem in Irish among the MSS. of William
Smith O'Brien, the Irish Leader, at Cahermoyle. It was attributed to
a Father O'Meehan. — Douglas Hyde, 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 blessed 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 unknown 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 the Sign of the Cross for ever.
3830
t>eA a -ocnf mt)0.
nn
5o n eib; beAn tiA *ocni mb<5 !
Af "oo bblAcc nA bi ceAtin :
*Oo connAinc meifi $An 56,'
"bean if bA "6a mb a beAnn;
Hi niAineAnn f AibbneAf "oo £nAt,
"Oo neAb nA CAbAin cAin 50 mort 3
CligAC ATI C-6A3 Af. 5AC CAOb ;
go feib, A OeATI T1A T)Ctti mbd
SUocc eojAin tfloin 'f& tTluTfiAing
A n-imteAcc -oogni clu "boib,
A feotcA ^un t^ijeA'OA-p f lof ;
50 f.eib, a beAn tiA "ocfi mbb !
CtAtin gAifge tigeA^tiA An CtAin,
A n-imteACC-fAn, bA tA teom,
5ati f uil ne n-A "oceAcc 50 bf At
go feib, a beAn tiA *ocfi mbb !
"ObrhnAlL 6 "Oun bAOT tia long,-
tiA SuTLleAbAin nA'f tim gtOn ;
£eAC j;uf. tuic 'f An SpAm ne ctAibeAm 3
50 feib, a beAn nA "ocfi mbb !
11a UuATnc if fllAsUi-bif, -oo b?
X.A 1 n-6itnnn 'nA tAn beoii ;
peAC f em gun imti£ An "oif : —
|5o f eib, a beAn nA T>cfi mb6 !
Siot gCeAfbATlt "oo bi ceAnnj
le mbeifti j;ac geAlt 1 n^leb ;
Hi niAif eAnn Aon T>iob, mo "bit I
50 neit), a beAn nA "ocfi mbo 1
0 Aon bom Am Am do bneif
Af mnAOT eite, if i a *ob,
T)o mnnif-pe lomofCA a feif :
50 f eibj a beAn nA *ocfi mod I
An CeAngAl:
tHob Af m'fAUums, a Ain-oin if UAibneAb snflifj
t)o bfof gAn "oeAfmAT) f eAf mAC buAn 'f^ cnOt :
Cfix> An f Acmuf -oo $tACAif ne'e' buAib An "ocflf;
"OA bfA$Amn-fe feAlb a ceAtAif "oo buAitfinn ttl#
3831
THE WOMAN OF THREE COWS.
(Feom the Irish, by James Clarence Mangan.)
0 Woman of Three Cows, agra ! 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 human 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 ;
Mow one ! 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 yourself 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, unchanted ;
He sleeps, the gieat O'Sullivan, where thunder cannot rouse-
Then 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, inagh ! 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.
AVE AN.
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 published by O'Curr? In the "Irish Penny Journal" (Gunn & Cameron's)
No. 9, 29th August, 1840, with an introductory note, and Mangan's famous metrical
version (pp. 68, 69).
3832
An tiAnn 5Aet>eAtACs
A5 V° tVAtin teAt-pAgAncA eile "oo cuAlAf 6 <>uine o Con*OAe
"Oum-nA-nsAlt ; but) mi-fuAimneAc fcii-o nA ti-€ifeAnn, mAf if
COftflUll,- nilAlf fmneA-d 6 —
nAf mAfbAit) mife "oume Af. bit
A'f nAn mAf.bAi"6 Aon T>uine me,
Ace mA ca Aon T>uine Af. ci mo rftAfbtA
go mbut> mif e rhAfbf Af e !
A5 fo fAnn eile Af ah gcleif, "oo bi aca 1 ^Cui^e murhAn, Ajuf
•oo beif O T)AtAi$ t)uiTin —
SeACAm peA"6mATiAf cilte,
te bui-oin tia cteife nA "oeun commit),
tlo if bAO^At "oo "o'cui-o uile
imteAcc mAf "binleAbAf Af b^ff cmte !
A5 fo f^nn Af An meif^e, *oo ctiAlAit) me 6 m' CAfAiT> UomAf
tDAfclAisj 1f beAgriAC 1 n " "Oeibi-oe e " —
tli meifge if mifce Horn,-
Ace teifs a peicfinc ofm,
Jati "Dig tia meifge if mifce An ^feAnn,-
Acc ni gnAXAC meifge gAn mi-$feAnn.
A5 fo f Ann t)o cuAlAf 6'n bpeAf ceut)nA, Af mnAoi boifb ; acA
pe aca 1 sCuige TTIurhAn mAf An sceutmA —
pATiot) ceme fAoi toe
Tlo CAiteAm clot le cuAn,-
CorhAifle "oo tAbAifc *oo mnAoi boifb
1f buille "o'ofo* Af lAfAnn ftiAf:
A5 fo fAnn mi-tAgAC eile Af nA mnAib, vo cuAlAf 1 ^ConiiAft-
CAlb —
Cfi ni"0 if "ooitig A munAt)
t)eAn, muc, Aguf muile !
♦Aliter, "-ooifiTi," map, cuaIaf e 6 peAji e»le.
3833
IRISH RANNS.
[From " Songs of Connacht," by Douglas Hydb.]
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 clerics 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.f
Here is a rann on drunkenness which I got from my friend
Thomas Barclay. It is almost in Deibkidh metre —
I mind not being drunk, but then
Much mind to be seen drunken.
Drink only perfects all our play,
Yet breeds it discord alway.J
Here is another rann on the fierce or wayward woman, which
I heard from the same; it is also current in Munster —
Like a fire 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.||
* Literally : That I may kill no man at all, and that no man may kill
me ! But if there is anyone bent on killing me, that it may be I who
ehal 1 kill him !
t Literally: Avoid the stewardship of a Kill (or church). With the
band of the clerics do not make agreement, or there is a danger of all
your portion departing like leaves on the top of the tide.
t Literally: It is not intoxication I think the worse of, but [am] loath
it to be seen on me. Without the drink of intoxication fun ia the worse,
but intoxication is not usual without dis-fun [i.e., something the opposite
of funj.
§ lAterally : The kindling of a fire beneath a lake or the throwing of
stones against the harbor, to give advice to a wayward (or fierce)
woman, it is a blow of a fist upon cold iron.
|| Literally: Three things difficult to teach [arej a woman, a pig, and
a mule 1
Irish Lit. Vol. io— G
3834 xXn ttAnn SACoeAtAcj
<<*5 r<> l»A«ti An -An OpeAn bonb, ■oo cuAtAf i scon-OAS
ttofcom.iin —
C6rhAinte *oo tAbAinc t>o "flume bonb
til bt:uit -Ann a6c nitt $An c6ill;
5o sclAOTbceAn 6 'ua toCc
S 50 mgceAn 6 'ua Aim-teAr t;6m:
^5 50 cOmAinte "oo tug rAj;Anc 1 5Cont)A6 1Tlbui$ e<3 T)o CaiUu
•do bi n6 $AiU-beurA6 steurcA, -oo CuaIai-6 m6 6'n btreAn
ceu"onA —
A CAilin "oeAr n^ meAr ^un m6n ! t>o CiAttj
'S 50 bt:ua " nOaon " a^at) n^n CteACc x>o p6n AniAm,-
t>6LA6c-bleA6c *oo b'Aice teo An rtiAb,
'S ni coca bneAC An pleAC (?) -oo tonA fiAn:
^5 fo jrocAl bnio$mAn Af 6onuA6 tfluig e6 —
" SaoiIiui," " ir t>6i§ tiom," A'r " -OAn Horn t;6in,"
£■".« cni fiAtfnuire ACi A5 An mbn6i5.
As^r "oubAinc t:eAn 6'n 5conT)A6 teu'onA 50 cnumn tiAtlrhAn le
•oume a nAib An-CAinc Agur co$a An b6A|\tA Aige, acc t>o ninne
■onoC-uifgebeACA —
Tli b6Aj\tA gmt) bnAi6
-0\CC A f UAtAt) JO ttlAlt !
A5 fo fAnn mAit An An crion-tnoit) rin acA An bun i"oin An
coil Ajjur An ctngfinc, Ain An lAbAin An Tlom^nAC, nuAin "oubAinc
re, video meliora probo-que — deteriora sequor —
•JIaC bote An coifs A'r An con Ann a bruiUm 1 bp6in 1
ITlo Cui5finc 6m' toii, A'r mo toit A5 T)nuroim 6m' £611X5
Hi CuigteAn "oom' toil s&t toCc "com' tuijrinc ir I6in,
Ho mA CuigteAn, ni coil t6i, aCc coil a cuisrionA r£mj
* Literally: To give advice to a wayward for fierce] man, there is
nothing in it but an act devoid of sense, until he be overthrown in hie
fault, and until he is washed [i.e., laid out dead] in his own misfortune.
t Literally. My pretty girl, do not think that great is your sense, and
sure you have a notion that your people [literally, " seed "] never
practised, milk-kine on a mountain they liked better, and not a speckled
ooat behind.
Irish Ranns. 3835
Here is a rann on the fierce or wayward man, which I heard
in the County Roscommon —
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 queer to inflate like the purse-proud Gall.f
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
spoke when he said, " I see the better things and approve of
them, 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.||
X Literally: "I think," "I'm near-sure," and "it seems to me," those
are three witnesses that the lie has.
§ Literally : It is not English makes malt, but to mix it well.
|| Literally: Is it not poor, the way and the condition in which I am
in pain, my understanding [moving away] from my will, and my will
moving away from my understanding. Each fault which is plain to my
understanding is not understood by my will, or if it is understood she
wills it not, but [wills] the will of her own understanding.
3836 An ttAnn 5Aet>eAtAC;
As r° 1^™ eite ; if r^n-focAt coiccionn " til tmgeAnn ati
f ACac An f eAng " —
tlTC-fl ATfTg An fACAC fATTTI ATI C-OC|\AC flATfl,
S TIT tATT115 |\1ATfl CltAJAt) JATI tAn-rhlTTn Ot)A11tl *Y\A t)1AT5,
t1i bionn pATfic a^ mnATb te snogATne tTAt,
S ni tug An t)Af fPAr "°° *ume An bTt AniAtf),
-^5 f° fAtin eTte a^ ceitt Aguf aa rhT-ceTtt —
ClAtt AJUf mT-CTAtt
"Oi^f tiaC ngAbAnn te ceTte !
1f "0615 te T:eAj\ j;An ceat
5uj\ 'be peTn uj'OAfl tia ceate !
^5 V° flAnn eTte aa ah •otnne a bpua a ATne Agur a innann
AU pATI tJATt) —
CfATin CO|\AT6 ATT C-TUbAf.,
til bionn coT"6ce gAn bApn 5tAf,
lOTITIATin A'f 5ATT A beTt 'fATl TTlbAlte
TleAC Ann A'f a ATjre Af !
CA motvAn twin Ann, a$ TnnrTnc •oeTtu'o neTteAtt An CfAogATt:
CneT-OTm 50 bfint An cut"© Tf mb aca coTCCTonn -oo'n OTteAn aa
t:At); Tli tTubfAt) AnoTf acc ceAnn aca niAn fomptA, "oo neTn mAp
acA pe 1 5conx)Ae mnuTj-eo —
TJeTfeA-b toTnge, bAtAt),
"OeTneAt) ATte, tot^A"©,
'OeTfieA* cuTfTn, cATneA-b,
"OeTneA* ftATnce, ornA;
AzA niAn An jceu'onA a tin "oe AAnncATb A5 cofiijA'd teTf An
bfocAt " 1TIai|\5 " A5 T>eunAtfi cnuATge jtaoi neifcTb eugfArhtA; A"g
* Literally : The mild satisfied one never felt [for] the hungry one,
and there never came an ebb without a full tide close behind it. No
woman has any part with a gray-haired dotard (?), and death has never
given, respite to anyone.
t Literally : Sense and un-sense, two who do not go together. The
man without seuse is certain that he himself is the author of sense.
Irish Ranns. 3837
Here is another rann : " The satiated does not understand
the lean " is a common proverb —
The satisfied man for the hungry one never feels,
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, f
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. \
There exist many ranns telling the end of the things of the
world. 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
\ 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.]
§ Literally : The end of a ship — drowning ; the end of a kiln — burning;
the end of a feast — reviling ; the end of health — a sigh.
3838 An tidtin gAeteAtAt.
ro ctipta romptA T)iob fo, Af An sconce ttoreomAin, man *oo
CUAtAf 1AT) —
1r mAinj; "oo $nit> bnAnnnA gAn riot,
» 1f mAing bior 1 ■ocin 5^n beit cneun, (a)
1r mAinj; t>o jmt) comnAt) gAn rtACC,
Ajjur t>a thAins tiAC gcuineAnn f mACc An a beuts
Ajur ^nir—
1r mAinj; a mbionn a tAnA*o £Ann,'
1r mAinj; a mbionn a ttAnn gAn nAt,
1r mAtng a biteAr 1 mbotAn bocc,
A'r t>a mAinj; a bi-oeAf gAn otc nA mAit;
1r lonroA nAnn Ann,' mAn An 5-ceu"onA, CofAigeAf te 1f ipu&t
tiom;'
1r -puAt tiom cAifteAn An mOin,
1r -puAt 110m potjrhAn beit bAit)ce.;
1f puAt 110m beAn bumneAt (?) An bnbnj
'5ur 1f puAt tiom jmaca An fA5Ancj
Anir —
1r puAt Horn cti cntiA§
AS neAt (nit) An put) ti$e,
1r piiAt tiom "otnne-uAfAt
A$ pneAfCAt x>'a mnAoi !
Ua n^vnn corriiuit teif reo 1 "ocAoib ptnnn ttlhic ChuriiAit—
Ceitne m* t>'a "ocuj "pionn puAt —
Cu cnuAg, a'f eAt mAtt,
UiJeAnnA cine $au beit 5tic,
-Ajgur beAn -pin nAt mbeAjvpAt) ctAnnj
but) gnAtAt teir riA VAomib beititfeAt 615m t>o n'iAnbAt> A^ur
•o'lte oit>ce pneite rrihAncAin: UbAntA, An oit>te re6, nAt pAit>
te mAnbAt) A5 mnAoi An cije Ate muc bneAc, Ajjup nion ti)A:t t6i
rm "oo "oeunAm. Ate but) miAn teir An mAC btite mAit t>o belt
(a) Aliter, rjieitieAc.
Literally: Alas for who makes land fallow without seed [to put in it],
alas for him who is in a land without being Btrong, alas for who makes
conversation without elegance, and twice alas for him who places no
control over his mouth.
Irish Ranns, 3839
are a couple of examples of them, just as I heard them in the
County 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 man 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 badf
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.J
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
t Literally: 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 who is without either bad or good.
, [Perhaps this last clause is a reminiscence of the Apocalyptic
o<pe\ov i/'uxpds'rjs t/ 6£«tt6s.]
t Literally: 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.
% Literally: I hate a miserable hound running throughout a house, I
hate a gentleman atending [i.e., for want of servants] on his wife.
|! Literally: Four things to which Finn gave hatred, a miaerabie hound,
a slow steed, a country's lord not to be prudent, and a man's wife who
would not bear children.
3840 An TUnn ^Ae-oeAtAC;
Aige A^uf cuato fe ' opotAC An Cut An ci$e, -o'AtnAig fe a $utJ
Agtif "outtAinc fe T>e $t6n gn^nnA uAtoAfAc An pAnn fo —
ITlife TTIAncAn "oeAng "Oia,
A^uf Af 5AC feAtt> buAimm peoit,
TYlAn nAn mAnft cupA An time bneAc
ttlAnopAit) mipe t>o rhAC ConmAC 65;
"Do fSAnnnAijeA* An rhAtAin, oin f Aoit pi gun o'e tlAorh TYlAfCAn
pein "do 01 A5 tAOAipc, Aguf mApo pi An rfiuc;
A5 fa rgeul x>o pgpioo ^^ V°V ° tieut tiliceAit tthc TltiAi'opis
" An pile Af Conx>Ae tiling- e<3," mAp teAnAf :
" t)i beipe fA^Af-c A5 fpAifoeopACc, Aon tA AtfiAin,- A^up conn-
Aipc piAt> [aj] cijeACc 'nA n-A$Ait) teAt-AmAT>An nAC pAib Aon CiAtt
Aise, acc bi pe Ar1 geApp- pi ob aUaC [seip-fpeAgAptAc], Agup AnfA
ceAnn -oe nA pAgAipc teip An bpeAp eite, - cuippi"0 me ceipe aj\
"OhiAnmuTO Anoip ntiAip titicpATO pe 1 njAp "oumn.' - 1p peApp
•ouic a teigeAn CApc ' An f An peAp eite; 11iiAip tAmig 'OiApmui'o
1 n-mci$ (?) [= 1 ngAn] "061b, &\\fA ceAnn x>o nA pA^Aipc teif, ' lApp-
AniAoi-o one [= pApfui$imi*o T»ioc] ca"o e An uAin bei-oeAp a CAinc
Ag An bppeAC^n "out) ' ? "OeApc "OiApmui'o puAp Ann f An A$Ait>
Af An f AgAnc, A^uf - mnf eocAit) me fin "ouic,' Af feif eAn
TluAip c6rhnocAf An c-iuptAt [c-iotAp] Af An ngteAnn,'
TluAip gtAnpAf An ceo "oe nA cnuic,
TluAip imteoCAp* An cpAinc "oe nA pA^Aipc
t)eit> a CAinc A5 An bppeACAn t)ub.
* lloif,' Af fAn fAgAfc eite, ■ nAp DfeAff -ouic eipceACC te
•OidnmuiT) I ' "
As fo fAnn eite "oo puAip me o'n mt)ApctAij;eAC —
^eAttpAi-O An peAp bpeuj;A6
5aC [a] DfeinjAf a en oi-oe,
SAoitpit) An peAn fAnncAC
5a6 a geAttCAf 50 Dpuig'.f
A5 fo ceAnn eite 6 contJAe 111111115 66 —
An ce teigeAf a teAbAp.
A^f nA6 gcmneAnn e 1 meAOAn,-
tluAif CAitteAnn fe a teAbAn
t)ionn fe 'ha OAiteAdAn (?)
* " &tz 50 n-imcij," "oubxM|ic XY\ac ui HuAttJjiij, <xcc ni teijt ■oAtn ftn.
f = go bfuijf i-o f e 5AC ni-6 5eAtlcAjt.
Irish Manns. 3841
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 every herd 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 Rory [Rogers], the " poet from the County Mayo,*'
as follows —
" There were two priests out walking one day, and they saw coming
towards them a half fool who had no sense, but he was very short-tailed
[i.e., quick-at-answer], and says one of the priests to the other, ' I'll
ask Diarmuid a question when he comes near us.' ' It's best 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 black
crow have speech.' Diarmuid looked up in the priest's face, and ' I'll
tell you that,' says he :
' When the eagle shall nest in the hollow glen,
When mountain and fen shall from mists be free,
When the priests shall no longer for gold be seeking,
The crow shall be speaking as plain as we.'
" ' Now !' says the other priest, ' wasn't it better for you to listen to
[i.e., let be] Diarmuid ' ! "
Here is another rann 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 re-alb (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.)
t Literally: The lying man will promise all that his heart is able [to
invent], the covetous man will think that he will get all that is promised.
J Literally: He who reads his book, and does not put it into his
memory, when he loses his book be becomes a simpleton (?).
3842
se£$<Ati An "oTomxMSi
t)li3mln as suAiu nA tvemeAmu
conAn mAoU
CAib. l.
tnte via coitte.'
1f iomt)A feAf SAifgeAmAit -do n-oiteAt) i n-tltA-b 6 Coin
CutAinn AntiAf 50 "oci Se.d5.4n An "OiomAif; 1 bfAT> mf nA ciAn-
CAib "oo fiigAt) Ann HiAtt nAoi nJi^ttAC, fi cnrhACCAC t»o Di 1
•oUeAtnAifi; 1f mime "oo moctng ha RomAnAig 1 mt)feACAin a
corgAinc fiutK 1 gceAnn -o'A cufufAib tu5 fe teif mAf time
buACAitt 65 "o'Af b'Ainm 'ha "oiato fux> pAtjftiij;. "Do b'e An
cime u"o An UAiljin gun innif ha "OfAoite foim fAe a teACc. O
a ctu, t a ceAmiAf 50 b-Aibit) fbf imeAfg 5Ae>DeAl-> A^z "oAtd
Tient nAoi ngi^ttAij if beA5 nAb bfuit a Aimn •oeAntriA'ocA. Af
a fon foin t>A mbf te fA-b An fi n"o id, *] Af a teAffAbA "o' fAf
An Aicme da bumAfAige -| bA bAtmA "o'A fAib 1 n£ifmn te n-A tinn
pern, 'nA b'pei'oin Af t>fuim An *oorhAin,- CuAfOAig fCAif nd
jjcfiob eite, yeac imeAfg Aicmib Abuf -| tAtt 7 ni bftngfif V1!1
•o'Aon cmeAt) AriiAin t>o b'Aitne "oneAC, "oo bA bAtmA 1 ngteb, no
bA gteif-inncineAb 1 scbrhAifte 'nA ha fAif-fif "oo fiotfATb Af
feAt> nA jjcbA-ocA bUAt)An Af An bffeini uAf Ait fin mtunof 1leitt.
"Pa mAf xio tiugA tin An $Aot ifiof nmbeAtt cfAinn "OAwe 1
n'AonAf Af tAf mAbAife, gAn bAinc te n-A neAfC acc AriiAin nd
■ouitteosA "oo fjiobAt) "be 7 fo-beAnn "d'a jeAgAib "00 bfifeAti
te h-Af-o lAffAtc, "oo bA rhAf fin T>o nA SAfAnAig a\^ peA* beitfe
ceAT> btiAt)An -o'A mbAfgA-b pbin 1 gcomnib nA gctifAitte ut> x>o
CAmig 6 TliAtt nAOi-ngiAttAC ; 7 if e mo tuAifim nA buAi*>pit>e
Coi-OCe oftA f ut» munA mbbA-b guf eifi5eA"OAf 1 n-A$Ait) a beite.
11i fAib feAf Af An jcmeA-O bA mo cAit 'nA An SeAjAn fo -oo
tuA-brntmo. 6ifeAnnAt 'nA bAttAib t>o b'eA* e, toni mAit 'nA
totcAib 7 'nA tfeitib feAfAmtA. 11i f Aib f6 com 511c 1 scbtti-
Aifte 'nA com seAf-cuifeAO 1 gceifc te b-xXo-b 0 neiLl
•o'fostuimi* cteAfAi-beACc fiAgtA 1 x)cig etife, bAmfio$Ain
SAfAnA. 1li fAib bun-eOtAf cojai-O Aije com etifoe te ii-eo£An
Uua-0, Abe niof fAfuig Aon "ouine aca fo e 1 n^Aif^e, 1 ngniom,
§nA 1 ngfAt) "o'A tif. CA Aon fmAt ArhAm Af a Ainrn.- T)'foittfi5
3843
SHANE THE PROUD.
A FRAGMENT OF IRISH HISTORY.
By P. J. O'Shea.
CHAPTER I.
THE FIRST TREE OF THE WOOD.
There was many- a valiant man reared in Ulster, from
Cuchulainn to Shane the Proud. Far back in the old times
Niall of the Nine Hostages was born there, a powerful king in
Tara. The Romans in Britain often experienced the havoc
wrought by him. In one of his expeditions he took with him as
a prisoner of war a young boy whose name afterwards was
Patrick. That slave was the saintly child whose coming the
Druids foretold. His fame and his power are fresh and strong
still among Gaels. But as to Mall of the Nine Hostages his
name is almost forgotten. But nevertheless that king was
very great once, and from his loins sprang the most powerful
and the 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 among 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 intellec-
tual in counsel than the brave men who, during hundreds of
years, sprang from that noble root of the O'Neills.
As the Avind 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 the English for
four hundred years, flinging 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 fact that they rose up against each other.
There was no man of the family more renowned than this
Shane of whom we speak. He was an Irishman all 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
3844 SeagAn An "OiomAif;
nA SAfAnAig 5° foilSif An fmAt foin -ouinn 50 W'AtAfAti ™<af
t>A beAg OftA Se^$AH 6 tleitt; "O'fUA'OAig fe beAn CAtbAig tJI
"OorimAittj "oeifbfiuf "oo £igeAfnA nA nOiteAn coif AtbAm, •) if
•0616 te n-A tAn ug-OAf gtif eAttng fife teif le n-A coit fein. 1f
fuAfAC ti.dc fAib fe Com h-otc teif tiA SAfAnAig fein Af An gciim*!
fAm, acc Am Am 50 n-AT>m6CA"6 feifeAn a 'OfoC-CteACCA'O mAf
niof X)A fimmeAC e, aCc feAf fifinneAC nA ceitfeA"o a CAim;
CAib. 2.
6me te \v& Urnij
11! feACAi*6 1nif £a1I id fUAimnif fiAm *6 gAb fe6tCA nd
tlofmAnAC 1 3CUA11 Af " €f Aig ax\ t)Ainb " te "OiAfmATO x\a n^Atl
itif An mbtiA-bAin 1169. tAimj; ha tlonmAnAig 50 SAfAnA o'n
b'pfAinc ceAT> btiAt)An form An Am foin, fA fCiuftigA,6 tiAim
ftuA'otAig, T x>o fSAipeA-DAf nA SAfAnAig 1 n-Aon bfuigin AriiAm;
t)i nA SAfAnAig fA Coif say\ rhoitt •] tlofmAnAC 'nA fig «j 'tiA
buAnnA oftA feAfOA: lliof bA "OAtA fom -o'eifinn: O'n fi fin
ah -OAf.A tlAnfi 50 -oci An c-occmA-O tlAnfi tM figte SAfAnA 'nA
" -ocigeAf nAib " Af 6ifmn. Hi f Aib fe 1 mifneAC Aon -pi aca tti
6ifeAnn ■oo gtAo-OAt) Aif fern guf CeAp An c-occriiA-o tlAnfi guf
Coif "oo fem beit 'nA fi "OAififib Af £ifeAnnAig:
Af An At)bAf fom Ctnf fe gAifm f^oite AniAC 50 fAib fe
fiACCAnAC Af. tAoifeACAib mofA 6ifeAnn cftnnniiigA'O Af Aon
tAtAif 50 mofonnfAt) fe cio-OAit 1 CAtArii OftA;
"Oo b'e nof nA -ocAoifeAC fom 50 T>ci fux* beit 'nA gcmn
Af An -ocfeio t ftomneAt) a x>cfeibe fein t»o togbAit: t)i (3
t)niAin niAf CeAnn Af ttlinncif t)fiAin, 6 tleitt mAf CeAnn Af
Vhunicif tleitt, T mAf fin -061b. Cuiffi-0 ah c-occmA-6 tlAnfi -oeif-
eA-0 teif An nof f om f eAf-OA, 1 *o'a feif fin cuifeAnn fe fbgf a a$
CfiAtt Af Af-o-tAoifeACAib 6ifeAnn nA6 bftnt uai-0 aCc fioccAin
•00 -oeAnAt) teo, "| 50 n'oeAnfAi'd fe cigeAfnAi mofA "Oiob, -j 50
mbfonnfAi* fe CAtAm nA cfeibe OftA aCc geilieA-O -Oo. T)o
itiACcntng nA CAOifig; "Oo feif nof nA n-£ifeAnn An uAif fin
niofb' teif An "ocAOifeAC CAtAm nA cfeibe, aCc teo fem "\ teifeAn
1 -oceAnncA C6ite.- t)i feifeAn mAf CeAnn oftA mAf -o'Afouig-
eA"OAf fem e Af ComgeAtt 30 ncAbAff a*o fe ceAfc "ooib; An An
A-obAf fom bio-OAf fAOf i ni teonifAt) An CAOifeAC a 5CUT0
Shane the Proud. 3845
action, 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-
vach O'Donnell's wife, sister to the Lord of the Isles on the
coast of Scotland; and many authors think that she eloped
with him of her own will. He was very nearly as bad as the
English themselves in that way, except that he would admit
his evil conduct, for he was no hypocrite, but a truthful man,
who would not conceal his fault.
CHAPTEE II.
IRELAND IN HIS TIME.
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 II., 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
* Somewhere on the coast of Wexford. The name is not now recognizable.
3846 SeAgAn an "OioniAif.
CAtrhAn X)o t>Ainc "oTott mAf of An oifeAt) cifc aca fgin Cum r\A
CAtrhAn fom i ti Ai^efeAn.
x\Cc fe\AC An "otije -peo "oo CeAp An c-oCcmAt> tlAnfi t a mmif-
cCif 5UC Wolsey. t)eA"0 An c<\oire.de feAfOA mAf m.ii$ifcif ap
54c cfeio 1 n-ioriAt) oeit mAf "oo 01 ye 50 "oci fo 'nA UACOAfAn
oftA. Tliof tAitnig An jnO 1 r\-Aor\ Con teif ah "ocfeio, aCc t>o
fei-6ti;§ fe 50 "D1AT1 rhAit teif tiA CAOifeACAio, i "oo fmuAim-o 5^6
ceAtin aca An a fon -pein 50 fAit> f e t a "ocSmis foimif cnAice,
CuiffeAC te cOmfAC 1 n-AjjAit) ha SAfAnAC, t gun rhiti"o cofg -oo
tun teif An imfeAf;
X)'A cionn fom teigmit) gun tftAtt CAOifij; mofA nA n-£ifeAnn
Anonn 50 ttin-oum cum TlAnfi mf An motiA-OAm 1541, 7 'nA me^rs
Conn 6 Tleitt ; -\ 50 fAio An fi 50 fiAt, fAitceAC, uffAimeAC teO,
1 50 nx>eAfnAi"0 fe lAftAi i ojeAfnAi "oioo "oo feif a gceim 'fA
CfAOJJAt.
X)a tuoAifceAC An cufuf 6 iriAP ^o *>eA$Ait fe 5AC cfeio 1 n-
€ifmn O'n nOf -oo 01 aca teif nA ciAncAio — fe fin ptAit "oo
•OeAnAt) T)Cio fern Af An -ocfeio gAn fpteA"dCAf t)o fi£ &AfAnA.
CAitfTo fiA-o feAfOA urhAtugAt) -oo'n lAftA nuA"6 fo ^0 Cum An
fi t)0it>, 7 munA mbeit) fiAt> urhAt -06 cuiffeAf f Aigwuifi SAfAnA
Cum cAt>fui$te teif An lAftA nuA* 1 gCOmAif fmACc "oo Cuf Af An
•ocfeio m>An. til fulAif "oo'n lAftA nuAt) teif Aife tAOAifc "06
pern no AfooCAi-o SAfAnA lAftA eite 'nA lonAt) a oeit> urfiAt 7
mumceAfOA x>o'n fiAgAlcAf;
Caio. 3:
Stttixvim 1 "ocTr eO$Airi;
tliof o'lon^nA-O 50 fAio fiofmAfnAig 1 "oCif GO$Ain Af ceACC
Af n-Aif "oo'n lAflA nuA-O, -j co^AfnAC "] cfotAt) ceAnn 7 l^im-
feAit ctAi-OeAtn 50 bAgAftAC AOuf -] tAtl. " 1f 6 An Conn f o An
CeAt) 0 Heat *oo Cfom a $Uin Cum fi$ lAfACcA," Af fiA"OfAti, t
tugA-oAf fuit An 6eA$An, AOf ahaC Cmnti. " Ca At>oAn fi$ Ann,"
A-ouof AX>Af te Ceite ; " \:An 50 t>f Af ai*> fe. ^eAC An gfUAis f. a-oaj
^AmneAC, fionn f oin Aif , n An x>& f tut lAf riiAf a $tAf a f om Aigej
Ca f e as Oof f aX> 50 ciu$. Ua t>f eif i f e Cf oi$te Af Aif -oe Ann
CeAnA f6mj ^CaC 50 cfumn Aif, nAC teAtAn-$uAitneAC fumnce
feAffA-OAC aca fe; COm -oifeAC te ftei$, COm tutmAf te piAt>|
Shane the Proud. 3847
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 1541, and among
them Conn O'Neill ; and that the King 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 unlucky 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-knit^ and 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 ta&e himself off."
3848 SeAjAn AnTMomAip.
C6tn ■oAn te cAjtto cAnA: t)ei"6 SeAgAn mAn f tAic opAinn t caic«
pi"b lAptA nuAt) An oCcrhA'o tlAnpi speATJAt) teip."
CuAtAi"0 Conn 0 tieitt An CosApnAC t -oo goitt fi Aipj
CtiAtAit) pe -pin A5 CAinc te Ceite -] pAobAn 'nA p.A'OAnc; " 1p
AnnfA teip An mAC cogAntA, TDacu An feAn"oonCA, 'nA SeA$An
a rhAC "otifcmeAC -pern -oo tug a beAn-ageApnA t>6, An beAn if
tiAipte i n-6inmn teip." T)o b'i mAtAin SeAgAin ingeAn An $eAf
AtcAig, lAntA Citte "OAnA, An peAn t>A CurftACCAige i n-£-ininn;
T)'iAnn An c-oCtmA"0 tlAnpi An Conn a oigne •o'AinmniugA'Oj
" TVlActj," An Conn, -| nmneA-b t)Anun "OungeAnAinn "oe ttlActi
lAitneAC: -" CAitp eAt)-fA mo ceAnc t>' f AgAit," A*oein SeAgAn:
ConnAic Conn O Tieitt An tApAin 1 futAib a rinc: ConnAic pe An
gnuAim An An "ocneib; " t)eit) SeAgAn mAn oigne onm," A"oein
fe fA •OeineA'6, CAp. eif mopAn cApAinc.
"O'lAff ttlACO CAOAIf Af ^AfAnA *J fUAIf fe i gAn moilt mAp
bA rhAit teif nA 5Al-tAib An teAtp^eAt cum mumcip Tieitt "oo
Cup Af ceAfAib a ceite: CuipeAt) piop tAicpeAC Af Conn 0 Tieitt
i gcorhAin fAfAim "oo bAinc x>e i t>CAob VSIacu "oo *6i - 1 Ac ai pug At) ,-
dec ni paca*) fe fiAf Af a geAttAtiiAinc "oo SeAgAn ^ buAiteAt)
v>A $tAf i mt)Aite-AtA-ctiAt ej
Caio: 4j
£Aot)Att ctAittirfts
T)o t)tA"6m SeAgAn An "DiomAif fUAf ^ gtAO'dAi'd fe An a
rhumcip eipge AniAC, te n' ACAip •o'puApgtA'O. Tliop b'peApp teif
nA SAfAnAij sno bi aca: SeOtA-o ptuAg o cuai*> 50 cuise UtA-6
1 gcOtfiAif pmAiCc "oo Cup An An bpeAp 65 bAoC po, aCc -oo cAimj;
peipeAn AniAp optA 50 b-obAinn, x>o gAb fe cpiotA, -j bio"OAn
A5 bAinc nA fAtA "b'A eeite A5 ceiCeAt) uai-6. "Do gteAfAt) ptuAg
eite Af An mbtiA*OAin "oo bi CusAinn (1552), aCc "oo ciotnAm
SeAgAti foimip iat) 'nop psaca gAbAf. t)i peAn 1 n-A$Ait> nA
SapaiiaC An con po. SgAoiteAtt Conn 0 tieitt te ci piotCAnA
•oo -oeAnA-O aCc bA beAg An mAiceAp e: T)o btAip SeAgAn At)
"OiomAif puit.
SJ CAitpeAp. An p eAf mop-OAtAC bopb po "oo Cops," AfpAn peA^\«
Shane the Proud. 3849
Conn O'Neill heard the whispering, and it troubled him. He
Heard men talking together, with daggers {lit. an edge) 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 Geraldine, 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 sullenness 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.
CHAPTEE IV.
THE EDGE OF THE SWORD.
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 (1552), 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'
night, and he routed Matthew speedily. " Let us build a
3850 SeagAn An "OiomAip.
1oflAT> 6 Salvia; t -oo Coipig i t)o gteAp pe ptoigeAC-o tAi-oip;
t)i a gcuAipo 6 tuAit> 1 n-Aip-oeAp mAp ■do buAiteAO SeAjAti teo
'fA n-Aic nAC pAib coinne teip, bAineAt) pe geic ApT>A, bAineAo
pe 56 ApT>A, t 'bpuioeA'6 pe teip 50 "oAn, mioCuibeApAC.
t)Aitig tTlACu "opeAm *oe'n cpeib, mAp "00 teAn cuit> aca pA
r\A bpAC-pAn, -j t>o gtuAip -pe Cum cA^fugAt) teip ha 5^^iGj ^^c
■o'eAtuig SeAjAn 'nA tpeo 1 tAp ha b-oi-bCe -| t>o Cip p£ An ITIacu
350 CApAiT). " "OeAnpAm "OAingeAn 1 mt)eAtpeippoe Cum a
pmACcuigce," A"oeip An pioipe thttiAm UpAbApon. £)pip SeAgAn
ipceAC optA mp An "otin neAm-CpioCnmgte u-o -j "oo mitt pe a
bpupmop. t)pip P^ ^P Ar| gcumA gceA-onA ipceAC aj\ "OpeAm eite
•oo luce congAncA OpAbApon coif *Ooipe -\ •oo pj;Aip pe iat>;
tliop o'longnAO gun tAinig eAglA ah nA SApAnACAib ^ ^up pgein-
neAOAp teo An n-Aip 50 t>Aite-AtA-ctiAt.
t,eigeA"0 "oo a^. peA"o Ceitpe mbtiAOAn 'nA "oiai-O puo (1554-8),'
aCc ni pAib Aon ponn puAitftnip An SeAgAn An "OiomAip. Cuimnig
pe gun te n-A pmnpeAp cuige 13tAO. t)io"0 An tAm tAioip 1
n-uA6oAin, Aoeip pe teip pern. OCa-O pe piaCcauaC An nA CAoipig
e*te geitteAO t>6. T)A mbeAt) pe Com 5L1C te ti-Aot 0 Tleitt 00
•oeAnjrA'6 pe ceAngAt •] cAnA^Af teip nA CAOipeACAib bopbA ut>
1 n-ionAO "oo Cup -o'piACAib ontA geitteAt) "Oo.
"OubAinc O RiAgAttAig, lAntA nuAO Opepim, teip nAC geittpeA"6
pe pern 1 n-Aon Con "oo, aCc teirn An -peAn ceinncedc tpio, *| 00
b'eijeAn r>o rhAC 13 f RiAgAttAig beic urhAt t)o peApoA. Tliop
mAp pin "oe 0 "OomnAitt 1 "oUip ConAitt. Hi mo 'nA geitt An
CtAnn "OomnAitt 6 ^StbAinn o'^icig nA gteAnncA coip pAippje 1
n-Aoncpuim, aCc tug SeAgAn AgAit) optA 50 teip ioip $Aeoit ■)
gAitt. Pliop eipig teip 50 mAit inp An lAppACc 00 gnit) pe Cum
ctAnnA cpuAOA Op ConAitt no CAbAipc pA nA piAgAit, mAp ppeAb
CAtbAC 0 "OomnAitt 1 gAn piop Aip 'nA CAbAn ipe oi'bCe A5 t)Aite-
AgAio-CAom -j bA beAg nAp mitt pC SeAgAn. T)o tuic a tAn o'a
Cuio yeA^. mp An puAgAO obAnn uo, •) x>o CAitt pC Aipm -j cApAitt/
1 'nA meAps a eAC ciopoub pdn. "Oo b'C An c-eAC C05AIO Oo
An CApAtt bA bpeAg-OA 1 n-6ipmn. TTlAC-An-'piotAip "oo cu^Caoi
mpte. "puAip SeAgAn a\\ n-Aip Apip i. tliop Cuip An bAC uo
cops AbpAT> teip An bpeAp gcumApAC noAn.
"Oo tuic TTIacu 1 ngpAp^Ap 615m te cuto oe tfiumap SeAgAiti
inp An mbtiAOAin 1558, -j 00 gmo ua SApAnAig lAppACc a\^ axi
5coip x»o Cup 1 teit SeAgAin pein aCc "oubAipc pC nAC pAib aoh
Oaiuc Aige te bAp ttlACu -j go gcAitpioip beit pApcA teip An
bppeASpA pom. puAip Conn 0 lleitt bAp Ap An mbtiAOAin no bi
CusAinn. " Ua An botAp peit) -oo SeAgAn Anoip," A"oein All
cneib ; *' ni beio lAptA mAp CeAnn opAinn a tuitteAt)."
Shane the Proud. 3851
stronghold in Belfast to keep him in order," said the Knight,
Sir 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 (1554-8), 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'Reilly, 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 (i.e., 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 Loch Swilly), and he nearly
destroyed Shane. A great many of his men 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 fell 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 (1559).
" 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 ULSTER.
Out with you to th- top of Tullahogue, Shane the Proud!
The royal flagstone is there, waiting for you to plant your right
foot upon it, as your ancestors the Kings did before you ! And
3852 SeAgAn An THomAifj
CAib; 5:
6 n£itt tHAt)j
AmAc tear A\y bAfn UutAijbij;, a SeAgAin An "OiomAif ! U<X
An teAc nio§ACT)A Ann Ag feiteAm leAc let)' Coif "oeif "oo buAlAt)
wnte niAn jni-oeAt) t>o fmn-peAn nijte nomAC ! -Aguf ■do
feAfAirh SeAgAn O Tleilt An tJulACos, Agur -oo fineA-6 ftAC bAn
•oineAC Cuige mAn CorhAntA cotf Aim cine t>'& cneib ; buAiteAft
ctocA gneafOA An a ftmneAnAib cumAf aCa *j cAfcoAnn An a CeAnn:
CAiteAt) ftipei"o a coire fiAn CAn a guAlAinm CAf a"6 mite cIato-
eAtfi of cionn ceAnn -j 'ouifigeA'b mAC aIIa ha gceAnncAn le
fUAim-glbn mile fgofnAC — " 0 Tleilt Abu ! go mAinit) An bflAit
a togA ! ' "Oo cAicmm An gniAn An CeAnnAigce "OAtAmAil, tuif-
neAmAit Ui tleilt, -\ "oo Cuin com rhonA An iaIIaio AtfiAfcnAC AfOA
fe mAf CuAlA-OAn uAlfAncAig An mAccine 'fA Com •) 561m nA
ti-eilice An An genoe
" *Oo b'onbinige Horn beic Am' ' 6 Tleilt UlAt> ' 'nA Am' ni An
SpAmn," AffA Aot) Uin 66gAm caihaII niAit 'nA "oiato fu1©;
s- 1f mo le b-UtcAig An A\nm ■ 0 Tleilt' 'nA •' CAef An ' te
tloriiAnAig," Aff An f5fiofo6if Mountjoy.
<c
CAib. 6 j
- Tye&ntm&t&iR tAi*05 •oOrfw-AU,;"
CAitteA* TYlAine, bAinniogAin SAfAiiA fA'n Am fo, ^ bi etif
anA n-ionA"o. T)o b' i An beAn mi-bAnAiriAil feo An Cfoi"6e CtoiCe
1 nA fjAfCACA pfAif An beAn bA mo inncteACc te n-A linn. *Oo
Cnom fi fein -\ a niAgAlcAf lAitneAC An Cun ifceAC An 6eAgAn:
Sydney "oo b'Ainm *o'A feAn-ionAT> i n-6inmn: £luAif fe 6 tuAi"6
50 T)un,oeAl5Ain -j Cuin fogfA Cum SeAgAin ceACc 'nA gAon:
Tlion tei5 SeAgAn Ain j;un CuaIai-o fe An fbjnA aCc cuin fe
ctnfeAt) Cum Sydney ceACc Cum a tige 7 beit 'ua AtAin bAifcit>e
•o'A mAc 05. fliof "biulCAig An feAf-ionA'o T>6 -| "oo feAfAim fe
teif An mAC: " CAim-fe Am' 0 TleHl 1 n-UtA* te coil nA Cfeibe
feo," AffA SeAgAn. " Hi teAfouigeAnn UAim comfAC le SAfAnA
uia leigteAf -oom, aCc mA cuinteAn ofm, biot) ofAib fCin." £>i
Sydney fAfCA teif fin t bi fiotCAin An feA* CAniAitl 1 n-tJl^-d
Shane the Proud, 3853
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! May our Prince live to enjoy his election!" The
sun shone on the handsome, bright features of O'Neill, and the
great hounds in their leashes bayed as if they ^eard 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 ' Caesar ' was to the Romans," said the exter-
minator Mount joy.
CHAPTER VI.
DONAL IS BROTHER TO TADHG."
Mary, Queen of England, died about this time, and Elizabeth
was Queen in her stead. This unwomanly woman, with the
heart of stone and the bowels of brass, was the cleverest woman
of her time. She and her Government 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
come from Elizabeth and he would see. Elizabeth took no
3854 SeAgAn an "OiomAifS
gun tAims Sussex 'nA peAn-ionA"o 50 h-6inmn: " tti b6At> Am8
fuAimneAp," A-oein p£, " 50 mt>eit> 6 neat pA Coif," -j "oo gteAp
■j x»o coinig ptuAg te ti-^jAit) An gnotA: "FeAP peAttCAc, bonb,
5L1C, "oo b'eAt) Sussex po aCc nf nAib p£ torn 3£An-inncmeAC te
Sydney; "Do CAbnuig CAtbAt 0 "ObmnAitt teip, *j mAn An
5c£A,onA ctann "OomnAitt nA bAtbAnn, 1 nAoncnuim: X)o
geApAn SeAgAn-An-TMomaip 30 ^AOtA^ A3 cup. Ain jAn Ctfifj t)i
a Cuige A5 "0111 Cum cirni 1 mAoin -] 1 mAiteAp. Ca3A"6 ceAtCAipe
Btipe "j peAdAt) pe? lliop. cuin 6tip puim 'nA £uto cAince aCc
teis -pi t>'a peAn-iouAt) stUAipeACC 0 Cuato 50 n-^dfo-tTlACA inf
An mt>LiAt>Ain 1561;
ppeAb SeAgAn 50 b-obAnn ipceAC 50 Uin ConAitt put a paib
comne teip -| "oo psiob p£ teip peAn CAtbAC 0 "OorimAitt i a beAn
65, An beAn ut> "©'pAs An pmAt An a Ainm: "Oo cuip An cteAp
co^Ait) obAnn pom meAnbfcAtt An nA Uin ConAittig -j "oo tocuip
Sussex a CeAnn te CAngcAn: Cap SeAgAti 6 "6eAp -pA mAn -oo
beA*o p& An ci lApp^itc t>o tAbAipc pA t)Aite-AtA-CtiAt: t)i TTIac-
An-potAin pA "j niop b'lonncAoib SeAgAn An mum An eic pm An
CeAnn -opeAtnA T>ip3ipeAC t>' UtCACAib; tlion CU15 Sussex cat* 6
An puA-OAp -oo bi y:A SeAjAn: £A •oeipeAt) -oo pitit) p£ 50 pAib
SeAgAn 'ua gtAice Aige -] "oo beApctng pC mmt "do; T)o 'bnui'o
p£ mite peAn ipceAC 50 Uin ecgAin A3 cneACA -j A3 copsAinc, *j
•o' pAn pe p£m coip Aifvo-ITIACA A3 peiteAm te SeAgAn. t)Aiti3
An mite peAn ua c£at)za bA "oiibA, ua cAoipig bAnA, -| ua CApAittj
1 no 5tuAipeAT)An An n-Aip 30 buACAc: " ££aC ITlAc-An-potAip,"
AnpA "oume 615m, " cA SeAgAn An TMomAip Cu3Aib ! " 11i pAib
te SeAgAn An An tAtAin u-o aCc ceAT) 1 pide mAncAt 1 t)A c6At)
coipi-bte, aCc 3Aip3i"6i5 btopsbeimeACA "oo b'eAt> ia-o: t)i cmn
1 copA 'nA scAnnAnAib An [au mAtAine ut) pA ceAnn uAine An
Ctois, -j au puigteAt beA3 cneACTDA, pcotttA, A3 psemneA* 30
b-dn'omACA, ua biAitib pAObnACA "o'A n-5eAnpA"6 ■) td'a n-eipteAC, •}
An 3Ain-CAtA uAmnAC ti-o — " 'LAm T»eAn3 Abu ! " 'ua jctuApAib.*
mnre^nn Sussex pern te cnAt> cnonie An |\Aon-mA"bmA "oo
cuineAt) Ain. — " 11i ]\mV) p6 1 nupneAd Aon 6ineAnnAig niAm pop
peApAtn Am' AgATb-pe, aCc peAO m-oiu 6 Pieitt peo -j sau Ai3e aCc
a teAt n-oineA*o peAn tiom, A3 bptiCcA* ipceAt An mo Apm bneAg
An mACAine nei"6 teAtAn: T)o gui-bprnn Cum T)e pAitt "o'pAgAit Ain
'nA teiteix* x»'aic 5au coitt 1 nsioppACc cni mite "66 te p3At "oo
tAb^inc "o'A cint) peAn; 111 o nAine e, "o'pobAip nA pAspA* p£
Aicit) -oom' Anm beo 1 n-UAin An Ctoi3, i ip beA3 nAn pcpAC peine
pern i au eui"o eite AtnAC teip a^ "OAmseAn Aip"omACA."
tli CnompA* Sussex An &$ eogAin ■oo eneACAt) 30 p6it Aftfp*
Cuip An bnipteAC ii-o p5AnnnAt> optA 1 tun-oum ■] "o'lAnn etip Af^
Shane the Proud. 3855
notice of what he said, but she allowed her Deputy to go north
to Armagh in the year 1561.
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 m
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 men
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,
"tAtii -oe^s At>u !" 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 fine 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 cases where quotations from English writers have bee u translated into Triah
by CoriAn tnaot, such quotations have been re-translated into English, and there-
fore differ slightly in form, though, not in sense, from the English originals.-- -Ed.
3856 Se^gAn An "OiomAif:
lAftA CitteT>AfA, bfAtAif SeAgAin An "OiomAif, fibtc<Sm -do
■oeAnAt). Cuif fi ceACtAifeAcc mAiteAtfinAif cum SeAgAin -j
cuineA* cuige ceACC 50 t,unNoum te tAbAifc tei. " Hi Coff <3ca"o
cor," ADein SeAgAn, " 50 •ocugAi'd Afm SAfAnA a mbotAf oftA
Af "UIa-6." " tDio* mAf fin," AT>ubAifc etif;
tluAin •oo rheAt Sussex CeAp re a cle^f f eilt ■oo Cuf 1 bf eittm:
Ua a fgnibinn fern cum eiife mAf fiA'onAife Af. An bfeAtt. 1
mi nA tujnAfA 1561, fgfiobAnn f£ turn nA bAinfio$n,A fin guf
CAifig fe tUAt ceAt) mAfc 'fA mbliA'OAin x>e tAtAm x>o HiAtt
tiAt, mAOfcije "Ui tleilt, Af comgeAlt 50 muifbeocA-O f£ An
ftAit fm. " "Oo mumeAf x>6 cionnuf •o'eAtocA'6 fe teif CAf eif
nA beAfCA," A"oeif fe. fli fiof 'ouinn An fAib tliatL LiAt
■oAififib, acc gibe fgeAt e ni CtoifceAf guf suit) fe,iAffAtc Af
SeAgAn "oo "OunmAfbugA-O.
CAibj It
seA$An-An-T>fomAis 1 turmtnri:
ttmne lAflA Citte-OAfA fiotCAm roif 0 tleitt 7 SAfAtiA, mAf
bA mof te b-0 fleitt e,ji "00 feotA"OAf AfAon Anonn 50 tun"ouin
1 n^oeifeA-t) nA btiAt>nA, -| gAfOA gAttogtAt 1 n-emfeAtc teo.
"OubAftAf te SeAgAn nAC bfHtfeA-o f£ Af Aif 50 T>eo, coifs
50 fAib An cuaj 1 An ceAp 'nA ComAif A5 etif, acc bi mumijin
AigefeAn Af a teAngA tiomtA 7 bi "0616 Aige nAf rheAt f6 fiArii
t n-Aon cuifiAngAC.
t)eAn uaUac -oo b'eA-o 6tif: t)i fi "OAtAmAit, SfUAi^ fUA-6
uifte, -| futA stAfA aici, An c-eA-OAC bA bfeAj-bA 7 bA "OAoife te
fA$Ait uifte, 7 An lomA-o -oe aici te b-i fein -oo Cofu$At> 50
mime 'fA to. peACOs •oo b'eAt) i te feACAinc uifte, Ate bi
Cfoit>e An V>eAt&-t)A\-s aUca, s^n cfUAg, $An cfUAjmea aici, 7
inncm 7 Aijne CAf mnAib An -oomAin. " An tAbAftAif t)6AftA
cuici ? " AffA -oume eigin te SeAgAn. " t1i tAbof at> 50 -oeimin,"
&\\ feifeAn, " mAf teonfAt) An ceAn5A "ouAifC jjfAnnA fom mo
CoffAm." "bi "PfAincif 7 SpAmif 7 tAiT>eAnn Ag SeAjAn 1
•oceAnncA a teAn^A binn btAfOA f£m. t>eAn ceAngACA -oo b'eA*
etif teif, -j -oubAntAf suf fAfuig SeAgAn \a bff Aincif i 7 5UP
eici$ fi comfAt) teif 'fA ceAngA fom;
PATRICK J. O'SHEA (CONAN MAOL)
Shane the Proud. 3857
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 Grey Niall, O'Neill's 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 Niall was in earnest, but in any case we do not
hear that he made any attempt to murder Shane.
CHAPTER VII.
SHANE THE PROUD IN LONDON.
The Earl of Kildare 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 1562, he walked into the
royal room of Elizabeth. There were valiant men of six feet
and more around her, especially young Herbert; but it was
seen at once that they were but insignificant men beside Shane
the Proud. English history gives an account of his visit and
of his appearance. " He had a yellowish-red mantle of fine
material flowing 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
Irish Lit. Vol. io-H
3858 Seagan .an "Oiomaifs
la tl 01)1.45 beag inf an mbtia'bam 1562 t)o buait fe 1-pce.AC
50 feOmfa fiogaCoa £tif. t)i fif catma fe Cfoigce ~\ tiiof mo
na cui-oeacca, 50 moji mOf Herbert 05, ace Connacacaf
tAitfeaC nAC faib lonnca ace fpfeafAin 1 n-aice SeAgain-an-
"Oiomaif; Uugann fcAif na SafanaC ciinctif af a Cuainc -) af A
Cfut. " t)i fatttiing buifje-'beafs x>o "beanmuf -Oaof af fitea-0
fiaf fiof 50 catam teif, -\ Sfuaig fionn-fuat) 50 cfipmeaC, cam-
affaC caf a ftmneAnaib fiof 50 taf a "Of otiu, f uta gtafa fia-Oame
aige o'feaC amac Ofc corn tonnfaC te gaC jrveine ; cofp
ftnnnce tutmaf aij;e -| ceann-aigte "oAn." t)i na ceaoca ag
laffait) na-oaifc o'fAgait aif fern •] aji a gattO;gtaca; "Oeif a
cuAirvifS 50 fabaoaf fo ceann-tomnoCca, poitc fionna ofta,
t6mceaCa ttiifig 0 mtnneAt 50 j;tun onta, cfoiceann maccife
can guaitnib ^aC pin aca, 1 jjeAff-cuag caCa 1 tAim gaC aon aca.
tlion b' lonncaoio -peang do Cun an a teiceioio fiuo. lp -oeatt-
nacac 50 naoa^oan 1 mbfuigm ^fomaca: " tlmatuigit) ! " anpa
Seagan "oe gut gtbfaC 1 ni faib an focat ar a be\at nuain 00
bi na gattogtaig an a teat-gtiiin. Scat) fe 1 scOn'i^an *oo'n
Cacaoin fiogaCoa man a naib etif, aguf i eaDingte an nOf
peacOige, -oo Cf om pe a Ceann, "oo Onom fe a gtun, -| "oo feapaim
fe annpoin C6m "oifeaC te gAinne. T)' feat fe fein -| etif ioif
an -oA ftiit af a Ceite. tabaif fi 1 "Laioeann teif -\ x>y ffeagaif
feifean 1 50 binn-bfiatfaC. "Do mot fe a mOfbaCc -j "outiaifc
fe sun "Oatt a f^eim "\ a cnuC e, maf ba min i a Cean^a te
mnaib. tliof tuig f Cut etif niam af a teiCei-o o' peaf 1 b^ binn
tei e beit '5a bfeajafj; "Oo ceafbam fi -00 1 n-am-oeOin a
comaifteOifi giif taitn fe tei, 51* 50 faib na cOmainteOini fin
af cf a cult) fota "oo -OOfcat). 'Oubna'oan teO fem 50 faib
5feim aca anoif nO flam aif, -\ 5Tb 511 f tu5a"oaf na comgit 136
na bainfi"0e teif af a tufuf, meafa-oaf, man ba £nacac, an gtaf
•00 ouata-0 aif. " CAtaoi af ci an Commit -oo bfifeat>," af
Seajan 50 "o4n. " teigpeaf af n-aif cu uaif eigin," a\^ Cecil
teif, " acc ni fuit aon Am aifigCe ceaptngte 'f^ comgeatt
foin ! " " meatta-0 me," affa Seagan teif fem, -j -oo bu^t f6
ifceaC 50 taXaif etife 1 -o'laff f£ coimifc uifte. ' Hi teOmtaf
aon bJ,fCamn x>o -Oeanat) •omc," aoeif fi teif , " aCc caitfif
panamamc a^amn 50 fOit." 11 1 piof cionnuf 00 rheatt SeAgan
i: t)a mait tei te n-a h-Atf 6, i meafcaf 50 faib fa$af 5f«*i-6
ammi-Oe aici t)6, l if e lonjnat) saC teigteOfa juf fsaoit fi
UAite 6 fa t-eifea* af geatt 50 mbeat) f6 umat T»i pern atiiam t
San bainc '5a feaf-ionao 1 n-£iponn teip. T)eifteaf 50 f^ib
eagta uip.te teif o'a gcuiftitie 1 gctnDfeaC 6 50 n-oeanpat)
ftluincif neitt ftait -oe toifOeatbaO Uimeac C Tleitt 'na lon^-o
Shane the Proud. 3859
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. T-his 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 obey 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
3860 SeAgAn An "OiomAifj
■j *oo b'AnnfA tei Se-AjjAn 'n.A eifeAn. t)i Sussex A5 co^Ainc 4
te.An5.An te buite coifs nA'p bAineA* An ceAnn "oe colAinn
Se^gAin 1 tun"ouin, -j cuin fe f^eAtA cum etife 50 fAib -pe
teAtcA A-p put) 6ineAnn gun meAtt SeAjAn i x>'a feAbAf i a
h-inncteAtc 7 gun jnit) fi fi Af "UtA*& "Oe. "O'lAff re ceAt) uifte
e rheAttAt) 50 t>Ail.e-AtA-CliAt 1 gcoin gneAniA "o'f^gAit Aif,
acc bi SeAjAn no-AtfiAnArAC 1 niof $Ab re 1 ngAon "oo t)Aite-.itA-
CtiAt, 51*0 gun geAtt Sussex a t>einbfiup mAf mnAOi t)o aCC' ceACC
n's feicpnc;
CA1b. 8;
nitli -} ^tnt:
1nf An mbtiA'bAin 'ua *iAit) fut) (.1. 1563) "oo Cfom Sussex An
Cup ifceAe An SeijAn -j An uirge r^ tAtAm t>o t>e&r\&t> roin 6
rem -j etif. T)o CAbfuig reAn-nAriiAroe SeAgAin, ua On-
ConAittig -| -AtbAUAig Aoncpuim, te Sussex, -j "oo gtuAif reifeAn
6 tuAi"6 50 n-tltA* mr An .AbfAii 1563, Ate mA gtuAif "do jnii!)
Se^jAn liAtnoit) coire t>e p6m 7 "o'a ftuAg, -| bi Sussex An-
bui*eAC 50 pAib f6 'ua CuniAr ceiCeAt) te n'AUAm. Sgniob etif
Cum Sussex fiotCAin -oo T>eAnAt> te Se^gAn, mAn n.AC fAib Aon
rhAit "oo beit teip.
"Oo gnit> Sussex nut) An etif, i An An Am gceATinA Cuip re
reinin fiottAiiA Cum SeAgAin — uAtAC rionA meAfguigte te mm:
"O'ot SeAgAn 7 a tinn-cige cuit> T>e'n fion 7 "o'fobAin 50 mbeA"d
f6 'ua pteift. t)i fe Ag cbmpAC teif An mbAf Af feA"6 t>& t^,-
-) nuAif "oo tAinig fe Cuige rein niof b'longnA* 50 fAib f6 Af
•oeAns-tAfA-o te feipg t guf gteAf fe a burbeAn turn cogAib;
teig etif uipte 50 fAib fi Af buite 1 *ocAob An feitt-beAfC u"o
*I "oo geAtt fi 30 "ocAbAnrA-6 ri ceApc T)6 aCc a fuAimneAf "00
gtACA*. "Oo gtAO-bAib fi AbAite Af Sussex, teig fi uipte guf
mAf f^fAiti x>o SeAgAn e, aCc "oo b'e An euif -oo bi aici Af Sussex
gup meAt fe. TDo fnAit)m fi fioteAm -] CAfA-OAf mAf "b'eA-b te
SeAjAn Afif, -| bi fe 'ua fig "OAipinib Af tUAt) Anoif 7 teigeA*
■06. x^ec mAf fin fem bi a fuAt T>o'n $Att Com geAf 7 t>i r6
fiAm. T)'a CotriAf tA foin Cum fe CAipteAn Af bfUAC IoCa n-etAC;
PeAf CAgAfCA "OO b'eAt) e 7 CeAp fC gUf fte&S Af UA SAfAUAlg
fA-bApc An CAifteAin fin 7 x>o bAirc fe Aif " "fuAt ua n^^^t.
"DeifteAf guf ceAp fe An uAif feo fiojAtc ua b-6ipeAnn "oo
Shane the 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 Vin.
POISON AND 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 drank 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 help him. He wrote to the
King of France to ask help from him. " If you lend me
eix 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
with him, but they did not stir a foot.
3862 SeA$An An "OiomAif.
£Ab.iit finite fein, -J ha SAfAnAig "oo £tAnAt> AniAb Aifoe; Ace
niof CAbfin$ n-A h-6ifeAnnAi§ teif. T)o fSfiob f6 cu™ 1^1$ ti-A
■pfAin e a$ lAffAi-b cotijnAini Aif. " 111a CugAnn cu «om fe
tfiite feAf Af lAfAbc," aj\ feifeAn, " aotnAinpeA-o riA SAfAtiAig
Af ati -ocif feo ifceAb 'fA bfAiff^e." T)o geobA-b fe a "beiC
n-oifeAt) fom i n-6ifinn fein *o'a tnb'Ail teb eif$e leif, acc niof
COffUlgeA'OAf COf.
CAib: 9.
t^rh T)e^n5 At>tf \
ITkmA scAbftiigi-b £hfe lmn, niAf fin fern CAitfeAtn "out Af,
A$Ai"b. t)i An CtAnn "OomnAitl feo 1 nAoncftnni 6 UAin 50
ti-UAi|\ A5 CADf-ugA-O leif nA SAfAnAi$: AnfiAfAnnA t)o b'eA-b nA
fif CAtniA u"o. £rAn5AT)Af 6 AlbAm Af cuifeA-o Cumn Hi fleitt
■j a AtAn, i "oo cuineAt)An ftiCA 1 n-.A0ncf.u1m 7 1 nT)AtfiA"OA. 11 i
f,Aib Se.<S$An f^fCA 'nA Ai^ne fAT> "oo bicoAf 'fA C1Y- "Oo $em-
eAt)Af "oo 7 "oo CAbfui$eA'OAf teif Aon UAif Allium, acc ni fAiO
Aon lonncAoib Ai^e AfOA: "OubfA-OAf teif nAb fAib Aon fniACC
Aije oftA, -j nAC fAib fe niAccAnAc oftA CAbfu$A"b teif, acc te
n-A "ocoil fein. T)o §fiofAi*> bAinfio§Ain eiif iao 1 ^An fnof.
" SeA*b mA'f eA-b," A-oeif SeA^An leo, " gfeA-oAi-b lib AbAite.
ni fruit Aon £nb A^Amf a "bib f eAf -da." Acc t>o cinf ha
ti-AtbAnAi$ cots oftA fem 7 tuibfA-OAf teif 50 bfAnfAtnnf niAf
a f Aib aca 5AT1 fpfeA'bAbAf x>6 f oin: " T)o buA-bniAf Af •o'ACAif-
fe beAnA 7 Af Sussex 'tra ceAimcA," A*oeif nA n-AtbAnAi$ "o^nA.
T)o leAC SeA$An-An-T)ioniAif a CofA A]\ tilAc-An-potAif,
bAitig fe a ftuAigce amceAtl Aif 7 -oo bfif fe ifceAb 50
h-Aoncf 1.11111 a\\ nbf ctnnne fAiffge; V_)uaiI nA ti-AtbAnAig leif 1
n^teAnnCAife 'nA nT>feAmAib n-oifjif eAbA -j tdo feAffA-b cac
pmlceAt eAcoftA. Ua feAn-bbtAf t>ia tuAf "oe'n bAile fin t)un-
AbAnn Dumne, 1 5con"OAe Aoncfuim, "j "oo cuif SeA$An-An-'OioinAif
a eAb ciofbub, tTlAC-An-piolAif , a\\ cof-m-Aifoe CAf CofpAib
ALbAnAC. Aim, -\ fA nieA-bon lAe bi ClAnn "ObmnAitt 'nA ffACAib
fince cimbeAtt Aif. T)o mAfbtngeA-b Annfii-o Aonjiif ttlAC
T)brimAitt -j feAbc gceAO -o'a Cum feAf, "oo gAbA-b 7 x>o gonAt)
SeAmuf TTIac T)birinAitt, 7 "oo toj; SeA$An teif SorhAifte "bui^ej
Ar\ CAOifeAb eite bi oftA. TDo b'feAff "bbib -o'a -ocOgfA-ouif A
Shane the Proud. 3863
CHAPTEE IX.
If Ireland will not help us, still we must go forward. These
MacDonnells'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 Mac-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 County
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 MacDonnells 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 "
3864 SeAgAn An "OiomAif;
ComAifte 7 sfeA-OAt) teo Af a flige, 7 -do b'feAff r>6 foin teif
6, mAf T>o b'lAT) puigleAC nA buit>ne ut) -oo rhAi^t) te feAll 6
£em *6.d btiAtAm 'nA t)iAit> put).
ni fAio fe An iiAif feo acc occ mbtiA-onA -0645 a? picro
•o'Aoif, t ni fAib Aon peA|\ 1 n-6inmn bA mo cAil -j cumAcc 'nA 6.
teig nA SAfAnAig optA 50 nAbAt>Af 50 mof teif. t)i AtAf oftA
A]\ -ocuif guf mill fe ClAnn "OomnAill 6 -AtbAin 7 -oo gAifeA-oAf
teif; Ctng Se^gAn 50 "DiAti rhAic iat>. Til gAti pAt ■oo cumAt)
An reAn-f ocaI ut) — " "Of AnncAn mA-of a gAife SAfAnAig." " 1f
mAit An fu-o," An fiA"ofAii, " ClAnn "OomnAill -oo beit clAOit>ce
mAf niof b'fiof t>uinn od b-Am t)o CAbfocA-ouif teif ha
b-£ifeAnnAig, acc mAn fin pein beit) O tleitt fo-lAi-oif An fAt>
Anoif."
1f cnuAg nA'f gnit> fe CAfAT)Af te cAoireACAib 6ineAnn An
ttAif feo. 1 n' ionA"o fom cnom re An a cun -©'piACAib OftA
geilteAt) -06 gibe olc niAic leb e. " CAitpit) CAoifig ConAtc a
gcdm btiAt)AncAtfiAiL "oo CAbAinc "oomfA mAf bA gnAtAC teo -do
figtib tUA-o," An feifeAn. "0'eicig tia ConACCAig e -| pneAb fe
50 b-obAnn 1 t^tAin tigeAfnA Cloinn UiocAfo, An peAf bA tneire
1 gConACc, -j mill re 6 gAn puinn •ouato. *Oo cpeAC fe Cin
ConAill inf An mbUAt>Ain 5ceA"onA (1566), 7 tAimg fgAnnfA-o
An SAfAnA. X)o SfiofAit) etif lAftA ]TeAfn tTlumeAC, ITlAgurbin
te b-eifge nA AgAit), acc "oo meileAt> An tTlAjui'bif f a mAf t>o
nieilpeAt) bno mtntmn "oofn^n coifce.
[ X)o b'e Sydney bi 'nA .Afoiuifcif Afif Af 6ifinn An uAin u"o
1 n-ionAT) Sussex, 7 bi AiCne rhAit Aige An SeAjAn. Cuif f6
ceACcAife niA$AicAif "o'Af b'Amm Stukeley cuige te b-AiteAtfi
Aif beit |\ei"6. " HA b-eifig awaC 1 tiAgArb v\a SAf atiac "j
geobAif gibe nit) "oo teAfomgeAnn uaic," An Stukeley. " "DeAn-
fAf lAnlA tif eojAin "oioc mA'f mAit teAC e." Cuif Se^gAn
ffAnn Af -j tAbAif f6 50 neAniAtAC. " bfeAgAn if eAf) An
lAflAtc f om," Af. feifeAn. " "Do jnit)eAbAif lAftA "oe filAc
CAftAig 1 gcuige tTlutfiAn, 7 za buACAitti Aimpfe 7 fin CApAtt
AgAmfA aza Corn mAit "o'feAf teif fin. "Oo tfieAfAbAif m6 CfoCAt)
nuAif "oo bi Sfeim AgAib ofm. tli fuit Aon muinigm AgAm Af
btif nseAttArhnA. tliof i^f f Af fiotcAin a\\ An mbAinfiogAin Ate
•o'lAfn fife ofnifA i -j if fibfe fein t)o bfif i; T)o tiomAineAf
nA SAfAnAig Af An 1ubAif -j Af "OuirofotiiA i ni tei^feAT) -ooib
ceACC Af n-Aif scoeo. tli teorhfAit) 0 "OorhnAitl beit 'nA ftAit
Afif Af tJif ConAitt rtiAf if tionifA An Aic fin feAfOA. HA biot)
Aon ineAfbtAtt ofc guf tiomfA cuige UtAt). t)i mo fmnfeAf
fomAm 'da nigtib uifte. "Oo buAt)Af i tern' CtAi'oeAtfi 7 tern'
CtAi-oeAm t>o CoinsbedtAt) i."
Shane the Proud. 3865
[i.e., 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 pity 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 Connachtmen
refused, and he rushed suddenly upon the lord of Clan Rickard,
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 Deputy) of Ireland again at
this time in place of Sussex, and he knew Shane well. He
eent a Government envoy, named Stukely, to him to urge upon
him that he should keep quiet. " Do not rise out against the
English, and you shall get whatever you want," said Stukely.
" They will make you Earl of Tir-Eoghain, if you 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 hang 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 me, 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 sufficiently disinclined for the business; but they had to
3866 SeJ$Ar> ati "OioniAip:
5it> 50 pAib Sydney 'nA feA|\ An-rhiptie.Arh.4it., tpCAn, bi 4
ipofbe 'nA beAt Aige nuAip -o'lnnip Stukeley "6b ah compA'O poinj
" ITInnA nt)6AncAp Apt) lAppACc belt) 6ipe imtigte Ap Ap lAim;
1p te n-0 tleill UiAt) 50 leip -j cAitpeAp 6 cops," Ap Sydney le
h-6lipe: " t)uAil e lAitpeAC," Ap pipej Do peOl pi "opeAm
Sapav\a6 AnAtL 7 •oo DAitij Sydney pip Ap sac Aip-o 1 n-6ipmn,-
SApAnAij 7 6ipeAnnAi§, rrtAp ip lonrbA CAOipeAC do CAbpuig teip;
"Oo bi cuit) aca teipjeAriiAiL 50 leop Cum An gnotA aCc "oo
b'eijjeAn t>6id beApcugAt) optA Cum CAbAptA te Sapaua pA mAp
•00 gnirjit) mT)iu.
CAcAp CugAc, a SeA$Am-An-'OiomAip, a rhApcAig An eiAittim
geip, sLCap tTlAc-An-piotAip, *j coipi$ t>o buit>eAn beAj; IaoC. 1H
puil A5A10 aCc neApc bup gcuipleAnnA pCin, mAp nAC bpuil CAbAip
'nA consnArii T)ib 6 einneAC tApmuiC:
An pA-bAit "oo 5oipti"6e Ap CeAnncpAib ua SApAnAC cimCeAlt
t)AiLe-AtA-CtiAC. "Oo leim SeAgAn ipceAC innce Ap nop coipnige
"Oo pAOb 7 "o'ApsAm p£ i 50 bAllAit>e £)Aile-AtA-CliAC. Cug p&
lAppACc pA •OAingeAti nA SApAnAC 1 uDunneAlSAin *| bi bpuijeAn
Aip Ai^e le Sydney coip An bAile pin. tDiteAp po-iiiAic -oo
SeAgAn Annput), 7 cuipeAt) Ap gcul e le x>uAt>, aCc -o'lmip p6
CipieAC Ap pluAjtAib Sydney pul Ap -opui-o pe leip. teAti Sydney
Ap AjAi-o. "Oo jtuAip pe tp£ Op eojAm, 7 Ap pom 50 Op
ConAill, 1 n-Ain-oeom SeAjAin, aCc t»o leAn peipeAn j^aC OptAC
•oe'n cptige £ 7 bA beAg ah puAimneAp "oo £115 pe "Co Ap peA"6 An
cupuip. 11iop teApbAm pe piAm potn'ie pm cteApA corhpAic niop
peApp 'nA An uAip peo. t!)i Sydney 7 a ftUA§ lionriiAp cpAit>ce
cuippeAC 6 pogAtinA obAnnA SeAgAin: T)o "Opuit) p6 1 ngAp "ooib
lAufi le "Ooipe 1 tug cac -Ooib. t>puijeAn jAps -oo b'eA* i, mAp
•00 tuic a lAn peAp Ap ^At CAOb, 7 pAmluig SeAjAn 50 pAib An
buAt) leip, aCc pAipe 50 bpAc ! peAC ah "opeAtn po as ceACc
AniAp Aip — ua Op ConAillij CpuAt>A ■£& 0 "OomnAitt "oo bi i 5c6rh-
nui"6e 'ua Commb — -| bpipeAt) Ap SeAjAn pA "oeipeAt).
T)o "opui-o pe leip Ap scul 50 beAlAige Op 66jAin A5
•op4nnc4ii Ap Sydney; t)i p6 Com neAriieAgtAC pom, 7 Com
mumigneAC pom Ap pern 50 pAib pAicCiop Ap ua J^^ai0 ceACc
'tlA $01pe 7 "OO £lUAipeAT)Ap OpCA 50 t)Alle-AtA-CllAt Apip 5A11
pumn ■oo bApp a -ocupuip aca: " CuippeAt) piAti mo lAm optA
pop," AT>eip SeAgAII. " 111 pACAt) AlfclT) ACA Ap ii-Aip mutiA mbiAt)
ha cuippdg pm 1 T>Op CotiAiil ; cA pAite beAC Atmpoin acA Am*
CpA-0 i Am' CeAlg le pa"oa, aCc bAin An CluAp -oiom, 50 muCpA-o
lA^pAn Ap bAll."
%
Shane the Proud. 3867
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 Mac-an-Fhiolar, and arrange
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 thi company coming from
the West upon him — the stern 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 me but I will smoke them out very
soon."
CHAPTER X.
CLOUDS AND DEATH.
Shane was preparing himself secretly, and the English were
not asleep. They were secretly aiding O'Donnell, and spurring
him on against Shane. Hugh was the name of the O'Donnell
who was now in Tir-Conaill, for Calvach had lately died. This
3868 SeA$An An *OiomAifj
CAib. 10.
t>i Se-AgAti 50 foluijteAt '5^ ullAmiijA-o fern -j ni fAib nA
SAfAnAij 'nA jjcoTdA. tHo"OAf A5 CAbntijAt) le ti-C "OomnAill 1
$An fiof, ■) '5A gfiofAt) 1 scoinnib SeAgAin. x\o-o "00 b'Amm
•oe'n 0 "Obmnaill T»o bi Anoip ^n tin ConAill, mAf CAilleAt)
CAlbAt le "oeroeAnnAije. Vlion b'pulAif "oo'n cniAt mi^* ro
£acc 615m -oo "beAnAt) 1 "ocofAC a fiAglA, mAn bA *;r\&t&C. le 5AC
flAit An iiAif ut). t)nir -Ao* ipceAC 50 On e<3$Ain An GfotigA'b
riA SAfAnAC i "oo cneAC fe An CAOb tiAf tiiAit> t>i. "Oo "6uib t
t>o "6eAn5 A5 SeAjjAn-An-THomiiif. *OAf clAroeAifi SAifge tleill
tlAOi n^iAllAig, "oiolfArb 0 "OomnAill Af An jjcofgAifc reo !
Do cipA cnoigteACA -\ niAncAij aj; cniAll Ar gAe Aifo -pA "bein
cige mbin Demnboifb noirh einge gneme 1 -ocofAC nA t)eAlCAme
Wf An mbliA"6Ain 1567. Cfom nA coin tfibfA An uaill le ceAj dac
An ceACC nA fluAg, *j A5 lucAil -j Ag cfotA"6 a n-eAfbAll, niAn "oo
fileA"OAn 50 mbiA* feilj; aca mAf t»A gnAtAC. Hit An fiAt) ftiAt)
1 An mACcine 1 CjrolAc mf nA coillnb mon-"ocimceAll mAn
fileAT>An -pom leir le cinsfinc An Ainmit)e 50 f AbtAp An a "ocbin.
Hi nAio "ouil 1 peAlg aj 0 Tleill An con ro, niAf bi •oeAbA'b
Ain cum 0 "OomnAill -oo tfAOCAt), ^ x>o buAil fe fein -j a
floijeACo cni mile reAn riAn o tuAitt. "OeAjipA-b "OAoine
pifneogACA 50 fAib nA caja a$ rgneACAij 6f cionn cige SeAgAin-
An-"OiomAif An mAi"oeAn ro, "| nAn CuaIai-o re ceol nA cuAiCe
nA piobAineACc An lom T>tnb m"oiu.
" TIac "OAn 1AT) nA On ConAillig feo, "] nAc m6f An CfUAg t>6ib
belt '5A sctin a flige a mAfbtA," An feifeAn, nuAi|\ "00 ConnAic
r6 0 "OomnAill -| a bui"beAn Vea^ fuit>ce An ^Snt) An $Aine An
An *ocAOb tuAi"6 x)'mbeAn S111I15 1 nt)un nA n^-All.
Iji An cAOi-oe cnAigce Ar An mbeAn •] "oo filit) 0 tleill ^un
SAimrh tinm t)o bi Ann 1 j;c6mnuit>e. Tlion niAn pn "oo
0 'OomnAill; "Di Aitne rhAit AigereAn An An Aic tit), •] "oo togAit*
pe i 1 j;c6mAin e pem -j a cui-o feAf -oo cofAinc Af 0 tleill, mAf
eini$eAnn An CAOi-oe 50 ciu$ •] 50 b-obAnn Annfu-o:
Ajtif \:&A(i 1 n-AtfAnn le C6iie'"An fUoCc "00 tAinij 6 beinc
rhAC Tleill nAoi ngiAllAig — nA Uin 0onAilU$ 6 ConAll JulbAn
1 nA Of e6$Aim$ 6 eb$An, e fiu"o "oo bfif a tfoi-oe le bf6n 1
n-oiAi-b ConAill nuAif -oo mAfbingeAt) An cufAt) fom.
"OeifteAn nAC fAib Aon fonn bfuigne Af 6'lleill nuAif "00
Shane the Proud. 3869
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 1567. 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 lie 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
3870 SeA$An An "OiomAif.
ConnAic fe An ftuA$ beAg "oo bi aj; 0 T)6mnAitt 'nA commb, •]
juf t)'fre^f\f\ teif t>a ngeittfroif, aCc uiAf fin pern "oo beAfcuig
f6 a cuix> peAf 50 cjiuinn -j •oo fciufAit) fe 'nA nt>feAmAib -j 'nA
n"Dio|\triAiD CA-prtiA An CuAif p Aiff^e ia-o. Uug 0 "ObmnAitt pojA
peAf^AC pA'n gc^AT) euro t)o f foiC Anonn -j "oo bfif fe iat>.
tTlunA fAib mbf An peAf Aige, caic p a"0ai$ -do b'eA-b iat) 50 teif.
flinne p6 mAf An 5ceA"onA teif An T>AfnA cipe CAtmA. " Caic-
feAf ia-o -oo Cuf Af fom," AffA 0 Heat, -j t>o buAit fe 6 f£m Af
ceAnn con CApAtt, acc t>o pneAb mAfCAij; Hi "ObmnAiti AmAC Af
I05 Ain 'nor gAtA gAoite, -j "o'a feAbAf e SeAgAn-An-'OiomAif if
An eigm •oo bi f6 'nA CumAf cofg -oo cun teo. "O'peAc f*e
cimceAtt Ain. t)i cum "o'a ■CneAniAio meAfjtA Cne n-A ceite 1
a cuilleAt) aca rgAntA 6 n-A Ceite. VHon ting SeAjjAii fAfc An
tneAnotAHA 50 6ceACAi"6 pe An CAoroe A5 eifge - fgeoin A5
ceACc An a cuit) peAf, ^ 6 "OorhnAitt te n-A oui'oeAn tAoC A5 cuf
ontA 50 -oiAn. Tlion meAt cnoi"be SeAjAin mr An Aii'i^An u*o, -\
•oo cnom fe- Af eifteAC le n-A mafCAig 50 piAt)Ain, i Ap •Out An
cofAnAifoe Annf o -j Annfut) A5 gtAO-bAC Af a cinnfeAT>nA a gcuno
feAf "oo CbifiujAt). T)o jnit) fe feni lAffACc Af An ftuAg •oo
bAitiujAt) teif 1 n-eAgAf coif, aCc ni fAib ftije cum cAfAt> aca,
■j bi cui"o aca 50 glunAib 1 n-uifge ^ An CAoroe A5 pbrhAf cim-
CeAtt OfCA. j?1f O lAf CUAtA "OO b'eA* A bpuplflOf. UAimj;
fjeoin niof mo oftA -j bfifeA"OAf;
tDAtA-o i mAfbuijeA'o Cfi C^at) "oeAg feAf aca. Do b'e CAt
•oeifeAnnAC SeA5Ain-An-*OiomAif 6 Aguf An cubAifce bA mo "oo
tAftuij fiAm "oo. Art meit) a CuAit) CfeAfnA ftAn CAf mbeAf
milceAC Suing "oo teiCeAT>Af teo, Aguf t)0 fgemn a bftAit fUAf
coif nA bAbAnn A5 cuAfOAC aca, Aguf T>ofn mAfCAC teif. "Oo
teAfbAin Cif ConAttAC -©'Af b'Ainm gAttCAbAif At 'fAn AbAinn "oo
■6a mite 6 pAifc An buAtAt) Aguf no tug SeAjAn 0 116itt a Cut
Af Uif ConAitt, Attuf Aif, a teAngA Aguf a CAfbAilt Com ce, cifm,
te fmeAfoin ceine, Agtif cnAp ua fjofnAig te buAitnnc Aij;ne.
t)i 0 X)6mnAitt •] a fAf-fif 50 meit)feAC, *] a -oceinnce cnAm
ACA T)'eif All bUAlt), ACC ni fAlb f10f ACA gO fAbATDAf Ag "OeAUAt)
oibfe ua SAfAnAC, obAif "oo teip a\\ ua 5^1^ f1T1 Ar feAt> CU15
bliA-onA "o6A5 foitne fin, 51* guf CAitteAT)Af ua mitce feAf -]
Oa nuttuin punc Cuige.
Ca-o -oo "beAnf Ait) 0 T16itt "UtA-b Anoif ? T)eif teAbAf nA
Ceitfe OttAmAm 50 fAib fe eAT>cfom 'ua CeAnn &&\\ eif bfuigne
-difo au JAife, ACc ni fuit 'fA m6iT) fin aCc cof cAmce. t)i An
cufA-b u-o f6-Ai5eAncAmAit *] fb-tAiT>if 1 gcfonbe -| a gcofp cum
CfomA-b Ay ptubAijeAt Aguf Af CneATiAij 1 -ocAob bfifeAt) Aon
bfuijne AitiAin. Hi fAib f6 *oa fiCeAt) btiA*An -o'Aoif fbf 1 bi
mifneAC An teotfiAm 1 gcomnui-be Aige. "0'iAff cuix> X) a
Shane the Proud. 3871
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 order.
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 crossed 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 yet, 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
3872 SeA$An An "OiomAir:
oi\nx;QA£A cojjai"© Ain seitleAt) t)o SAfAn^ aCc nion b'e fin incimi
SeAgAin 1 n-Aon Con. S5A0H r£ SomAinte t)ui"oe "oo bi man
cime Ai^e le t>A btiA'OAin, -| Ctnn mAn CeACcAine 50 Ctomn
"OomnAill 1 nxMbAin £ A5 lAnnAit) con^AncA ontA. X)o jeAtlA-OAfl
tio i, "] jtii-t) re pern -j ^AntiA mAncAC iouat) coinne leo 1
mt)uuAbAun "Oumne, 1 nx\oncnuim. *0' umluigeA'OAn 50 CAlAm
t»6 i 5t6AfAT)A|\ p6 fOA 1 gcAbAn pAinpmj; x>6. UAmi$ fe^f. eile
An An tAcAin teip, "d'aia b'Amm Pierce, bnACAT>6in 6 etipe "oo
CuAlAro cat) "oo bi Ap piub t A5 SeA^An. 11i puH Aon p ^mbinn
te pAgAit t>o *oe<inbui§ Ann 5 up. cuj An cApcAen Pierce ut> ■oiol
•potA "oo nA tiAlbAnAig, aCc ca mpAp jeAn aj; 5AC u§T>Ap Aip.
A SeA$Ain-An-T)iomAif, cA -oo jno "o^AncA.
T)eip 00 nArhAroe pCm AriiAin, 50 pAib "oo tArh tAitnp mAp
ySAt 1 jcomnunie A5 An bpeAp lAg, -] nAC pAib gAtJuitie nA peAp
mi-piAjAtcA i"o' CeAnncApAib Vet)' linn, T)eip piAT>, teip, gun b'e
00 $nAt jAn purOe Cum bit) 50 mbiA* a pAic "oe'n peoil "oo
b'peApp, ™^P "oeipceA, A5 boCc 1b Cpiopt), "oo CnumnijeAt) An x>o
tAippig. ACz ca •oeineA'O leo' peileACc i let)' SAipge lAicpeAC,'
mAn ca nA bAlbAUAij; 50 ciocpAC a$ cogApnAig le Captain
Pierce inr An jjcAbAn. Hi Cloippip uAitl *oe ConAipc Agup ni teAn-
pAip An piAt> n«At) tne coitlob cno nA CpiuCA 50 "oeo Apip. tli
Cloippit) pltiAijce tin eojAin T>o jAipcACA niop m6, mAp ca piCe
xMbAnAC ^n "oo cut a 5A11 piop *ouic 1 Pietce *o'a nspiojAt) gun
rhApbuijip a n-AicneACA 1 mbnuigm $teAnnA cAife. pneAb i-o1
fui-c-e o'n mbont) fom a SeA5Ain-An-*OiomAir •] -p^AC t>ia tiAn
•oioc mAn ca An c-pteAj 1 njionnACc onlAig x>ex>' "Onom teACAn.
Aguf tiusAnn An coinntu'm AtnuiC An Snut nA HlAoile, -j
bnipcAnn ua connA bAnA An An "OcnAiJ te puAim coip "bunAbAnn
"Oumne, "\ ceAfbAnAnn nA "OAome Annput) CAnn ctoC 1 tog mAn a
bpmt SeA5An-An-T)iomAip 'nA CcotA le b^eip A5ur cni C&AT2
bUAt)An.
" SeACc mbtiAt>nA SeAfccAcc cuic c6x>
1Tlile btiAt)Am if ni bn6cc,
Co bAr cSeAAm mic mic Cumn
0 toit>eCc Cmopc bi ccolAinn."
fog Pierce leip An ccAtin "oo b'Ailne 1 n6inmn 1 bAineA* An
c-6at)aC "OAon *oe Cqnp -oiCeAnncA IJi 11eitt. )TuAin Pierce a mile
ptjnc mAn "biol An An jceAnn o'n mbAmniojAin, "\ buAiteA* An
ceAnn cAitireAC ut) An bionn Af. An nmn x>o b'Ain"oe An CAifleAn
t)A1te-AtA-Ct1At.-
Shane the Proud. 3873
as an envoy 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 Cushendun, 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 Glenshesk. 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.
3874
(t>) cAiUn tia rnortAitne.
SeAmuf ua "OubgAitt;
t)f CAitin fA"0 6 1 -oci$ nA mbn^itne A^uf ni biott Aon Ceona
leif An men) oibne bio"6 fi a cun nomipi te "oeAnAm.
1f cuniA cat) a beAt> £An "oeAnAm Aguf b'fei'oin 50 mbeAt> fe
5An T)£Ar\Ati) An feAt> nAite, nuAin "oeAnfAitfe teif An gCAitin 6
•OeAtiArh, 'f e An fneAgn a bio* aici 1 scomnui'oe : " 0 bfof cum
e fin a •oeAnAm me fein." CeAp ha bnAitne a^\ "ocuif 50 nAib
CAitin AnAtnceAttAC aca, A^uf if mime a bit>if A5 motAt) Ati
CAitin Ajuf A5 mAOToeAm Aifci te bfAitnib eite;
Aon La AmAm a tAinig feAn-bfACAin cuca 6 riiAmifcin eite,
Aguf, nuAin a cuaIa fe An c-Afo-motAt) An CAitin nA mbnAitne,
" Dei* fiof AgAm-f a," An feifeAn, " An bf uit fi Com mAit Aguf
•oeinteAn tiom i beit."
" CogAn," An reireAn te ceAnn *oe nA bn^itmb, " AbAin teir An
gCAitin ceA6c irceAC 1 feomnA nA teAbAn A^uf, nuAin a beit) -pi
ifo§ Ann, AbAin tei gun ceAnc *oi nA teAbAin a nige."
" Aguf cat) Cuige 50 scmnpnn obAin bmfige mAn fin nonnpi ?
t)eA"0 feAng uinti Ajur b'feroin 50 bfA5fAt> fi fmn. Mi puinifC
CAitin mAn i 'f AjAit jeAttAim *ouic."
" "OeAn nut) onm," Aff' An reAn-bnAtAin.
"Do gtAcbuiJ fe An An gcAitin A^ur ni nAib fi 1 bfA-o A5 ceAcc;
Agur, nuAin a tAinig fi, "oubAinc An reAn-bnAtAin tei 50 bog
nei-o : " Ctoifim gun AnACAitin tu. 1f mon An c-iongnA* Horn,
a "Dnijit), nA teAbAin reo beit jjau nige aj;ac pof ."
" t)ior "oineAC Cun e fin a -oeAnAm, me fein, A AtAin."
" 0 ni jAbAt) "btnc e, a tDnigTO," Anr' An bnAtAin eite 50 reAnb:
0 'n Ia fAin 50 "oci An tA iutmu cA CAitin ha mUnAitne mAn Ainm
An einne a bionn " cun e fin "OeAnAm " 1 n-ionAT) e beit "oeAncA,1
(r) An 5AT) mAnA
An tons An t>6AttlAj
SeAmuf ua "OubgAitt.
CAmAtt mAit 6 fom Anoif bi "OAoine 'ua scomnui-de 1 n-oiteAn
beAg 1 n-ioCcAn nA b6ifeAnn Aguf ni fAib aca aCc An $Ae"bit5:
Alan $eAtl Ain 50 mbiot) "OAOine fATbbfe A5 ceACc An cuAinc An
3875
THE FKIAKS' SERVANT MAID.
By James Doyle. Translated by Mary Doyle.
There 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 they had a
very 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 her
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
you 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 instead of
having it done.
THE GAD MARA, OR IN SEARCH OF ENGLISH.
By James Doyle. Translated by Mary Doyle.
A good while ago now there lived people in a little island in
a remote part of Ireland and they 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
387G An 5at> mAnA nO An tons An beAntA;
/■n o*leAn Anoir A^uf Anir CeAp nA "OAome botcA nA fAib nAt4
acc An DeAnlA -o'togtuim Agur 50 mbei"oir f Ait>bin 50 "oeo. tean-
Ann An ^AlAn ceAT>nA monAn "OAome a CeApAnn niof mO ceitle
beit aca 'x\a bi A5 muman An oiteAin;
" Acc cA nAib An t)eA|\tA le PA5A1I ? ' t)'m i An te\fz Anoir;
t)i 'friof aca 50 nAib DeAnlA 1 n-6inmn, acc CuAtA"OAn 50 nAib
An DeAnlA "oob' peAnn 'fA "oorhAn 1 mt)Aite Aca CUAt.
UAn eir monAn cAince A^uf comnAit) focninj;eA'OAf\ An tunne
aca a Cun 50 bAile ^ca CtiAt An tons An DeAnlA.
An LA t>i An peAn A3 imteACc bAt) "6615 leAC gun 30 nAmiein-
ice a bi re A3 "out. t)i An lA 'tiA lA fAoine An An oileAn. UAmis
muman An oileAm 30 leip, 65 Asuf cnionnA, 30 "oci pone n&
n6ineAnn A5Uf cinneAT) An peAn Anonn An An "ocin moin An An
rnbAt) bA mo aj\ An oileAn.
T)'i?A3 ceACcAine An DeAnlA plAn aca A3uf -o'lmtig Ain 30 DAile
AtA CUAt. UAn eir a beit CAmAlt 'r a CAtAin bi De\AnlA Aise, tti
f ocaI, " Good-morrow," Asuf CeAp re 30 nAib re 1 n'Am
Aise pLleAti a bAile. Di fe ctnnreAC 30 teon o beit A5 coiri-
•OeACc, A3Uf nuAin a cAmi5 re 30 "oci "£eit At1 C10CA15 1 n-Aice
nA pAinpse, pu1"° re riof.
Di nA pocAil 50 cnuinn SApcA A^e, -j te beAstA 30 mbeA-o
fiA*o cAitlce Aise, bio*6 fe A5 nAt> niAn pAit)nin " Good-morrow,"
f ' good- morrow," " good-morrow."
D? An Aimnn rlmC A^vf bi feit An C10CA15 bos- 50 -oeirfim,
bi fi 'nA coin An bosAt), Asiif, nuAin a bi An peAn bote A3 "out
cnAfnA, cuait> re Af tAn Asuf x>' pobAip t>6 beit bAittce. CAnn-
Ains re e rem ahiaC 1 scumA eicinc A5«r bAin pe AniAC An cAlam
anim. ACc, mo cneAC if mo CAf ! bi An DeAnlA CAitlce A^e.
tluAin a tAims pe a bAile Asur nuAin -o'mnif fe a r5e-<a t>o
muinnn An oileAm, bioxtAn buAi-OeAntA 50 teon, Asur 'fe "oubAinc
5aC -ovime aca leir fem suf mon An cfUA$ nAC 6 pein a cuineA-d
30 t)Aile- At a- Ctl At.
Atz ca-o a bi le T>eAnAm Anoir ? t)i An "beAftA cAittce 1 b^^it
An C10CA15 Asur b'pei-oin 50 mbeA-0 r^ te PA5A1I pbr-
TDo stuAir reifeAt^ "°e mumcir An oileAm Anonn Af bAt) 50
•oci An -ocin moin Asur reAt^ An "DeAnlA le n-A scoir- teArbAin
re "OOib cAp CaiU r^ Art t)eAnlA 1 l^f nA f eite.
CnomA-OAn 30 leif Af ah Aic a tObAC Asur a tAor3A"° A5ur
nior b'pA-OA "601b as SAbAil "oo'n obAif reo nuAif *oo biiAit 5AT)
mAp.A ieO.
" Sin e An focAl," " Sin e An y:ocAl" Arr^eACcAife An
t)eAniA, " 3At) mApA," " sa-o mAfA."
The Gad Mara, or in Search of English. 3877
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 thought 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 dig 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 word," said the messenger,
"Gad mara, gad mara."
3878
tli iiACAiT) mtfe 50 bftAC &]\ jcut
n:A'f ^ijin bete uriiAl -oAoib 'r mof mo leuti,
mutiA x>ci5 liom fiubAt, mutiA vrig tiotn pubAt,
fllutiA "ocig liom fiubAt aji mo pAijtc-fe pein.
tAmi5 An cnAtnonA ceit, -j fin me fiAf An bAncA bneAg V&V> Afl
tAOib ah botAin, Ajuf nion b'pAT>A gun tuic mo ccolAd onm.
-Agup im' co'oLAt) ConnAinc me Aifting.
T)o bi me A5 fiubAt, mAn fAoit me im' Aiftmg, 1 Ttcin AnAitni-o
tiac nAib me AniAtn noime feo 1 n-Aon cin Cofriiuit tei, bi fi Cotfi
bneAg fin. t)i boitfe cAotA -oo-fiubAtCA A5 "out cnit) An cin
Atumn feo, Ajuf no 01 pAinceAnnA gtAfA Aguf peAf. O05 uAitne,
Aguf b-uite fonc btAt "o'A bpACAit) f Cut AfiAtn, Ag f Af An jaC Aon
CAoib T>e'n ootAn. -Ace x>o 01 An botAf pern CAtn conf aC ctoCAC,
A^uf bi fpntiitteAC A5 fdoeAt) Ain, do toic Aguf "oo t)Att fuite
tid n-OAome "oo 01 A5 fiubAt Ann.
/Aguf nion bpAt)A 50 bpACAit) me peAf. 65 tutmAf tAiruf AniAC
forhAm, Ag 5ADA1I ah botAn mAn "oo bi me pern. Agup ConnAic
me An c-ogAnAC fo A5 feAfAtii 50 mime cum An puDAif cinm 00
bi -o'A fei-oeA'O An An mbotAn •oo Cumntc "o'a fuitib. Ajuf 00
bi An botAn Com n-Aimneit> A^uf Com ctoCAC fin gun tuic fe
Anoif A^uf Anif mAn bi re A5 fiubAt. Aguf An uAif t>eifeAnnAC
"oo tuic fe nion feAt) fe eini$e no 50 "ocAim^ mife Com pa-oa
teif, Aguf tugAf mo tArii t)6 gun tog me An a t)A Coif Anif e,
Aguf -oubAifc me teif 50 f Aib fiiit AgAm nAC fAib fe gofcuijte.
"O'ffeAgAin feifeAn t>e bniAtnaib bmne btAfCA nAC nAib fe 5on-
cuijte 50 mOf, aCc 50 naib pAicciof Aif nAC "ocuicpAt) pe 50
"oeineAt> a Aifcin An L& fin, mAf t>o bi An botAn Coin "S^V0 A^>UV
Com cnuAit) fin. Aguf "o'fiAffuig mife "be An fAT>A "oo bi te "out
Aige. "OubAifc feifeAn nAn bfA-OA, aCc guf miAn teif "out 50
bAite-m0j\ x>o bi CO15 mite AmAC uAinn, fut tAmig An oTOCe Ain,
Oif but) miAn teif nut> te n'lte, Aguf teAbuit), fA$Ait, Aguf gAn
An oi"OCe x>o CAiteAm Atnuij Af An mbotAn fiAt)Ain fin.
/Aguf nuAif CuAtAit) me fin •oo bi lonjjAncAf ofm, Oif bi "0A
uAin "oe'n tA A5Ainn fof, noim tuit>e ua jfCine, Agtif b'ponuf x»o
•Ouine a\< bit "oo bi Com tutmAn tAnsin teif An OgAnAt fin CU15
mite "oo fiubAt m f An Am fin, T>A bf Agf A"6 fC An •Of oCbotAf Aguf
•oA fiubAtf At) fe Af An mACAine b]\eA$ f.6it> "oo bi te n-A tAoib ;
Aj;uf -oubAifc mC fin teif:
" t1A biot) lon^AncAf oj\c pum-fA," a "oeif fC, " Oin ni fCi-oif
te "oume An bit in fAn cif feo An bbtan fAjbAit; Com ctoCAC
cnApAC cop f AC A$uf acA An botAn, CAitpit) -oume p AnAmAinc Ainj
3879
AN ALLEGORYo
Douglas Hyde, LL.D.
(Translated by Norma Borthwick.)
The 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 unknown
country, such that I wa 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 ohe
dry dust that was being blown on the road. And the road was
so uneven and so stony tha 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 frn till I raiset
him up on his feet again, and I said to him nat 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 clay yet before sunset, and it would be easy
for anybody who was so active and strong as that young man
to walk 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 plain,
3880 VAit-pseAt:
tTlA fAgAnn p6 An botA|\ te puibAl a\\ An machine bpe-sig peiT),
iocpAit) f£ Af 50 5^Af. CA Luce gAfOA Af An mbotAp fo Ajuf
An n-vnle botAf m fAn cip feo, fAi$"oiupAit) mopA "oubA. 1r iao
nA rAi 5*01 iin Ait) reo ~oo nmne 5A6 Aon bbCAf Ann fan cin reo Aj;uf
if otc "oo •ninneA'OAn iat>, Ate mA pAgAnn "ouine cuipf eAt An botAf
te fiubAl An An mACAine, teAncAp e teif An ngAfOA T>ub ro, A^ur
beinit) Ain, Aguf ciomAini"o fbmpA e, 50 scuifpio An An mbotAp
AWV &> 5An buroeAtAf t)6."
" Ace," An fA mife teif An fCf AiufeAf, " m p£it)ip 50 bpuit An
oineAt) fin T>e fAigxnufAib "oubA An 5AC Aon botAn m fAn cin te
tuCc fiubAtcA nA mbotAn 00 rmAccujAX) Ajuf -oo fAfugAt) niAn
fin. TIaC mbionn luCc-fitibAleA nA mbotAn nior loniA'OAriilA 'nA
An gAfOA "oub ro, Ajur nAC bfeAT)fAt) fiAt> An tdm uACCAif pAjAil
oppA, Aguf bnifeAt) AfceAC, m a n-Aiifioeom, An An mACAine min
Atumn fin, Aj;uf gAn pAUAmAinc An An mbotAn gpAnnA pu"OAfAC
poll-lionrhAf ro ? "
" 'O'fGA'opAroip fin "beAiiAm 50 cmnce," Af fAn pcpAinpe\Ap,
•" tip bionn fiCe feAp lAioip Af An mbotAf 1 n-AjATb An Aon g^fOA
ArhAm, aCc acA fopc T)pAoi*eAtcA fgAptA A5 An ngApoA oub, Ann
fAn fptip of cionn nA mbotAn, Aguf if "061$ teif An tucc-fitibAil
nAt bf mt Aon neAfc aca nA bbitfe "o'p AgbAit, A^up cap tip gAt
*Olt AJ,Up "OOtAlp AgUf T)OtA1f "o'a OCAJAnn OffA Ann fnA ftlgtlb
miLtceAtA mAlluijte peo, ni't An cpoioe nA aw cof Aifce aca iat>
•o'f A^bAit, A^uf if "0615 gun Ab 6 fm mAp $eAll Af An Tip AOTbeACc
•oo fgAp nA "OAome oubA. -ACc if 6 An puo if longAncAije aca
uile, nAC bfuil in fAn gcuio if mo oe nA f AijoiufAib feo aCc
cofriitnteACcA fAigoiiipAiO ; if pjAiliOe gAn bpig gAn fubfCAmc
iao, Ate if 0615 te ItiCc-fitibAlCA nA mbotAp gun fuit A$up peoit
iat), A^uf 50 loicpio fiAO An Duuie fAgf Af An bbtAf te n-A gcuio
Afm."
X)o fiubtAmAf Af Af n-A$Ait) te C&ile Ann fin, *j niof bfAT)A
50 fAbAmAf Com fAfingte fin guf b'^igin "ouinn fuit)e fiof a^ au
mbotAf, Ajuf 00 goitt An CAfC Aguf An ctnpfe ofnAinn 50 mof.
"OubAifc 1116 Ann fin teif An 05A11AC, " tli b6mn Corii "oonA fo x>&
mbeit "oeoC uifge AgAm."
" Ua cobAf bpeAg fiof-uifse," ATJubAifc f6, " pA bun cfAinn
bfeA^ ObAtt, ceAtpAriiA mile AniAC nfiriiAinn, aCc ca f6 Af An
CAoib Afcij oe'n CtAit)e, m fAn mACAipe, Aguf ni -otifoeAnnAt 6
•oul torn fAOA teif."
Ate "oo goitt An CAfC ofm Com mop fin 50 ntmbAipc m6,
" CAidt) tn6 6L Af, x>& mAp boCAi-be Af An mbimit) m6. Ufebf ui$
m6 50 oci An cobAf fo." UAimg fAicciof a\\ An os^nAt, Aguf
•oubAipc f6, ■* 1f i mo CovhAip Le t)uic gAn out Ann, Ate mA 'p
6igeAn ouic, ni bAcpAit) m6 tu. ^AgpAit) m6 00 CuioeAtCA nuAif
An Allegory i 3881
I.e will pay for it severely. There are guards on this road and
on every road in this country — great black 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 cannot be so many
black soldiers on every road in the country as to repress and
overcome the people who' 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
misery 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,
Irish Lit. Vol. 10— I
3882 i^it-rs&a.
tiucpAp me com pAt>A teip An cobAf. IttAfb cu pem, mi'f miAn
teAC ; aCc m mApb6CAi"o cu mif e."
T)'eifi5eAmAf Ann fin, Agtif fiubtAmAf te ceite, 50 bpACAtnAf
cfAnn tnot\ AXumn aj; eifige Af An mACAife, cimciott piCe peifpe
AfceAC o'n mbocAf . CiiAit) me ftiAf An bAff An ctAit>e x>o bi An
tAoib An botAif , Aguf ConnAic me cobAf gtan gte-geAt piof-uipse
•o'a rgeiteA'd AmAC pA bun An CfAinn AfT> Atumn, Aguf ConnAic
me btAtA bAnA Aguf ubtA beAgA Aguf ubtA teAC-Apui"d Aguf ubtA
mon a "oeAngA tAn-Apui-6, Ag pAp te Ceite An An gcfAnn fin. Ace
■oo bi An oineA*o fin "oe fmACc Aguf "oe fgAnnfA-o An "OAoinib nA
cine fin nAn bAineAt) oineAt) Aguf Aon ubAtt aca, Aguf bA tein
■OAm, An An bpeAf pA"OA pApArhAit "oo bi CAfc cimCiott An cobAin
CAotti-AUnnn fin, uaC TDcAimg Aon -oume 1 n-Aice teif te n-ot.
Ace nuAin ConnAic nure An meat) fin x>o geic mo CfOTde 1 tAf
mo cteib, Aguf "oubAinc me '5 Of-Afo, " t)Ainpi-o me cum "oe nA
h-ubtAib fin Agup otpAit) me mo "OotAin "oe'n cobAf fin, mA 'fe
An bAf acA 1 tToAn "OAm."
Aguf ^eif f1tl "o'einig me *oe teim Aif-o eAT>cf om AenAC T)e bAff
An ctAi"6e-ceof Ann Aguf AfceAC An ah mACAife min Attnnn. -Aguf
ntJAin connAic An c-ogAnAC An nit) fin,1 *oo teig fe ofnA Af, oin
bA "6615 teif 5«f b'e mo bAf "oo bi me "0*a coftngeAccs
-Aguf nuAif CA11115 mife teAt-beAtAig iT»in An gctAi-oe Aguf
An cobAf; "o'einij fAij^iiin "nub, mAn beit AffACc Ai-ObeAt un-
gn auua, fUAf, Af An bpeAf fAxyAy Aguf -oo tog fe ctAnieAm mon
te mo CeAnn t»o fgotCAt), mAn fAdt me: xXguf •oo CuAtATb me
Af mo ctit An fSfeA-o t»o cwf An c-ogAnAC Af An mbotAf Af, te
ceAun-pAicCiof, tliof tu§A 'nA fin An pAicciof t>o bi ofm fem,
oif m fAib Afm Af bic A^Am te mo CofAinc: -Ace *oo Cfom me
Af CtoiC niAit moif "oo bi pA mo Coif, Com mof te mo ■Oofn pein,
Aguf tug me co§a «f CAif "oe'n CtoiC fin teif An f Aij'oiuf Ait>-
beAl. T)o btiAit An CtoC e, mAf f Aoit me, 1 jceAfc-tAf a eA-o^m,
Aguf Cuato fi Am<xC CfiT) A CeAnn, AifiAit Aguf nAC fAib Ann aCc
fgAite. Aguf Af An moimiT) niof teif *OAm Cfut nA cumA An
CfAijtuufA, aCc -oo bi fnt) 5An cfut Ann ArhAit ftAm "oe'n Ceo,
A^uf -oo teAg An ceo fin, Aj;uf no f£Ap fe Ann fAn fp6if, Ajuf
m fAib "OA-OAit) eA"OfAim-fe Agnf An cobAf. tins me Ann fin
nAC f Aig'oiuf nA peAf cogAit) "oo bi Ann, aCc ftfo bfeA^AC 7 fgAite
•oo finneA*0 te ■OfAOi'OeACc, Ctim nA n"OAome x>o fSAnnfugAt) o'n
cobAf. CuatO me 50 x>ci An c-uifge Ag«f niof bAC ftit) a\\ bit
eite me. CfomAf Af An uifge Agup -o'otAf mo f Ait t>e, Aguf *oAf
tiom-fA 50 f Aib fe Com mAit te pion: t)Ain me ubAtt mOf -oeAfg
•oe'n CfAnn Ann fin Aguf "o'iceAf 6,- Agup x>o bi fe Com mitif
im' b^At te mit. tlwAtf ConnAic me fin, gtAOtJ me Af An dgAnAC
o>guf -oub^ift; me teif " ceACc Af c« ac cugAm, oif nAC fAib t)AX)Ai"d
An Allegory. 3883
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, that 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 apples, 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.
And when I came half-way between the ditch and the well, a
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.
And on the instant the appearance and shape of the soldier
were dim 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.
Then I knew that he was not a soldier nor a warrior, but an
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 great fear, and'
he made for the well. He drank his fill out of it, and he ate
3884 ^Ait-p^eAl!
te n-A bACAt>;" Corn tt*At Agup tuj; pe fin pi "oeApA; t&inij; p£
pein ApceAC tAp -An ^clAibe, A^up e p-A eAgtA mop, Agup pmn pe
Af» An cobAp. "O'ot pe a fAit Ar, Agup "o'lt pe a fAit "oe nA
n-ublAib, Ajup fineAtnAn piAp te ceite An An bpeAp bpeAg bos,
Ajup topuigeAiriAp A5 CAinc. -A^up "o'piAppuig me "66 Ainm nA
cipe -pin, " oin " a^ p a mipe leip, " ip 1 An cip ip lonjAncAige "o'-d
bpuit An An "oorftAn 1."
tJopAig fe Ann fin aj mnpmc p^entA nA trine pm T>Am, Agup
"oubAipc fe, " C-a An cip feo 'nA b-oileAn, Agup "oo CputAig T)ia
i Aimng Ann fAn Ai^em iftbip Af An CAOib piAp "oe'n •ooriiAn, An
aic a gAbAnn An gpiAn cum a teAptAn Ann fAn oibCe. -Ajjup 1f
i An cin if -Aitle Agup ip stAipe A$up ip nine i -o'a bpuit p-A'n
ngnem. Agup "oein cupA gup cip longAncAC i, aCc m tmjjeAnn
en leAt A b-ion^AncAif 50 poilt; Agup cA cpi AmmneACA uippi,
t)AnbA A^uf 'Po'OtA Agup £hpe."
tluAin CuAtAib me pm, "oo tug me teim, Agup buAit me mo
CeAnn te 5eA5.AU "oe'n CpAnn, mAp pAoit me, — A$up buipig me.
-Agup Ap bpopjAitc mo fuite bAm, piu"o me mo luibe Ap An
gclAibe Ap tAoib An bbtAip, i*oip t)Ait-At-cUAt Agup t)btAp-nA-
bptngne, Agup mo CApA "ChApmuiT) X)An '5 Am' pAtAb 1 m' e^pnA-
CAib le mAiT)e. " 'S mitiT» x>uic beit "out A-bAite," AT>eip pe.
" OpA a "OiApmni-o," Ap pA mipe, " nA bAm tiom. Hi pACAib
uiac mAtAp ApiAm a teiteiT) "o' Aiptmg Aj;up ConnAic mipe."
-Agup teip pm "o'mnip me mo bpionjlbiT) t>o, 6 tup 50 "oeipeAb.
" PTlAipeAb ! mo gpAb tu," -Ap fA "OiApmuiT), nuAip bi me peib,
" Ajup b' piop "oo bpiongtoit). f Aib Ajup pile tu," A"oeip pe.
" Oonnup fin ? " a\\ ?a mipe, " mim$ bAm e."
" 1p a^ tAtArh nA n-6ipeAnn "oo bi cu -^ayi aou AmpAp," Ap xA
ThApmui'o, " aCc "do bi cu A5 y^u^Al, mAp ca ua ?i-€ipeAnnAi$
uile A5 piubAt, A1^ ua bbitpib "oo pinne ua Sacpauaij te n-A gcuit)
■otigte Ajup te n-A gcui-o pAipiun pem, Agup pm boitpe uac pei-oip
te 5Ae'°eAl' piuDAl oppA 5An cmpliujAb Agup gAU cuicim, -$An
■ooCAp Agup 5An ■ootdp. ACz mA CpeigeAnn piA-o botAp An
cSACpApAtAip AJUp AU "DeAptACAip, Aglip 1A"0 "OO but ApCeAC Af
a mACAipe bpeAg peupnhAip pem m beit' piAX) aj; piubAt 50 cpuAib
a\\ ipeA'd An tAe lomtAin, mAp An c-6ipeAnnAC bote pin ■oo ConnAic
cur-A, le leAbuib Agup le ptnpeAp "©'pAgAil pAn oibce ; acc ■oo
pACAi*oip pA ^6 niop pAix>e, 1 leAt ah AniA. Agup An cobAp piop-
t,1PSe P1T1 "oo ConnAic cu, An cobAp uaC leigpeAb ua gApTiAib
■oubA pm "oo ua "OAomib -o'ol Ap, uaC -ocuigeAnn cu gup cobAp
ua slAn-^Aebeitse e pm, A^up cia be CipeAnnAC blpAp "oeoC atc,
bionn pe mAp pion in a beAl, "o'a neApcugAb Agup "o'a pionn-
fuAj\Ab. xXsup An pAigtuup T»ub pin "o'eipig i*oip tupA Asup cpAnn
t)A n-ubAll, b' e pin An pAipiun SacpauaC, A5up nuAip buAit cu
An Allegory. 3885
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 country 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 Boharnabreena,
and my friend Dermot " Ban " 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
3886 Ua*5 5^bA:
e "o'lmti^ fe Af AriiAfC mAf ce6, <3if ageAnn nA fAifitim mAf ced,
A5Uf mi cofnAnn "oume 6 fern offA imtigeAnn fiAT> mAf ce6
Afif« ^5«f n-A btAtA b&n&, Aguf nA ti-ubtA, t>o connAic cu Af
An gcfAnn Afo Alumn, fin 6 An cofAt) aca Ag fAf Af rfiACAife
nA 5Ae*Al-c<x<;;c^j ^5ur m& fAgAnn ha 5Ae"0eil nA boicfe in Af
CU1f «A SACfAnAlg 1AT) le "OUt AfCeAC Af A -OCAlAril fein AfA, nA
n-ubtA fin nAf blAf fiAT) te "6a ceAT> bliA"bAn bAinfi"6 fiA"OfAfif
50 ciug 1AT); Aguf A5 fin "owe Anoif, a CfAoibin, mAf mini $im
fe -o'Aifting," Af fe.
" til' AiiAm a "Oia, a "OiAfmuiX)," a^ fA mife, " ni't "oo f ArhAil
•oe mimgceoif a\^ CAlArii nA b-6ifeAnn, Aguf An ceAt) AifUng eile
beit>eAf AgAtn if cujyVo-fA tiucfAf me. 1f feAff 'nA "OAniel cu.
tJfOfcuij ofc Atioif ^stif benimiT) A5 "out A-bAile»'s
CA^5 5AtlAl
CxMt»1T)tt 1.
t)i Ca-Cj Ua t)f oin 'nA gAbA, A^uf bi a ceAfocA Af CAOib An
bocAif 1 n-Aice le "OfoiceA-o nA 5eA"°A1$eJ "oeic mite 1 "ocAoib
tiA^ "oo C1II xVifne.
CeAfOAige mAit -oo b'eAt) Ua-O^. tli fAib 'nA pAffbifoe fein,
nA b'fei'oif 1 5CiAffAit>e, feAf "oo b'feAff a cuiffeAt) cfii-o fA
CApAll nA clAf Af ceACTDA. Ace mAf fin fein, ni f Aib CAt>5 jAn
a loc'OAib f£m. 1f T)6ca nAf tAini^ fiArii Ia AonAij nA mAfgAit)
nA feicfi-t>e Ua-Oj a\\ ffATO C1II Aifne, Aguf if fo-AnnAm a bi
fe ax; ceACc AbAite cfAtnonA gAn fteit fugAC 50 leof, no b'fei'oif
a\k meifge. T)a n"oeAffA"6 Aon'ne te Ua*05 Af mAi'oin tAe An
AonAig, " An bfuitif A5 -out 50 Citt -Aifne intnu, a Cai-Oj ? " 'fe
An ffeA5fA a jeobA-O f6, " Hi feA'OAf," no " t>'feiT>if -Oom " —
'f An Am c£A"onA A5 buAtAt) buitte x>a CAftif A\i An lAffAnn no A]\
An mneom, Corn mAit if t>a mbeAt) fe A5 f At), " 1f mof aca fiof
UAIC."
tluAif a bi Ia An ii'iAfjAit) Ann bi 'fif A5 ^At uite 'Oume goe
fAib gno Ai^e Af An gceAfotAin 50 mb'foeAff -06 fuifeAC fA bAit
•oa mbAt) rriAic teif a jnO beic x>^at\za 1 gceAfc. If lonrbA fgcvxt
SfeAnnrhAf a bi Af fUAi"0 nA pAffOifoe amceAlt UAiiij ^5»f a
Curo oibfe mAit>m tAe AonAig, mAf Af cuif fe cAifngei mbeo, tA,
1 j;cApAll SeAgAin teit, Aguf mAf Af pott fe Af mof -ocuAtAt
ctAf a bi Ai$e "OA c«f Af ceACT>A te 'OomnAll t]A t)fuijin.
Tim the Smith. 3887
go 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 Gaeldom, 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 CtuoitMn, how I
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 next 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 James Doyle. Translated by Mary Doylb.
Tim O'Byene was a smith, and his forge was on the side of
the road close to Giddagh Bridge, ten miles west of Killarney.
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 clay that Tim was not seen in the
streets of Killarney, 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 Killarney 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
put a nail in the quick in a horse of Jack Liah, and how he
bored altogether wrong a board he was putting in a plow for
Daniel Breen.
3888 Ca*>5 "5ax>a:
fji feinmeoin beAj; 'ua bomnAit>e i mt)eAl ua 5eAt)A15e "O^nb
Ainm "oo tTlibeAl Cnbn, acc nion cu^A-b niAm Ain Abe tTlibeAl nA
gCleAf. T)& mbeAt> Aon jtio 45 tTlibeAl nA gCleAf An An sceAfo-
bAin ni fAfoCAt) Aon Ia "bo "out Ann .Abe La An AonAig no An IA
50 nAib 'fiof Aige 50 nAib UAt>5 A5 -out 50 CHI /dinne no 50 Oil
OfslAn.
SAn Am fo bio"6 mAf5Ab Oil Aifne An An SACAfn Aj;uf bio*b
AonAC Ann An bbA-o t-UAti "oo'n rhi, niAn aca Anoif.
ITlAi'oin lAe AonAig bi tTlibeAl A5 An gceAfobAm bun fnbmini
'pA$Ail T>A mucA, Agur bonnAic re tiA nAib pumn le -obAnArii a$
UAt>5.
" 1r "ooca, Uai^s," npA tTlibeAl, " 50 mberd cu An ah
AonAC."
" tJ'feiTnn -bom," AffA Cat^. " fji SeAmuf CAillmnA aj; nAb
tiom m-oe 30 mbbA-b re A5 j;a Ail roin cmiceAll An c-Aon uAin
•oeAg, -J "oa mbA-b rhAit liom T>ul leif 50 bfAigmn mAncArbeAbc
UA1t>."
" tTlA'f xr\A\\ rm aca An fgeAl," AnfA tTlibeAl, ' ni I Aon ifiAie
■bom mo 66a6x>a a bneiC AnuAf ctm e 'bun 1 •ocne •."
" Tli'l, 50 •oeimm ; CAim jau juaI, A^ur cAieri-b m "oul a
•o'iAnnAi"b beA^Ain 5UA1I A$uf A-bbAn lAnnAmn."
nuAin a bi tTlibeAl t\a gCleAr A5 "oul a bAile "oo CAf fb ifceAb
Cun age pmb O15, feinmeoin beAg eile bi 'tiA bomnArbe 1 n-Aice
\e tTlibeAl rem.
" Ca nAOAir, a tilicil ? " AnfA piUb.
" fjiof A5 An gceAfobAin A5 fbAbAmc An mbeA-b An gAbA uIIaii'i
1 mbAnAb bun pionnAi 'cun mi' bnACA. Vji UA-bg A5 caCauc onm
e 'bun bulge in-oiu mAn ni nAib mbfAn le -oeAnAtn Aige."
" 1lAb bptnl fe A5 -oul 50 Oil -Ainne ? "
" CuaIa b A5 $&•<) 50 mbbAt) lAbAll Ain An c-AfAl a bun 50 Oil
OfglAn a -o'lAn^Ai-b beAgAn 5UA1I."
" 1f mAi; Horn 51m gAbAif irceAb bujAm. "biof A5 cahic le
~C&?>-5 AtnugA-b mx)e, Agur 're ■outiAinc reliom ua bbA-b Am Aige
Aon ni a -bbAnAtn lem' tbAb-OA 50 "oci "Oia CbA'OAOin feo bugAmn.
CA An Aimpn A5 fleAtiinugAt) uAim Ajuf gAn pumn -obAncA AgAtn.
'Se if feAfp -bom a -bbAnArii mo bb bx>A a bfeit bulge Anoif b ca
caoi as An ngAbA. Hi bei-b Aon'ne Ag ceAbc tuige in-om."
"Oo -beAfg tTlibeAl a piopA, Aguf -o'lmcig fe Aif a bAile.
tluAif T)'fA5 tTlibeAl An ceAfobA, Aguf b ua |\aio aoh ni eile le
•obAiiAm A5 CA-bg cuAit) fb ifceAb bun b fbm a beAffAt) 1 a
glAUAb 1 scorhAin An AonAij. til fAib fb aCc leAt-beAfftA niiAif.
■oo btun pilib a beAnn ifceAb An -oof.vf A5 f At), " t)Ail b "Oia
Annf o. '
" TDia 'f tlluife -buic," AffA Za-os, aCc ni b n-A Cforbe, niAf bi
Tim the Smith. 3889
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 would be going to Killarney
or Killorglin.
At this time the Killarney 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, Tim," says Mick, "you'll be at the fair?"
" Maybe I would," says Tim. " James Tailor was telling me
he would 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 Killarney?"
"I heard him say that he should send the donkey to
Killorglin 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 home. 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."
"God 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.
244
3890 Ca-Os 5a5a:
cuAifim xMge nAf cAmi^ pitib $au gno ; ~ if "oCCa 50 bf uitif aj;
•OUl Of AH CffAlT)."
" tli'tim, 50 "oeimm ; cA a mAtAifc T>e 5116 A^Am 'nA ffAioig-
eACc," AffA pitib.
" 1f ionr6A La bero cu Af CAOib An ceAtnpAitt, a "pilib."
" 1TIA 'feAt) fern, 'fe if ceAfc "oom mo "oiCeAtt a "oeAnAm An
pATO ACAim An An rAogAt fo, i Anoif bAt) mAic tiom "OA gcuifpea
mo c6ac"oa 1 *ocfeo "OAm. Cim nAC bpuit cu f6-gnoCAC."
'" 1f CfUAg tiom, a pitib, nAC fei"oif Horn Aon ni a "oeAiiArii
text' CeAC"OA m"oiu — ni't Aon guAl AjAm, Aguf cA lACAtt ofm "out
50 Citt Aifne "6A iAffAi"6."
" tli gAbA-o "6U1C Aon cfiobtoit) a beic one mAf geAtt Ain ftn ;
cA mAitin jjuAit fA cfucAitt AgAm."
" "OfoC-CfiC one pern if tdo CeACoA," AffA Ca*&5 pA n-A piAC-
tAib. " Ca"o ca te *o6AnAm An t>o c6a6"oa, a pitib ? "
" UA ctAn a cun Ain, cfUAro a Cuf An An f oc, -j 6 'cun beAgAn
fA broth UeApcuigeAnn beAgAn cfUAroe o bAnn An CottAif i
CAicpif botcA nuA a "oeAnAm •oo'n fACA."
" Hi l Aon cnuAit) AgAm aCc Aon fmuicin AriiAm a geAltAr a cun
An nAnn-Aicm "oo SeAgAn SeAmuif," AffA An gAbA.
" UA tAn mo *66tAin cfUAi-oe AgAm-fA fA bAite," AffA pilib.
" t)i-re A5 bAinc An cfeAn-CtAif ■oo'n c6act>a ; beAT>-]\A An n-Aif
teip An jjcnuAi-b gAn moilt."
" t)u"6 mAit tiom, "oa mb'peroif Horn e, t»o gno a "oeAnAm uroiu,
acc t>o fgoil cor m'iiifo nt>e nuAif a biof Ag cun iAf Ainn An n oc
te SeAgAn t)ne^c, Aguf bei"6 lACAtt onm cof iiua Cun Ann. "Dior
Cun cor a bneic AbAite tiom in"om o'n AonAC."
feAn beAg CAnncAfAC "oo b'eAt) pmb O5. ConnAic fe 50 mAic
gun a •o'lAnnAi'o teit-fgeit "oo "oeAnAtfi "oo bi Ca-Os 5a0a> ASur
bi a CoCAt A5 einje.
" 'Se mo CuAimm, a UAi-bg," An feifeAn ^a "oeineA*, " uaC
bruit Aon fonn one m'obAin x»o -oeAnArii. t)A"6 Coin 50 mbCAt)
mo Cui-o Air-5i"o-re Com mAic te bAinseAt) Illicit ua ^CteAf, acc
Cim nAC mAn fin acA au fgeAt, Aguf 6 cA mo Cop An An mboCAf
cA gAibne eite 'fA pAfn6irt>e Com mAiC teAC-fA."
" DCau xyo no$A fu-o ; ni'tim-fe a' bnAic Af "oo Cuit) AifgiT), a
fjAnnn oif ! t)eif te^c -oo feAn-CeACt)A pe Aic if mAit teAC,'t
Anf' au gAbA;
" 1f mAic e mo buit>eACAf, a tAroj ; aCc if -061$ tiom 50
mb'feAnf t)uic fAnAiiiAinc 'fA bAite 'nA beit in' niAi-ofin tACAige
Af ffAi-o Citt ^ifne, A5 CAiceAm -oo Cot)' Aifjro *i tdo ftAince."
" 1f cumA -ouic-fe, 1 n-Ainm An "oiAbAit ! Hi be x>o Curo AifSix)-
fe a bim A5 CAiceAm, a fpfiuntCigin. t)'fei"oif uaC 6 sac Aon
§aDa beAt) Com bog leAC if biof-fA as "oeAnAm cfuit)te •oo'O*
Tim the Smith. 3891
"You'll be many a day beside the church, Phil."
"Even so, 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 Killarney
for it."
" 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 I'll 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 Killarney, 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.
3892 Ca*s 'Saga.
feAn-gfogA Af "oo bAiliugA* feAn-iAffAmnr 1mfci§ leAC Anoif;
A^Uf b'peiT)1f 50 fAgtA feAn-CfUt) CApAltt Af a' mbbtAf," AJJUf
teif fin t>o "bun UAbg An *oofAf.
£)i pitib A5 ciif T)e gun bAin fe AtYiAb ceAfoCA An'o-A'-Cunsin.
t)'e An gAbA bi 1 n-^fo-A'-Ctuigin feAf 65 a bi CAtnAll niAic 6
foin 'n-A pfincifeAb as Ua*5 gAbA. 6 "o'frAg fe ^Abj; bi fe
CAniAlt t>a Aimfif 1 gCofCAij 1 btiA"bAin no "bo 1 nAtbAin. t)uAb-
Aill ciAllrhAf "oo bi Ann 1 ceAfOAibe niAic. eogAn 11 a tAogAine
•oo b'Amm "ob: 11i fAib mbfAn fAilce Aige fom'i pitib nuAif t>o
ConnAic re e A5 ceACc, Agtif ni mo 'iia fin bi Aige noitmr nuAif
TMimif piUb -ob Af An gcAirrmnc "00 bi i*oin e rem -j An reAn-
"OnbAinc An j;AbA 05 le piUb 50 fAib eAgtA Ain nA beAb caoi
Aige An Aon ni x>o •beAnAm le n-A ceAb"OA 50 x>ci -oeineAb nA
feAbcriiAine. tliof niAic teif piUb "o'eiceAb, acc bi fCiil Ai$e ha
beA* pitib rAfCA le peiteArii corn fA"0A rm Agur 50 mbbAb fe
A5 bneit a CeACoA teif An n-Aif 50 "oci UAbg no 50 "oci gAbA
615m eite, Abe ni fAib Aon mAifc bo Ann.
" pAgrATt-r-A Annro mo CeACoA," AnrA pmb, " t)A mb'eigeAn
•com puineAb teir 50 ceAnn coij;ti"bir b 'irom, t tAf eir An Aoi*oe
beit a ruAineAf b tA"bs 5ADA AT1 ^a fo ni bAogAl x>b 50 bf At
Anif pitijinn uAim-fe."
" Anoif, a pitib," Anf a eogAn, " za a fiof asaz 50 mAit hac
bptnl UAbg nb-bui-beAb "biom-fA 1 -ocAoib ceACc Annro, Aguf
ni'tim a f.A*b acc An pifinne nuAif a t>eifim 50 mb'feAff Horn 50
mbtt nA rAgrA-rA ceAfoCA UAibg bun ceACc cun mo CeAfoCAn-fA."
" An An fifinne if con a f At a beit," Aff a pitib, " aCc -oeinim
teAc munA mbeA"6 Aon -$aX)a eite Af fo 50 CAtAin CofCAige ha
fAigeAt) CAbg 11a tDnom Aon ni le "oeAnAm uAim-fe."
t)i a fbAfun fbm A5 eo$An 11a tAo$Aine. tli fAib do CtAinn
as "Ca^s ^AbA aCc Aon m$eAn AmAin. tli fAib fi aCc 'n-A geA^f-
CAite as "out Af fsoit nuAif "oo bi eojAn 'n-A fDfincifeAC A5 a
tiAtAif . t)i fi AnA-CeAnAmAit a\k eojjAn, Agur niof b'Aon longnAb
6. "btiACAitt 5fA-bniAf fubAitceAC -oo bi Ann ; nion breAff teif
beib 'meAfg buACAitti eite mAf e fern 'nA beit 1 Uf f5ACA pAifOi
Aguf gteb aca "oo CuinreAb AttAibin ofc. 1TlAf geAtt Aif feo ni
fAib teAnb 'fA bAite sAn oeit ceAnArhAit A\y ah ngAbA 05, Aguf
bicoAf 50 teif 50 bAn-UAigneAC nuAif "o'f Ag fe UA-bg "Ua Dfoin;
t)A mb An c-uAigneAf *oo bi Af Heilti big a' jAbA 'nA Af Aon'ne
eile nuAif -o'lmtig eo$An, Ajuf CAom fi 50 finjeAC 'nA biArb.
"O'fAf Heitti fUAf 'n-A cAitin "oeAf jfAfCAinAit. "Oo CAitteA* a
mAtAif nuAif bi fi feACc mbtiA"bnA "oeAg -o'Aoir, Aguf b bAf a
mAtAf 'fi neitti bi mAf beAn-cige Ag Ca-o^, Agur ni mifoe a f a*>
50 fAib fi 'n-A mnAOi-ci$e niAic. 11i fAib Af pobAt nA UuAite
Tim the Smith. 3893
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 Tirn
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 anything 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 you, that if there
was not another smith from this to the city of Cork, Tim
O'Byrne 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'Byrne. 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 flock who had a prettier stocking than Nelly's
3894 Ca*>5 5*»a.
feaf bA "oeife fcocA 'nA AtAif tleiili, Ajuf Af fon 50 fAib Ca*>5
'n-A $AbA, Ajuf gAn Cf oiceAnn f 6-§eAl Aif, ni fAib leine An Cf A5-
AifC f£m niof gite 'nA a I6me Af mAi"om T)ia "OomnAig.
1f beA$ An c-ion^riAt!) nuAif CA11115 eojAn 11a tAojAife AbAile
50 n"oubAifc f6 leif fein 50 mbeAt) Tleiili 05 mAf mnAOi Aige,
^5t1f 1f ^oig Uom 30 fAib fife Af An AigneAt) C6&t>y\a, aCc niof
mAf fin T>o'n cfeAn-$AbA. Tli f Aib Aon "oeAbAt) Aif cun cleAtnnAif
T>o "oeAnAm "6a mjm, mAf bi a pof Ai$e 50 mAit 50 mbeAt) fe
An-leAtlAmAC jAn Tleiili, acc 1 n-A AigneAt) pein bA"d mAit leif,
t)A mbeAt) fonn pbfCA uiffi, 50 mbeAt) SeAmuf OilliufA mAf
CtiAtfiAin Aige.
t)i peif.ni beAg CAlriiAn aj SeAmuf, aCc bA mmice 6 SeAmuf
•^5 An jceAf.'ocAin, a piop 'n-A beAl Aij;e Aguf 6 A5 feiT>eAt>
nA mbuH.5 "oo'ti jAbA, 116 a' buAlAt) t)6 nuAif "do bi Ca"05 as cuf
cfUAit) An nAinn no A5 T)eAnArii Cfut) *oo CApAill, -j, An nor tAit>5
fein, bi An-x>tiit Aige 1 f f Ai-oit)eACc. t)i cfi f AbAilini bo Aige Aguf
cupiA cotpAC, i ia"o 50 tein An CO5A1I An teACc r\& tTIAfCA. Hi
nAib pilib 1 bpA"o CAn eif imCeACcA nuAin t>o bi SeAmuf CAilliufA
Aguf a tfucAiii A5 "oonAr An $AbA.
" t)puil cu ullArii, a tArog ? " Aff a SeAmuf;
" CArni 1 njionnAcc -oo," AffA UAt>5 ; " ni't ASAtn le "oeAnArii
acc mo bno^A *oo Cun onm. t)nofcuij one, a Tleiili ; ca An bfoj;
fin mAit 50 lebf Anoif. Ca bpml mo CAnAbAc ? X\A bAC leir
a' fgAcAn. ^noir, a SeAmtnr, cAim uttArii."
" TIac bpuit ctifA a' ceACc linn, a Tleiili ? "
" Tli'um, a SeAmuif, 50 pbill ; b'pei'oin An bAll 50 nAgAinn
pem le coif tilAine Cnom, A^uf beit) a' c-a^aI AgAinn."
" 1p peAnf "bmc ceACc lmn-ne. "Oa olcAf mo CApAll, if fe^ff
6 'nA AfAilin TtlAife."
" 5° f^10 mAit A5AC, a SeAmuif. T)o $eAllAf t>o fhAife
fuifeAC lei. t)eAm 1 n-Am 50 leof 1 5C1II ^ifne ; ni'l puinn le
T)e<inAm AgAtn-fA Af An AonAC."
" t)eACA -Ouine a toil," AnfA Se\Amuf, Aguf An fiubAl le6.
tltiAif a bioTMn CAmAll be^5 Af a' mbotAf "oubAifC Ua"05 le
SeAmuf, " Af buAil pilib O5 umAC ? "
" tliOf bUAll ; CAT) 'n-A tAOb ? "
' t)i fe Annfo CAmAll beAj 6 f oin le n-A CeAC"OA. "Oo $eAllAf
t>6, ca feAtcniAin 6 foin, 50 mbeinn ullAm T)ia C^AOAom' ; aCc
ni \b6&?> fe fAfCA s&n ceACc CugAm Af mAitiin, Aguf me CAf eif
TtliCil nA gCleAf "oo leigmc Ab^ile niAf $eAll Af nA f Aib Aon $uaI
AgAtn. tji jaC fe feAt) A5Amn le 'n-A ceile 50 fAbAinAf AfAon
feAfg-AC. TD'Afomg pilib a CeAfOA leif, Aguf if x>6Ca nA t>ei-6
fCAt) leif 50 mbuAilfeAt) fe ceAf-oCA eogAmin Hi tAogAife."
" RAib TTliCeAl nA j;CleAf aj An gceAfoCAin Af mAToin mt)iu ? M
Tim the Smith. 3895
father, and though 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'Leary 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 shoes 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.
" I'm near it," says Tim. " 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 Killarney. 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 his plow. I promised him
a week ago that I should be 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 coal. We had
every second word with each other until we were both angry,
3896 Ua-os 5-Att43
" tlAC bf uitnn CAf eif a f A"6 teAC 50 f Aib Cun fu*o 615m 1)0
■OeAnAm te 'n-A CeAC"OA."
" t)iot) j;eAtt," Af f a SeAmuf " £Uf Ab 6 tlliCeAt ■oo cuif 1
gceAnn pilib ceACc cu^ac."
" .Af m'AnAtn -[ gAn ■OfoiC-ni Af m'AnAtn, 50 mb'pei'oif 50 bfuit
Ati ceAfc ajac, Aguf mA'f mAf fin aca An fgeAt nAfA fAT>A 50
bfAgAio TTHCeAt cofA-6 a -oeAg-oibfeACA. "OubAfc te TtliCeAt fein
ha fAib Aon guAt AgAm, Ajjuf tug pitib mAitin guAit 'n-A tfucAitt
teir. 5An ■AriifAf 'fe ITIiCeAt bun a' cubAifce."
" Hi Cuf pinn tAifif e."
" 1f "0615 tiom pern nA beAt) fe fAfCA gAn belt Ag "oeAnAm
miof5Ai-p irneAfg coriiAffAn," AffA Ca^Oj.
" 1f piof "ouic fin. Af CuAtAi*oif cat) t)o "oem fe An "OomnAtt
■Ruao ? £)i "OomnAtt Ag •out te foe 50 "oci ceAfoCA ha CeApAi^e
miAin tAmig TlliCeAt nA ^CteAf ruAf teir, Aguf e a$ "out a o'lApf-
A1"6 fAit rhonA o'n bpofCAC.
" ' CA bpuit cu A5 "out ? ' AffA miceAt.
" ' €Aim Ag *out teif reo 50 "oci An CeAn'OCA Cun e cuf btuine
beA5 'fA bpot). CAmAoro aj; cfeAbAt) pAifcin nA jCtoC, -| if
AnA-"OeACAin i tfeAbAt) te f oc aca beAgAn Af a bpo"o.'
" ' CaiC "oo foe 'fA cfuc.Aitt Ajjuf CAf ifceAC cu rein. 1f mdf
An ni Anfo nA mAfCArOeACcA.'
" ' go f Aib niAit AgAc, a Illicit ; Aguf b'f eroif 6 tAim teAt-
tAtfiAC 50 bpAgpA An f oc A5 An gceAfoCAin ; AbAif te ComAf 6
Ouf piof-beAgAn 'f a bpot).'
" ' "OeAiifAT) e fin Agtif pAitce,' AffA TTliCeAt, Aguf -o'lompuig
"OorimAtt T1uat> AbAite. .ACc cat> "oo "bem An cteAfAi"6e aCc a
f At) teif a' njAbA f oc "OomnAitt "oo Cun beA^An eite Af An bf Ox>, 1
fti£i"6 50 nAib a t&A6x)A 50 mof niof meAfA nA bi fe.
" La eite bi TTliCeAt a -o'lAff A1"6 rteAjjAin tAtt Af An n^ofc
mt)uioe. CAf fe ifceAC 1 n"oofAf 3eAmuif lilAoit. t)i SeAmuf
'n-A fuioe Af fcot Af AgArO An "oof Aif ifceAC A5 cuf cAoibin Af
a bfoij. 0 bi An tA 50 bAn-bfotAttAC, Aguf SeAmuf A5 cuf
AttAif Tie, T»o bAin fe "Oe fein a peifbic Aguf CfoC f6 Af CfucA
e 1 "OCAOib tiAf T»o'n T»of Af. "Oo "OeAfg tlliCeAt a piop A^uf bi
fe A5 gAbAit "oA Cui*o bfCAfCAitteACCA, niAf bA jnACAC teif. Op
eif teAt-iiAif no mAf fin vo -Ofuio fe fiof 1 n-Aice An oofAif.
t)'f An fe Ag An "oof Af CAtnAtt beAj; Aguf a tAin Af An teAt-oopAf .
"D'f eAC fe Af An ^CftiCA, A5 teiginc Aif 50 fAib nAife Aip. 'S
ArhtAit),' Af feifeAn, ' 00 cuif tTIAifie Anonn me f^ACAinc a tirAg-
Ainn lAfACc ha fu-OA fm (ah pei]\Dic) Cun ceAfc "oo Cuf A5 gof
Ann.'
' "Di SeAmuf IllAot Af "oeAf^-buite, Aguf tCun fe 'n-A fui-be,
aCc mA temi Di TTliCeAt imijte. "Oo CAit SeAmuf a CAfuf teif,
Tim the Smith; 3897
and I suppose he will not stop now until he reaches Owney
O'Leary's forge."
*' Was Tricky Mick at the forge this morning? "
M Am I not after telling you that he was, to get something
done to his plow."
" I'll 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
Eoe? 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.
He turned into the house of James the Bald. James was
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
3898 "Ca*>S 5a&a:
acc, 1 n-ionAT> tYliCit bo btiAtAtf leif An gCAffif, •o'Aimfi^ f^
cofcAn mbf bi Af lAfACc A5 a rhnAoi cun otlAn *oo "OAtuSAb:
t)fuit eo$Ati "Ua tAo$Aife 'tiA CeAfOAise rhAit ? "
" CA bf iof T)Arh-f a f oin," Aff A CAt>5, *| ni 50 f 6-rhilif ; " ACc
•ni "0615 tiom gufAb 6 feAbAf a CeAfOAibeACc' aza a% cAff ac nA
troAoine tinge ; 'f£ -a 6uit> blA'OAif rheAtlAnn iat>. t)i An ceAngA
50 fieAriiAin fiArh Aige. t)Ab CumA tiom x>A gcuiffeAb fe ruAf
•06 fein A5 "OfoiCeAt) nA teAtfmA no tiof aja a TtliAnuf, Ate if
•0615 tiom-fA gun mop. An nAife "06 ceAcc "j ceAfotA x>o cuf fuAf
Com AtCuniAin -daiii Aguf ca fe 'noif."
CA1t)1X)1t 11.
CAfCAf tiA "OAOine Af a ceile,
Ace ni cAfCAf nA cnuic tia tiA fteiftre.
HuAin t>o DUAil An beifc C1U. ^inne b'tigeAn t>6id "oeoC cent
aca 1 "ocig SeAtnuif Ui t)f uigm 'f a Sf ait) ttuAib, Agtif niof d'^atda
boib 50 fAib bfAon eile aca 1 SftAit) nA jjCeAfc nuAif CAfAb off a
beifc no cfitif eile Aguf CAfc offA. Tli fAib teAt An tAe cAitce
nuAin bi An "saVa fugAC 50 teon.
Hi fAib Tleilti 1 bfA-o A|\ a' ffAix> gun ConnAic fi a TiAtAif Aguf
6 An teAt-riieifge. 1f 5Aifi"o x»o bi -pi fein Aguf An CAilin eile
Ag -oeAnArh a ngnbtA. TluAif x>o bioxiAf utlAtti tun ceAtc AbAite
■oo bein lleitli a -oiceAtt a bAtAif "oo meAtUvb lei, Ate ni fAib
mAiteAf tm beit a CAtAnc Aif ; -o'f An fe fein Aguf SeAinuif Aft An
fftAi-o 50 -oci cuicim nA boibte Aguf 50 ftAbA"OAft AfAon Aft meifge
no 1 nsioftftACC "06.
t)i CApAitlin beAg cneAfCA A5 SeAmup UAilliuftA. t)i An botAft
|\6ib Ajuf An oibCe geAl, •] T)A mbeAt) An beiftc fAfCA teif An
ineiT) "oo bi btCA aca nuAift fA5A"OAft fftATO Citt Civile b6At) An
fSeAl 50 mAit aca, acc ni ftAbAT>Aft. HuAift cAngA-OAft 50 "OftoiceA-o
nA LeAtrinA bi "oeoC le beit aca, 7 nuAift t)i An ^AbA A5 ccaCc ahiaC
Af An TDCftUCAllt tuic f6 Aft fleArg A "OftOmA Aft An mbotAft, AgUf
'fAn Am C^A'OnA "OO Cuift ftUXI 615m An CApAtt Aft fiubAt. CuAib
An ftot cfteAfnA lAirne tlAibg. "Oo fgfteAt) An -pe^ft ooCc Corn
g^Aft fin 5Uft ftit nA TDAOine AniAC cui^e, Aguf nuAift Conn<xCAT)Aft
e r-ince Aft An mbbtAft fAoileAt)Aft 50 ftAib a Iaiti b|\ir-ce, acc ni
ftAib.
t)A rh6ft An ni 50 ftAib ah "oocctiin 'n-A CornnAibe Aft tAoib An
botAift A5 "OftoiCi-oin nA Spio-ooige ; bi f6 Ag bAile. CAft eif
f^ACAmc Aft lAirh An t>A®A 'f6 "oubAiftc An "ooccuift, " tli'L Aon
CnArii bnifce, aCc beib fe CAmAtt 50 mbei-rj gfeibm ajac Af CAf Of,
a Uaio5." T)o b'fiof -oofAn ; bi An $aX)A f Aite ^An Aon nib "oo
beAnArh ir>Af geAll ai[\ a lAirh;
Tim the Smith. 3899
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 with the hammer, he struck a big pot which his
wife 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 workmanship 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 him 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 others with a thirst on them. Half the day was not
spent when the smith was tipsy enough.
Nelly was not long in town when she saw her father, and
he half-drunk. Herself and the other girl were but a short
time doing their business. When they were ready to come home
Nelly did 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 night bright, and had the pair been satisfied with what
they had drunk when they left the town of Killarney things
would have been well with them, but they were not satisfied.
When they came to Laune Bridge they were to have a drink,
and when the smith was coming out of the cart he fell on the
flat of his back on the road, while 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 the road they
thought his hand was broken, but it was not. It was a great
matter (it was fortunate) that the doctor was living close to
3900 Ua*5 ^AbA:
La'p nA bApA6 cap eip Uxe An AotiAig, Ajjup •OAome a$ ceACc 50
•oci ceApoCA Uai*5 bi pe buA"bApcA 50 lebp. Cuip pe pgeAlA Cun
gAbA nA CeApAige bi An-mumceAp-oA t.eip 1 jjcorhnAifte, A5 peAC-
Ainc An gcuippeAt) pe a niAC bulge aji peAt) peACcrhAme Cun 50
mbeAt) Am Aige A|\ peAp 615m eile x>o polACAp.
'Se An ppeAgpA puAip An ceACcAipe 50 pAbAT>Ap po-teAt-lAmAC
An An j;CeApAig, aCc b'pei-oip 1 troeipeA-b nA peACcriiAine 50 mbeAt)
An -pe&p 65 AbAtcA An "out a\\, peAt) tAe no "bo tun CAbpujA-b Le
Ua-65.
" An pppeAllAipin pujAig," AnfA UAt)^, nuAip a CuaIa pe cat)
■ouoAinc a -oume mutnceAp"bA, ''' ca piop AgAm-fA 50 mAic cat* ca
'n-A ceAtm ; acc beib An pgeAt, 50 cpuArb opm-pA no ^AnocA-o-fA
e." tluAin cuaLa 6ojAn Ua LAogAipe ca*o -oo cuic AmAC An AtAip
tleiLU niop b'pAt) x 5° TA1° T& AE "oopAp age An §aoa. tit pAib
monAn pAilce A5 CAbg poimip, acc rAn An pAg pe An cemceAn
bi caoD eite An a' P56AI.
" 1p cnuAg Liom," AnrA eojAn, " cur a beiC mAn 'caoi, 1 ^An
Aon'ne ajac acc cu pern. An peroip liom-pA Aon nit) T>o "OeAnAm
t)U1C ? "
" Hi peAOAp," a^a Ua*5 ; " ip -ooca 50 bpml T)o "bbCAin te
•oeAnAm ajac pern, Agup berb niop mo a^ac Anoip 6 cdim-pe mAn
a bpuiUm.
' An ce bionn piop buAilceAp cop Ain,
Agup An ce bionn ptiAp blCAp "oeoC Aip.' "
" Hi beip 1 bpA-o piop, le con^nAm "Oe ; Agup mo lAm ip m'pocAt
•ouic uaC bpuii Aon cpAinnc opm-pA obAip a bpeit uAic-pe. PlAp
a bpuil Aon $AbA eile ajac pop cuippeATJ-pA mo ppmncipeAb
CugAc 5An moill."
" 50 pAib mAic ajjac," AnrA Ua*65, aj; cup lAiriie ptAn AniAC
ASUP A5 bneic gpeim T)Ain5eAn Ap lAim eogAm.
TIuai|\ bi An 5ADA 65 A5 miceACc pug llcitU Ap tAim Aip Aj;up
A-oubAipc " mile beAtmAcc ope. t)ior a' cuimneAtn ope ; bi puil
AgAin teAC, acc 0i eAglA opm -oa "ociocpA pemig 50 mbeAt) m'ACAip
pb-goipgeAC teAC, mAj\ Di piop AgAm 50 niAic ni pAib pe pb-
bui-oeAC "oioc."
" Hi mop ip peit)ip Horn a -6eAnAin, aCc -oeAnpA-o mo "biCeAtt ;
Agur ca 'p ajac-pa, a HeiLli, 50 n"oeAnpAinn mbpAn a\\ x>o
pon-pA."
" CAnn 50 bAn-bmbeAC t)ioc, a eojAin," a^a Heitti, *j Impne
'n-A cionnACAi b.
CuAi-b An 5AbA 65 AbAiLe 'p niop b'pA-OA CAp eip imteACc' x>6
go "OCAinig SeAinup CaiLLiu|\a ipceAC. t)1 HeitU Ag An -oopAp.
" CAnnor ca c'aCaij\, a HeiLLi ? "
Tim the Smith, 3901
little Spiddogue Bridge. He was at home. After looking at
the smith's hand the doctor said " there was no bone broken,
but it will be a while before you can handle a hammer, Tim."
'Twas 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
Cappagh 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 oest, 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.
3902 Ca*s SaDas
" CA 'f a^ac 50 mAit CAnnof ca fe, a SeAmuif; Ca fe 'na
tuige Af. a teAbATd Ajuf cA eA^tA onm 50 mbei"6 f e Ann 30 f oitt:
tkiAit fUAf cuige ; cAim-fe A5 "out a "o'lAnnAit) CAnA uifge o'n
At)Amn."
T)'f An SeAmuf CAmAtt mAit A^uf nuAin bi fe imcigce T>o gtAo-6-
A15 Ca-Oj; An fleitti cun T>eoC uifge fUAin "oo CAbAinc x>6. " Sui-o
An a' gcAtAoin 50 f oitt, a Heitti, a cuit> ; ca nut) 615m AgAtn te
nAt) teAc."
Oo fuit> fleitti An An ^cACAOin A5 CAoib nA teAbCA, acc jau
Cumne aici cat) "do bi 'n-A CeAim.
" Ca eAgtA onm 50 mbeAT> itn' niAincineAC^A fleitti, 1 n-eAnbAtt
mo f AojAit ; acc oa-6 CuniA tiom "oa bf eicfmn cufa Aguf* t)o
cemceAn fein a^ac 1f "ooca t>a mbeAt) 50 fAigmn-fe cumne
uaic Ann."
" CAim rAfCA niAn a bfuitim," Anf a Heitti ; " Aguf '-ocAoib
tufA beic it>' rhAintineAc, ni niAn fin a bei"6 An fgeAt ajjac, te
congnAtn T)e."
" t)'f eit>in fin, a $nA"6 ; acc niAn fin fein bAt> niAic tiom "oa
bfeicmn Cu pofCA."
" fli't Aon f onn pofCA onm-f a, a ACAin, Aguf *oA mbeA-o fein
ni Anoif An c-Am cun belt a$ cuimneAm Ain."
" CAim-fe x>ut 1 n-Aoif, acc bA-6 mon An fAfAm Aigtu-o onm e
•oa mbeiteA-fA 1 -o'Aic bi$ fem; Ca feinm beAg -oeAf A5 SeAmuf
CAiUiiifA, ni't ciof cnom Ain, 7 ca fiof AgAni nAC bfuit CAitin
eite 'fA pAffoifoe •oo b'feAnn te SeAmuf a beic mAn rimAoi Aige
'nA cu fem."
" CAim Aii-buToeAC "oo SeAmuf. fli te tieAfbAit) mnA cije a
b£it) fe A5 pofA-o ; cujjAnn a mACAin Aine -oof nA buAib Ajuf
teAtAnn a "oeinbfiun An c-AoiteAC An nA pn acai. An beAn-cneAbCA
ACA UA1"0 Anoif ?
T)'of5Ait CA-bg a fuite; 11i fAib Aon cumne Aige nA beAt) a
mgeAn fAfCA te SeAtnuf .-oo pOfAt). t)Ain a ntmbAinc fi An
c-auaL -oe Aguf ni fAib' fiof Aige ca"0 "oo b'feAffA t>6 t>o fAt>
aCc 1 gceAnn CAtnAitt "oubAifc f6 —
" SAOiteAf, a neitti, 50 f AbAif fem Aguf SeAmuf CAittiufA
tfiuinceAfOA 50 teof te Ceite."
" CArniiT), Af fon nAC bfuitnn fo-bunbeAC "oe '"DCAoib oibfe An
tAe HT06."
" go-o e An teigeAf a bi Aige Aif ? "
" "OA mbeA-o fe 'fA bAite A5 cAbAifc Aife "oA §n6 fem, 'n-Aic
bA Cof a -06 beit, docf A-f a AbAite tiom-f a, Aguf ni bei"oceA niAf
acaoi mT>iu."
" Caoi f6-CfUAi"6 Af SeAmuf boCc, a Heitti. CitteAnn cu gun
mime a CAgAnn fe Cun conj;nAm a CAbAifc •oom-fA nuAin a bim
Tim the Smith. 3903
The young smith went home. It was not long after his
departure when James Tailor came in. Nelly was at the door.
" How is your 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 ; I 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 drink of cold water. " bit 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, Nelly, in the end of my
life ; but I would not mind if I saw you in possession of your
own hearth. I suppose if you had it, I would get a corner from
you in it."
" I am content as I am," says Nelly, " and as to your being
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 he help it? "
3904 . U<vo5 Sava:
a$ cuf lAnnAmn An fotAib no nuAif a bionn obAin cnom matt fin
iT>in tAm' AgAm."
' t>'feAfnA "06 50 mon Aine a tAbAinc T)£ pAifoe beAg CAtifiAn.
tlAC mime to' beAt ' An ce bionn 'n-A t>foCfeinbifeAC T)6 fem,
bionn fe 'nA feinbifeAC ifiAit ■oo nA "OAoimb eite.' "
" 1f be^5 a f AoiteA-b, a fleitti, nA 'oeAnf A nut) oj\m"
" Ida* rhAit Horn nwo a "CeAnAm one, a AtAin ; acc niAn a mbe ^t>
An CAtArti a' "oorhAin aCc e fern AmAm ni bemn mAn Ceite Aige
SeAmuf OittiunA."
te n-A tmn fin "o'fAs Vleitti An feomnA, Aguf vo got fi 50
ftiigeAc An feA"6 cAmAitt.
TluAin "o'fAj SeAmuf ceAC An -$ava bi fe fAfCA 50 tebn. SAoit
fe nA f Aib Anoif te T>eAnArh Aige aCc "out A^uf An " pAipeAn "
•oo bneit AbAite teif Cun tleitti An $AbA x>o pofA"6. t3i fe gAn
cobAc Ajjuf CAf fe ifceAC 1 fiopA SeAgAm An teAfd Cun btuine
cobAc "00 ceAnnAC:
" An fion," An f a SeAgAn An teAf a, " gun bnif ah ^aSa a tAm
aj; ceACc 6 Citt ,dinne Aneif ? "
" Hf't fe fion Aguf ni'l fe bneASAC," AffA SeAmuf. " fli't a
lAtti bnifce, acc ca fi goifagte coin mOn fm 50 bfuit eAj;lA onm
nA beit> Aon rhAit Ann 50 "oeb. O An feAf bote buAbAntA 50
tebn, aCc 'fe An nut) if mo cA cun Ain Anoif, gAn tleitti beit
p6fCA."
" tD'feAffA "ouir: fern i pofA*, a SeAmuif. tli futAif no cA
muinte beAg Ain^i"© aj; Ca-Oj, Aguf ca Tleitti 'n-A CAitin CiAtt-
rhAf."
" "b'feiTiin 50 b-poffAinn," AnfA SeAmuf, A^uf t>'imcig fe Ain
AbAite.
1a Af nA bAfAC bi fe teAtcA An fui"o nA pAnnbifoe 50 nAib
cteAninAf "oeAncA it>if SeAmuf *j mgm An §AbA.
Af feA"b feACcrhAme CAf eif goifcigce tAime tAit>5 "oo "bem
eojAn Ua lAo$Aife Aguf a pnincifeAC obAif An t)A CeAfoCAn Cun
50 bfUAif Ua"05 jAbA 05 6 t)Aite An Ttluitmn. Jf beA^ t^eCe
nit ha feACcmAine nA fAib GogAn CAniAtt A5 ceAfOCAm Uai-O^
Aguf cAmAtt beAg A5 caihc te CAtig fem Aguf b'feit)if te VleitU.
11uAif CAmi5 An 5AbA eite 6 t)Aite An llluitinn "o'lAfn ~Ca-6^ An
eogAn ceACc Anoif Aguf Afif nuAif a \b6A-t) Am Aije, Aguf tAmij
50 mime. tluAif biot) An beinc 1 "ouine aca Af 5AC cAob -oo'n
ceme if mb fu*o "oo bio* aca aj; cuf cfe 'nA Ceite, -| tleitti 1 mbun
a ngnbtA f6m cimCeAtt nA cifoineAt. lluAin fUAif eogAn fj^CAtA
50 fAib cteAmnAf focAif 1*01 f lleitti Aj;uf SeAmuf UAitUufA bi
longnA-O Aif, aCc "OtibAifc fe teif fem mA'f mAf fin "oo bi An
f5^At nA fAib fe ceAfc "ob-fAn a beit Com mime ifceAC 'f AmAC 1
Tim the Smith. 3905
" 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 Killarney 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
Irish Lit. Vol. 10— J
3906 Za-6s %aX>a.
■oci§ tiA ceAfocAn; T)'imti5 tA no "66 mAf feo t 5A11 cupAf 45
eojAin Af Ati gceAfoCAin. -AffA Ca-os te tleitti :
" A bpeACA cu eo$An m-oiu n<3 m"oe ? "
" Hi f eACA," AffA tleitti.
" UA fuit a^aiti tiAc bpwt Aon ni Aif; tli f Aib fe Atitifo 'nif o
AtftugA'o 'nt>e ; ni feA"OAf cat> cA A CoimeA"o."
" tli't fiof AjAm-f a," A*oubAifc fife, acc t>i AriifAf aici, nriAf
cuaIa fi fseAt An CteAmnAif ;
1f t>6Ca nA fAitt eogAn f6-fAfCA 1 n'AigneA*; t)i fonn if pAic-
CeAf Aif. tDAt) rhAit teif cuf Af "oo tAbAifc Anonn 50 ceAfocAm
Cai-Oj, aCc mAf fin pein bi beAgAn nAipe Aif geitteAt) 50 fAib
btiA-OAifc Aif. t)i fe A5 obAitt 50 T»iAn, acc bA cum a "oo beic
■oiomAoin n6 gnOtAC, niof b'fei'oif teif p6fA"b tleitti "oo Cup Af
A CeAnn.
UfAtnonA An CAnnA tA, nuAip t>o bi "oeipeAt) te tiobAip An tAe
A$uf An CeAfoCA "ouncA, buAit eojAn cpeAfnA nA pAifceAnnA,
Aguf bi fe A5 cuf "oe 50 T)cAni5 fe AmAC Af An mbOtAp 1 n-Aice
ci£e nA ceAfoCdn. t)i tleitti a$ An "oopAf.
" CAnnof cA c'ACAif, a tleitti ? " AffA eogAn.
" CA fe "out 1 bf eAbAf. UAf ifceAC. tli't fe teAt-uAif 6 bi
fe A5 CAinc ope. t)i lonjnAt) Aif 50 f AbAif Com f at>a $An buAtAti
ifceAC Cui^e."
" Hi beA-o A5 "out ifceAC Anoif, a tleitti. Ua -oeAbAt) opm.'*
" 'tl e fin eo$An, a tleitti ? " Aff' An gAbA;
" 'Se, A AtA1f."
" Ca-o 'n-A CAob nAC bfint fe ceACc ifceAC ? "
" "Oeif fe 50 bpuit x>e&X)&X> Aif, a ACAip."
" xXbAif teif ceACc ifceAC. UA gn6 A5Am t)e."
X)o buAit eogAn ifceAC:
-AffA An $AbA, " CA fAbAif te feACcrhAin ? t)iof cun pgeAtA
cup Anonn Cuj;ac peACAinc cat> a bi ope."
" 0 ! ni fAib pioc ofm, aCc 50 f AbAf An-gnotAC, Agup gup
fAoiteAf 50 mbeA-o put) 615m eite buf gcup Cfe 'n-A Ceite 'nA
fib a beit a ctnrhneAm ofm-fA."
" ^\Cc 50 mbeAt) mo tAm bACAC f tAn AgAm Afif, Aguf buit>eACAr
te "Oia cA fi "out cun cinn 50 mAit, ni beAtt Aon ni A5 cuf buAt)-
AftA of Ainn."
" 5° "oeimm, ni ciiif buA'bAftA An fgeAt A^Aib, aCc a rhAtAifC,
ASVT 50 n-eifi$it) buf bpOfAt) tib," AffA eogAn, Aguf coCc 'n-A
Cfoi-Oe.
" Afu got) e An pOfAt) ? " AffA UAt>5 J^aVa:
" HaC bpint tleitti Aguf SeAmuf CAittiufA te beit p6fuA 1
nDiAi-0 An CAf Ai$if ?"
" pAff A15 "oo tleitti fein An piop e nO bfeAS."
Tim the Smith. 3907
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 the 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. Gome 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."
3908 Cai>5 5At>A.:
" An tMon 6, a tleiUi ? "
" tti'l, Aguf til t>eit> 50 T)e6}" A|\r^ Heilti, A^uf AmA<l An "oof-Af
161.
An peA* CAtnAilL nion IdtiAif. Aon'ne •oo'n Heine pocAt;'
" tD'fei'oin, a txMt)5," Anr a eojAn, " 50 x>CAt)Ant:A lleittl
•CArn-fA ? "
" 'Se if t;eAnnA Tiuic An teifc fin a cun cuici pern;'1
-Agnf "oo cmp, Aguf ni 5AttAt) mnrmc cax> e An pneA^nA £UAin
f6 6 tleUti. tjj An pAnn6ifoe A5 niAgAt) t:a SeAmuf CdiUuinA ;
acc puAin re rcopOigin E>eA?; 6 $leAnn nA gCoileAC nA j\Ait> no-65
acc 50 uaiO pee punc fpneit) aici;
C -A 5 U -A .
AtlAi-oif — deaf nese.
tlAbdtini bo — miserable cows.
A? co5«.\it— " lifting," not able to lift themselves owing to winter want.
5ac <\ji a ^e ax> or jac f.e feA-6— every second word, "one word borrowed
another."
If jjeAiftiT) = if seAff = if 50if.1t) — soon, very soon.
Af rriAtiAm — by my soul. The m is aspirated.
p<\ipe<vfi— dispensation from banns,
mvhfte beAg Aifgit)— a little lump of money*
Cocc 'iia 6f oi-oe — a load at his heart.
Sean-gfoSa— an old, worthless horse.
Tim the Smith 3909
"Is it true, Nelly?"
" No, and it never will be," says Nelly, and out the door with
her.
For awhile neither of the pair spoke a word.
"Maybe, Tim," says Owen, "you'd give Nelly to me?"
" You'd better put that question to herself."
And he did, and it is needless to tell the answer he got from
Nelly.
The parish was laughing at James Tailor ; but he got a little
stump from Glennagolagh, who wasn't too young, but who
had a fortune of twenty pounds.
3910
41 tin §e Ati neACt3RAis-'
4 fti§ cA Af neim 'f a Cf ucaij; A^Ath.
'S ^ CuifeAf CAf 1 bpeACAt) An ubaitt,
06 ! f5feAT>Aim °f"c Anoif, of Aft),
O if te -oo SfAfA ca me a$ fuit.
Ca me i n-Aoif, A'f t>o Cfion mo btAt,
1f iotnt)A Ia me A5 "out Atnuj',
"Do tuic me 1 bpeACA*6 Anoif tiaoi "ocf aC,
ACC CA nA 5f AfA Af iAlril ATI UA1t1.
TluAif bi me 65 b'otc iat> mo tfeice,
tout) mof mo fpeif 1 fcteip 'f 1 n-eACfAnn,
tD'feAff Horn 50 mof as imifc 'f Ag 61
Af mAi"oin "OOmnAig tia CfiAtt Cum Aiffinn;
Tliof o'feAff Horn fuit>e 'n Aice CAitin 615
TIa te mtiAoi pOfCA as ceitit>eACc CAmAtt;
"Do miontiAiD mOfA "oo bi me CAt)A\^tA
Aguf -ofdif no p6ice niof tei5 me CAfmi
peACA* Ati ubAitt, mo cfAt> 'f mo teun !
1f e mitt An fAOgAt mAf $eAtt Af beifc 1
A'f O'f coif An cfAOf aca mife fiof,
TfiunA bfOiffit) TofA Af m'^nAm/bocc.
1f ofm, fdf^of ! ca nA coifeACA mOf a,
-Ace ■oiutcoCAt) "Odb triA rfiAifim CArriAtt,
"&A6 nit) buAit AnuAf Af mo CotAinn f6f,
A U15 nA g^oife '5ur CAfftAi$m'AnAm.
* Literally : 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
aloud, for it is Thy grace that I hope for. I am in age, and my bloom
has withered, many a day am I going astray, I have fallen into sin more
than nine fathoms (deep), but the graces are in the hands of the Lamb.
When I was young, evil were my accomplishments, great was my
3911
RAFTERY'S REPENTANCE.
[Prom Douglas Hyde's edition of " Songs ascribed to Raftery," page 356.]
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 devil 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,
Still 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 pit
beside a young girl than by a married woman on a rambling-visit awhile.
To great oaths (I was) given, and lustfulness and drunkenness, I did not
let (pass) me by. The sin of the apple, my destruction and my grief !
it is 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.
3912 xNitnige An UeACunAi§:
T)'eAlAi$ An 14 A*f nion C65 me An t;At;
tlo gun ieeA*t ati bAnn Ann An cuin c<J*ofiitj
Ace a xSin,o-ni$ An Ceinc, Anoir nenO mo C&n
/A'f te rrut "■* ^snArA £tiuC mo full:
1f te x>o $nArA -oo gtAn cu tTlAine,
A't fAon cu "O-A1D1-0 "oo nmne An Aicni$e,
T)o cuj; cu TTlAoire flAn o'n mbACAt),
'S ca cnocutjAt) lAi-oin gun fAon cu An SA-oui-Oe:
tTlAn Tf peACAC me nac n"oeAnn.a rcOn;
Ha rolAr mOn 'oo "Oia tiA ttluine,
/Ace -pat mo bnbm cd mo CoTneACA noriiAm,
TT1a|\ feoil me An peon An An meAn ir puix>e.
A R15 nA 5*-bine CA tAn "oe gnArA,
'S cu nmne beoin a't p'on "oe'n uirje;
te beAgAn AnAin t»o niAn cu An rluAt;,
00 ! pneAfOAil poin Agur ftAnAij mTre:
O a fofA Cniore a "o'pulAing An pAir,
A'f "oo At>tACAt>, mAn "oo bi cu umAt;
Cuimm cuimmt)* m'AnAmA An *oo rgAC,
.A'r An uAin mo bAir nA CAbAip. VAtn cut:
A "DAinniogAm pAnjvtATr, mAtAip. a1? mAi§T>eAn,
SjaCau tia ngnAfA, AingeAt A'r nAom,
Cuijum corAinc m'AnAmA An x>o lAim,
O CO5 mo pAinc, 'r beit> me fAon.
* "CutTnfu-6" 1 jjConnACCAiti, 1 n-«MC "comAifice," .7. ■of-oiotin.
It is on me, alas! that the great crimes are, but I shall reject them if
I live for a while (l°nger), beat down everything upon my body yet, O
King of Glory, but save my soul. The day has stolen away, and I have
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 broughtest
Moses safe from drowning, and, O Merciful Christ, rescue me. For I
Rafterifs Repentance. 3913
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 !
0 Jesus Christ — to 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 ferry'd.
0 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.
&m a sinner who never made a store, or (gave) great satisfaction to God
or to Mary, but, cause of my grief ! my crimes are before me, since I
Bailed 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, and save me. 0 Jesus Christ,
who didst suffer the passion and wast buried, because Thou wast humble,
I placo the shelter of my soul under Thy protection, and at the hour of
my death turn not Thy back upon me.
3914 Aicm£e An ReACunAi$:
'tloif ca me i n-Aoir *f &V bnuAC ah bAip,
'S if seAfp An rP^r 5° "oceigim i n-uin,
Ace in peAnn 50 -oeineAnnAC nA 50 bnAc,
Asuf puASfAim pAinc An Ri$ nA n"Out:
1f cuAille gAn thAic me 1 scoinneAtl fail*
tlo if copmnL be bAT> m6 a CAitt A fciun,
"Do bnirpfoe AfceA6 a n-A§Ai"6 CAnnAij; 'f a 'bpnAi$1
*S "oo bei"oeAt> "oa bAtA-6 'rnA conncAib puAji'.J
A forA Cniorc a puAin bir "Oia n-Aome,
A "o'eini§ A|\if Ann t>o ni$ gAn to6c,
11ac cu tug An crli$e le Aitmge "oo -oeAnArii,
'S nAC beAS An rmuAineA-o •oo ninneAf one !
T)o eAnlA, An "ocur, mile 'r ode 5ceu"o,-
An pee 50 beACc, 1 5ceAn.11 An ■oo-'oeAS,
O'n Am tuinlmg Cniorc x>o neub An geACAi-o,
50 t)ci An bliA-oAin a n-oeAnnAit) ReACcunAig An Aitnige.
* Aliter, "If cuAille con me 1 n-eA"OAn fAit," G.
■j- =p<iiji}\5e. Aliter, " Ap bjtuAC tiA tjtA."
J Aliter, "oeit>eAT> 'j;a bACA-6 'f a cAittpeA-6 a rnim "; aliter^ " re°V
aliter, " riubAl "; acc ■o'AcnAij me ah tine le comfUAim no •oeAtiAm."
0 Queen of Paradise, mother and maiden, mirror of graces, angel and
saint, I place the protection of my soul in thy hand, 0 Mary, refuse me
not, and I shall be saved. . .
Now I am in age, and on the brink of the death, and short is the
time till I go into the ground, but better is late than never, and I
appeal for kindness to (or perhaps, "' I proclaim that I am on the side
of") the King of the elements.
1 am a worthless wattle in a corner of a hedge, or I am like a boat
Raftery's Repentance. 3915
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 !
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 a-drowning 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."
3916
Att CtflS X)'A pieit):
(Leif An "ReACcyfAC.)
CifigTOe fUAf tA 'n cuffA a$ ceAnn<vd Ub,
Dio-d ctoitteAtn A'f fteAj Aguib 1 bfAobAf setif ,
1f seAff uAit» An CC115, cA 'n "oaca cAitce,
™AP fSfiob "A nAbfOAil r»A tiAoirh 'f An Cteif ;
UA An ComneAlt te muCA* tug tuicein lAfCA teif,
/dCc cei"6it) An buf ngtiinAib A'f iAffAit> AtCumjje,
5uit>it> An ctlAti 'f b6i-6 An tA a$ nA CacoLcai$,
UA An TTlnuriiAn cne tAfAt) 'f An Cbuif x>'A pl6i"6.
UA 'n "oA Chinee ITIuriiAn An fiubAt, 'f m fCA'OfAi'o
50 leAstAtt T)6ib •oeACtnAtt A'f ciof -oA f6if,
'S "oA •ocujf Ai*e t)6ib congnArii A'f Cife [t)o] feAfAtn
t>neit>' gAfOAit) lAg A'f 5AC beAfnA f6it>.
t)nei"0' gAitt Af a 5-cut, A'f gAn ceACc Af Alf ACA,
xXgnf ' Of Angemen ' bnthgce 1 gciuriiAf* gAC bAite 'gamn
"bfeiteAtfi A'f Jiifyf 1 "DceaC cihfce A5 nA CACotCAig'
SACfAnA rriAfb, 'f An Cfom Af 5ttAet>eAl.
* SgftiobCA "mj-oeoin " 'pui ws. m&]\ tAbAiftceAji itg-ContiAdrAib e.
t 'S e '" coirce " An c-Amm ceAjic coiccionn acc -oeif An UeAccupA6 " Jujiy " te
'coriiApt»A," no corii-puAim, *oo T>e<.\nArii te "cut" Ajup "bjiuijce."
* 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 have 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 by the Catholics, Minister is on fire, and
Ciiis da pie — i.e., the cause is a-pleading.
t This would make it appear that Raftery composed his song 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.
+ Pronounced " Koosh daw play," which means "the cause a-pleading."
§ The two provinces of Munster are afoot, and will not stop till tithes
be overthrown by them, and rents according, and if help were given
3917
THE "CUIS DA PLE."
(By Raftery.)
(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 Lutherns.
Down on your knees, let us pray for the Southerns.
God we shall please with the prayers of the Catholics,
Munster's afire and Ciiis da pie. J
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 fives, 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 Ciiis da pie.
them and [we were] to stand by Ireland 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.
|| From this verse it appears that some at least of the peasantry, even
at that early period, distinctly associated the struggle against 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 Kilkenny, where no
less than 28 of the police were killed and wounded, said to the spokes-
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
rents 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 in 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 aa
being so revoltingly savage and at the same time so good a specimen or
ogig /An Cvnp "o'a piei"6.
t)6i* A^Ainn ?aoi CtiAps pl6AfACA 'r cin-oeACcA,
Ot a't nm-px A'f fponc -da n£ip.,
t)6i* triAife 'suf btAt Ajtif -p^f AV cnAnnAib,
SnuA-6 'suf -ptiAf Ajjuf -onuCc Ap. peun:
^eic-pitt ptt fAti A'r tieAtri-Af-o An ShAC-pAnAij',
.An tiAttiAi-o le fAn Astir teAgAt) A'r LeAn (?) onnA,
CemnceACA cnArii Ann jac Ant) A5 nA CacoIcaij',
'S nAC rm 1 5^n bp.At>AC (?) An Cnuir tj'a ptei^*
1r iom«A -peAn bneAj f aoi An cnAt -po ceit^te*
O CtioncA 50 n-1nmp 'r 50 t>Aite Rotpcne,
^gup buACAUiroe t>AnA te tAn A5 imteA<ic
O fnAi-o ChiUe-CtiAinni$ 50 " t)Ancni t)A6."
xXCc iomp6CAi-o An cAjvoa 'r b6i"6 tArii rhAit AgAinn-ne
SeAf-pAi-b -an rhA-6 An ctAn tia n-iminte,
DA tipeicpinn-pe An nApA o pnopxlAinse 50 thonnA 'np\A
Snemnpmn 50 "oeirhin An Cnuip "o'a pL6i"6;
* t&X)M\\teA\i Ati p ocaI po mAf " tlicce." 1p pocal coir6ionn 1 jConnAccAit) e.
1p lonnAtin "bi pe reilgce " Ajtip " ChuAi'O bjieiceAtiinAp iia cuipte 'tiA ajai-6."
Irish vowel-rhyming, that it were a pity not to preserve it. It runs
thus, as well as I can remember it —
';
" Oh, who could desire to see better sporting,
Than the peelers groping among the rocks,
With skulls all fractured, and eyeballs broken,
Their fine long noses and ears cut off!
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 Slieve-na-man !"
It is worth mentioning that the Kilkenny peasants who made this
desperate attack gave their words of command in Irish, and, no doubt,
felt that they were the " Gael " once more attacking the " Gall.
The " Quis dd P#." 3919
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.f
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 da pie.
rThere 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 da pie. +
Joseph Sheridan Lefanu, almost the best of our Anglo-Irish novelists,
prophesied of the landlords who looked on quiescent during the tithe
war : " Never mind, their time will come ; rents will be attacked aa
tithes are now, with the same machinery and with like success/' " His
prophecy," says his brother, W. R. Lefanu, "was laughed at." Long
after, one who had heard him said to him, " Well, Lefanu, your rent
war hasn't come." Ail he said was, " 'Twill come, and soon, too," as
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
falling-off and contempt on the Sassenachs, our enemy precipitated, and
overthrow and defeat (?) upon them, bonfires in every art, (i.e., point of
the compass) for the Catholics, and is not that, and nothing over, the
Cuis da pie.
t The Celtic imagination of this verse, and its " revolt against the
despotism of fact," is characteristic in the highest degree of the Irish
peasant.
I There is many a fine man at this time sentenced, from Cork to Ennis
and the town of Roscrea, and White Boys wandering, and departing from
the street of Kilkenny to Bantry Bay. But the cards shall turn, and
we shall have a good hand ; the trump shall stand on the board we play
at. If I were to see the race on them [i.e., them driven to fly] from
Waterford to Birr, I would sing you indeed the Cuis da pie.
3920 -An Cuip t>'a pteiT),
6ifi$i*e fttAf, &'r 5tuAifit>e wle,
C4i"6i'0e An ^n gcnoc A^uf 5tACAi£ ttun ngteuf,
A5 "Oia zA tia Sf^f^ A'f * 61 "6 p6 'ti t>un scm^oeACCA,
t)iot) A5A1O meirneAC, if ftneA^; An rjjeul, e.
gnotoCAi'O fit) An tA Ann 5AC .difvo "oe SriAcpAnAij;',
DuAititt An ctAf. 'r 061*6 nA CAfOAit) ceAcc cii^aiD,
OtAi'Oe Af lAitft, Anoif, flAmce RAipcep.1t>,
'S 6 CtuppeAt) t)Aoit> bAitl an An gCuip x>'a pleit>s
* Rise up and proceed all of you, come upon the hill and take your
equipment, God has the graces, and He shall be in your company. Let
ye havj courage; it is a fine story [I have to tell you], ye shall gain the
The " Ctiis da Pie." 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, we'll smash the Sassenachs,
Now drink ye in chorus, "Long life to Raftery,"
For it'a he who could sing you the Cuis di pje.*
day in every quarter from the Sassenachs. Strike ye the board and the
cards will be coming to you. Drink out of hand now a health to
Raftery ; it is he who would put success for you on the Cuis da pie.
3922
is v^t)<A o ctnRe^O s1osj
(letr An fleACcunAC.)
1f ip&x>A 6 cuineAt) fiof 50 •ociucjMt) r6 'f An crAogAt
50 n"o6incpit)e pint 'f 5° n-oeunpArOe pteuCcA,
*Oo nein mAp pspiob nA nAoith l mbliAt>Ain An IIaoi* cA 'n
bAojAl
tTlA $6iUimi"o "oo'n pspiopcinn tiAom tA;
An bAUA tteuncAp puAp m pAnAnn p6 a bpAT> fuAf,
SsioppAnn p£ 6'n "cpoC-" pounT>Acion,"
ACc An aic a nT)eACAi"0 An c-aoI m CopoCAi-O cloC Af Coit>fc',
Ca An CApnAis pAOi 'nA ywt>e nAC bpleupspAit).
1r pioppuitte peAn An Cbuipc "oo pAoileAft tAbAipc AnuAf
ACc 'p6 rheApAim-pe gun m* nA<J pSi-oip,
Ua tlAorh peAT)Ap le n-A bnuA6 Agup Cpiopc [-oo] Ceup An ftuA$
A'p consbdCAi* riA-o nA b-uAin Le ceite;
AtfAlcpAnup 'p -opuip -oo topAig An rseut An -ocuip,
Aguf VlAnnnAoi An c-Occ "oo tp6ij; a Ceile,
Ace -oto$AlCAp nic A'f fuiAis An " OpAngemen " 50 IuaC
HaC bpuAip AniArh An " conpAcpAaon."
* 1f cofthuil 50 r>Aib An cpeAn-tAnnAmsineAcc reo 1 5-cuirhne Ag An fleadciindc.
nuAin 6AillpeAr ah ledriiAn a neAnc
'S An focAnAti oneAC a bni§,
Sewnpi-o An clAinpeAC 50 bwn bwri
1t)ir\ A Vl-OCC AgUf A haoi.
lp coprhtnl 50 irteArSAnn re An fgniobcuin Agup feAn-tAnnAinjineAdcA le
ceUe ! LAbAi^eeArx "bAOSAl" w*n " bAoi$eal " Ann po, a£c "nAotn£A" niAn
"nAerheA." Da bpoinpeA* y6 •o'A pAnn tieunpA-o p6 " bAegAl " ve "bAogAl"
Agur- " HAOirhtA " t)e " nAorhcA " !
* No doubt Raftery is alluding 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."
3923
HOW LONG HAS IT BEEN SAID ?
(By Anthony Rafteky, op the Co. Mayo.)
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. J
Literally: "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 Literally : 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.e., without mortar]
it does not stay long up, it slips from the bad foundation, but where the
lime went, a stone shall not move out of it forever; the rock is under it
settled, which shall not burst.
| 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 {i.e., by it side), and Christ, whom the multitude crucified, and
iaey will keep the lambs together. Adultery and lust began the story
first, and Henry Vin. who forsook his consort, but vengeance, running
and rout [fall] speedily ou the Orangemen, who never got the con-
secration.
3924 1f patja o cuineAt> ffofi
A5 eifi$e "oaoio 'f 45 Untie, fmuAini'oi'd aj\ Ati fi$$
T)o CfutAi$ Af f at) An cine "OAonnA,
1f lonroA con 'fan nsAOit, aCc ni Lia 'nA 'fan cf ao$aIj
'5ur ir beA5 ati Caqi te' Bfuigimff feniceAC.*
1feb6t t»o f A01L An eA^tAif tAbAifc fAoi t>u§e
A5 cuf AnAgAit) An beACA nAorhtA,
Ua fi 1 ngeibionn fiof A'f tuicein te n-& tAOib,
'5 ioc 5° cnuAit) fAoi An " f epoftnACion." *
A "OMa, nAC mon An fponc An -ofeAtn no fAoit An n'otiga'o
50 mbut) 615m "ooiO a boCA x>o feunAt>,
A'f thltiAm -oo tionfgAin gteo A'f t>o cuif nA jACbit "°^
■ocneoin
Hi feicpit) fiAt) niof mo e jleufCA;
t)AinfeAf clog 'fAn Roirii, bei"6 cemnce cnArii A'f ceolj
Ann 'f 5AC beA£ A^tif [$aC] mon tf£ £inmn,
O CAinis SeOiffe 1 5-cn6m ca OfAngemen fAoi bfonj
A'f jAn neAfc aca a fnon "oo fei'oeA'd:
A TofA CetifCA 1 gcfann nA feuc An tAn An "one^m
tlAf •oiot An oeAn "o'oil tu Af Aon Cof,
Ace tuicein 'f a t)ti$e CAtn 'f An bunA-b Cneit)eAf Ann
11aC otc An ceAfc 50 bfui§i"oir seilteA-b.
ITiA'f fion "oo Of Angemen ni't niAic ■oo'n Cleif 1 gcAinc
'S& CfotujAt) Af ru"o le lei£eAT) A5 6inmn
5«f eugcoif fiongAil 'f peall Aguf cUfeA* clAinue "S&ll
t)'ioinpAi$ An OioblA Anonn 'fAn mbeAflA;
* Ca t>uil rhop Ag An tteACCupAc, WAn ci'dtm'O, Ann piA poclAib Aira-§l6na6A
j;aIU>a ro d^iocnuijeAf 1 n-" AC1011 " (= "6irinn"). nA ceut) filnoc •oe tiA
5Aot>Aldib t)o rgniob 1 mbeuplA nuj;AT>An nA poclA ro Arceac Ann 'f jac nann,
beag-nAC !
* On rising up of you and on your lying down, think ye upon the King
who created, throughout, the human race ; there is many a change in
the wind, but not more plentiful than are in the world, and it is a little
way through which we might find rescue. Isabel (i.e., Elizabeth), who
thought to bring the Church under law, opposing the holy life, she ia
down in ohains, and Luther at her side paying dearly for the Reformation.
How long has it been said? 3925
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, v/ho 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 ! but this is play ! they thought to burn 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 triumph'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 !
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. J
+ Oh, God ! is it not great the sport, the Jot that thought to burn ue,
how they had to deny their vote? And William, who began the fight,
and who put the Gael out of then- way, they shall see him no more
prepared [for fight]. A bell shall be struck in Rome, there shall be
bonfires and music in every little and in every great [place] throughout
Erin. Since George came to the throne the Orangemen are under grief,
and without power to blow their nose.
% O Jesus crucified on tree, do not see the people put down who never
sold the woman who reared thee, on any consideration; 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 proof 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.
3926 1f £at>a o cuineA-6 riorj
CnuAtAi"6 mS, tnunAb bfleug, 5° "oaucfAi'd re TAYi CfA6§At
go g-cuinp-Oe mAigiran teigm Ann j;ac cuinne,
Hi bfuit 'r^" 5c^f aCc rseim* Ag tneAttA-o uAmn An cnei"o
A^ur "01UICA151-6 -oo $noeAi$it> tuicein;
Cnei'oi'o "oo'n ctein 'r nA cei-di-6 An niAtAinc fein,'
Ho CAiUp-6 rib ITIac T)e 'r A CurhACCA,
'S An tong t° cuAit) a teij; (?) tnA teroeAnn rib Ann "oe teim
lompoCAit) ri A'r beit> fib piiice;
AtcAi$i"0 te T)ia, c£ An c-AtAin tDAinctit) fiAn,'
'S con5b6cAi"o re An nA cAonCAib ^An^oA,
An rtiocc i g-CAt nA 1 ngtiAt nAn "Oiot An pAir AfUArii
AgUf feAffAI-0 f6 AIIAgATO t)uf.CA1$ A'f "OAlAlg.
O CtAnnA 5aII 'n Aj\ n-oi Jkig niAn bei"OeAt) niAt)|\A AttA An flu\o
t)nei"0' A5 lAnnAit) An c-uAn ■oo goro o'n uiAcAin.
^^c ft] O CeAttAij -Oeun^At) a bpAt)AC gAn cu gAn eAC gAn
fniAn
te coit.A'r curiiAcc ni$ nA ngnArA:
tlt't p§eAT>6in tAun nA bneroe nA jneArAi-o An-biAig a tAe
IIac mbionn A5 piocAt) bneug Af OgT>Ain,
A mbiobtA a\^ bAnn a meAn, A5 "oeAnbu$At> 'f An eiteAC,
Ace iocpAi* fiAT» 1 u^oeine cinre.
feAn 5An nAt)Anc 5AT1 teigeAn a ifiinijeAr -OAOib An rgeut,
RAipcenit) "o'eifc le An' -oubnA-b,
T.S] A-oein 50 ftAiteAr "Oe uac nACAit) neAC 50 n-eug
t)bei-0eAr as pte te teAbnAib Unceinj
*= A11 rocat b£anta "rchetne."
* I heard, unless it be a lie, that it shall come in the world that a
master of learning shall be placed in every corner. 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 exchanging grass,
[i.e., remain on your own pasture] or ye shall lose the Son of God and
His power, and this ship that went to ruin (?), if ye go into it of a
leap, it will turn and ye shall be underneath it.
How long has it been said? 3927
I heard, if it be true, a rumor strange and new,
That they mean to plant schools in each corner;
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 God'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. J
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. §
+ The Dalys of Dunsandle, no doubt.
t Render thanks to God, Father Bartley [i.e., Bartholomew] is in the
West, and he will keep guard over the sheep, he is of the race that in
battle or conflict never sold the passion [perhaps a mistake for " sold the
pass "], and he will stand against Burkes and Dalys. The children of the
Gall are after us, as it were wolves upon the mountains, that would
be seeking to steal t>he lamb from the mother; but O'Kelly will hunt
them without hound, horse, or bridle, by the will and the power of the
King of the Graces.
§ 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 of
their fingers, assuring and perjuring; but they shall p«.y at the end of
the case. A man without sight, without learning [it is] who expounds
to you the story, Raftery, who listened to all that was said, and who
says that to the heaven of God no one 6hall ever go who will be pleading
with the books of Luther.
3928
tnAtttiSA'O An t)Cem An Sacsaiiai£>3
(Leif An "ng^Ag^n glAf.")
A "OlA gUtt 501|M"0
An UAin 'f An LA
A bpeicpmiTO SACfAn<*
teAgtA An lAp. !
A X)\& sun 50if.iT>
An IA '511 f An uAin,
A bpeicpinut) 1
A'f a cnoi'be-fe 50 puAf.
50 puAf. A'r 50 cnAptA,
'S i cnAi-Oce j;An bni$j
5^n con Ann a LAtfiAib
5An con Ann a cnoi"Oe:
t)Ainnio$Ain bi innci,-
bAinnio$Am $An bpAn,-
A6c bAinpimiT) -oi-pe
50 poilt a cnOm.
t)6i"6 An bAmniot;Ain AUiinn
50 cp.Ai'oce A'f 50 -ouDac,
Oin geoDAit) fi CUIdUgAt)
An Ia fin, A'f tuAC ;
tuAC nA fOlA '
t)o "Ooinc fi 'nA ffut,-
puiL nA opeAf bxin
Agnf puil nA opeAf "out) ;
Iuac tia gcfoi-Oe pin'
*Oo ofif fi 50 cm$,
Cnoit>te bi bAn
Aguf cpoi"Ote bi "oub.
"IuaC nA gcnArh
JZA "o'a mbAnugAt) Antnu,
CnAn'iA nA mt)An
Aguf cnAtiiA iia nDub.'
LUAC An OCAfAlf
Cuif fi aj\ bonn,
tllAC nA bflAbfAf
S5A01I fi te ponn.
3929
THE CURSE OF THE BOERS ON ENGLAND,
(Translated by Lady Gregob"? )
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,
^ones 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 het.
Irish Lit. Vol. 10— K
3930 tYlAtlugA-o An t)6ein Af. SACfAnAitl.
tuAc ha rnbAincneAbAC
"O'f^S r1' 5At1 PIS
Luac nA ti5Aif5,i<ieAC
Cuif fi Af blOf;
LuAC tlA TTOilleAtCA
"O'f A5 fi f a t^A-Oji
t-UAC tlA TTDlbljACeAC
CAlt fi Af f An.
l,UAC tlA tl-lTT01AHA6
(UfUA$ A 5CAf),
Luac nA n-AifficeA<5
Cuif fi Cum bAifs
1«a6 ha n-€ifeAnnA6
06Af fi An cf oif,
1.uac 5AC emit)
"O'a tToeAnnAit) fi f5fiof«
1,uac tiA trultiun
*Oo tub fi 'f t)o bfif,<
Uuac ua rnitUun
"JTA OCfUf AtlOlf.'
A ti$eAf nA 50 -ocuiciti
Af mullAC a cinn
ITlAUACC tlA TTOAOItie
i "Do tuic le n-A Unti.
ttlAtlACC tlA fUAfAC
A'f itiaIIacc nA tnbeAg,
IYIaLIacc nA n-Anbf Ann,-
xVf mAltAcc tlA tAgJ
Hi 6ifceAnn An OgeAfnA
te triAlLACC nA mon,
Ate CifCfit) S6 coi-oce
le of nA f A01 tieoif.
^ifcfit) S6 coi-oce
ie CAomeAt> nA mbocc^
'S ca CAomce nA milcitt
"O'a fjAoiteAt) Anocc.
The Curse of the Boers on England. 3931
Her wage for the white villages
She has left without men ;
Her wage for the brave men
She has put to the sword.
Her wage for the orphans
She has left under pain ;
Her wage for the exiles
She has spent with wandering.
For the people of India
(Pitiful is their case) ;
For the people of Africa
She has put to death.
For the people of Ireland,
Nailed to the cross ;
Wage for each people
Her hand has destroyed.
Her wage for the thousands
She deceived and she broke;
Her wage for the thousands
Finding death at this hour.
O Lord, let there fall
Straight down on her head
The curse of the peoples
That have fallen with us.
The curse of the mean,
And the curse of the small,
The curse of the weak
And the curse of the low.
The Lord does not listen
To the curse of the strong,
But He will listen
To sighs and to tears.
He will always listen
To the crying of the poor,
And the crying of thousands
Is abroad to-night.
3932 CurhA Cnoi-oe CAitm.
6ine6cAit) nA CAomce
go T)1A, c& fUAf,
Hi fat)a 50 rnoirprd
5aC hiaU.aCc ,0. Cluar,
t>ei-o curiiACC,' An 14 ru
-A5 j;ac tnle "deon
Vons-cosAit) "do ftAt&X)
'S ah o^Ainnse riioin.
-Ajuf ctncpT), rriAn rh<ittACC,
50 cnom A-p An luCc
T)'v^5 Airnic 'nA rAf.dC
-A'r tJondij 50 bocc.
ctirhA CnoTOe CaiIhi;
•OornicA-o 11a T)Ati5Aiti -o'^icinf, 7 Cxvog tU *Oonnc<y6A -do cuiji f {oft.
/A "OorhtiAitl 615, mA teroin caj\ rAini^e
t)ein me fein teAC, ir tiA "06111 x>o •oeAnmA'o,
1r bero A5AC reinin IA aotiai$ ir mAfljjAi'o,
1r injeAn TI105 5^6l5e ™^n ceite leAptA dgAC,
1T1A tenbin-re Anonn cA comdntd A^^rn one ;
Ca cut pionn A^Uf -oA fiilt $lAf A AJAC
"Oa CocAn -0645 it)' cut bui-oe oacaUaC,
tllAf D6At> DeAt-riA-DO no nor 1 ngAnnAite;
1r -oeitteAnAC dnein t>o tAbAin An gA'OAfl one ;
X)o tADAin An nAorgAC 'r a' CunnAiCin "ooirhm one ;
1r cu i"o' " CAojAiTbe AonAin " An ruT> nA jcoittce)
'S 50 nAt>Ain 5An eeile 50 bnAt 50 opAgAin me;
"Oo geAltAir •OArivp a, A^ur "o'mnrir oneAj; "OAtn,-
go moeiteA noriiAm-f a A5 cno nA 5cA0r.dC ;
T)o teigeAf peAt) Agur cni ceAT) 51ao"oaC cu$ac,
'S n! t>j:uAf\Ar Ann acc UAn a' ni6ili,o.
"Do geAttAir "OArh-fA, ni da "oeACAin "otnc,
loin^eAf oin fA CnAnn-reoil Aingro ;
t)A bdiie "oeAg t)o daiIcio m^nsAit) ;
1r ctnnc oneAg aoVoa coir caoo nd rdinnse.
The Grief of a Girl's Heart: 3933
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
In the great deep.
And they shall fall for a curse
Heavily upon the people
Who have left Africa a waste
And the Boers in poverty.
I9OT.
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.
It is late last night the dog was speaking of you ; the snipe was
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.
You promised me, and you said a lie to me, that you would be
before me where the sheep are flocked; I gave a whistle and three
hundred cries to you, and I found nothing there but a bleating lamb.
You promised me a thing that was hard for you, a sRip of gold
under a silver mast ; twelve towns with a market in all of them, and
a fine white court by the side of the sea.
3934 CumA Cnoibe CAitm.
T)o geAttAif "DAm-fA, ni nAfl b'feTOin,
50 "ociubntA tAimmne *oo cnoiceAn eifj; "OAm ;
£o •ocmbntA bnGgA "DO cnoiceAn ban "OAtn ;
1f cutAib x>o'n Cfio"DA bA bAoine 1 n6inmn.
A t)omnAitt O15, b'feAnn buic mife ajac
'VIa beAn viAf At uAibneAC lomAncAC ;
IDo cniibf Ainn bo Aguf •oo-geAnAmn cui^eAn -0111c ;
1f, *oa mbAb cnuAib 6, t)o buAitfmn bintte teAc.
OC, ocbn, Agtif tii te nocnAf,
"UineAfbA bit), T)ige, tiA co-oIaca,-
f?A nT>eAnn "bAtfif a beit CAnAibe cniucAtbA ;
,Acc 5^"° Pf °15 1f 6 bneoib 50 f ottuf tne !
1f mob An mAiT)iTi "oo comiAC-fA An c-bigpeAn
.An mum CApAitt Ag gAb^it An botAin ;
tlion "Cfin'o fb tiom if nion cinn fe fcnob onm ;
'S^jimo CAfAb AbAite "bAm 'f eAb t>o goiteAf mo "botAmj
'tluAin teibim-fe pern 50 UobAtt An "UAismr,
Suibim fiof Ag *oeAnArh buAbAntA,
riuAin cim An fAo$At if nA feicim nio buACAittj
go nAib fgAit An bniAin 1 mbAnn a gniiAbnA;
Siu"o b An "OomnAt do tugAf $nAb buic,
Ar\ "OorhnAC "cineAC noim "OomnAC CAfgA ;
If mife An mo §tuimb a' teigeAb nA pAife,
'S eA-b bi mo *a fuit a fion-tAbAinc An £nAb' buici
0 ! Abe, a rhAitttin, cAbAin me fern t>o,
If cAOAin a bpuit ajac Wn cf AogAt 30 tein -oo ;
6ini5 fern A5 lAnnAib "oeince,
^guf nA 5Ab fiAn nA AniAn im' eiteArii:
TDubAinc mo mAitnin Horn $An tAbAinc teAc
1n"om nA 1 mbAineAC iia T)ia "OomnAig,
1f oic An cnAt t>o tug fi no§A bAmj
'S 6 " "ounAb An -oofAif 6 CAn eir nA f ogtA."
Ua mo cnoibe-fe bom -oub te tiAinne,
TI6 te 5«At "oub a beAb 1 5ceAn"ocAin,
TI6 te bonn bnbige beAb An nAttAib bAnA ;
'S sun bemir tionn "onb biom of cionn mo ftAince;
"06 bAimf f oin "biom, if tdo bAimf riAn biom,
"Oo bAinif norhAm, ir x>o bAinif im' biAib biom,
"Oo bAir.if 5eAtA6, if -oo bAimf J5fiAn -oiom,-
'S if no-iiiOn m'eAjtA jtif bAimf "Oia biom !
The Grief of a Girl's Heart. 3935
You promised me a thing that is not possible, that you would give
ne 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 it's 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
the 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 ! 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 talking 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 taken the moon, you have taken the sun from me, and my fear
is great that you have taken God from me 1
IQOI.
3936
bAti-Cnoic ei tie Arm 0$:
(te "OonnCAt) TTIac ConmAnA.)
t>ein beAnnACc Cm' cnoi-oe 50 cin tia n-6ineAnn,
t)An-Cnoic dhneAnn 65 !
Cum a mAineAnn "oe fiotnAt) 1n a't Cibin,
An bxSn-Cnoic CineAnn 6£.
An aic ux) 'nan b'Aoibinn binn-juc eAn,
TTlAn fAm-Cnmc CAom A5 cAoinedt) 5AO*A^ 5
'Se mo cAr a oeit mile mite 1 seem,
0 bAn-cnoic 6ineAnn 65.
t)i-beAnn bAj\nA bog rlim aj\ CAom-Cnoic 6ineAnn,
t)An-cnoic 6ineAnn 0$ !
'S if peAnnA nA 'n cin ro t>ic 5AC rleibe Ann,
t)An-cnoic CineAnn 0$ !
"Dob Afo a coittce 'r bA -bineAC nei-6,
'S a mblAt mAn aoI An rhAoilinn geus.
C* 5^"0 A5 mo cnoiTje 1 m'incmn pein
"Oo bAn-cnoic 6ineAnn 6$:
Ca SArnA UontfiAn 1 -ocin nA b-6ineAnn,
t)An-Cnoic 6ineAnn 65 !
A'r FeAFACo1n 5tvoi-Oe nA ctAoi"6peA"6 ceut>cd
An bAn-Cnoic 6ineAtin 6§ !
tTl' jrA-ocuinre cnoit>e 'r mo Cuimne r5e1.1l,,
1at) A5 5A^AP°1C ri°T FA $re1mJ 1T1° teun i
'S a mbAilce T)'a noinn pA Cior 50 -oAon,
t)An-cnoic 6ineAnn 65 !
1r pAinrms 'r ir mon iat) cnuACA nA h-6ineAnn,-
t)An-Cnoic 6ineAnn 6$ !
A gcuiT) meAlA 'j;uf uACCAin A'gluAireACc 'nA fIao'da;
An bAn-cnoic 6ineAnn 65:
UaCatO me An cuAinc no ir IuaC mo fAogAt,
"Oo'n CALAm be&s f UAinc fin if -ouaI t>o $Aot)Al !
*S 50 mb'peAnnA Horn 'nA "ouAif "oA uAirleACc e
t)eit An bAn-Cnoic CineAnn 0$.
* Composod whilst the poet was in exile, on the Continent (at Ham-
burg), during the penal regime. The name Eire (Ireland) ia dissyllabic
and may be pronounced as " eyrie." The bard was born at Cratloe,
Clare County, about 1710, and outlived the century. In spite of the
penal laws against education, he succeeded in acquiring, at home and
3937
THE FAIR HILLS OF EIRE.
(By Doncadh Mac Conmara. Circa 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 Eire" O !
To the Remnant that love her — Our Forefathers' Land !
Fair Hills of Eire" 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 Eire O.
How fair are the flowers on the dear daring peaks,
Fair Hills of Eire" O !
Far o'er foreign bowers I love her barest reeks,
Fair Hills of Eire* 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 1
The Fair Hills of Eire O !
Still numerous and noble her sons who survive,
Fair Hills of Eire" O !
The true hearts in trouble, — the strong hands to strive —
Fair Hills of Erie 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 Erie O !
In purple they gleam, like our High Kings of yore,
The Fair Hills of Eire" O !
With honey and cream are her plains flowing o'er,
Fair Hills of Eire' 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 Eire 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 appreciativeness, laid a tribute
on themselves for his maintenance.
3938 t>An-cnoic 6ineAnn 6$;
SgAipeAnti An *onucc An geAtfiAn Agur v^t1 ^ttnj
An bAn-cnoic 6ineAnn 65 ;
A^ur ca^aix* fin ubtA curhnA An geugAib Ann;
An bAn-cnoic £ineAnn 05.
"biolAn A^ur rAtfiA 1 ngleAnncAib ceo
'S tiA rnotA 'r An crArhnA a' lAbAinc An neovn $
A'r uifse nA Siuine a' bnucc 'nA ftoij,
An bAn-cnoic £ineAnnj3s;
1r of^Aitce pAitxeAc An Six: rm 6ine,
t)An-Cnoic GineAnn 65 !
Aj;ur conAt) nA rtAince a mbAnn nA "o6ife;
A mbAn-cnoic eineAnn 65:
t)A bmne 'nA meunA An teAT>Aib ceoit,
Semm 'gun ge^mneAt) a tAog 'r a nibo,
Asur CAitneArii nA gn6ine ontA AOfOA 'f 65
An bAn-cnoic 6ineAnn 65.
The Fair HUls of Eire: 3939
The dew-drops sparkle, like diamonds on the corn.
Fair Hills of Eire" O !
Where green boughs darkle the bright apples burn
Fair Hills of Eire O !
Behold, in the valley, cress and berries bland,
Where streams love to dally, in that Wondrous Land,
While the great River-voices roll their music grand
Round the Fair Hills of Eire O !
Oh, 'tis welcoming, wide-hearted, that dear land of love !
Fair Hills of Eire" O !
New life unto the martyred is the pure breeze above
The Fair Hills of Eir6 O !
More sweet than tune flowing o'er the chords of gold
Comes the kine's soft lowing, from the mountain fold, —
Oh, the Splendor of the Sunshine on them all, — Young and Old.
'Mid the Fair Hills of Eire O!
3940
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(Coif via ceineAT) : pe£, Y\6^&, Jobnuic, Site beAj, Caic ni bViuAdAtta).
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peg. t>'Aic bom fin ! "Inmp pern pgeut;
gob. Tli't Aon rhAic mnci, a peg ; b'peApp Linn -oo rseut-pA:
Site. "Oem, a peg ; beiPmi"0 AnA-pocAip.
pes. PIaC mAic nAp pAnAip pocAin Apeip, 'nuAip bi " PTlA-opA nA
n-OCc gCor " AgAtn -oA innpmc !
Site. tYlAp pn ni rcAt>pAP CAic ni PjuACAttA AC Am' pniocApj
Caic. CnusAir T>'eiteA6 ! tli ^AbAf-fA at>' ppiocAP, a CAitt
icin !
50b. P1A bAC i pern, a Caic ; ni p.Aib Aomne' t>A pniocAP ac 1
•oa teiginc uippti.
Site. Do bi, ApcOm ; Agup mutiA mbeiPeAp 50 pAib, ni Uug-
pAinn.
116nA. AbAin te peg nAC tiujpAip Anoip, a Sbite, 1 mneOpAiP
pi pgeut "ouinn.
Site. Hi tiugpA-o. a l^ej, pe put> imceoCAiP opm;
pes- mA'r eAP, puij; Annro Am' Aice, 1 -ocpeo nA peut)pAiP
Aoinne' cu ppiocAP $An pior •00m.
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tiujpAi$e.
50b. 6ipc, a CbAic, no cuinpin aj; gut i, i beiPmit) £An pgeut;
1TIA CuipceAp peAps An pes, ni mneorAiP pi Aon fgeut Anocc;
SeAP Anoip, a "peg, ca 5AC Aomne' cunn, as bnAC An p$eut uaic.
peg. t)i peAn Ann pAX) 6, -j if e Aintn -oo bi Aip, SeAPnA ; t
5peufAi-6e b'eAP e ; bi C15 beAg -oeAp ctucmAp Aige, A15 bun
cnuic, An CAob nA poicme ; bi CACAOip pusAn Aige -oo Pein pe
pern -oo pein, •] bA $nAc teip ruiPe mnci urn cpAcnOnA, 'nuAin
biPeAP obAin An tAe cniocnuigce ; t 'nuAip puiPeAp pe mnci,-
bi-oeAP pe An a fApcACc. t)i meAtbtfg mine Aige, An cpoCAP 1
n-Af^e nA cemeAP ; -\ Anoip -| Apip CuipeAP pe a tArii mnci, •) COsa-O
f6 tAn a -Ompn -oe'n rhin, 1 bi-oeAt) x>a cogAinc Ap a fiiAirhneApj
t)i cpAnn ubAtt Ag pAp Ap An x»CAOb Amine "oe Popup Aige, "] 'nuAin
biPeAP CAnc Aip, 6 belt Ag co^Ainc nA mine, cuipeAP pe Urn 'f*
cpAnn f au, -| to^Ap pe ceAnn x>e 'p"^ b-ubtAib, t "o'lceAp pe e —
Site. O a UbiApcAip ! a pbes, nAp PeAp 6 !
peg. Ciaco, An Cacaoip, nO An mm, n6 at\ c-ubAtt, bA PeAp ?
Site. An c- ubAtt, jau Am pup 1
3941
SEADNA'S THREE WISHES.
From Seadna (Shayna), by Father Peter O'Leary.
(By the Fireside — Peg, Nora, Gobnet, Little Sheila,
Kate Buckley.)
Nora. — 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.
Peg. — How well you did not keep quiet last night, when 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 hag !
Gob. — Don't mind her, Kate. There was no one pinching
her, but she pretending ft.
Sheila. — But there was; and only that there was I would
not screech.
Nora. — Tell Peg that you won't screech now, and she 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'll engage the cat will pinch her. You little hussy,
we would have a fine story but for yourself and your screeching.
Gob. — Whist ! Kate, 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
made 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.
3942 SeAttnA.
C^ic; t)'f eAff tiom-fA An mm ; ni bAmfeA'b An c-ubAtt An
c-ocnAf "oe "buine.
50b. D'feAnn tiom-f a An CAtAoin ; ^ cuinpnn peg 1 n-A fuit>e
innci, A15 mnpnc ua fgeut.
pes. 1f mAit Cum ptAmAif tu, a Jobnuic:
50b. 1f feAnn cum ha fgeut CufA, a ptieg. Cionnuf ■o'imCi$
te SeAt>nA ?
peg. tA *oA nAib f6 A5 "oeAnArii bnbg, tug fe fe nDeAfA nA
nAib a tuitte teAtAin Aige, nA a cuitte fnAite, nA a tuitte ceineAC.1
t)i An CAoibin "oei^eAnAC fuAf , -| au gn eim "oei^eAUAC cuntA ; *j
nionb futAin "oo *out i A*bAn t»o fotAtan fut a bfeu"OfAt> fe a
tuitte bnbg t)o "beAUAm.
T)o gtuAif fe An mAixnn, t bi cni fsittinge 'n-A pbCA, -j ni nAib
fe acc mite o'n "ocig 'nuAin buAit •oume boCc mine, A15 lAnnAit)
•oeince. " UAbAin tioni -Deinc An fon an cStAnuijteonA, -| te h-
AnmAnnAib •oo rhAnb, -j caj\ CeAnn do ftAince," Apf An Dume
bocr. Cbug SeADnA fgittmj; do, -j AnnfAn ni nAib Aige acc dA
flitting. T)ubAinc fe teif fein 50 mbfeiDin 50 nDeAnpAD An
DA fgittinj a gnb.
Hi nAib fe aCc mite eite 6 bAite 'nuAin buAit beAn boCc uime,
1 i cof-noCcuigte. " UAbAin "60m congnAD 615m, " An fifi, " An
fon An cStamngteonA, 1 te n-AnmAnnAib do riiAnb, "| CAn CeAnn
•oo ftAince." T)o $tAC cnuAije Di e, -\ tug fe fitting Di, f
■o'imtij fi. "Oo bi Aon fgittinj; AriiAin Annfoin Aige, aCc do
tiomAin fe teif, a bpAt Ain 50 mbuAitpeAD fiAnf 615m uime do
CuinpeAD Af a Cumuf a jnb a DeAUAm. Tlionb £ada gun c^fAD
Ain teAnb t e A5 j;ut te fUACc *| te n-ocpAf: " An fon An cStAn-
uijceof a," Aff An teAnb, " CAbAin "bom nuD eij;in te n-ite." t)i
C15 bfCA 1 ngAf "ooib, 1 "oo cuai"0 SeAt)nA ifceAC Ann, t CeAnmnj;
fe bfic AfAin •] tug fe Cum An temb e. 'tluAif fUAif An teAnb
An c-An An "o'Atnui5 a "Oeatb ; "o'f Af f e f uAf 1 n-Aifoe, i do tAf
f otAf longAncAC 'n-A fCntib -j 'n-A CeAnAC^ib,- 1 "ocfeo 50 "ocAmic
fgAnnfAt) Af SbeA"bnA.
Site. "Oia ttnn ! a peg, if "ooCa guf tuic SeA-bnA boCc 1 tuige;
pej. Tlion tuic ; aCc mA'f eA-b, bA -oiCeAtt x>6: Ctiom tuAt
Aguf -©'feuTt fe tAbAifc, TiubAinc fe : " Cat) 6 An f A*Af -oume
tuf a ? ' Aguf if e f f eAjf a f uAif f e : "A SneAftnA, cA T)ia
buTbeAC "bioc. xXingeAt ifeAt) mife. 1f me An cniorhAt) ti-
Ain?;eAt juf tu^Aif "oeinc "ob <\n-oiu Af fon An cStArmigteonA, 1
Anoif cA cfi gui-be a^ac te fAjAit 6 *Cma ua gtbife. lAff an T^ia
aou cfi gm-be if coit teAC, *) geobAif iat> ; aCc CA Aon Com^inte
AmAin AgAmfA te cAbAifc "ouic, — nA oeAfmui-o An UfbcAine."
Seadna's (Shayna) Three Wishes. 3943
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.
Kate. — 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
3944 SeA*nA.
" A^uf An nT>eifif Horn 50 bfAi£eA"o mo $ui"6e ? " AffA SeAttnA:
" "Oeifim, s^n Amf Af," Aff' An c-AingeAl. " Ua 50 mAii," Aff a
Se^iinA, " ca CACAoif oeAg "beAf f ugAn AjAtn 'f a bAite, *j ah uite
•OAitcin a CAgAnn AfceAC, ni fulAif teif fui"6e innce. An CeuT>
twine eite a fui-Ofit) innce, aCc me fein, 50 sceAnslAit) fe
innce ! " " fAine, f Aife ! a SbeA'bnA," Aff' An c-AingeAt ; " fin
gui-oe bfeA$ imcigCe $au CAifbe. CA *A CeAun eite ajjac, -\ nA
•oeAf muit) An CnocAine." " Ca," Aff a SeA-bnA, " meAtboisin
mine AgAm 'f a bAite, i An uite "OAitcin a CAgAnn AfceAC, ni fulAif
leif a "oonn a fACAt> innce. An Ceut> twine eile a Cuiffit) tAm
'fA meAlboig pn, acc me fern, 50 sceAnglAit) fe mnce, — feue ! "
" O a SneA-onA, a StieAtWA, ni'l f Afg a$ac ! ' Aff' An c-Ainj;eAl;
" Tli'l ajac Anoif acc Aon guitte Am Aw eile. lAff Cf ocAife "Oe
•oo c'AnAm." " O, if fiof twic," Aff a SeA-OnA, " bA "bbbAif *om
e •oeAf.rhAT); CA cf Ann beAg ubAlt AgAm 1 leAC-CAoib mo -oofuif,
-j An uite "OAHcin a CA^Ann An Cfeo, ni fULAif leif A tAm t>o Cuf
1 n-Aifoe 1 ubAlt "oo fCACAt) i x>o bfeiC teif. An Ceu-o twine
eite acc m6 fern, a Cuifpt) a tAm 'fA CfAnn fom, 50 gceAnjtAit)
fe Ann — O ! a "OAoine ! " Af feifeAn, A5 fgAifceAt) Af £Aifit>e,
" nAC AgAtn A Dei>° Art fponc off a ! "
'fluAif CAimj fe Af nA cfiCittib, -o'feuC fe fUAf •) bi An c-Ainj;eAt
imcigce. "Oem fe a rhACcnAm Aif few An feAt> CAmAitt tfiAiC, tL
fe -OeifeA-O fiAf CAlt, -oubAifc f6 teif fCin : " "peuC Anoif, ni'f
Aon AmA"oAn 1 n-6ifinn if mo ionA me ! "Oa mbei'beAt) cfiue
ceAngAitce AgAm urn An t>caca fo, twine 'fA' CACAoif, twinQ.
'fA' meAtboig, -\ twine 'fA' CfAnn, cat) 6 An tfiAic t>o "OeAnfAf
fAn -ootfifA •] me 1 bfAt> 6 bAite, gAn biA*, gAn -oeoC, gAn A15
geA-o ? " Hi ctufge bi An meit) fin CAince f Ai-Oce Aige nA Cu,
fe f6 n"oeAfA of a CorhAif AtnAC, 'fAn Aic a fAib An c-AingeAt-
feAf fA"OA caoI "oub, •] e Ag glmneAitiAinc Aif, -j ceme CfeAfA A5
ceACc Af a "OA full 'n-A fpfeACAib nnrie. t)i "bA At)Aifc Aif mAf
bei-OeAt) Af pocAn ^AbAif, *i meigioll fAt)A HAt-jofm 5Afb Aif,
eifboll mAf beit)eAt) Af mATJAt) fUAt), ~\ cfub A.n Coif leif mAf
Cfub CAifb. T)o leAC a beut ~\ a ?>& full Af StieA-OnA, •] x>o fCAt>
a CAinc. 1 ^ceAiin CAmAilt tdo lAbAif An feAf "oub. " A
SheA-OnA," Af feifeAn, " ni ^AX> "Ouic Aon eAglA -oo beiC ofc fOm-
Amf a ; ni'tim Af ci "oo "OiogbAlA; t)A miAn Horn CAifbe 615m "oo
■OeAnArii -Ouic, x>A nglAcCA mo CorhAifle. "Oo CloifeAf Cu, Anoif
beAg, "oA f At) 50 f AbAif s&n biAb, gAn -oeoC, gAn AifgeAt). tiub-
fAinn-fe AifgeAT) "oo "OOtAin -ouic An Aon Comjioll beAg AitiAm."
" A^uf 5feAt>At) cf6 lAf "oo fs^fc ! " AffA SeAt>nA, -| CAmij a
CAinc ■oo ; " nA f eu*of A An mei"o fin "oo f At) gAn "oume "oo miLteA-b
te-o' Cui-o glmneAmnA, pe n-e Cu f Cm ? " " 1f cumA -Ouic cia b-6
me, aCc beuffAt) An oifeAt) Aifgit) x»uic Anoif Aguf ceAnnOCAit)
Seadm's (Shayna) Three Wishes. 3945
three wishes to get from the God of Glory. Ask now of God
any three wishes you 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 dalteen
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 malvogue 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, see! "
" 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 food, 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 ^e 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
3946 SeA-onA.
An oifeAT) leAtAif A^tif 6oimeAT)pAi,6 A5 obAif to 50 ceAnn cfi
mbUA"6Ain iroeug, Af at> gcomgiolt r° — 5° "onoepAif Horn An
UAif fin ? "
" ^5«f tn4 feittcigim leAc, ca f AjmAoiT) An UAif fin • " " CA
beAj; "Duic ^n ceifc fin "oo cuf, 'ntiAif bei-o An teAtAf iTiijte -j
tieittmiT) A5 5tuAifeAcc ? ' " UAif seufCtiifeAc — bice ajac, peic-
eAm An t-AifgeAT)." " UAif-fe jjeufcuifeAc, peuc ! " "Do cuif An
peAf ■outt a tAtfi 'n-A pocA, -\ tAffAing f6 AmAC fpAfAn m6f, -| Af
An fpAfdn "oo leig f£ awac An a bAif CAfn beA5 "o'On OneAg
bui"6e.
" £euc ! " An feifeAn ; ■] fin r6 a tAm •) cuif f6 An CAfn "oe
piofAib 5leoit)ce slemeAmlA pe puilib SneA*6nA boicc. T)o fin
SeAt)nA a *6a tAim, -j T>o teAtA'OAf. a "oa lAgAf Cum An df. " 5°
f.6it> ! " Aff' An peAf "out), Ag cAjif Amgc An oif cuige AfceAC ;
" ni't An mAf5A"6 "oeAncA f 6f." " tMot) 'n-A mAfgA'b ! '' Aff A
SeA*nA.
" 5AT1 ceiP 2- ' •Aft' -A11 VeAV "out). " 5^" ceip," Aff a SeAt>nA;
" "OAf bfig nA mionn ? " Aff' An f eAf "oub. " t)Af bfi$ nA
mionn," AffA SeAt>nA.
[An 0T6ce nA "6iai$ fin.]
H6f a. Se&X> ! — a peg — tAmAoit) Annfo — Afif — zS fAotAf ofm
— biof A5 fit — bi eAgtA ofm — 50 mbei'oeAt) An f5eut Af fiubAl
fOtfiAm, *] 50 mbei-oeAt) cuto x>e CAiltxe AgAm.
peg. Am' bfiAtAf 50 bfAnfAtnAoif teAC, a tlofA, a Iaoi$. tti'l
1 bpA"o o tAmi5 5obnuic-
Job. TTlAf fin "00 bi cuijjion AgAm "OA "oeunArii, *j b'eipn "oom-
fA *oul fiAf leif An 1m 50 t)eut An JeAfftA, -| 'nuAif biof A5
ceAcc a bAile ah c6ifi5Af, "oo tine An oi"oce ofm, *j ^eAtlAim t>uic
guf bAmeA* pf\eAb AfAm. t)iof A5 cuimmujA-o Af SeA-onA -j Af
An Of -j Af An bpeAf nt)iib, •) Af nA fpfeACAib bi A5 ceACC Af a
fuiUb, 1 m6 A5 fit fut a mbeit)mn t)6it)eAnA(i, 'nuAif tOgAf mo
ceAnn -j catd no tifinn Ate An fux* 'n-A feAfArii Af m' ajai* auiac
Seadna's (Shay no) Three Wishes. 3947
give you money enough on one little condition." " And, torture
through the middle of your lungs ! " 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 I 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." " You are sharp-witted. Look ! " 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 yet
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.)
Noea. — 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. — Indeed, Nora, my dear, we would wait for you. It
is not long since Gobnet came.
Gob. — Yes, for we were making a churn, 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 sold,
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
3948 SeAbnA;
— An 5°^At1 • AH Ari sceut) AtfiAfc "oa -ocugAf Aif, x>o tiubfAinn
AT1 leAbAf 50 f Alb AbAfCA Aif !
tlbfA. A biAiriAife, a $obnuic, eifc t)o beul, 7 ha bi t>Af mbot>-
fAb te-o' $OllAT1Alb "J teT)' AbAfCAlb. AttAfCA Af At! tl^OttAtl !
peuc Aif fin !
50b. t)'ei-oif, t>a mbeibteA pein Ann, gun beAg An ponn mAgAib
•oo beibeAb ope.
Sile. peuc Anoip ! cia aca a$ copj; An pgeil ? t)'eiT>if 50
gcuippeAb Caic tli tDuACAllA opm-fA e.
Caic. Hi Cuippib, a Sile. UAin a*o' CAilin niAit Anode, 7 ca
AnA-cion AgAm one. fllo $fAb 1 pin ! tllo gfA-b Am' Cfoit>e
ifcig 1 !
Sile. SeA-6 50 T>ifeAC ! pAn 50 mbeib peApg one ! 7 b'eit)in nA
•oeAnpi " nio gpab i pn ! "
TlbfA. Seo, feo ! prA^OAit), a CAilimbe. ITIife 7 mo gollAn pA
n"oeAn An obAip feo. CaiC uaic An fcocA -pom, a "peg, -| fSAoil
cujAinn An fgeul: An bpuAip SeAbnA An fpAfAn ? 1f iombA
•oume bi 1 pocc fpAfAin -©'pAgAH 7 uaC bpuAip.
peg. Com Iuac i "oubAinc SeAbnA An pocAl, " T>Af bfi$ nA
mionn ! " t»o tAinig AtfugAb gne An An bpeAp n*oub. "Oo nocc
pi a pAdA fiop 7 tpuAp, 7 if ia"o "oo bi 50 -oluice Af A
Ceile. tAinis fbpt) cnonAin Af a beul, 7 x>o ceip Af SeAbnA a
•oeunAtn AmAb cia 'co aj; 5Aifit>e bi fe nb Ag ■opAnncugA'b; Ace
'ntiAif ■o'feuc fe puAp imp An t>a full Ain, bA bobAif 50 "onucp Ab
An fgAnnfAt) ceu-onA Aif a CAimg Aif 1 "ocofAC. "Oo CU15 fe 50
niAit nAC A5 jjAinibe bi An •oioltmnneAC. til feACAib fe piAm
poime pn Aon t>a fiiil bA rheAfA 'nA iat>, Aon feuCAinc bA riiAll-
mjte 'nA An feuCAinc "oo bi aco, Aon ClAf eu-OAin Com T>uf, cotn
"OfoC-AiseAncA leif An gclAf eut)Ain -oo bi Of a gcionn. tliof
lAbAif fe, 7 vo f n' fe a biCeAll gAn a leij;inc Aif guf tug fe
fe n-oeAfA An -onAnncugA-b. te n-A linn pn, -oo leig An feAf
•oub An c-6f AniAC Apf Af a bAif, i "oo COrhAifim.
" Seo ! " Af feifeAn, " a SeA"bnA; Sm ceAt) punc ajac Af An
gceuT) fsillmg tu^Aif uaic mtmi; An bfuilif "oi'oIca ? "
" 1f mbf An bfeif i ! " AffA SeAttnA: " t)A-b Coif 50 bptnlim.'*
" Coif no eugcbif," Aff' An feAf t)ub, " An bp uilif x>iolCA ? "
7 "oo jeufing •] "oo bfopouig a\\ An nt^fAnncugAb.
" 0 ! CAim -oiolCA, CAim "oiolCA ! " AffA SeAbnA, " 50 f Alb
mAIC AgAC-f A."
" Seo ! mA 'feAb," Af feifeAn: *' Sin ceAt) eile ajac a^ An
•OAfA f5illin5 tUgAlf UA1C irnDiu."
" Sm 1 An fsillms tugAf 'oo'n riinAoi a bi cof-noCcuigte."
" Sm i An fgilling tugAif x>o'n rhnAOi uAfAil Ceu-onA."
Seadna's (Shayna) Three Wishes. 3949
I raised my head, and what should I see but the thing standing
out overright me the Gollan! 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
Gollan! 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."
Nora. — Come, come ! stop, girls. I and my Gollan 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 bared 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?15
and the growling became sharper and quicker.
<; Oh ! I am paid, I am paid," said Seadhna, " thank yout"
" Here ! if so," said he, " there is another hundred for you,
for the second shilling you gave away to-day."
3950 SeA*>nA:
" VDa bA beAn uAfAt i, cat) "do beip. cof-noceui£ce i, *| CAt> *oo
bein t>i mo rsillms x>o bneit uAim-fe, •] $au A^Ain acc rsittmg
eite 1 n-A "oiato ? "
" ttlA bA beAn iiAf At i ! T)a tnbei"6eAt> a fiof a^ac ! Sin i An
bean UAfAt "oo mitt mife ! "
t_e linti nA b-pocAt f Am •oo nA*0 "bo, "oo tAim^ cnit cof ■} tAtri
Ain, "oo fCA*o ati •otvAtincAn, tdo luij a CeAnn fiAtx Af\ a rfiumeAt,
•o'peuC re fUAf inf a' fp^ip, tAimg "oniuc bAif Ain T ct6"b cuinp
Af A CeAnnACAib;
'ttuAin COTH1A1C SeA"6nA An lompAit ti fin, tAim^ lonsnAfj a
Cnoitte Ain.
" Hi rutAin," An relreAt1> 50 neAriijuireAC, " no ni tie feo An
C6AT) uAin A^AZ A5 A1|\eACCAin ceAcc tAinp fiux>;
"Oo teim An feAp "cub: "Oo buAit r6 buitte t>a Cnuib An An
•ocAlArh, 1 Ticneo gun epic An fox) ■oo bi re coif SeAttnA.
" CionnbAt) one ! " Apr' eifeAn: " £irc "oo beut no bArsr^P
tu!"
" 5AbAim pAp^oun a$ac, a "bume uApAit ! " At\f a SeA"6nA, 50
mo"6AriiAit, " CeApAr 50 mb' eit>ip sun bpAon beAg -oo bi OIca
a^ac, "o'nA* 'f gun tugAir c6at> punc mAp rhAtAipc An fS'^^S
•oAm."
" dubpAinn — -\ feACc jceAT) "oa •ocioc^At) tiom bAinc o'n
•ocAipbe "oo pm' An rsitlmg CeA*onA, acc 'nuAip cugAip uaic i aa
fon An cStAmnjtebpA, ni feiTnp a cAipbe -oo toe Coit>Ce."
" A^ur," Ar\fA SeA"OnA, " cat> if gAt) An riiAic T»o toe ? 114
fuit fe Corh niAic a^ax> CAipbe nA fgiltmse ut> "o'rASbAit mAp ca
re?"
" C& An loniAt) CAinue a$ac — An ioitiat) An f At). "OubApc teAC
■oo beut *o' eirceACc. Seo 1 fin C An fpAn An An f a-o AgAc," Apr'
An peAf "oub.
" 11i beiT)in, a -bume UAfAit," Anf a SeA-bnA, " nA bei'OeAti
•OAoicm tia bAimrine Ann. 1r iomt)A Ia 1 "ocni btiAt>nAib T>eA5.
1f lonroA bnog bei-OeA-0 "oeuncA A5 "ouine 1 gCAiteAm An rheiT) rm
Aitnfinf-, "| if iomt)A cumA 1 n-A n-oinpeAt) rsitLmg t>o."
" tIA bic6 ceifc one," Anf' An feAn "oub, A5 cup fmueA gAine
Af. " UAnfAing Af Corh genf 1 n6inmn •] if mAit leAC e. t^eit)
f6 Coin ceAnn An IA "oei-beAnAC 1 c& fe in"Otu.' Hi bei* puinn
SnotA AgAc "oe Ar rA1n AmAC/'
Seadna's (Shayna) Three Wishes. 3951
"That is the shilling I gave to the woman who was bare-
footed."
" That is the shilling yon 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 Aer."
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 beg your pardon, sir," said Seadhna, meekly ; " I thought
that perhaps 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 shilling
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 Seadhna, " 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 will
not have much business of it from that forward."
3952
'-4tV? ATI T)1A A t) Hit) e AC AS."
t)o tAnnAis "OiAnmui-o a •Otn'oin ■oub t>onn Af a pOCA, t t>o fin
Ctnge i, t "o'ltntig i x»o CtiAit> feifeAn AnnfAn 50 rneAtAlACAn
cemeA* t>o bi An bAnf nA cnAjA, beineAf An riieAtAn Aifci -j feiT>-
eAf, f6i-oeAf i 50 tneAn ring ceAfuit>e ; aCc *a tn&ine a aiiaI
-| "oa tiujA a feToeAt), ni nAib rriAit t>o Ann ; rei'oeAr Anif t
Anif eile niof cneme, niof ciuja, niof ceAfui'be nA ceAnA, aCc "oo
bi a jno 'n-A pAfAC Ain, mAn x>o bi An ceA-p ion 6A5 Anf An fpneig.
t)eineAf An fpf.615 eite -] feit>ceAn puiti 50 peAn^AC pumneAmAil
pioCrhAn, i a fuile An "oeAnslAfAt), -j peiteAnnA a mumil com
Acuigce -pin 50 nAGA-OAn 1 neACc a bpleAfgtA : "oob' pAnAC t>o a
feit>eA"6 .dm. t)eipeAf An An fpneig 1 CAiteAf ifceAC 1 gcoim-
teAtAn An CtiAin 1, Ag nA-o, " 5° fei"oi"o mAtAin An Ai"6beinfeonA
tv mA-|\ temit) ! " -] cujtAn buille t)A Coif "oeir -oo'n Ctn-o eile
•oo'n ceimt) -\ fCAipteAn An put) An bAin 1. "Oo ConnAic An Cuit>
eile e "oineAC "oonn le n-A linn fin, -| -oo CtnneA-OAn Aon ulAt>-
gAinteit; An'iAin AfCA •oo tosfA-o nA niAinb Af a n-iiAi$ib. 6inisiT>
uile — An meix) a'p nAC fAib 1 n-A peApArii "oiob — -j cajait) 1 n-A
timCioll, A5 lubAnnAig le leAtAn-gAine *j A5 pceAncAt) An a lAn-
•oiCioll. t)eineAp Dume An fpneig, "oume eile An ppneig eile, t
mAn pom •0610 riAn fiof 50 neAnbAll cimCioll, An Ve&j; -j An riion,
An c-65 i An c-AorcA ; ^ feo a$ fei'oeA'o iat), An cnArii a iroiCilt,<
A5 cnut le cemit) -j ceAf "oo Cun Anif 1 ngAC fpneig, t 6 fiAn onnA;
-oo bni$ gun fSAp ceo*6ACC le 5AC rmeACAit> "oiob beA5 nAC o liiit)
tA"OAin.
" Ac^ ceine im' fpneig-fe,'1 AnfA neAC 615m;
" Sei-o leAC a buACAHl ! " AnfA DorhnAll: " C^ bpuil cu ? —
f6lT) leAC 50 -OCAJA-O CugAC."
"Oo 161m re "oe luic-pneib *| tAmic 1 n-A Aice — " S6it) ! fei-o, a
■oiAbAil ! " a\^ reirion, " -j nA leis An rmeACAno ion eug — r6iT> ! —
An "oo bAf fei-o ! "
"Oo I615 An buACAill rceAncA -j "oo pcop t>e'n CfSi-oeA"©.'
" UAifbeAm onO, a -OiAbAil ! " An reifion;
*Oo tuic An buACAill An bAinit) gAinit) ; beinior -pfein An An
rpneig, le AmplA* -] Ainc cun 5A1I, ■oogcAn a 6nt)05 -j CAiteAf
An f pn6i5 uAt) "o'lAnnACc. tluic ri An An mb^n ; nion bnif rf
^riiACc: CuineAr a Cn^oOg 1 n-A beAl le coif nA piopA:
" CAff A15 ! CAff A15 Anoif ! " Aff a <Sillteoin 615m 1 n-A meAfSj
"Oo 01 f6 Af buile, — beiniof Af An fppeig le n-A Ldirn C16, •}
3953
THE THANKFULNESS OF DERMOT.
By Patrick O'Leary.
Dermot 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 in
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, livelily, wrathfully, 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 bawn- 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 parted 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 ! 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 burns his thumb and throws down the coal all of a sudden.
It fell on the bawn ; but it did not break though. He puts
his thumb in his mouth along with the pipe.
" Smoke ! smoke now ! " says some arch fellow in the crowd-
He was raging mad. He seizes a coal with his left hand
and blows it so furious that sparks flew from it. He blows
Irish Lit. Vol. 10 — L
3954 i-'tli &y T)ia a t)uit>eACAr
»>
reitieAr c6m tiAirtwneAC row i 51™ rPl^c fi: SeiT>eAr Attff ^
teimeAr ftneA^Ai-o -oo'n -oeArstArAir ifce^6 1 n-A udc, triA^ *oo
bi burttAC a temeA-o A]\ teACA"6, t "ooj^ e tAicreAC. "Oo coii-
£Ait> fe Sjteim Ar AT1 TPt^S 4rfi, 1 ot^ST An tArAir P'or i mbeAt
ha piopA t tArr^geAr, CArrAiseAr,- CArttAi^eAr, a\\ cumA gujt
geArr 5° t^ti "oeACAC A5 ei^ige 50 50r.tr) gtortfiAr n-A ftArnAir-
dt)iD Of cionn a cinn.
AnnfAn -oo bi -pe Ar a toil: T)o ftut) ha "OAome 50 teif. 45
brteitniugA'O Afi An mutt A5 UiAfgA-O or- a scotfiAitt, 1 e A5 ceACc
ifceAC 50 meAtt: "Oo bi "OorhnAtt aj thu'oa'O a piopA •] jAti Aon
■ouine A5 ctitt cui^e nA uai-6; Tliott b'fA'OA 5Utt eitti$ fCAitc x>&
piopA aitiacc, -oo tAttttAig fe 1 "OAtt TT0015 Att cnAtri a "Oicitt, acc
nioj\ b'riu *)uic jreuCAinc An An ^^^ beAg fjAif t)o bi aj ceACc
AtnAC Aifci. <AnnfAn "oo ciiitt fe r5fu5^^ ^f r^in, ir ttoibeAg
n<x'r ceAngAit a beAt ioccai|\ "Oa beAt uaccai|\ te "ooic CArfAigte
acc ni r<Mb ori5 1 n"A 5no-
" "PAjrjA-o *oume eigm feiceoir "oom — Att r011 "06 pAgbAt) • " AH
reipon, -J -oo tuig r^ riior "ouluijte Att An "ocAtttt^c ; 1 n-A^Ait)
beic A5 bAinc An crAlACAir Ar pott nA piopA, ir ArhtAit) 01 re Ag
a ■OAingniujA'o Ann — gAn comne teir $An AirhfeAr. £aoi "Oein-
10*, 'nuAir "oo puAir re ■Ar| v^An rsAr^A te n-A p^otAr, *i 50 rAi°
A5 "out "oe, t>A t^eme Ung re cu15e> "oo tog re Atl "oiuto Ar a
oeAt, ■) T>o jtAoit) 50 fiAircmneAC aj\ -ouine eigm, reiceoi|\ "o'jtaj-
TjAit x>o. T)'imci5 cfiuf no ceAt^Ar "oe rjuACAitti"oib 50 rung
pAittc "oo 01 tAn *oe trAitnini*Oib, acc -oo 01 r& rceAr1t15 111 Ait uai"6-
rAm. "o'rAn r^r10" ^5 reitioni o^ttA 50 •ociocpAi'Dir tA^ n-Air,
Anoir A5 cu|\ ua piopA ion a tteAt, -| Afir aj a bAinc Ar, l Apif
eite A5 r4^"0 A tuit)in mnci "c'reucAinc a r-Aib mocAit An ceAir
initiate Airci: 'tluAi|\ •oo Cuai*o ipml tA$ reitexit11Aric^r ^13e> X)°
temi r^ r^1ri tAr cto^oe irceAC ; reo A5 cuArcAC e Anonn 'r AnAtt,
*i biop Ar a r«it.ib te r^s^rc cun r^$bAtA, t>A mb'rei-oir. "oo
bi r^c ion Aifioni Air r^ ceAnn CAtriAitt — ru^w r^ b|\ob cuibeArAC
reAriiAf, 1 "oo r^tuig 1 gctto nA piopA e 50 capatO. xXnnfAn CU5
re r°$A r^01 n~A tA^AC, Atz -o'rAn An bfob niAf a bi, -j ni co|A|\-
oca-0 Af a tun-ofACAib. "Oo t^eAtt r^ An At-UA1|\, acc b'e An
rseAt ceA"onA e. 1 n-oeittico ^z\\ActA -Oo, b^ur An cttAicnin 50
CAittte Air, irci$ ! 5cf° nA piopA. "Oo teim r^ 1 ""A CAoir bmte
tAr Ctoi-Oe, ni rA1D ru^A5 (=ru^-An5) ^a roi"One Aije, -| "oo CAit
An "01U1-O ipAX) a urCAir AmAC AnnrAn rfiuir rhoir. tli yAiX) meAtn
Ar AonneAC te beAgtA bruigne, niAr *oo bi coja An eotAir aca 50
teir Ar "OorhnAtt, -j cat> e An r^S^r b'eAt) e, 'nuAir *oo beit>eAt>
re Amui$ teir pern. T)' r^n nA "OAoine 50 teir 1 r\-A r«i"oe 50
The Tlmnkfulness of Dermot. 3955
again, and a spark of the red flame jumps into his breast, for
the front of his shirt was open, and it burns 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 brohh 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.
3956 "11i Ay T)ia a £)uit>eA<iAp."
ceAnn peAlAi-o, t Ap An bpeA-6 po bi An tnun a$ "opui"Oim teip
An "ocpAig 30 bog fit. t4mic Aon conn Arii^in, 1 n"oeip o*
tiA "oAtA, xio lion An cuau puAp 50 bAic te mup p^oto^AC patia
•oeAps. "Do ppeAb "OorhnAtl 1 n-A coitg- feAfAm -] x>o CAit e p6m
An a JnugA AnuAf An cApn *oo'n riiup "| *oo bi A5 a peicioc te
puippe, 'ntiAin peo ipceAC conn eile, "oo cuai*o teA'pcuAp *oe -| rut
f a peuT> peipion cunfmeAm An Aon-nlt) (aCc An An mup) *oo pcuAb
An I61 AniAC 6 i"oin put peAt). T)o b6ic -| "oo pspeA-o Ap.tobAip,
iicc ni n<Mb bpeip •oeAbAi'o An Aonne' — nit) nAp bNongnAt) — "out
bpuncAn a CAittte cun eirion x>o fAopA*.
" Cuipimip iAppAit> An tCit) puAp 50 ci$ "OiApmu'OA teit," AyyA
piAnAf pAon.
" ttei-oeAt) pe bAitce rut a ppoiCpi-oe teAtflige puAp," AnrA
pA"onuit; bui-oe.
" Cuin An nAicin AmAC -| b'peut) 50 njneAmotAt) p£ 6," AppA
TTIiceAl 05.
te n-A tinn -pin •oo Vmij An bAitceACAn -| "oo glAon!) 1 n-Apt) a
Cinn 'p a guCA A5 lAppAi* cAbpA, A5 pA-o, " -An pon "06 -| pAop me !
pAop m6 ! a "OAome, pAop m£ ! 6 a "Oia, cAim bAicce ! pAon m£,
pAon mC opii ! " Plion pcAt) p£ "oo beit A5 CAltAipioCc niAp pm,
mAn "oo bi uCoaC mAit Aige.
" ftAgA-o 1 pnArhpAt) AmAC Cuige," AppA "OiApmui'o TTIac
ArhlAoib.
" tIA ceigpig," AnpA nA "OAoine 50 teip 1 n-Aon beat;
" Ra$a-o," Ay peipion: " Hi benieAt) a tuitleA* a$ peuCAinc
Aip AnnpAn Amui$, A5 pAgbAil bAip Ay An gcomAip."
"Rug rtliCeAt PHeACA puAp Ay bnoUAC a temeA-o -\ "oubAipc,
" tilAipe, 50 T)eiriiin ni pA$Aip, ip pAT)A puAp 50 gcuirhneocAinn An
tu tiogAinc AmAt tuige."
" bog "oiom," AyyA "OiAnmuit), " bog "oo speim -oiom."
" tli bogpAT)," ApfA tYliceAL meACA,' " ni beAg a bpuil CAiUte
■j pAin-pe ipcig." "OipeAC "oonn "oo bCic *OomnAtt "oe tAolpspeAt)
Amuij. " tli'l Aonne' CAittte p6p," a^a *OiApmui"o. " tDog
■oiom, a "oeinim leAC, bog "oiom ; " aCc ni bojpA-O. T)o pcnAC
peipion 6 p6m ua* "\ "oo OAit "oe a Cuit) 6a"oai§ -j "oo t6im ipceAC
'pAn mmn 1 'pAn mun ; "oo f nAim AmAt cun "OomnAitt "oo bi beAg
nAt CAbAptA -j x>o pcpAC ipceAt teip 6 Ap cumA 615m 50 "oci An
cpAij. tuic "OomnAll 1 tAige 'mAp Ay 50 "ocAmic Ay An "ocAlArii
cipm -j T)' pAn innci 50 ceAnn 1 bpAt). TluAip tAmic p6 tinge pem,
•oubAipc -ouine 615m teip gup CeApc "oo bunieACAp "oo bpeit le
T)ia 1 "ocAob nAp bAtA"d G;
The Thankfulness of Dermot. 3957
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.
11 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! 0 men,
save me ! 0 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 you stay inside." Just then Donal screamed with a shrill
shriek outside. "There's nobody 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 dry ground, and remained in it a long time. When
he came to himself, somebody said to him that he ought to
3958 SeAtpun Ceinmu
u 11A bi itn bo-onAi!)," Af f eifion ; " mS cAwi f AbAttA; n1 Af "6ia
a buToeACAf, niAf ni mbf t>o bi fe itn cnpAin ; ^'fA^fA* AnnfAn
Arntnj me 50 rnbenbmn bAicce, muccA, "j if beA$ An seApfAbtiAic
•oo cinnf eAtf fe Aif Aiteif, seAttAim-pe *6uic ; acc bei'beA'o bui"b-
eAC "do 'OiApmAi'o ITlAcAriitAoib, An feAf gtAn 5'tAncA, cv>Ait> 1
n-emeAC a CAittte ctm me f AopA-6. -A ! a t>uine, mA cAim f Att*
AtCA,
HI Af t)lA A blHtteACAf t "
seAtnfln cCinnni
[teif An x\tAin O "Oinnnin.]
tll't Aon ug'OAf "oo pmne An oineAt) te Ceicinn cum t6i$eAnn
if ticpigeAcc "oo congbAit beo 1 meAfj; nA n-OAomeA'O, 50 mop-
riiOp -oAome teACA rilojA. 11iof b'eA-o sup fcpiob SeACpun
feAncAf f 6-beACC, fo-cmnce, acc gup ctnf fe te ceite 1 n-Aon
botg ArtiAm nA cuAipif gitte "oo bi te f AgbAit Af 61-pmn mf nA f eAn-
teAbpAib. Hi pAib cuAipifg eile te fAgbAit Corii "oeAf, coin
ftnnnce if "oo teat fe an ftiATO ha cine. 111 fAib Aoinne 'n-A
fcotAipe fo$AncA nA n Aib eotAf Aije a\\ fcAip Ceicinn, if til nAio
cniocnugA-o -oeAncA an fcotAipe 1 fcoit 50 mbeA*- rriACfAriiAit
•oeAncA Aije "oo'n " bpopAf £eAfA." 1 meAfg nA -octiACAC rim-
ptit)e ni teorhfAt) Aomne AmpAf "oo Cvm Af An jjcunncAf cu^Ann
Ceicinn An gAbAit nA nCipeAnn te pApcotan, if teif An 5CU1T> eite
•oo'n cpeib fin CAf teAf. Hi teorhfA'6 Aomne feAnAtt 5«n cnerni-
eA"6 5Ae*eAt £tAf te nACAf nirhe, if gun CneAfing TYlAoif a cneAtt
*fAn 6igipc te feAfCAib T)e. t)io"OAf nA "OAoine feAtbwgce
•o'pinmne nA fjgeAt fAin, if bi a n-uf-mof 'n-A mbeAt aca, if ni
nAio "oAn nA tAoit) gAn CAgAinc eigin "oof nA m0n-$Air5i"oio An An
rnAcc Ceicinn. 1f "O0i$ tmn munA rnoeA* gun fsnioDA* An
" Vonu-p |?eA-pA " nA X>eAt) cuntine nA feAn-Ainrpine, nA AinmeACA
ha feAn-f.tAit, nA 6acca nA teorhAn teAt corh adai'O 1 n-AigneA*
nA n-oAomeAt) if bicoAn teit-teAt) btiAt>An 6 fom.
1p fion, 50 "oeiriim, 50 nAib nA neite feo 1 teAbnAib eite Af An
to*; SeAtnun iax», a6c ni't un-tn6n "oof nA teAbnAib -peo te -pA$-
bAii 1 n-om. T)o CAitteAniAn iat>, if cA An " "Po^T VeAV& " 'fl'^t*
meApj;, -$A-n focAt, gAn ticin as ceAfCAbAit UAit). UAmAtt 0 fom
if Af 615m "oo bi •onine uAfAt 1 5Cui5eA"d TTlurhAn nA fAib a rn.de-
fArhAit *oo'n " fofuf |?eAf a " 50 ceAnArhAit 1 gcoiriieA-o Aige. X)l
Geoffrey Keating. 3959
return 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,
God is not to be thanked for it ! "
GEOFFREY KEATING.
Extract from " Irish Prose," by Rev. Patrick S. Disteen.
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 net 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 country
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 would 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
3960 SeAtfun C£icinn;
fe a$ nA "OAomib boCcA Com mAic teif nA hUAiftib: 1f cuirfnn
linn f£in pigeAOoif boCc x>o riiAif 1 nlAfCAf. CiAnpAiOe, nAn mfif.
1 "oceAnncA T)6cAin tia boioCe t>o bi 'n-A feitb, 00 CAifbeAm "00111
a iriACfArhAil •oo feinnti 50 ceAtiArhAil, CAfCA 1 tinn-CAOAC, if jz,An
•out A5 pAifce bfeic Aip, nA -oio^bAit Af bit "00 •oCAnAtfi T>6. t)A
geAlt te teAbAf nAOvntA 6 Af a meAf, if niof ■oiottiAoin "oo bi An
teAbAf fAin, mAf if blAfCA cpumn "oo bi cuAipifj Af 5AC teAtotiAC
•oe 1 gceAtin An fi^eAOofd, A^uf bA "OeACAip AiceArii Aip 50 fAib
focAt acc pipinne 'fAn riieit) x>o fSfiob CCicmn Af £enniuf 1TeAf\-
f ao, Af pAfcolAn, if ad Cuio eile aca. CA cuirhne CCicinn pof I
meAfg "OAomeAO nAf teig, if nA peACAio niArh a cuio fAo-CAif. 1f
•0015 teif a tAn 50 fAib OfAoioeACc 615m Ap. An n"oume, n6 ^up,
0 neAtii "oo tAinig fe Cum cunncAf Af feAn "oo CAbAifC "ouinn. HI
mof An c-iongnAO gun Cfeio tia "OAome nAp "Ouine "OAonnA SeAC-
fun. T)o cpeib $AtfOA -oo b'eAO C, aCc 'n-A -Oiaio fin bi fe ioip
Hiberniores Hibernicis ipsis. CAcoiliceAc 6 CfoioeiAmAC, SA^AfC;
"OoCcuif "OiaoaCca "oo b'eAO e. peAf t£i£eAnncA 1 tAioin if 1
teAbnAib tiA n-AitfeAC t»o b'eAO e, if caiC fC a tAn "oa fAo^At
'fAn b"PfAinc; Acc 'nuAif "o'fitt f& A bAite tug f6 6 pern fUAf
Af fAT» "o'obAif nA neA^lAife te "oiojfAip lon^AncAij ^uf cuipeAO
fviAjAifc feACA Aip, if gun b'CigeAn x>6 "out 1 bfolAC 1 ^cuniAf
ooitb 1 nJJteAnn eACAflAC. 1f e An fu*o if lon^AncAige 1 mbeAt-
A10 SeACpuin 50 bfUAif fe «Ain if caoi Af nA leAbAin 00 ceAfcuig
uai*> 1 scbitt a feAncAif, 00 bAiliugA* An fAio "oo bi pAn if ftiA^-
Aifc Aif. "Oo fiubAit fe 50 ConnACCAib if 50 "Ooine, acc ni mof
■do rheAf "oo bi A5 feAf Aib UIao nA A5 ConnACCAib Aif. 1 ^cionn
cfi n6 ceAtAif t>o btiAOAncAib bi An " ^of uf peAf a " 50 lein
cuftA 1 jceAnn a Ceile Ai^e (1631). "Oo f^fiob fe f 6f t)A leAbAf
oiaoa, " eoCAip SgiAt An Aiffinn," Aguf " Cfi biof-$Aoite An
t)Aif."
"OAIa An " JTonAif peAfA," cofnuigeAnn fe 6'n bpioftofAC, if
CAgAnn AnuAf 50 1200. CA fe lAn -oo feAn-f AnnAib 1 n-A mbAiH$-
CeAf AmmeACA nA -ocfeAb 00 tAmig 50 ndhnmn, if 1 n-A j;cuifceAn
te Ceite nA hCaCca -oo bAin teo. CA a bftnt 1 bpfbf oe, teif,
Annfo if Annfiio muccA te AinmeACAib CAoifeAC if ftAic if a
gcfAob jemeAtAC. tliof CeAp SeAtfun Aon nit) o n-A riieAbAi|\
fein ; jaC a "ocu^Ann fe ouinn — nA fgeAlcA, nA beACcfAi-Oe, nA
SAbA-tCAif, nA IiCacca An muin if An cif — fuAif fe ia*o 50 teif 1
f eAnteAbfAib -oo bi fA rheAf A5 ottAriinAib if fAioib. tli finne
fe acc iat> -oo cuf te Ceite if o'AoncugAO. T)A mbeAO f6 A5 Ait-
fSfiobAO nA neiceAO fin 1 n"oiu, Aguf a Ai^neAO tAn "oo tCigeAnn
nA hAimfife feo, ni't ■oeAnniA'o nA 50 gcuiffeAO fe a tAn -oiob 1
teAt-cAoib, -oo bnig nA bAin©Ann fiAt) te pif-feAnCAf. -ACc t)0
Geoffrey Keating. 3961
back there was hardly a gentleman in Munster who had 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 Connauglit and to
Derry, but the Ulstermen ancl the Connaughtmen paid 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 ancl comes down to 11200. 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 By ollamhs and seers. All he has
3962 SeAtfiin Ceicinn*
a
f cniob fe An ponuf £eAf a cA seAtt te cni cSa-o btiA^An 6
foin, A^uf ni tuon^nA'd nA fAib An oifeAT) fAin ArhfAif 1 "ocAoib
fifinne nA n-eA£c f o An Cf At f Am.- A^uf if ^a^ An 5ceAT>nA acA
An fgeAt A5 cioftAib eite: UA a tAn G&tx: if eACCfA 1 feAncAf
nA UoriiA "oo cfeiT> nA RorhAnAig 50 tnomtAn 1 n-aimrin toifpt if
Oibit) — nA ftnt lonncA acc uif fgeAtCA nA bpiteAt). An An n6f
gceAxmA ni geitteAnn Aon rgotAine Anoir "o'eACtAib tlensjifc if
tloffA Ajuf x>A teiteT>ii"6iD ■o'eACCfAi'oib 1 feAncAf nA tDneACAine;
Acc 'n-A "61A1-6 fin, ni ceAnc a •oeAftnAt) 50 mbionn bunAttAf
pinmne inf nA fj;eAtcAib feo "oo gnAt. tliof tun) nA fiti"6e fgeAt
An "ocuif 5An "oeAttf Arh eij;in "oo beit Ain — nee fingunt omnia
Gretce — ciot> 50 gcmfceAf teif 1 fit nA rnbtiA-OAn, 1 "ocneo nA
bAitneocAi-oe e pA "OeineAt). t)'olc An bAit An tin nA bei-6 iiin-
fgeAtcA "oo'n cr<\$Af fAin cfumnijte if meAf^tA cfi-o a cui-o
feAnCAir. t>A corhAftA e nA fAib -pile nA pAi*> te finfeAfAib 1
meAfg a "OAoineA-6, if nAn rhon aca a cAit nA a gloin.
1f AlAinn An "oion-bfotlAC a cuineAnn SeAtfun te n-A " yonuf
"PeAfA." O teACc An "OAfA llenni AnAtt cugAinn ir noittie, nion
§At) fof nA fUAmineAf nA iiuj-OAin SAgfAnnAig acc a$ cun fiof
bneAgA if fseAtcA Aitife An Af nt>utCAf. 5ioffoi-o -oe t)AffA,
ScAninuffc, CAnroen, TlAnmef, if An cfeAb fAin uite — ni fAib
uaca acc finn "oo cuf fA coif Af "ocuif, if 6 teip fin oftA, fmn
•oo mAftujAt) 1 fcAntAit) fAttfA. Agtif ca|\ eif An bpeAfAnn -oo
bAinc -oinn, bA bfeAstnge if bA tAfCAifnige -oo bio-OAf 'nA fiArii;
X)o tug SeAtfun piitA 'fAn -oion-bfottAt te pumneArii if te feifj.
"Oo fcoit fe Af a ceite An f Aimeif riiAftuijteAC -oo ctnn An t)Aff At
'n-A teAbAf, niof f Ag-fe ptnnn -oo ScAnmuffc gAn feAbAt), if cnom
6 cuffAing a tAiriie Af CAnroen if Af Spenpef. 5° "oem'nn if
geAtt te 5Aif5it>eAC mof 615m e — te Com CutAinn no Aicitt — a
Cnit) Aifm gteAfCA 'n-A tAitfi, eAT)AC pt^cA 6 tiuittAC cmn 50
Cfoigtib Aif, ip e Ag 5^bAit te "oiojfAif if te T)iAn-feif5 Af nA
•OAonnb beAgA fo do "OeAfbuig eiteAC 1 gcoinmb a "OOcc.Mf, if x>o
rhAftuig a rfunnnceAf. "OA mbeAt) fe Af m-aifceAn 1 nt»iu, CAbAf-
\:A-t) fe fAobAn bACA "oof nA feAncAit>ib acA Anoif fA moif-riieAf,
Af Pfou,oe T Af 1TIAC AriitAonn, if A]y llume.
/&T)eif fe 'n-A -Oion-bf ottAC : —
' tli't fCAinit>e "oA fgfiobAnn Af e-ifmn nAC Ag iAffAit> toccA
Aguf coibeime •oo tADAifc "oo feAn-^AttAib Ajtif t>o $Aet>eAtAib
bit> ; biot) a f iA-Onuife fin Af An ceifc "oo beif CAmbf enfif,
Spenfef, ScAnmuffc, llAnmef, CAnroen, tDAfcti-6, TTIofifon,
TDAbif, Campion, aguf jac niiAt)-$Att eite *oA fgfiobAnn uifte 6
Geoffrey Keating. 3963
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-day, 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 Eoman History which
the Eomans 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 Hengist and
Horsa nor in such like wonders in the History of Britain.
At the same time it should, be remembered that 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 splencITcl '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
Bany, 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 ua
than ever. Geoffrey attacked them in the Apologia with
vigour and fury. He tore asunder the insulting rubbish
Barry 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 heaH to foot,
while he strikes down with zeal and fierce wrath those
diminutive persons who gave false evidence against his coun-
try and who insulted his people.
Were he alive to-day he would belabour with his staff's edge
the historians who are held at present in esteem, Froude,
Macaulay and Hume. He says in the Apologia: —
" There is no historian who treats of Ireland that does not
3964 SeACfun 6eicinn«
fom Atr\A6, ionnuf jjufAbe nof beAjnAcS An pmompottAin 'oo ^nf"o
as f5fiobA"b AV 6ifeAnnACAib . . ; s if e T)o jni-o cnomAT)
Af beAfAib fo-"OAoineA"d A$uf cAitteA6 mbeAg n-uif-ifeAt Af-
•ocAbAifc mAit-gniorii nA n-uAfAt 1 n-oeAfmAt), Aguf An mei-o a
DAineAf fif tiA feAn-^Ae-deAlAit) "oo bi Ag Aiciu$At) An oiteAm feo
flA UgAbAtCAIf da reAti-$Aitt," ic.
1f mime a goinceAf An tlefo'oocuf 5Ae>oeAt-AC AP SeACnun,
A5UT *T "oenfnn j;uf mof a bfuit x>o CofrhAiteACc eAcofCA AfAon.
Ua CAinc SeACfun T>eAf, f impure, mitif-bfiACf aC, tnAn CAinc
" AtAf An cSeAnCAif." SeAnAio AfAon bAoc-focAit, neAm-
bfiogriiAfA, neAm-fATOmeArhtA, acc 'n-A n-ionAt) aca fumneAm if
cacac i ngAC tine "oa fcAfCAib. Cuifi-o AfAon ifceAC ti4 buif-
fgeAtcA t>AineAf te n-A "ocif, £An AriifAf -oo cun Af a bfimnne.
t)'e "heno-oocuf An CeA-o fCAifit)e x>o Cuif feAnCAf nA nSfeigeAd
n-eA^Af if 1 gcfumneAf, A$uf cio-6 gun b'fAT)A 'n-A -6iAit> -oo
fSfiob fe, b'e Ceicmn An ceA-o feAnCAi-oe "o'Of"oin$ if "oo CeAfcuig
i flACC, ip i n-eA^Aif feAnCAf nA njAetteAt; "Oo bAin nA fiti"6e —
nA 5f 61515 if nA HoriiAnAi5 — a t&n Af fCAfCAib tlefo-oocuif, A$uf
5fAn 5cumA gceA-onA Cug Ceicmn mnbeAf a n-oocAm -oof nA
fiti-oib 5Ae-6eAlA<iA, -o'Ao-dASAn Ua TlACAitte, -oo SeAjAn CtAfAC
tTlAC "OomnAitt, if -o'eojAn ttuAT). ACc ni feicimi-o "oiojfAif 1
•ocAOb nA fifmne, nA feAfs Cum nAifiAT) a cife Af An ngfCASACj
"bionn fe cunn, focAif, feim 1 gconinui-Oe 1 meAfj; fCAfA if uif-
fgeit, et quidquid Grcecia mendax audet in historiis, acc ni tdgf eA-6
An 5Ae*eAlAC fUAinne "oo CeAfc nA x>o caiL a cife te n-A T>eAf5
nAtfiAit).
ObAif teigeAncA, "ooimin if eA-6 " Cfi t)iof-$Aoite An t)Aif,"
tAn -oo ftmiAinciG "oia-oa if "oo niACcnAtn f AitmieAmA t Af An
beACAib -OAonnA, if a^ a CfioC. 1f longAncAC a^ tog fe Af feAn-
Ug-OAfAlt) 1f Af OlbfeACAlb nA nAOtn, AgUf 1f btAfCA ca An ObAif
Af f A-o fomnce 1 teAttfAib Aguf 1 n-AtCAib. ACc if cfom, tATOin-
eAtriAit An CAinc acA Ann 6 Ciiif 50 T»eifeAt), bio* 50 bfuit fi
tAfCA fuAf Annfo if Annfu-o te fseAt beAg gfeAnnttiAf niAf An
eACCf a fAin Af " tTlAC UeccAn."
ObAif An-teigeAncA 1 n-oiA-OACc if 1 nofAiinAib ha neAgtAife if
eA-o " eoCAif S51AC An Aiffinn." 1li teif "oiimn Aon uj-OAf eite
cuifeAf An oifeAt) fAin -oo CuAififg a^ neitib bAineAf teif ah
AipfeAnn, coin beACc, Com cinnce fin 1 teAbAf X)A mei"o. ACc
«"n-A CeAnncA f Am, ca An Cahic Coin fimpti'oe, Com ^feAnncA, Com
binn, Com bn1o$m<*f fAin, gAn t>AOt-f octAib nA f Aiticib CAfCA sun
pufAVfce "o'AoinneAC e l6igeAt) guf 1 n-oiuj
Geoffrey Keating. 3965
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, Stanihurst, 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 tTie 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 turgid, 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 miss 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 woulcl not
let a particle of his country's fame and right go undisputed
with her 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 of words or entangled
3966 £oif no fiAf if f eAff An bAite-
0 Aimfif Cemnn AnuAf niof f^tnobA-b a l&n *oo ftfbf bunA-
■bAfAC. "Do cuifeA-b At)bAf eACcfAi-be le ceite Aguf fgeAtcA Af
gniorhAftAib acac, Ajjuf ni mop 'n-A "oceAnncA fAin.- "Do Ung-
eA-oAf nA bug'OAif ^Ae-oeAiACA Af fAnnA *do rft$fj;aitc, if bA
mitif, AOibmn a ^cum "oAn if AmfAn.
£oif 11C fiAf if feAff An bAite — An CneArhAife.
(te h-'QnA ni £AifteAttAi$.)
Hi fAib An fmncebifeACC i bfAT> A|\ fiubAt nuAif fteAmnui$ ah
CneArhAife AmAC -uaca a ^An-fiof T>6ib.
SuAf An CAfAn teif A5 "o^AnArh Af tAoib nA n-AitttfeA6 *oo'n
oile^n. CinomAin fe Aif 50 "oci 50 fAib f£ Af bAff nA cutCA:
"Do fCAt) fe Annpn. 56 5UF tf&an tAi"oin An feAf 6, *oo bi An
Aoif A5 ceAnnAt) 50 "OAmgeAn Aif, "| niof rrnpoe ttb a fjit "oo
teigeAn.
t)ni An jeAlAC 50 bAfo 'fA fpeif, Aguf *oo b'feiT)if An c-oileAn
Ajuf An f^Aif f^e "o'feicfin 50 stAn f oiteif.
"Do b'AUnnn cium An c-ArhAfC "oo bi of a CorhAif AmAC, acc
1fc1S 1 SCfoibe An cfeAn-fif x>o bi AnpAt) An fiubAt. t)'AmtAi,b
nAf AifMj fe a com "oeAf if •oo fAmtuig An "oorhAn 1 n-Atimciott:
tli f Aib a fiof acc A5 "Dia AmAin cat> "do bi '5A fuAtA-b.
Cbf Ait f£ a tArfiA of cionn a Cmn, Aguf At)ubAifC of <SfT> :
" tiom fein if eAt> e ! tiom-f a AmAin ! tli f uit 6An-bAinc aj
•otnne Af bit eite teif. TD'iocAf 50 rrtAit Af — 50 *oiAn-tftAit ! "
Af AJJAlt) teif Afif A5 fiubAt AJUf AJ fif-fUlbAt, "OlfeAC 1f "OA
mb6A"6 'n-A AigneAt) fcoifm a Cfoite "oo tA$"ouj;At> Af at\ n6f
fom.
tliof b'fA*0A *>6 A5 imteACc mAf fin 50 "oci 50 fAib f6 1 ngAf
•OO nA tlAlttCfeACAlb.
Annfom *oo fCAt) fe 50 tiobAnn, mAf bA "6615 teif 50 jcuaIato
fe jut "ouine eijin. Ctimn fe cluAf le neifceACc Aif fern, Aguf
■oo b'AmtAit) "o'eif A^Att *o'Amfif 50 fAib fe cmnce 'n-A tAoib.
5ut mnA A5 caoi "oo b'eAt) e, ^An 56.
-Af mbfeAtnugA'd "bb Af An Aifo Af a "ocAinis An fuAim, bA teif
■06, f^AtAm beAj UAit), "ouine eigeAn leA^tA teif An gctAi'be.
"Obf ui-o f6 teif An Aic, Ajuf "o'Ai|n$ fe jAn moitt suf b'i lllAife
t)nin "oo bi Ann fonrie.
tli fAib a fiof Aici "otnne nA •OAon'OAi'be "00 belt 1 n-A bAice,
Ajuf -00 pfeAb fi te neAfc fgebm nuAif x»o teAg fe a l~Am Af a
ceAnn.
East, West, Home's Best. 3967
expressions, that anyone might easily read it even at the
present day.
From Keating'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.
From "An Cneambaire."
By Una Ni Fhaircheallaigh.
(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 Maire Bhan
who was there before him.
3963 Soin no fun ir peAnn &n bAite.
" 11A connuig, a teAnAib: 11A biot> pAicCeAr one, Con An bit ! "
Hi -bubAinc 1TI4ipe jrocAt, Agur reo An AgAit) e te n-A Cum
CAince;
" Hi ceAnc T>uic, a AlbAine,- a rcoin, beit Atnuig 1 n-AonnAic -\
An orbCe aca Ann; CA An comtuA'OAn Ag £uin©ACc teAC 'r a scir-
•oin."
Hi meArFA"0 einneAC $un D'6 At1 Cn©ArftAine T)o 01 Ag CAincj
" tic ! a SneAmAir ! An curA acA Ann ? HA bAC Horn 1 CAit-
pi-b me teiginc "oom' Cuit> bnbm: t)eAT) nior ^eAnn "OA bA^n 1
gceAtin CAtnAitt."
" .ACc T>ubnAT)An Horn, a IHbAine, gun cu t?ew Af cionncAC teif
An cuflAf -| An AifoeAn reoj Uuise uaC bpAnpA A5 do rtiAtAin 'rA
mbAite -] Ag peA"OAn £at>a ! "
" Umge, a n-eA-6 ? cA fAt 50 tebn teir, muir, aCc cia An mAit
beit A5 cAinc Auoir ? " An ah coinc, t>o fit nA "oeonA iciti •)
cnom fi An gut Anif.'
tlion Cuin An CneAifiAine irceAC uinni An f ait> "oo teAn ri An beit
A5 caoi, acc nuAin "o'einig ri nior ciuine An bAtt "o'fiAnrnuig f6
•oi cia An v&t "bi beit A5 imteACc a^ 6ineAnn:
" 11A ceil onm em-Ceo "oo'n pnmne " Anr' reireAn ip& Debit);
" Ca-o pAoi n-oeAnA 50 bruit cu a$ imteACc UAinn ? "
" *Oo bnig 50 bpuit eAf bAi-b Aingm o|\m " Apr ^n CAitin boCc.
" An c-AinseAt) ! An c-Ain^eAD ! " Anr' An CneAriiAine 50 neArii-
foig-oeAC, " 'S e An f^eAi cCa-oua e 1 scomnAiDe ; acc biob 'vlor
a^ac, a CAitin, 50 bruit a lAn nux>Ai 'r a -oorhAn nior peAnn 1 bpA-o
'nA Ati c-AinseAT* fein."
Hi tug lYlAine pneAgnA An bit Ain, "oo Oi An oineAt> foin longAn-
c<\ir uinni:
" 11 ac bpuit peAT)An asaz ! " Anr' reireAn « ^5«r nAC teCn
■otnc C fin ? "
" UA — peA-DAn — A^Ani ; if pion "buic e, " Anr^ tHAine 1 troein-
eA-b nA -oAIaC, *' aCc — ni tnigim Cu; IIac bpuit'oua ajac pCm 'yAn
AingeAt) ? 5AttAim pAnt)un a^ac, a StieAtnAif ; ni '$A CArA-b teAC
ACAim, Con An bit."
" Hi fruit pocAt bneige Ann, a ingeAn 6. 1f nibf i mo tuit 'rAri
Ai^seA-o te teAt-CCA-o bliAbAn, aCc ni nAib An f56^ mAV T1" ^5Arn
niArh. t)hi tA eite AgAm. t)tii mC 65 t bior 1 ngnA-b Com mait
teAc-rA, i b'pei-oin nior "ooimne 'nA mA^ AcAin-pe; t)nior boCc, t
bi rife boCc, j?neirin. "O'f^sbAr mo CeAT) rtAn Aid -\ t>o bAiti-
geAf Horn 50 nAimeifiocA te cAnnAn Aifgit) "oo Cun a^ mum a
Ceile -| te beAn uAfAt ■oo "OeAnAm *oom' rpein-beAn. "O'lmtigeAf
Horn fiAn gun fnoiCeAr lAntAn ua ScAc n-Aoncuigte. CtiAiteAf
pottinc bLiAX)AncA Ann *j "o'einig An fAogAt tiom 50 seAts 1f
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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 ! * Seamas ! 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, Maire, 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.
11 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 you. 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
3970 Soif no fiAf if peAff -An bAite.
AnnAm a $eibmn teicif 6 6ifinn aCc AmAin cuptA pocAt Anoip ^
Afip UAiti-feAn '$A fAt> 50 f Aib fi 50 mAit, Asuf a teiteitri fin.
" Aon uAif AitiAm Cuai-6 bliA'bAin tdf Ainn t £An f ocAt A^&m
uAiti. Tliof b'pei-oif tiom a puling t>eit ^An cuAifipj; uiffi, 7 6
tAftA An c-Am fin 50 f aid foinnc mAit Aifgi-o 1 -ocAifsi-o Ag^m,
C115 me AgAit) Af An mbAile Afif. Oc ? mo teAn geAf if mo
tomA-o tuxxm ! ni fAib foifiAtn aCc a nuxM*;. 'San uai$ CCa-oiia
ctnfeA'6 nA comuffAin U1I15 nac mof, btiAt)Ain nA gofCA. SAit-
eAt) ifceAC te ceite iat> 1 n-eAn-polt AmAin.
" 0 a "OniA nA nsf AfCA ! 1 a$ f ^$t)Ait bAip teif An ocf Af Af
tAoib An bot^if -J mife 1 bf at> uaici *i 5An fmeAfoiu eolAif Agam
Af a cAf ! Sif e 5^n f utd te cuf 1 n-A beAt aici t mife tAll
1 nAimeifiocA, mo pocA tAn 50 beAl -D'AifseA-o."
T)o f AiiiUng eA-OAn An cfeAn-pif 50 militeAC fA fotAf nA seAl-
Aije. T)'iomptii$ fe uaici beAsAn -\ Cfom fe Af AmAfc AmAC Caf
An bfAiffse 6 tuai-oi
t>rti a flop as TTIAife 50 fAib fe A5 -oeAnAm mAfAntA Af uai$
moif DtiA"6nA nA gofCAn tuAf 1 sConuAe mnin$eo •] niof teig pi
focAL Af lAf. T n-A teAbAi-o pm, if -AmtAi-o 50 fug fi Af Uim
Aif. "0'Aifi$ fi V^W SAn DFi$ EAn f«mneAiti ij
t)ni An cAilin as bAiUCfit acc ni ptiACc nA boi"bce fA n-oeafA
e. Tliof b'e An CneAtfiAife ^0 bi of a corhAif acc CAittbpe -o'eifit;
CuiciAf tAeceAnncAib a 015c
" A StieAmAif boiCc ! a SheAmAip boiCc ! " Aff' fife of ifeAi.
Tliof Cuif ax\ feAn-feAf e^n-cftnm mnci, aCc "o'fAn fe A5 AmAfc
Am^c t>o tAoib An T)tiA tjnemn "Oe^s jAn coffAije Af.
t)tiiox»Af mAf fin Af peAtt CAmAiU, mAit Aimpife.
" t>'peiT>if guf Ab e An f At 50 bpint -ouil a^avd 'f An AifseAt),"
Aff' An CneArhAife fA "OeifeAt), " juf iocAf Com "OAOf fin .f.
tHonn An c-^ifgeAt) mAf fmt Of comAif mo t)A full — 50 "oe^fs,
50 x»eAf5 1 gcomnATOe. 1f mAf fin a cim-fe e."
TDo Cf om mAif e a ceAnn fiof -j pos fi a lAim. T)'Aifi$ Se^m^f
*oe6f ^5 cuicim leici.
t)nio-OAf Af Aon 1 n-A "ocofc 50 ceAnn CAmAitt:
" ni imteojA-o Af An oiteAn, Cof Af bit," AffA TTIAife 50
riAibit).
" tli imteojA cu, An n-eAt ? An 6 fin a n-AbfAnn cu ? Acc
An •ocmseAnn cu 'n-A CeAfC meATD nA boCcAnACcA a beAf Ag 501U-
e^-0 ofc Annfeo, mA fAn^if ? '
" Tli fuil "ouine 'f a "oomAn a tuigeAntif niof feAff 'nA mife
Com cfom -J a bionnf An gAnncAf 1 An boCcAnACc ^5 5^0 da t>o
mumncif AfAnn — aCc 'n-A "biAit) fin fein pAnpAT) 'fA mbAile 1
n-Ainin "Oe."
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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
home. Och! my sharp sorrow and my lasting woe! I found
only her grave before 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.
Maire knew that he was thinking deeply of the big grave
of the famine year up in County Mayo, 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 Seamas ! poor Seamas ! " 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."
Maire 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 Maire 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
hov: heavy want and poverty lie on the people of Aran; but,
even so, I shall stay at home, with the help of God."
" It is well," said the Cneamhaire.
The next morning the island folk went eastwards, one by
3972 £oin no pAn if FeAnn An bAite.
" Ua 50 mAit," Anr' An CneArhAine."
An mAiom IA An n-A bAnAC cuA-ooAn mumnceAn An oile^iti 1
n"oiAi"o a ceile roin 50 "oci An pAnAn: t)bi nA cunACA 1 ^coin Cum
tiA jcAiiini "do bi Le "out tAn teAn "oo bneit aj\ bont> An tons*
gAive.
" Uuige 50 bpuil. cup* A5 CAomeAt) ? " A|\rA peAOAn £at>4
nuAin ■o'An'ouig TTIAine VJhAn a gut com mAit te cAc. " 1p mui"o-
ne a bear A5 CAomeAt) m do "CiatO."
" Oim A5 cAoineA-6 1 nt)iAit) tia gCAitini aca An ci imteACC{
uAinn," AnfA tT)Aine.
" An "oa p'nib aca cu, a TTItiAine ? 'An troo,' ni ceAnc ouic
beit aj; pontiiAio pum menu "| uaIaC An mo cnorOe."
" tl! A5 -oeAnAtfi ronm<M"o' p'ic AcAim, muip "Ca rn'inncmn
focAin AgAm An pxnACc LeAc, cibe bocc pM"Obin tu, no cibe An
pMt> a cAitpmn) beit A5 reiteAm te n-A Ceile."
t1i CneiopeAtt peAOAn a cliiAfA pem.
" 1f A5 rriAgAt) rum aca cu, ca tn6 A5 ceApA"6 1"
" t1i beAt) 50 "oeimm ! til "OeAnpAinn a teitCit) one An An
•oorhAn."
" Cneioim tu Anoip muip Ace ni tin^im An fjjeAl con An
bit. Cat> a tug one An c-ACAnnugAt) inncmn' reo ? "
" AifLms a bi AgAtn Aneip a pneAOAin, no bniongloio, mAn
A-oeAntA. ShAoileAf 50 pMb cufA 10' feAn-feAn CnofOA gAn
rumneAm 1 00 geAgAio nA gnAt) e'emne' 1 00 Cnoi"6e. t)ni cu
10' lArgAine componcAmAit Annro. t)ni mire t'eir AimeipocA,
cIoca fio-OA onm -j kaca gleAfCA 50 oeAr le nibini Aguf a teit-
eioi eile, AinseATD mo -OotAinc 1m' rpAn^n A5Am -\ 'c uite CineAl
mAoin' 1m' feiLb. tDhioppx A5 gAbAilc ruAr- An boitnin 1 n-Aice
nA noiLig' ■] me a$ ceACc a bAile; CAp*t> t>Am Annpn tu, ACc
niop Altm cii me, Con An bit."
" ' TT)ire tTIAine t)hAn,' Aoubn^r teAC.
" ' Tli cu,' AnfA cufA 50 peAnSAt ; ' ni cu 50 "oeiriun. t3bi
tTIAine — mo ttlnAine ve — 1 n-A cAit n 05 flAccriiAn, Aguf cax> mAn
geAti onc-fA ? SeAn-beAn pofCAmAit gnAnoA tci aza conuigte
mA^i peACoig 1 ngiobtACAib fnoil. t1i cufA TIIAine 50 oeimm.'
" t)'peAtAf rior 1 bpott uifge a bi caoid liorn -| -oo b'e r1r1 An
CCao uAin •D'AinigeAr me rem ao^oa jnAnoA ; bi An ceAnc A5AC.
" ' 1f mife tTIAine "bnAn,' AouOfAf Anip
" "C'rCAC cu onm Annpn ioip An "oA full ■] An yAX> a bior mAn
Aon teAC nion tos cu 00 fiiile "Oiom.
" ' 1f AmiAi-0 Aoein cia,' Anr^ curA, ' acc ni tneioim tu — ni curA
An TTinAine a -ocular 5^t) oi pA-o o. Cnior 'rAt1 P011^ u>° b'feAnn
East, West, Home's Best. 3973
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
Maire Bhan 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 Maire.
"Are you serious, Maire? 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."
4 It is not indeed ! I would not do the like on you for the
world."
"I believe 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 Maire Bhan,' I said. * You are not,' you replied
angrily ; 4 not you, indeed. Maire — my Maire — was a fine
young girl; and what about you? A proud, ugly, old woman,
titivated like a peacock in silken rags! You are not Maire
Bhan 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 Maire Bhan,' 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 ycu say, but I don't believe^' you said. ' You are not
the Maire I loved long ago. Down in the graveyard yonder
1 would rather her to be than to resemble you now. I don't
know you at all.' And saying that, you went off. I was
3974 Soifv no pi An ip f eAff An t)Aite»
tiotn f 'belt 'nA beit'mAp cupA Anoip.1 tlf Aitnigim tu top Ap
bit.' Agup 'gA f^"b fin, Ay 50 bpAt teAC. t)niop pA$tA nn'
AonApAn 30 bponAt. Sin 1 An bnionglfii-o a bi AgAm; tlAt Aip-
ceAt e ? "
" lli fuit cu I'd' feAn-beAn pop, a pum ! T)o b'AgrhApAt An
bpionstbix) -OAtn-rA i, cibe p$eAt e. Asup, An n-AbpAnn cu, a
rnnAipe, gun bpiongtbi-o a tug one pAnAcc 'fA mbAite ? '
tliop meAp TTlAine sun teApc T>i pgeAt At1 CbneAriiAipe t>'innpinc
gAn ceA-o aici UA1-6. tTlAp -pin A"oubAipc pi : —
" 6 pm Agup nwoAi eile."
" t)ui"oeACAr mop "oo T)niA," AnrA peA-OAn:
" tlAt mon An c-ion^AncAp nAc mbeiteA as bpAit te "oo *iot
mnA 'pAgbAit ? " A-oubAinc AtAin pneAt)Aip teip cuptA tA 1 n-A
■01A1-6 fin. " TIac -oeAf "OAtAriiAit An cAitin 1 ttlAipe CHacac, m-
geAn nA bAincneAbAige tiAn 1 gCionn An t)HAite ? "
Cnmp peA-OAn ctuAp te neipceAtc Aip pein. X)a mbA gup tmc
An gniAn AnuAp Ar An ppeip ni tuippeAt) ye niop mo longAncAip
Ain
tli nAib re 1 n-inmm oipeAT* te focAt t>o f.A-6:
" Ca ye 1 n-Am -oo CbAic, ppeipin, cup fuiti 1 n-Aic -oi rem. tli
nACA-b beipe mAigipcpeAp te ceite 1 n-em-ceAt AmAin. Cat* e -oo
meAr An mnAC tli DnonncA-bA; tli fuit ptT> CAtrhAn Aige, Ate
mAn fin fein, 'An n-oo', ip bpeAg tAix»in An bUAtAitt e. "OAOine
mACAncA a b'eA-b iao a peAtc pinnpip noime."
tlion peAT) peAT>An pocAt "oo tun Ay, Agup niop tuig ye pcAit>
r\A ceipce cuige 'nA Ay tAn-top. 50 -oeimin, niop cuig Ate An
oipeA-o te ceAp bnoige, mAp AX>eAytA, acc -oa mbiot ye -oo tAtAip
*yA peompA beA$ CAOib tiAp "oo'n tip-om pgAtAm beAg 1 n-A ttiAit>
pin ip t>6ca 50 "ocuigpeA-O ye An c-iomftAn 50 "oiAnriiAit. 1p peAn-
pocAt e, A$up ip piop, 50 -ocAipbeAnAnn cpAitnin cpet nA gAoite.
Ay bAtt nuAip "oo bi An c-Aop 05 tiop Ay An ITIuipbeAt, peo
€ An CneAttiAipe ipceAt turn AtAy pneAX>Aip Agup mAtA Ai?:e 1 n-A
tAirh.
Seo 6 AS CAppAins tAin a gtAice "oo piopA^b tip AmAt Ay An
mAtA, Agup as AipeArii cpi pitit) punnc Ay An gctAp op a corhAip,
Agup peo 6 ftp '5A pAt), Agup 6 as peACAin 30 ^tmn s&AV> AV Aa
bpeAp eite :
" tli tuippi-t ComAp StieAgAin nuAitpi bApp a rhtipe pAtAige Ay
mo turo Aipsi"o 50 "oeo. "OAp pA-O, ni tuippit; 1p "oo'n SV&*>
Agup ■oo'n tij;e ACAim '5A tAbAipc;
East, West, Home's Best. 3975
left alone, deserted and in sadness. That is the dream I had.
Is it not strange? "
" You are not an old woman yet, a ruin ! It was a lucky
dream for me anyhow. And, do you say, Maire, that it was
a dream caused you to stay at home? "
Maire 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 God ! " 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 Maire 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 Cait, 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 young Mac Donnchadha? He has not
a sod of land, but, even so, he is a fine, strong boy. Honest
people 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
muirbheach, the Cneamhaire comes in to Peadar's father and
a bag in his hand.
He draws the full of his hand of gold pieces from the bag,
and counting out sixty pounds on the table before him, he
Bays, looking steadily and sharply af the other man:
" Tomas Sheaghan Ruaidhri will never put the top of his
dirty finger on my money. By heavens, he'll not. It is
to love and to youth I am giving it."
3976
An n Aim j
510CA Af An " n510t>tA<Mtt.*'
("Giflfseal le coiner 0 ti-Aot>A.)
t)fop A5 peACAinc amCeAll onm An fAit) "oo bi fe A5 CAinc, aj;
bneAtnujAt) A|\ An feomfA A^ur An caoi 'n-A pAib fe cuftA le
Ceile Aguf '§a fiAffuige im' Ai5neAt> pein cA bpuAif pe iia f usAin
Af pat> nuAin T>ut)Ainc pe :
" CA cii A5 "oeAnArh longAncAif -oem' teAjtAC Aj;tif ■oem' aiciII-
roeACc: TIAC "oeAf-lAmAC An "ouine tne ? "
"'Se&X), An m' f ocaL ; aCc cA bpuAfAif nA pu^Am 50 leif ?
Astir mA'f iiAim acA Annfo, An nooig ni pAib em-CeAl leif An
mbotAn ro 1 n-eAn-Con."
" InneofArO mire "buic An bAll ; aCc An mb'Aic leAc An iiAim
An fAT) t>' feifcinc ? "
" 13'aic tiom," Anr a mire, " aCc cA re no-tuAt pop An cor 00
cun pum."
" lli'l, pioc," An peipeAn, " Corii paoa if cA re reo ajac," Aguf
C65 fe mAroe Cfoife o'n gcuinne Aguf fin fe Cu^Atn e.
" RAjAmAoix) AtnAC 50 poitl 50 bpeicpio cu mo piogACc-fA An
fAO," Af fe.
" Ace cA bpuAfAif ah mAroe cpoife ? ' A^fA mife teif.
" CuifeAf le Ceile i An fAio -oo bi cu ro' CooIao. 5ao 1 ^ei^
Atinfo Anoif Aguf CAbAif Aipe "oo'n Coif."
€05 fe An cnillfeAn o'n mbofo A^uf "o' ofgAil fe "oopAf beAj;
CAOb leif An ceAllAC Aguf CuAOniAf ApAon ifceAC. 11i f aca me a
teiteio "oe fA"bApc o'n tA fugA* me 50 *oci fin Aguf ni fACA me
fAOAfC niAp. e 6 foin; X)'\ An feompA beAg "oeAncA 50 oineAC
5lAn Af An 5CA01 ceAonA 1 pAib An ceAnn eile, acc t>o bi fe lioncA
f uAf 50 T>ci An -oof Af Le bApmAib "oe $a6 cineAl, Ajuf bio-OAf 50
teif Com glAn Aguf Com foitlfeAC fom if gup bAineAT>Ap ax\
■p AOAfc "oiom, nAC mop, nuAip no CuAOAf ifceAC Af •octif. tHcoAp
Af cfoCAt) Aise 6f cionn a ceile Af nA bAllAib tApc CimCeAll An
CfeomfA Com paoa if b'feioip leif flige ■©' fAjAit "061b — gunnAi
geAffA A5Uf piofCAil 50 leof, Aguf a tAn "oe CtAiomcib Aguf x>e
bAi^neicib — Aguf bi cuio eile aca cfiiACcA 1 ngfosAnAib Af An
uplAf. t)i wifnCif beA5, inneCin Ajuf inflifi gAbAnn 1 jcuinne,
A£uf bmnfe Aguf uiflifi fiumeAfA 1 gcuinne eile. t)i An peAf
Ajuf An Aic A5 eifige niof Aifcijo j;aC eAn-noimmc.
" 1f "061$ Horn 50 bpuilim pA -OfAoioeACc," AffA mife, naAif
00 CogAf tAn mo put T»e'n CfeomfA.
' lli'lif, niAife, 1 ti-eAn-Cof," AffA An " gioblACAn."
3977
THE CAVERN.
From the Novel " An Gioblachan," by Tomas 0 h-Aodha,
{i.e., Thomas Hayes).
I was looking round me, while he was speaking, examining
the room and the manner in which it was constructed, and
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 this 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 corner 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 born 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 corner. 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 Gioblachan.
He took up one of the guns and rubbed it affectionately
with his hand.
Irish Lit. Vol. 10— M
3978 An tUitfi,
"Oo C65 f£ fiiAf ceAnn t>e nA gunnAib Aguf t>o Cuimil fe i ja'o
cmeAlcA te n-A lAim:
" TTeAt," An reire^n, " nAC *oeAf An iiiflif i fin: tAinig pf 6
AmeniocA Aguf "oo cwffeAt) fi pileAf Cfe "oume nAc mon mile
o bAile ; Ate cipimi'o An ctnT> eite aca Afif; ~§aX) 1 leit Annf o.ri
T)'pof5Ait fe "oonAf eile A^uf bAjAif fe AmAC onm. Tlion
f:eAT)Af mo tAm t>' feifcmc bi fe Com ■ooncA foin. Tliof Cuitt.-
nijeAf 50 nADAmAf. ;nf An uAim Aguf nuAin "o' peAtAf AniAC
•oubf Af.
" lie, nAt "ooncA i An oi"bte ! "
tei5 An " giobtACAn " fmuc gAife Af :
" TIaC "oonCA i An oniCe," Aff a 51.1t caod Amui§ t>iom: " tiA i
tiA ! ' AnrA gut eite. Annfoin •oo lAbAif beifc no cfiiif eite 1
n-6mpeACC niof f uroe AmAt, " tie ! nAC -oofCA " — " nA ! bA " —
" An oitfce "— " HA ! HA ! bA ! "— " 11ac "— " tut -ooftA "— " bA i
tiA ! "— " An oi-oce "— " bA ! bA ! nA ! "— Aguf mAf fin leo A5
fgiSineACo Agur A5 •oeAnAm mAgAit) pum 50 fAib An Aic tAn fUAf
•oe jncAnnAio. t)iot)Af tiof fum, ttiAf of mo cionn, An m'AjAit)
AmAC Aguf An j;ac caod "oiorn; T)' imtijeA'OAn UAim 1 n-oiAit) a
ceite Agvif -o' ifti$eAT>An fA "beifeA-o An nof nA fAib ionncA Ate
fiofAnnAC A5 cneACA-o 1 gcinnnib nA btiAmA.
T)ein mire gun bAin re pfeAb AfAm. UAmig fgAnnfAt) onm An
■ociif Aguf 'nA "biAit) fin tAinig longAncAf Aguf UAtbAf An cfAo$-
Ait onm, An nor nAf peAT>Af connuije Af An Aic 'n-A fAbAf im
feAf am An peA* cuig noimmce. X)o bAjAin An " gioblACAn ':|
ifceAt onm.
" TT)ac-aIIa," Aff a mife, nuAin bi An "oofAf "ouncA Aij;e.
" 'SeA-O," An re, " nAC bneAg e ? "
" tlion AinigeAr ni^m noime feo eAn-nuT) mAn e a6c 6An-uAin
AtriAm ; Ate ni n^ib ceAtc fUAr An bit teif feo Aige. CA An uAim
50 bAn-mOn if t>6Ca."
" t)i cinnce "be fin. CAin 1*0' feAfAm Anoif a\^ bntiAC ^A^a
uAtbArAige A^uf mA cA eAn-bnT)lAC AmAin Ann, cA fe 6f cionn
mile cf 015 1 n"ooimneAec. TIA c6igif n 6-fA*OA Atr\At nuAif a beA-o
A5 cAifbeAnc nA KuAtftA "buic, no b'fei'oin 50 bftnjteA "ouT)An it)*
ceAnn ; comnig CAob ttAf T>iom-fA Aguf ni bei* bAojAt An bit of c."
tog fe ftifebg 5iuniAife Aguf tuif f6 f^oitc beAg 'nA neA-CAn
te cuai$. Annfom fUAif f6 fop bAff ai$ Aguf focfuig fe ifceAt
'fAn fgoitc 6 Aguf tAf fe An bAffAt 1 mbACAll mAf bCAt) meAfb^;
Af bAff nA ftifeoige. tluAif bi fe focfinjte 50 "OAingeAn aijs,
turn f6 An ftifebg Ajjuf An bAffAt 1 bpocA otA Ajuf "o'fAs f6
Ann iat) 50 fAib An otA fiiigce if ceAt 50 mAit ionncA. Uuy\f
fA n-oeApA tom-tAitfeAt 50 fAib fe A5 tjeAnAm cbiffe tun nA
buAriiA "oo tAifbeAnc "OAm.
The Cavern. 3979
"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 Gioblachan 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 ! " — and 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 corners 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 Gioblachan 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 aAvful 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
3980 An UAim:
" Ciubf ai-6 fe feo f olAf a^ n-ooCAinc ouinn Anoif," 4f f e, Ajtif
Cuif fe ceine leif. CiiAT>mAf Am^C 50 bftiAC nA 5A5A Afif. 5aC
cof "oo cuifeAmAf "Oinn "oo Cuif ah mAC-AllA ffeAgfA CAf Aif
Cti$Ainn. T)' Afouij ati " 51oblACAn " An coiffe of A cionn Aft
nof 50 bfingmn fAt>AfC triAit Af ati UAim, Aguf t»o feAf fe 50
•oatia AtriAC Af bftiAC An puill. fli -OeAnf Ainn fern 6 t>a bftn^mf
mile punc ; acc, An n-ooig, mAf AT>eif An feAn-f ocaI — " lleAcn
nA cAicije meA"oui$eAnn fe An CAfcuifne."
Ce 50 "octig An coiffe rotur bneA§ uAit> niof feAt>Af ftm An
biC X)' feifcinc acc AtiiAin fomnc beAj; tie'n CAffAij; of mo Cionn
Ajuf An v,aC CAob "biom. AmAC UAinn ni fAib Ann aCc x»oncA"OAr
Cfom 0115 A5Uf if "0015 Horn fein nAf t>ein An coiffe acc e "oo
meATmjAt). £>i fe Com C1115 roin gun fAOileAf 50 mb' feiTMf
liom e jeAnnAt) le fgin, no mAm "oe co^Ainc im' lAim. t)iof A5
piAfftnge t)iom fern, An fAix> t>o biof A5 peACAinc AmAC, cat) t>o
bi f oltiisce CAob CiAn "oe'n "oofCA-OAf, Ajuf ■oo bi fe Com "oiAriiAin
5nAineAttiAit fin gun Cuif fe uAtbAf im Cnoi-oe.
" tli'l lomAfCA le feifcmc AmAC UAinn no CAob CuAf "oinn," Aff'
An " ^lobtACAn," " acc CAifbeAnf ai*o me *>uic Anoif "ooimneACc
An puill." Cuait> fe Af a jluimb.
" tuig fiof Aguf CAff Aing AmAC 50 bfUAC nA CAiffse," Af
feifeAn, " CAim Cun An coiffe "oo CAiceAtti fiof."
tvnjeAf fiof mAf t>' bfouig fe Aguf -6fuiT>eAf AmAC 50 bAineAC
50 f Aib mo CeAnn CAf bfUAC nA 5A5A. "Oo -Oein fe fein An fut>
cCA-onA. CaiC fe An coiffe AmAC uai-o Aj;uf fiof Aguf fiof leif
Cfit) An x)OfCAT>Af. t)iof A5 bfAC jaC eAn-noiminc 50 mbuAil-
f eA*0 fe An com acc nion buAil ; Aguf niof tAifbeAn fe eAn-fut)
■oCimn. t)iof A5 r;Aif.e Aif 50 oci ha f Aib Ann aCc fpfeAC. tTAinig
piAn im' fihtib Aguf -otfOAn im' CeAnn o beiC A5 feACAinc Aif,
Aguf no CfiteAf 50 fmiof. £a -oeifeAt) no CAilleAmAf fA"OAfc
Alf Af. f AT).
" Anoif, cat) T>ein cu," Af f' An " 51obtACAn " ifceAC 1m' CLuAif
nuAif bi An coiffe imcigce Af fAt)Afc.
" teig t)Am 50 f oiLt," Af f a mife, " 50 gcuiffit) me teiteAX) nA
CAiffse iT)if me fein Aguf An pott UACbAfAC «T)." -Aguf "oo
C«At)Af A5 tApA-OAil ifceAC f An mbocAn; Hi tei^feAT) An eA^lA
"b&m eifge im' feAfArii 50 fAbAf ifcig, Aguf biof mAf "Oume do
beA* 1 n-Ainx>e a\\ luAf^An. C/Smig An " giobtACAn " ifceAC im'
•01A1T) A5«f "OUn f6 An "OOf Af.
" 1f AifoeAC Agtif if miltceAC An aic 1 feo," Aff a mife, " Aguf
ca Sfeim im' Cf oit>e le buACbAf."
" t)iof fein mAf fin Af *ocuf," Aff' An " JiobUCin," " Aguf 1
bfAT) niof meAfA nA ca cufA Anoif, mAf if beA5 nAf.tuiceAf
IfceAC Af mullAC mo Cinn fAn 5A5 An CAfnA tiUAif "oo tAngAf
The Cavern: 3981
set fire to it. We went out to the brink of the chasm again.
Every stir we made the echo sent us back an answer. The
Gioblachan raised the torch over his head, so as that I would
get a good view of the cavern, and he stood out boldly on
the edge 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 was 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 Gioblachan; " 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 Gioblachan 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 mind it."-
3982 An ITIac ALU.
Annf o ; acc za CAicige A^Am Aif Anoif Ajtif ni Cuifim fuim Af,
bit Ann."
€05 f6 AnuAf bogA A^uf fAigeAt) t>o bi Ai^e fan mbofc&n 45
•6. fA
" UAifbeAnfAi-6 m6 le-.ceA-o nA 5^5^ "onic Anoif."
£uAif fe mini bAffAig Agtif CAf f6 Af biof nA fAig*oe 6 Aj;tif
■oem fe coiffe "6e mAf "oo "bem fe •oe'ti Cflifeoig fonfie fin.
TluAif bi a t)ocAinc oIa fiiigce A5 An mbAffAC, "oo cuif f6 ceme
teif Ajup T)'of5Ait fe An "oofAf. " £eAC AtnAC Anoif," Af fe
A5UT fSAoit fe uai-o £ Cfi-o An -oofCA-OAf teif An mbogA. CuAib
An cfAigeAX) Aguf aw fop bAff A15 Af lAfA"6 50 fOlttfeAC Am AC,
b'f^i'oif ceAt) ftAC, gAn An CAOb CaII *oo buAUvo ; Aguf .annfoin
•oo ClAonuig fe fiof 1 nTHAit) a ceite Aguf tuic fe mAf "oo cmc
An cOiffe, Aguf 1 gceAnn CAniAiLt ■oo ftuigeAi!) 1 n"ooimneACC tia
^a^a e gAn eAn-fut) "oo CAifbeAnc 'ouitin. tli mifoe a fA* guf
me-A-ouig fe feo An meAT) longAiiCAif ■oo bi 1m' Cfoit>e Ce^nA;
Cuif fe fcol CAOb Amuig "oe'n *oofAf. " Suit) fiof AnnfO 50
f Oil," Af feifeAn, " 50 gcuiffi-b cu Aicne Af An 5Cui"oeACCAin a
bionn Annf o AgAm 50 mmic."
Atl niAC Alt A:
tUis fe Af ceAnn "oe nA gunnAib Aguf Cuif f6 piteif Ann: Sut
A fAib a fiof A^Am ca"D "oo bi §A "oeAnAm Aige "o' Afouij fe An
gunnA Agnf caic fe ufCAf Af.
" Comf Aije T)6 cugAinn," Aff a mife, Ajjuf r>o pf eAbAf mi
feAfAtti leif An n^eic •oo bAm fe AfAtn. SAoiteAf 50 fAib An
ftiAb Ag cuicim ifceAC ofAinn. "O'eifij An «iac aIIa mAf blAt>m
coifnige, Aguf bi An fUAim com nuAtbAfAC foin guf moctngeAf
An CAff. A15 A5 cfiteA* fiim. "O'lmcig f6 UAinn Ajuf cAmij; f6 Af.
Aif Afif Agtif Afif eile, Af nof gup b'ei^in "OAm mo meAf aCa "oo
Cuf im' CtviAf Aib Cun An " fUAitte buAHie " t»o CongbAitc aihaC.
Af "octif bi f6 Com bofb bA^AfCAC teif An coif mj ; Annfom bi
fe 50 5Afb gUigAfAC fA mAf X>eAX) fUAim nA fAiffje A5 bfife^t)
50 cfom Af CtoCAf Cf a$a ; Agtif n-A "OiatO fin bi fe An-CofAinAil
leif An bfUAim "oo tmcfAt) 6 CtAi-oe A5 cuicim, no 6 CfiucAitlib
•00 beat) A5 jAbAa tAf bOtAf 5Afb ; Aguf Cfi-o An bf otfom Aguf
An cfiifCAf 50 teif cAinig CugAinn fUAim mAf pleAfgA* gunnAi
mOf 1 bfAX> tiAinn. Caic An " 51°D^tAn ' a "oo no a cfi
•o uf CAf Aib eile Aguf bi fonn Aif leAnAitiAinc "oo'n gno, aCc
X>1AffAf A1f A CAbAlfC fUAf. t)i An ttlAC AtlA gO tlAn-bfeAg Af
fAt) aCc bi mo "OotAinc AgAm "oe An UAif fin 50 iiAifice. Ace ni
The Echo. 3983
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 pinewood
chip previously. When it had soaked a sufficient quantity of
oil he 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 the bow. The arrow, witli the wisp
of tow lighting brightly, went out, perhaps, a hundred yards
without striking the other side ; then it inclined 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 the 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.
From "An Gioblachan," 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 dry wall, or from carts going over a rough road ; and
through all the clamour and confusion came a noise like the
explosion of big guns far away. The Gioblachan 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
3984 An TTUc AttA.;
|tAit» An " JJiobtACAn " f AfCA f 6f; tog fe AniiAf fit>it bt Af
cfocA'b, ■oe'n bAttA, Ajuf Cuif f6 1 scoif i.
•*- An T>CAitneAnn ceot teAC ? " An feifeAn:
" UAitneAnn 50 mAit," AffA mife, " cA fpem tnon AgAm Ann 1
gcomnui'be."
" tTU'r mAf fin aca An fsSAt," An fe, " jjeobArb cu ceot Anoif
no niArfi."
" tTlA zA fe mAf An Ceot "00 tuj; An mAC AttA uato 6 CiAnAib
nA bAC teif."
" Cifc," An feifeAn, a$ teigmc 5Aine Af, " Aguf cAbAif *oo
bneit ntiAif cAim cfioCnuijte."
€ofnui$ re A5 femm, Agur t>a mbemn A5 CAincgo ceAnn feACc-
rhAine ni feAT>fAmn tuAfAfgbAit CeAfc "oo tAbAifc An An
gcbimfeinm "o'eini$ fAn uAim. t)'Atumn An bei-0teAT>6if An
" giobtACdn " Agur bi fe 'n-A CumAf, " o neA|\c nA CAitije," if
•ooCa, ceot "oo buAinc Af An mdc AttA Com mAit teif An bfitnt.'
T)A mbeA*6 5AC em-gteAf ceot 1 n-6inmn bAitigte ifceAt 1 n-eAn-
tiAttA AriiAm A^uf iax» 50 tein Af fiubAt 1 n-emfeAtc, ni feA'OfAt)
fiA-o ceot niof bmne nA niof Aitne nA mof CAitneAriiAije •oo
tAbAifc uAtA nA An ceot "oo tug An fi*oit Aj;uf An mAC AttA "bumn
An oi"6Ce Or). U05 fe An cfoit>e Aguf An c-AnAm AfAtn. t1iof
motuijeAf piAn nA cuiffe nA eAgtA nA 6mni"6 eite aCc AmAin
AoioneAf Aguf fAfArii Aigni-o An f Ait) *oo bi An " ^lobtACAn " A5
femm Aguf *o' fAnfAinn Annfoin A5 eifceACc teif Af feAt> tAe
Aguf oi-OCe 5An belt cuiffeAC *e.
fltiAif bi f6 fAfCA Cuif fe uai-6 An f.i*oit Aguf tofnuig fe A5
cAinc Af Cebt nA n6ifeAnn Aj;uf bi cuf fiof mof AgAinn mAf jeAtt
Aif. CAinceoif Atumn T>ob' e&X) An " 51°btACAn ' Aguf b'Aic
teAC beit A5 eifceACc teif. t)A tiomtA Aguf bA teigeAimcA ha
fmAoince x)o bi Aige Ajjuf 00 tine An ^Aetnts o n-A bCAt Com
btAfOA te Ceot. Hi f Aib fe "OAtt Af emnio. "Oo biof A5 fmAom-
eArh, Anoif Aguf Afif, An fAi-o 00 bi fe Ag came, Af An 5CA01 'ha
fAib fe Ag CAiteAm a Co-oa Aimpfe Aguf a$ riAffuige "oiom fCin
CA-o 6 An fAt bi teif. t)iof -oeimneAC 50 fAib fe teAt-eATDCfom
Aguf suf b'm 6 An CiAtt 50 f Aib f6 A5 imteACc, mAf a "oeAffA, te
nACf An cf AogAit Agiif A5 cuf a muineit 1 gconcAbAifc ; aCc ni
fAib fiof AgAm An uAif fin Af An mein Af Cuai"0 fe cfit>.
1liof teig fe "OAm "out fo-pA"OA teif nA fmAoincib feo mAf
tAffAing fe Cuige feAT)05 Aguf cofnuig fe A5 femm uiffi. T)a
feAOAf An ceot •oo bUAin fC Af An bfi-oit, b'feAff nA fin feACc
n-uAife An ceot "oo buAin fe Af An bfeATDoig. "Oo fAfuig fe Af
jaC uite nit> "o'AifijeAf fUAf 50 "oci fin. tli tuibfAt) CAntAit nA
Cftunne "oa mbeit)if 50 teif 'fAn uAim A5 CAncAin te Ceite ceot
The Echo. 3985
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, " an 1 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 Gioblachan 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 Gioblachan 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 Gioblachan was a splendid speaker, and you
would like to be listening to him. His ideas and thoughts
were refined and learned, and the Irish fall 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 began 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 they 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.
3986 An TTIac ALU.
niop neAtfroA nA niop Aoibne ua£a: "Do tug An peAt>65 An triAC
AttA axt\aC i bpAO niop peApp Asur niop bmne nA eAn-pu-o eite;
" Ca-o "oein cu teip pin ' " APr' At1 " J^o^AcAn " titiAip psuin
pe T>A peinneArtiAinc.
"rii peAOAp pop," App a tnipe, "ni ptntim pA "opAoi-OeACc. "Oa
mbemn a$ CAinc An peAT> tAe Agup btiA-OnA, ni p6A-opAinn a innpinc
■OU1C An meat) Aoibmp Aj;iip CAicnitfi Agup pApAim Cpoi'oe -oo tug
An ceot ut> "OAm. Hi't em-ceACC fUAf teAC."
" 11a t)AC teip An bptAmAp Anoip," Apr' ^" " 510t)t'AC^n'"
" tti'tim as ptAmAp 1 n-eAn-cop," AnnA rnipe, aCc b'peitMp *;up
cipce t)Am a pA-o nA puit em ceACc puAp te "oeAptAtfiACc An " pp
i nAip"oe."
" UA cu Ag cAinc 50 ciALlrhAn Anoip," An peipeAn, A5 cup
p5Aif.ce Ap.
" tJ'peioip e," AnrA trnpe, " acc biop Cun a pA-6 nuAip biop Ag
eipceACc teAC — "
" A^up teip An triAC AttA," An peipeAn.
" Aj;up teip An mAc AtlA, An eAgtA An ptAmAip — 00 cuip pe 1
n-urhAit T)Am An cuApApgbAit no teijeAp Agup 00 CUAtAp 50 mmic
1 "ocAoft ceoit nA n-AmjeAt ip nA ptAicip."
" tli'tim cpioCnuigCe 1 n-eAn-cop pop," An peipeAn, Agup T>'eipi$
pe 'n-A peApArh.
Uopnuij pe Ag AifipAn. t)i gut bpeAg ponnrhAp ceotrftAp A5 An
" ngiobtACAn " Agup niop CAitt pe eAnpu-o 1 "dcaod oeic ipci$ pAn
UAitfi. Tl! peAT»Ap pem cia aca 00 b'peApp cun An mAc AttA "oo
CAbAipc aiuac — An pix)it, An peA-oog no 511c An " $iobtAcAin " —
no cia aca a paid An bApp Aige 1 5COiitipeinm ; acc ip "0015 tiom
gup pApuij An gut oppA 50 teip. CuAtAp cpi CeAO t>Aoine Ag
SAbAit ArhpAin 1 n-einpeACC eAti-uAip AriiAin 1 iiAttA mop 1
mt)Aite- ACa-CUac ; aCc ce 50 pAib An ceot Agup An Coiriipeinm
50 nAn-bpeA$ An pAT>, ni pAib em-ceACc puAp Aige te ceot An
-" $iobtACAin " nuAip tug pe uai-0 " An Raid cii A5 An sCAppAig,"
Agup nuAip 00 bi An niAC AttA Agup An ■oop'o 00 Cuip pe puAf
cfAn «Aim as cuit>eACcAin teipj
The Echo. 3987
" What do you say to that? " said the Gioblachan, when he
ceased playing.
" I don't know yet, but I am under some spell," said I. " If
I were talking for a year and a day, I could not describe to
you the amount of pleasure, and delight, and satisfaction of
heart, that music gave me. There is no coming near you."
" Do not mind the flattery now," said the Gioblachan.
"I am not flattering at all," I said; "but perhaps it would
be more correct to say there is no coming near the handiwork
of the Creator."
" You are talking sensibly now," he said, laughing.
"Perhaps so," said I; " but I was about to say when I was
listening to you — "
" And to the echo," he said.
" And to the echo — to guard against flattery — it reminded
me of the descriptions which I often read and heard about
the angel music in heaven."
" I am not finished at all yet," he said, and he stood up.
He began to sing. The Gioblachan had a fine resonant
musical voice, and it lost nothing by being in the cavern. I
do not know which of them was the best to bring out the
echo — the violin, the flute, or the Gioblachan's voice — or which
of them excelled in harmony ; but I think his singing surpassed
the others. I heard three hundred people singing together in
a great hall in Dublin at one time, but though the music and
the harmony were very, very fine, they could not come near the
Gioblachan's singing when he rendered " Were You at the
Rock," and when the echo and the musical murmur which he
aroused in the cavern were accompanying him.
. - 3988
C^SAt) A 11 CSU5-A111.
•oriAmA Aon-$nTrh;
nA "OAome •—
COTTlAS O n-AnntlACAm, pite ConnACCAC acAaj-. reACnAn.
tnAme nT RfOSAm, beAn An ci$e.
tin A, ingeAn iTlAine:
S^ATTIUS O b-1ARAinn, acA luAittce te tfnA;
Sf$te, comAnrA "oo tilAine.
piobAine, cGtftAnrAnnA Agur T>Aoine eite:
A1C .—
CeAC |:eitmein 1 sCuige rtlumAn ceA-o btiA-bAn 6 foin. CA rin
Agur mnA Ag -out cnix> a ceile in rAn 05, no 'tiA reAr Atn coir
nA mbAttA, AtriAH Agur -oa mbeit -OAmrA cnioCnuijjte aca:
CA ComAr O b-AnnnACAm Ag cAinc te "UnA 1 brion-corAC nA
rcAroe. CA An piobAine as pAfSA-o a piobAi-o Ain, te coru$A-6
An femm Anir, acc -do bein SeAtnAr O b-lAnAinn -oeoC Cui^e,
Agur fCA-OAnn re. CA^Ann peAn 65 50 b-t1nA te n-A CAbAinc
Am AC a\^ An unt An cum -OAinrA, aCc "oiutcAnn ri "bo;
■QtlA. — I1A bi m'bo-ontigAt) Anoir: IIac bpeiceAnn cti 50 b-puit
me aj; eirceACc te n-A bruit reireAn t>'a nA-b Horn. \ Leir An
n-AnnnACAnAC] : LeAn teAC, ca*o e fin t>o bi cu 'nA-b An bAtt ?
com As o n-AnnuACAin.— Cat) e -do w An bo-oAC rin "o'a
iAnnAi"6 one ?
tin A. — As iAnnAi-6 -OAmrA onm, -oo bi re, aCc ni ciubnAinn
•00 e:
m AC U1 b-AVin. — 1r cmnce uaC -ociubncA. 1r '061$, ni riieAfAnn
cu 50 teigpnn-re x>o "buine a\^ bit •OAmrA teAC, com fA-o A^ur
cA mire Ann ro. A ! a IJha, ni nAib rotAr n<S rbCAtfiAit AgAm te
Fat>a 50 T)cAini5 me Aim ro aiiocc A^ur 50 brACAit) me CurA !
tin A. — Cat) e An rotAr "ouic mire ?
1TIAC XII b-Ani1.— ITuAin aca mAi-oe teAt-'obigce in rAn
ceme, nAC brA^Ann re rolAr nuAin -obinceAn mr^e A1r" •
U11 A. — 1r -061$, ni't curA teAt-t)bi5ce.
mAC tJ1 b-Alin.— CA me, A^ur ca cni ceAtnAmnA "oe mo
Cnoi-be, "ooigce Ajjur loirsce Agur CAicce, Ag Cfoi*o Leir An
fAogAt, Aguf An rAojAt A5 cnoit) tiom-rA.
UI1A. — Hi peACAnn cu Com -oonA fin !
m AC t11 b- Ann.— tic ! a tinA ni RiojAin, ni't Aon eCtAf a^atj-
f& An beAtA An bAin-o boiCc, acA gAn ceAC gAn ceAgAn sau ci'05-
3989
THE TWISTING OF THE KOPE.
HANRAHAN. — A wandering poet.
Sheamus O'Heran. — Engaged to OonA.
MAURYA. — The woman of the house.
Sheela. — A neighbor.
OonA. — Maurya s daughter.
Neighbors and a piper who have come to Maurya' s house for a dance.
Scene. — A farmer s house in Munster a hundred years ago. Men and
wo?nen moving about and standing round the wall as if they had just finished
a dance. Hanrahan, in the foreground, talking to Oona.
The piper is beginning a preparatory drone for another dance, but Sheamus
brings him a drink and he stops. 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 Hanrahan] Go on with what
you were saying just now.
Hanrahan. — "What did that fellow want of you ?
Oona. — He wanted the next dance with me, but I wouldn't
give it to him.
Hanrahan. — 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 ?
Hanrahan. — 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 ?
Hanrahan. — I am, and three-quarters of my heart is burned,
and scorched and consumed, struggling with the world and
the world struggling with me.
Oona. — You don't look that bad.
Hanrahan. — Oh, Oona ni Kegaun, you have not knowledge
of the life of a poor bard, without house or home or havings,
3990 Cajta* ArTcf 115^1 n:
bAf, aCc e A5 imceAce Aguf as fiof-imteACc te f An An futT"An
cfAogAit tfiOin, 5^n "oume An tut teif acc e ^ein. fli't mAioin in
fAn cfeAccrhAm nuAin einijim fUAf nAC n-AbnAim tiotn fern 50
mb'feAnn "OAm -An UA15 'r»4 An feAcnin. Tli't Aon nuo A5 feAfAtfi
■oAtn aCc An bnonncAnuf t)o fUAin me o "Oia — mo Cuto AbnAn.
TluAin CofAigim onnA fin, imtijeAnn mo bnon Aguf mo buAToneAt)
■oiom,*A5ur ni cunfmijim niof mo An mo je-An-CfAt) Aj;uf An mo
rhi-A-O. -Aguf Anoif, 6 connAic me CufA, a tinA, Cim 30 bpmt nut)
eile Ann, niof bmne 'nA nA b-AbnAm fern !
IJMA. — 1f longAncAC An bnonncAnuf 6 "Cma An bAfouijeACc:
Com pa-oa Aguf ca fin ^at) nAC bfuit cu niof fAit)bne nA Luce
fcuic Agur fcoin, tucc bo Aguf eAl A15.
1TIAC 111 n-ATIll. — A ! a tinA, ir mop An beAnnACc aCc if mon
An rhAltACC, teif, 00 "Ouine e "00 beic 'nA bAno. £euC mife !
bpuii cAfAit) AgAm An An fAojAl fo ? t)puit peAf. b 6 An uiaic
teif me ? t)f uit gn a-o A5 "oume An bit onm ? t)im A5 imCeAcc,
mo CA"OAn boCc AonfAnAC, An put) An cfAogAit, mAn Chfin An-oiAig
nA JTeinne. t)lonn i:uac A5 h-uile *0ume onm, ni't puAC A5AT)-fA
onm, a "flnA ?
Utt A. — tl a n-AbAin nut) mAn mn, ni feit)in 50 bfuit fu At A5
■oume An bit onc-f .
ITIAC U1 b-ATITI. — Ua|\ Horn Aguf fuiftfimTO 1 gcumne An age
te Ceite, Aguf oeAnpAit) me "ouic An c-AbnAn "oo nmne me ■ouic.
1r onc-fA nmneAf e.
[ImeigeAnn fiAO 50 "oci au coinneutt if fAi"oe on rcAit), Ajuf
■pui-OeAnn fiAO AnAice te ceite.]
[U15 Sigte AfceAC]
Sf$te. — CA11115 me Cujjat) Com UiAt Agur 'o'ireu'O me;
TTIA1R6. — CeAT) fAitce norhAt):
Sfjte. — Ca-o ca a\^ fiubAt A5 "o Anoif I
TTIA1RG. — A~s cofugA-O ACAmuit). t)i Aon fjonc AriiAin AjAinn,
Agup Anoif ca An piobAife Ag ot "oige. UofocAit) An "OAmfA Afif
nuAif beit>eAf An piobAine fei*.
Sfjte. — Ua nA "OAome A5 bAiUugA-o AfceAC 50 mAic, bei*
TDAtnpA bfeAj AgAinn.
m^1Ue. — t)eit) a SiSle, aCc ca feAf aca Ann Aguf b'peAfn
liom Amuij nA Afci$ e ! "feuC e.
Sf $te. — 1f An An bfeAf fA*OA "oonn aca cu aj caiuc, nAC eAt) ?
An feAf fm aca aj corrifAt) Com otuC fin te "GnA m fAn scoin-
neutL Anoif. Ca'|\ b'Af e, no cia b-e fein ?
TTl-Alfie. — Sin e An fgnAirce if mo tAimg 1 n-6inmn AfiAtn,
ComAf O n-AnnnACAin CujAnn fiAT» Aif, aCc UomAf TlosAife but)
COif -oo bAifceAt) Aif, 1 gceAfc. 6\^a ! nAC n aiO An ml-At) ofm, e
■oo CeACc AfceAC CugAinn, Cof Af bit, AnoCC I
The Twisting of the Rope. 3991
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.
Hanrahan. — 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
hate me, Oona?
Oona. — Do not say a thing like that; it is impossible that
anyone would hate you.
Hanrahan. — Come and we will sit in the corner of the room
together, and I will tell you the little scng I made for you : it
is for you I made it. {They go to a corner and sit down together.
Siieela comes in at the door.~\
Sheela. — I came to you as quick as I could.
Mattrya. — And a hundred welcomes to you.
Sheela. — What have you going on now ?
Mattrya. — 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.
Mattrya. — 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 corner.
Where is he from and who is he himself?
Mattrya. — 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.
3992 CAfAt) An cfus^in.
Sf $t6. — Cia'ti f6nc "oume e ? Hac feAf "oeAncA AbnAn Af
ConnACcAib 6 ? CuAtAit) me CAinc Ain, CeAnA, Aguf "oein fiAT) naC
bpuit •oAmfCin eite i n-einmn com mAit teif : but) rhAit liom a
feicpnc as T>Attif a.
TTI^IUe. — 5fAiri 5° >oe<5 Af At1 mbiteAtfmAC ! CA'f AjAtn-fA 50
n6 rhAit cia 'n cineAt acA Ann, mAf. bi fonc cAntAnAif i*oin e fern
Ajjur An CeATD-feAn "Oo bi A^Am-fA, Aguf if mmic CuAtAro me 6
"OiAnmuro bocc (50 n-o6AnAi"6 T)ia cnocAine Ain !) cia 'n f one
•ouine bi Ann. t)i fe 'nA mAigifcif fjoite, fiof 1 ^ConnACcAib,
acc biot> n-uite CteAf Aige but) meAfA nA a Cei e. A5 fion-
oeAnAm AbnAn t>o biot> fe, Aguf A5 6t uif^e beAtA, Aj;uf A5 CUP
imnif An bun AmeAfg ua jcorhAnfAn te n-A Cuit> CAince. T)ein
riA*o uaC bpuit beAn m fnA cuig ctngib nAC meAttp<\t> fe. 1f
meAfA 6 nA T)omnAtt nA 5f6irie t^"0 °- ^cc bu'0 6 *oeineAt) An
fgeit gun nuAig < n fAgAnc AtnAC Af An bpApnAifce 6 An fA"o. f uAin
fe Aic eile Ann fin, aCc teAn fe "oo ua cteAfAnnAib c^A-on^, gun
nuAigeAt) AmAC Afif 6, Agur Anif eite, teif. Agur Anoif ni't Aic
nA ceAC nA •OA'OArb Aige aCc e beit A5 gAbAit nA cine, A5 "oeAn^tfi
AbnAn Agur Ag p A$Ait toifcin ua ti-oit)Ce 6 ua •OAomib. Hi tnut-
c6CAit> "ouine An bit e, mAn cA pAicCiop onnA noime. 1r mon An
pite £, Agur b'ei'oin 50 nT>eAnpAt> p6 pAnn one "oo gne^mOcAt) 50
•oeo "ouic, "oA gcuippeA peAp.5 Ain.
Sf$te. — 5° bpoinit) X)ia onnAinn: Ace cneAt) x>o tug AfceAC
Anocc e ?
1TI^1Re. — t)i fe A5 CAifceAt nA cine, Aguf cuAtAi* re 50 nAib
•OArhrA le beic Ann fo, A^uf tAnug re AfceAC, mAn bi e6lAf Aige
onnAinn, — bi re mon 50 teOn te mo ceA-o-feAn. 1f longAncAC
mAn cA r6 A5 "oeAnArh AmAC a ftige-beACA, Con An bit, Aguf g^n
Aige Ate a CuiT) Abn-in. T)ein riAt) nAC bpuit Aic a nACArO fe nAC
•ocugAnn nA mnA 5f A"0, A$uf uaC "OCugAnn ua fif fUAt t)o.
Sf^te [as bfeit An JuAtAmn tilAife]. — lompuig t>o CeAnn, a
TtlAife, feucb e Anoif ; e fein Ajuf -o' m$eAn-fA, Ajuf An 'oA
itoigionn buAitce AfA Ceite: CA fe CAf eif Abf ^m "oo "OeAnAtn
•oi, Ajuf cA fe t)'A munA-O t)i A3 co£Annui$ in a ctuAif. OfA,
An biteAmnAC ! bero fe A5 cuf a Cuit> pifcfe6s An tlnA Anoif.
m^lRe. — OC 6n 1 50 "oeo ! TIaC mi-At)AmAit tAinig f e ! C4
re A5 cAinc te I'Itia b-uite moimi-o 6 tAinig fe AfceAC, cfi UAife
6 foin. Tlinne me mo t)itCiott te n-A f5AfAt) o ceite, aCc teip
fe ofm. CA tinA boCc cu^ca -oo n-uite f6nc reAn-AbnAn A5U1?
feAn-fAimeif x>e fgeAtcAib, Ajuf if bmn teif An gcneACuin beit
A5 eifceACc teif,- mAf cA beAt Aige fin -oo bneA5fAt> An fmotAO
•oe'n CfAoibj CA'f aja-o 50 bfuit An p6fAt> ferbce focnuigte
The Twisting of the Rope. 3993
Sheela. — What sort of a person is lie ? 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.
Maurya. — 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 that 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 waif refuse
him, because 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?
Maurya. — 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 Maurya by the shoulder). — Turn 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 whispering it in her ear. Oh,
tne villain, he'll be putting His spells oa her now.
Maurya. — 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
3994 CAfA* An tf«5^itiij
roif tJnA A^uf SeAmAf O b-lAf Ainn Ann fin, finite 6'n IA int)itiJ
■peuC SeAmuf boCc a$ An ■oof.ur Aguf 6 A5 pAife off a. CA bf On
Aguf ceAnnfAOi Aif. 1f pufuf A peicfmc 5° tnbu-o ifiAit le
S6Atnur An fgf Aipoe fin t)o caCca"6 An moimit) feo. CA p AicCiof
mCf onm 50 mbei*6 An ceAnn lompuijte An tinA te n-A Cuit> btAT>-
AineACc Com cinnce A'f cA me beo, ciucpAit) otc Af An oit>Ce
reo.
Sl^te. — A$uf nAC bpeA-opA a cuf AmAC ?
trtAlUe. — "O'peA-opAinu ; ni't -ouine Ann fo t»o CuiT>e6CA* teif,
mutiA mbeit beAn no t>6. ACc if -pile mof e, Aguf ca mAttACc
Aijge "00 fgoitcpeA-o nA en Ainn A^jup x»o fCAbpA-O nA ctoCA. T)eif
fiA*o 50 tobtAnn An pot m fAn CAtAtn, Aguf 50 n-imti£eAnn a
5Cuit) bAinne 6 nA bAt nuAif tugAnn pie mAf e fin a rhAttACc
•061b, mA fUAigeAnn -ouine Af An ceAC e. Ace -oA mbeit fe Amuig,
«*iife mo bAnnui-oe nAC teigpmn AfceAcb Afif e.
Sl^ie. — T)A fACA-6 fe pein AmAC 50 coiteArfiAit, "i beit Aon
bmg m a cuit* mAttACc Ann fin ?
rtlAITie. — tli belt. ACc ni fACAit) fe AmAC 50 coileAtfiAit*
AgUf ni tl5 tlOm-fA A fUAgA* AmAC Af eAgtA a mAttACc.
St$l B. — £euC SeAmuf bote. UA fe -out Anonn 50 n-tinA.
[6ifi$eAnn SeAmuf i cei"6eAnn fe 50 b-tfnA.]
S^ATTItlS. — An n-OArhfoCAi-o cu An fit feo tiom-fA, A finA,
nuAif beit)eAf An piobAife feit).
TTIAC U1 n-ATlTl [aj eifge]. — 1f mife ComAf O n-AnnfACAin,
Agnf ca me as tAbAifc te tfnA tli UiosAm Anoif, A$uf Com pAt)
A5«f bei-oeAf fonn uiffe-fe beit A5 CAinc tiom-fA ni teigpit) me
•o'Aon "Ouine eite "oo teAtc eAT>fAinn.
S^AtTltlS [gAn Aife Af TTIac tli b- Annf ACAm]. — TIaC nt>Am-
f otAit) cu tiom, a 13ua ?
TTIAC U1 b-Ann [50 piotmAf]. — TlAf "OubAifC me teAC Anoif
guf tiom-f a -oo bi UnA Hi ttiogAin Ag caiuc ? 1mti$ teAC Af An
moimi-o, a bo-OAig, A$uf nA C05 ctAmpAf Ann fo.
S6A1DUS- A tinA
tTIAC tJ1 b-ATin [as beicit].— FA5 fin !
[ImcigeAnn SeAmAf A5Uf cig fe 50 "oci An beinc feAn-mnAoi.]
S^ATTItlS. — A ttlAife tli TliosAin, cA me A5 lAffAit) ceAX> ofC-
fA An f5f Aifce mi-AtAmAit meifgeAmAit fin -oo CAiteAm AmAC Af
An ci$. TTIA teigeAnn cu *Am, cuiffit mife Aguf mo beifc teAf-
bf AtAf AmAC e, Aguf nuAif beiteAf f6 Amui$ f oCf OCAit mife teif ;
The Twisting of the Rofe. 3995
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.
A s sure as I am alive there will come evil out of this night.
Sheela. — And couldn't you put him out ?
Matjrya. — 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 ?
Matjrya. — 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.
[Sheamus gets up and goes over to her.~\
Sheamus. — Will you dance this reel with me, Oona, as soon
as the piper is ready ?
Hanrahan {rising up) — I am Tumaus Hanrahan, and I am
speaking now to Oona ni Regaun, 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 ELnrahan). — Will you not dance
with me, Oona ?
Hanrahan {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.
Sheamus. — 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 threw that ill-mannerly, drunken vagabond out of the house
Myself and my two brothers will put him out if you will allow
us; and when he's outside I'll settle with him.
3996 CApvo An cpiSAin.'
m^lue.-O ! a SeAmAip ha -oeAn: ZS piiccior o|\m poiriiej
UA mAUACc Aige pn "oo rsoilcpiAT) ha cnAinn, -oein pAT>;
S6AtTIAS.— 1r cumA tiotn mA ca mAUACc Aige -oo leASpvo ti4.
rpeAntA. 1r onm-pv cuicpt) re, Agur cmpm mo -OubflAn p*oi.
Da mAnboCAT) re ™e An An moimit) ni leigp-o me t>6 a Cuit) pip
cneog -00 Cun An UnA. A tiUine, cAbAin 'm ceAX>j
STgte. — VIA "oeAn pn, a SeAmuir, ca corhAinle nior p^Ann 'nA
pn AgAm-fA.
S^AttlUS. — Cia An CorhAinle i f1T1 ?
Sfjte. — Ua rUjje m mo CeAnn AgAtn le n-A cun auiaC; ITU
teAnAnn fib-re mo CoriiAinle-p* nACAi-6 re pern ahiac com rocAin
le uAn, -o'A toil p*m, Ajur nuAin geobAit) pb Amuig 6, buAiUt)
An x)onuf Ain, Agur nA ieijit) ArceAC Am'r 5° brAt £•
mAltie. — "Rac 6 "Oia one, Aguf innir x>Atr\ cat) 6 ca m -oo CeAnn;
ST$te. — "OeAn^AmAoi-o e Com T>eAr Agur com pmpl -6e A^ur
ConnAic cu AniAtn. Cuinpmro e A5 cAp^-b rusAm 50 opuigimi-o
Amuij e, Agur buAilpmro An -oonuf Ain Ann pn.
tlUITie; — 1r ponur a fA"°) acc ni F°PT a "oeAnAm. "OeAnrAi-6
re leAC " -oeAn rugAn, cu pern."
Sf$te. — "OeAnpAmAoi-o, Ann pn, nAC bpiCAit) xtuine An bit Ann
ro ru5^n pein ApArii, nAC bjruil -ouine An bit An pui ci$ a\^ p6it)in
leir ceAnn aca "OeAHAm.
S6AtTIUS. — ACc An gcnei'op'O re P>"0 ™An pn — nAC brACAtnAn
rugAn niAtfi ?
Sf $te. — An gcnei-op-o re, An eAt> ? Cnei-opt) re nut) An bit,
Cnei-opeA-0 re 50 nAib re pjin 'nA p$ An 6inmn nuAin acA glAine
61ca Aige, mAn aca Anoip
S6AT11US. — ACc cat) e An cnoiceAnn CuinpJAf pnn An An
.nbneig reo, — 50 bpuiL rugAn piin A5 ceArcAl uAinn ?
THA1Ue. — SmuAin An Cfoicionn x>o Cun Ain pn, a SeAmuip
S^AtTIUS. — 'OeAnpM'6 me 50 bpuil An $Aot Ag eipge Agur 50
bpuii cum-oAC Ati ci§e -o'A rguAbA-o leif An fcoipn, Aguf 50
rCAltpmi-O fUJAU tApAAingc Ain.
mAlUe. — ACc mA eif ceAnn p5 A5 An "oonuf belt) por Aige nAC
bru?l £Aot nA fcoipm Ann. SmuAin An Cnoicionn eiLe, a SeAmuir.
Sf^tCi — 'Hoif, ca Ati C6riiAinle CeAnc AgAm-pA: AbAin 50
The Twisting of the Rope. 3997
Maurya. — Sheamus, do not ; I am afraid of him. That man
has a curse, they say, that would split the trees.
Sheamus. — I don't care if he had a curse that would over-
throw the heavens ; it is on me it will fall, and I defy him !
If he were to kill me on the moment, I will not allow him to
put his spells on Oona. Give me leave, Maurya.
Sheela. — Do not, Sheamus. I have a better advice than
that.
Sheamus. — What advice is that ?
Sheela. — I have a way in my head to put him out. If you
follow my advice he will 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.
Maurya. — Luck from God on you, Sheela, and tell us what's
in your head.
Sheela. — We will do it as nice and easy as ever you saw.
We will put him to twist a hay-rope till he is outside, and then
we will shut the door on him.
Sheamus. — It's easy to say, but not easy to do. He will say
to you, " Make a hay-rope yourself. "
Sheela. — 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 the
beginning of it.
Sheamus. — But will he believe that we never saw a hay-
rope?
Sheela. — Believe it, is it? He'd believe anything; he'd
believe that himself is king over Ireland when he has a glass
taken, as he has now.
Sheamus. — But what excuse can we make for saying we
want a hay-rope ?
Maurya. — 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.
Sheela. — 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.
Sheamus. — Wait, I have a good idea now ; say that there is
3998 CAfAT) An r^u^Mni
bpmt coifce teA^tA as bun An Cnuic, Aguf 50 bpuit fiAT> A5
lAnnAiT) fugAin teif An gcoifce 00 leAfugAT). Hi peicfit) fe Corn
fAOA fin o'n "oonuf, Aguf ni b£iT) piof Aige uaC rion 6.
m^me.— Sm e An fseAt, a Sijle. 'lloif, a SeAtnuif, 5At>
imeApj; nA noAome Aguf lei£ An nun Leo. Inmr "061b cat) ca aca
t.e f At) — nAC bp-acAiT) Tnnne An bit fAn cin feo fuj;An peirt niAtfi —
A^ur cuin cnoicionn mAit An An mbnei5, tu pern.
[ImtigeAim SeAtnuf 6 "bume 50 "oume A5 co^AnnAig teo.
UorAijeAnn cuit> aca A5 ^Aine. UAgAnn An piobAine Aguf cofuig-
eAnn re aj; feinm. 6ini$eAnn c-ni no ceAtnAn "oe CuplAtAib, Aguf
cofuigeAnn fiAT> A5 T)ArhfA. ImtijeAnn SeAtnAf AniAcn.]
IT) AC 111 b-ATin. [as einige cAn eir a beit aj peACAmc onnA
An reA-6 cuplA moimro.] — ppuic ! rcopAgAit ! -An "ocugAnn fib
•oAriif a An An fC|\ApAineACc rm ! "Ca fib A5 buAlAt) An unlAin mAn
beit ah oineAT) fin -o'eAttAC. Ca rib Corn cnom le bulLAin, Aj;uf
Corn ciocaC te AfAit. 5° "ocACcAn mo piob^n t>a mb'peAfn Uom
beit A5 reACAmc onnAib 'nA An An oipeAT) rm tACAm bACAC, A5
te;mni$ An leAt-Coif An rut) An oje ! ^Ajait) An c-unlAn ca UnA
Hi UiogAm Agtif pum-fA.
peATl [acA -out A5 "OAinrA]. — A^uf ca-o pAt a bpAgrAniAoir An
c-untAn puc-p a ?
m AC 111 n-Atltl. — Ua An eAtA An bnuAt nA coinne, cA An
pnoemcf Uioj'OA, ca peAnlA An bnoltAig bAin, ca An £)enuf
AmeAfs nA mbAn, ca tlnA Hi TUogAm Ag feAfAm fUAf Hom-fA,
A5ur aic Ap bit a n-6inijeAnn fife fUAf urhttngeAnn An jeAlAC
Agur An jniAn rem oi, Aguf umloCAiT) fib-fe. Ua ri no Alumn
Ajuf no fpeineArhAil le n-Aon beAn eile "oo beit 'nA n-Aice. ACc
•pAn 50 roil, rul CAirbeAnAim OAOib niAf ^nnieAnn An buACAiti
bneAj ConnACcAC nmnce, -oeAnrAit) me An c-AbnAn t)Aoib -oo nmne
me 00 Tleulc Cuige murhAn — "o'tinA 11i nio^Am. 6ini$, a jniAn
nA mbAn, Ajur oeAnrAniAoiT) An c-AbnAn te ceite, sA(i ^e beAnf4>
Ajur Ann pn mumrimi'o 061b cat) e if nmnce pineAnnAC Ann.
[eiflgeAim flAT) -\ gAbATO AbfAn.j
mAC tn n-xMin.
'Si "UnA bAn, nA gfiiAige buite,
An Ciiiifionn 'cnA-b in mo tAf mo Cnoit)e,
1f ife mo ftin, 'f mo CumAnn 50 buAtl,
1f cumA tiom CoiT)Ce beAn aCc i.
tin A.
A bAifo nA ftiile t)uibe, if cu
"FuAin buAi-o m fAn fAo$At A'f ctu,
5oifim 00 beAl, A'f molAim tu peifl,
X)o ctnnif mo Cfoit)e m mo CL6ib aiiiuJ.
The Twisting of the Rope. 3999
a coach upset at the bottom of the hill, and that they 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.
Mattrya— That's the story, Sheela. Now, Sheamus, go
among the people and tell them 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 and some of
them begin laughing. The piper has begun playing. Three
or four couples rise u'p.~\
Hanrahan {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 heavy 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 Regaun and to me.
One of the men going to dance. — And for what would we
leave the floor to you ?
Hanrahan. — 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 Connacht boy can dance, I will give you
the poem I made on ,he star of the province of Munster, on
Oona ni Regaun. Rise up, 0 sun among women, and we will
sing the song together, verse about, and then we'll show them
what right dancing is ! (OONA rises).
Hanrahan. — 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 found victory in the world and fame ;
I call on yourself and I praise your mouth ;
You have set my heart in my breast astray.
4000 CAfA-6 An cftiSAin;
tTIAC 111 h-Atltl:
'Si tinA bAn r\& jjnuAise 6in,
ITlo feAnc, mo CumAnn, mo SfA^o, mo fcon,
Racai* fi fern te n-A bAnt) i gcem;
"Do toic fi a Cnoi-oe in a Cteib 50 m6nj
U11A.
flion ofAT)A oi"6Ce tiom, nA tA,
A5 eifceACc te "oo comnA-6 bneA$:
1f binne "oo beAt nA femm tiA n-eAn,<
Om' Cnoi-oe m mo Cteib x>o fiiAimf SfA-dj
mAC in n-Atin.
"Oo fifibAit me fein An "ootiiAn lomtAn,-
SACfAnA, £hne, ah ]pnAiric 'f An SpAm,
Hi fACAit) me fern 1 mbAile nA '506111
Aon Ainmn fA'n ngnein mAn "UnA bAn.
tin a.
"Oo cuaLai-o mife An CtAi nf eAC 01 nn
SAn crnAit) fin ConcAig, aj; feintn tinn,
1r binne 50 mon Horn fern t>o $ton,
1r binne 50 mon no b£At 'nA fin.
ttlAC 111 n-Atltl;
"Oo bi me fein mo CAttAn boCc, cnAt,
tlion t6in t)Am oit)Ce cAn An tA,
50 bfACAit) me i, t)o $oit> mo 0foi"6e;
A'f "oo "Oibin tn'om mo bnbn 'f mo CnAt>;
13 11 A:
"Oo bi me fern An mAi"om in-oe
A5 fiubAt coif coitte te fAinne An tAe,<
Oi eun Ann fin aj; femm 50 bmn,
" ITlo jf At>-f a An 5f At), A'f nAC ALuinn e ! "
[5tAO-6 Aguf cofAnn Aguf buAHOAnn SeAmuf O n-lAfAinn ah
"OOfUf AfCeAt.]
S6A111I1S. — Ob ob fi, oC on 1 6, 50 "oeo ! C£ An coifce mon
leAgtA A5 bun An cntnc. CA An mAlA a bfuit ticf eACA nA cine
Ann pteAfgtA, Aguf ni't fneAng nA c6at> nA nopA nA •oa'oai'6 aca
te nA ceAngAilc Anif. UA fiAX> A5 stACOAC AtnAC Anoif An fuj;An
f6in xyo "OeAnAtn x>6ib — cibe fonc nuit> e fin — Aj;uf T>ein fiAT) 50
mb6it> nA ticf eACA 1 An coifce cAittce An CArbuit) fu^Ain f6in
le n-A sceAngAilc.
T11AC 111 b-A11tL— 11a bi '5 An mbo-onujA-o ! UA An n-AbnAn
nAi"Oce AgAinn, Aguf Anoif cAniAoi-o t>ul aj; •oAriifA: Hi tAjAnn
An coifce An beAlAc fin Af Aon Con;
The Twisting of the Rope. '1001
Hanrahan. — 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 greath .
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.
Hanrahan. — 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.— I 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 shout and a noise, and Sheamus 0 'Her, an rushes in).
Sheamtjs. — 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.
Hanrahan. — Do not be bothering us; we have our poem
done and we are going to dance. The coach does not come this
wav at, all.
Irish Lit. Vol. 10— N
4002 CAfAt> An cfi.15.A1n.
S6-A1TIUS. — UA^Ann fe An beAtAt fin Anoif — aCc if "0615 ^uf
fcnAinfeAf tufA, Aguf nAc bfuit eotAf ajax) Aif. tlAC ocAgAnn
An coifce tAf. An gcnoc Anoif a CoriiAffAnnA ?
1AT) tllte. — UAgAnn, CAgAnn 50 cmnce.
1TIAC 111 h-Atltl. — 1f cuniA Horn, a teAcc no jjAn a ceACC;
A^c b'feAff Horn -pice coifce beit bfifce A|\ An mbotAn nA 50
gctnffeA peAntA An bfottAig bAm 0 "OAmfA "outnn. AbAif Leir
An gcoifceoin fopA 00 CAfA* to fem.
S^AtTltlS. — O mtifoef, ni C15 teif, cA An oifeAt) fin -oe>
fuinneAm Aguf *oe teAf Aguf "oe fpfeACAt) Agvif "oe tut m fnA
CAptAib AigeAncA fin 50 scaictO mo Coifceof bocc bfeit Af A
gcinn. 1f An eigm-bAif if feioif teif a jjceApA-O nA a gcongbAit.
Ua fAicciof a AnAm' Aif 50 n-eifeocAit) pAT) in a mutlAc, A^uf
50 n-imteocAi"0 fiAT> uAit> *oe fUAig. UA jac tnle feicf eAC AfCA,
ni f acatO cu fiAni a teiteio "oe CAptAib fiA*0Ame !
1T1AC t!1 n-Atttl. — TTIA ca, cA "OAome eile mf An gcoifce a
•O^AnfAf fopA mA'f 615m T»o'n toirceoif beit A5 ceAnn nA
gCApAtt : fA$ fin Ajuf teig *oumn T>AmfA.
S6ATHtlS. — CA ; cA cfiuf eite Ann, aCc mAi'oif te ceAnn aca,
ca fe Af teAt-tAim, Aguf feAf eite aca, — cA fe A5 cfit Aj;uf aj;
cfAtA-O teif An fgAnnfAt) fUAif fe, ni C15 teif feAfAtn Af a "OA
Coif leif An eAjlA acA Aif ; Aguf mAi'oif teif An cfioriiAt) feAf
ni't -oume Af bit fin cin 00 teigf eA"6 An f ocAt fin " f 6pA " Af a
beul in a fiA"6nuife, mAf nAC te fopA x>o CfocA* a AtAif f6m
Ant1ffA1$, mAf geAtt Af CAOIflj 00 501T).
1TIAC tJ1 n-Atltl. — CAfAt) feAf AgAib fem ftigAn "oo, mAf fin,
Aguf f A5A1* An c-uf lAf f uinn-ne. [te "UnA] 'tloif , a f eite nA mbAn
CAifbeAn -ooib mAf imcijeAnn Kino imeAfg nA n*oeite, no tleten
pA'f fgfiOfA-0 An UfAoi. T)Af mo tAnii, o X)'eAj; "OeifOfe, fA'f
cuifeA"0 TlAoife mAC Uifmj cum bAif, ni't a boi"Ofe 1 n6ifinn
moiu Atz tu fem. CofOCAmAoit).
S^AtntlS. — Y\a cofAij;, 50 mbei"6 An ftijjAn AjAinn. Tli tig
tmn-ne ftigAn CAfAt). Tli't ttuitie a^ bit Aiinfo Af feioif leif
fopA 00 -OeAnAm !
1TIAC t11 b-AtlTI. — tli't "oume a\\ bit Ann fo Af fetoif teif fCpA
"OeAnAtii ! !
1AT) tllte.— tli't.
St^te. — Aguf if fiof "tAoib fin. tli "oeAfnAi-O -oume Af bit
inf An cif feo fugAn feif AfiAm, ni meAfAim 50 bftnt ouine m
fAn ci$ feo 00 ConnAic ceAnn aca, fem, aCc mife. 1f mAit
cmmnijim-fe, niiAif nAt f Aib ionn^m aCc giffeAt beA^ 50 bf acai"6
me ceAnn aca Af gAbAf x»o fu^ mo feAn-AtAif teif Af ConnAO-
The Twisting of the Rope. 4003
Sheamus. — 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
the road than the pearl of the white breast to be stopped from
dancing to us. Tell the coachman to twist a rope for himself.
Sheamus. — Oh, murder, he can't. There's that much vigor
and fire and activity antf 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 soul they'll
go from him of a rout. They are neighing like anything ; you
never saw the like of them for wild horses.
Hanrahan. — 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.
Hanrahan. — Then let one of yourselves twist a rope so, and
leave the floor to us. [To Oona] Now, 0 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.
Hanrahan. — 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
4004 Cata'6 An cpu5<iin:
cAib. "bio* nA "OAOine uite A5 p a-6, " ^^ ' C1<* 'n f0^ puiT> 6
fin Con An bit ? " Agup T>ubAipc peipeAn gun pugAn no bi/Ann,
A^up 50 5niT»in nA T>Aoine a teiteit) pm fiop 1 ^ConnAccAib. T)ub-
Aipc pe 50 pACAt) pe^n aca A5 congbAit An peip Agup feAn eile
■o'a CAfA-o. CongbocAi* mipe An peap Anoip, mA teitteAnn cupA
•o'a CAf a*o.
S6A1TltlS. — t)eAppAit> mipe gtAC peip ArceAC:
[ImtijeAnn pe AmAt.]
itiac m n-x\nn [as ^AbAa].—
'O&AnfAit) me cAmeA-o cuige ITIumAn;
tli pA^Ann riA-o An c-uplAp pumn ;
Hi't lonncA capa* pu^Ain, p6m !
Cuige tTlutfiAn gAn pnAp gAn peun !
5nAm 50 "oeo An tui^e TTIumAn,
HaC b-pAgAnn piAt) An c-uptAp pumn ;
Ctnge TTItirhAn nA mbAittpeoip mbpeAn,<
tlAC "ocij teo capa* pujAm, pern !
S6<AmtlS [Ap. Aip]. — Seo An \:eA\\ Anoip;
tTIAC tl1 Y\-AY\Y\. — UAbAip 'm Ann po 6; CAipbeAnpAi* rrnpe
T)Aoib cat) *e\AnpAp An ConnAtcAt •oeAg-muince "oeAptAtfiAC, An
ConnACCAC coin clipce ciAttrhAp, a bpuit tut A$up lAn-pctiAim Aije
m a tAim, Ajup ciAlt m a CeAnn, Agup copAipce m a Cpoite, Ate
gup peOt mi-Atf Ajup mopbuAitpeAt An cpAogAit e AmeApg teibi-
•oini Cuij;e murhAn, aca $An Aoin"oe gAn uAiple, aca jau eOtAp An
An eAtA tAn An tAtAin, no Ap An op tAn An bppAp, no Ap An tite
tA\i An bpotAnAn, no An peulc nA mbAn 65, Agup Ap pgAplA An
bpoUAijg bAm, tAn a 5CUIT) pcpAoitle Agup jjiobAt p6m; UAbAlp
'm cipin !
[SineAnn ipeA^. mAiT)e to, cmpeAnn p6 pop peip cimdott Aip ;
copAigeAnn p6 t'A CApA-o, Agup Si$te Ag CAbAipc AmAt An peip
T>6.]
1TIAC m n-Ami [as 5AbAit].—
UA peAptA mnA 'cAbAipc potuip oumn,
1p 1 mo jpA-O, ip i mo pun,
'S 1 "Qua bAn, An pij-beAn dum,
'S ni tuigio ua tTluiiiinij leAt a pcuAimj
xVcA nA TTIuimnij peo "oaIXca aj "Oia,
tli Altmgl'O eAtA tA^\ tAtA l1At,
Atz ciucpAi* pi Uom-pA, mo tlelen bpeAg
tTlAp a molpAp a peA^A 'p a pgeim 50 bpAt.
ApA ! muipe ! muipe ! muipe ! TIaC e peo An bAite bpeA$ tA§At,
r\At 6 peo An bAile tA\\ bApp, An bAite a mbionn An oipeA-o prn
The Twisting of the Rope. 4005
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 people used to make the like of that down in Connacht.
He said that one man would go holding the hay, and another
man twisting it. I'll hold {fie hay now, and you'll go twisting
it.
Sheamus. — I'll bring in a lock of hay. [He goes out.']
Hanrahan. — 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 !
Sheamus (coming bach). — Here's the hay now.
Hanrahan. — 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 nobility,
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. Give me a kippeen.
\A man hands him a stick. He puts at ivisp of hay round it, amd
begins twisting it, and Sheela giving him out the hay.~\
Hanrahan. — 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
this the exceeding village! the village where there be that
4006 Capa-6 ah cpujyiin:
p ogAipe cpoccA Ann nAC mbionn Aon eApbui"6 p6pA A1(\ nA •OAOimO,-
Leif An m6A"o pOpA joi^oeann piAt) 6'n gcpoCAipe CpAi'dceaCAm
azA lonncA; "€&> nA popATO aca Ajup ni tugAnn piA*o UAtA iax>—
aCc 50 gcuipeAnn piAT> An ConnAccAc bocc A5 cap ax> pugAm "001b !
ttiop c^p -piAT) pugAn peip in pAn mbAite peo ApiAm — Agup An
meAT) p«5An cnAibe aza aca -oe bApp An CpoCAipe !
5m"6eAnn ConnACcAC ciAllrhAn
■RopA "Oo pern,
/Ace 50i"oeAnn An tThnmneAc
0'n gcpoCAipe e !
50 bpeicTo me p6pA
bpeAg cnAibe 50 pOitl
"O'a ^Ap5A"6 Ap psoigib
Jac Aomne Ann po !
ITlAp geAtl a^ Aon rhnAoi AmAm •o'imtigeA'OAp nA 5l^5A1$> A"SUV
nlop pcopAXJAp Agup niop mOp-ComnuigeA'OAp no gup pspiopA-OAp
An UpAoi, A^up mAp geAll a^ Aon mnAoi AiiiAm beit) An bAite peo
•OAmAncA 50 *oe6 nA n"oeop Agup 50 bpuinne An bpAtA, te "Oia ha
nsp<Sp, 50 pioppuit>e putAin, nuAip nAp tui5eAT>Ap jup Ab i i3ha
ni UiogAin An x>ApA tlelen "oo pu^At) in a meApg, Agup 50 pug
pi bApp Aille a\^ tlelen Agup a^ t)enup, a\^ a "ocAini^ poimpi Agup
dp "OCIUCpAp 'nA "OlAlg.
X\cc ciucp^i'O -pi Horn mo p^A\\lA mnA
50 cuije ConnACc nA n"OAome bpeA$ ;
^eobAit) pi -peApcA pion A'f peoil,
"RinnceAnnA Ap"OA, ppopc a^ ce6l.
O ! mtnpe ! rhuipe ! nAp eipigTO An gpiAn a\^ An mbAite peo, Agup
nAp tApATO pCAlCA Aip, Agup nAp
[Ca pe pAn Am po Atnuig tap An "oopup. 6ipigeAnn nA pip uile
Agup TDunAix) e "d'aoh puAig AtriAin Aip. Cug^nn llnA terni Cum
An "ooptnp, aCc beipit) nA mnA uippi. CenbeAnn SeAtnup Anonn
Cuici.]
"OH A. — O ! O ! O ! nA cmpisi'oe AmAC e. teig Ap Aip e. Sin
ComAp O n-Annp-ACAm, ip pile e, ip bApt) e, ip peAp longAncAC
ej O teig a^ Aip e, nA "oeAn pin Aip !
S6ATYIUS. — A. "UnA bAn, Agup a ctnple "oileAp, teig "06. Ua
pe imtigte Anoip Agup a Cuit) pipcpeog teip. Deit) pe imtijce
^\p "00 CeAnn AtnApAC, Agup beit) cupA imtigte a^ a CeAnn-p-an.
11aC bpuil piop aj^az 50 mAit 50 mb'peApp tiom Cu 'nA c6a*o mite
"Deip^ope, Agup gup cupA m'Aon pe^ptA mnA AttiAm t>'a bpint m
pAn 'oorhAti.
TTIAC U1 n-Atltl [Amuig, AS bUAtAt) a^ An TDopup]. — ^opgAit !
pop^Ait ! pop^Ait ! tei5it) ApceAC me. O mo peACc 5c6ax> mile
mAttACc oppAib,
The Twistinj of the Rope. 4007
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 !
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 ndeor, and to the womb of judg-
ment, by God of the graces, eternally and everlastingly,
because they did not understand that Oona ni Eegaun is the
second Helen, who was born 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 by this time outside the door. All the men
make a rush at the door, and shut it. Oona rutos towards the
door, but the women seize her. Sheamtjs 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, acushla 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, beating 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
4008 C^fA-6 An cru^Am.'
[ftuAileAnn y& An "ootuir Attfr A5ttf Attfr eite:]
TYIaLLaCC tlA tAg Of-ttAlb 'f 11A lAITMn,
ITlAttACc tiA fAgAnc Agur tiA mbfAtAn,
ItlAltAtC HA tl-eAfbAtt AgUf ATI "[DApA,
tTlAttACc tiA mbAincneAbAC 'r tiA nsAntAC:
■pofS^it ! pofSAH ! porsAit !
S^AtTltlS. — UA m6 biiitteAC T>ib a CoiiiAnrAnnA, A^uf bgitf "Grid
buit>eA6 "Gib AtriAf AC. t)uAit teAC, a rgnAirce ! T>e\An "do "OAriif a
teAC p6m Atnui$ Ann fin, Anoir ! Hi bpuijit) cu AfceAc Ann ro '
0|\a, a C6rhAnrAnnA nAC bf.eA$ 6, Tunne -oo beit Ag CirceACc teif
An rcoinm CAOb Atnuij, Aj;ur 6 pein 50 rocAif. rArcA coif nA cem-
eAt): t)uAil teAC I 5feA-o teAC; CA 'wt ComiACC Anoif ?
The Twisting of the Ropet 4009
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 at the door again and again.~\
Sh^amus. — 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?
EARLY IRISH AUTHORS, TRANSLATION'S OF
WHOSE WORKS OCCUR IN VOLUMES ONE
TO NINE OF IRISH LITERA TURE.
MAURICE DUGAN.
(About 1641.)
Maurice Dugan, or O'Dugan, lived near Benburb, in County-
Tyrone, about tbe year 1641, and he wrote the song to the air of " The
Coolin," 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 ' ' Typo-
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," ' ' Fodiila (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 George Fox
will be found in its place under that author's name. He was a
4011
4012 Irish Literature.
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.)
" Geoffry 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 modern 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 born 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 Salamanca. 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 Clonmel. 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 important
" History 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 Tj'brid, hid from mortal eye,
A priest, 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
Magee has translated ; "A Farewell to Ireland," a poem addressed to
his harper; " An Elegy on the Death of Lord de Decies," the " Three
Shafts of Death," a treatise in Irish prose, which Irish soldiers, -we
are told, have long held in admiration. He died about 1650.
TEIGE MacDAIRE.
(1570—1650.)
Teige MacDaire, son of Daire MacBrody, was born about 1570.
He was principal poet to Donogh O'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 3,400 lines.
We give among the selections from the work of Dr. Hyde a few
of the verses translated by him into the exact equivalent of the
meter in which they are written.
MacDaire was assassinated by a marauding soldier of Cromwell's
army, who, as he treacherously flung the poet over a precipice,
mocked him in Irish, crying : ' ' Go, make your songs now, little
man ! " This was one of MacDaire's own countrymen.
JOHN MacDONNELL.
(1691—1754.)
John MacDonnell, ' ' perhaps the finest poet of the first half of
the eighteenth century," says Dr. Douglas Hyde, was born near
Charleville, in the County Cork, in the year 1691. He has gen-
erally been called MacDonnell 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 valuable collec-
tions, and was writing in his native tongue a ' History of Ireland,' "
which failing health, however, prevented him completing. He also
proposed translating Homer's Iliad into Irish, and had 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 born 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.*
Mild as the rose its sweets will breathe,
Tho' gems all bright its bloom envvreathe ;
Undeck'd 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'reign, and an hero's bride
No fate shall e'er of pride bereave —
I'll honors give, but none receive.
" But grant 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 queen on Grana gazed and smil'd,
And honor'd soon the stranger child
With titles brave, to grace a name
Of Erin's isle in herald fame.
1This ballad celebrates a real historical scene, the visit of the famous
Grace O'Malley to Queen Elizabeth. In the " Anthologia Hibernica" the
visit is thus described: "The Queen, surrounded by her ladies, received
her in great state. Grana was introduced in the dress of her country : a
long, uncouth mantle covered her head and body ; her hair was gathered
on her orown, 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 significance. (See also the examples
of the work of Ceesar Otway.)
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DUALD MacFIRBIS.
(1585— 1G70.)
This famous scholar was born 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 " Martyrology,"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. Hennessy, and published in 1867.
His " Annals of Ireland " has been translated and edited by O'Dono-
van, and published by the Irish Archaeological Society. A tran-
script of his catalogue of ' ' Extinct Irish Bishoprics, " by Mr. Hennessy,
is in the collection of the Royal Irish Academy. 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.
(1723 )
Andrew Magrath was born 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 known, but he is said to lie buried in Kill-
mallock Churchyard.
We append anonymous translations of two of his poems. None
of them have, however, been adequately rendered into the English
language.
THE COMING OF PRINCE CHARLIE.
Too long have the churls in dark bondage oppressed me,
Too long have I cursed them in anguish and gloom ;
Yet Hope with no vision of comfort has blessed me —
The cave is my shelter — the rude rock my home.
Save Doun1 and his kindred, my sorrow bad 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.
1 The ruler of the Munster fairies.
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He told how the heroes were fallen and degraded
And scorn dashed the tear their affliction would claim ;
But Phelini and Heber,1 whose children betrayed it,
The land shall relume with the light of their fame.
The fleet is prepared, proud Charles2 is commanding,
And wide o'er the wave the white sail is expanding,
The dark brood of Luther shall quail at their landing,
The Gael like a tempest shall burst on the foe.
The bards shall exult, and the harp-strings shall tremble,
And love and devotion be poured in the strain ;
Ere " Samhain"3 our chiefs shall in Temor4 assemble,
The ,b 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 the foe's usurpation.
And Erin shine out yet triumphant and free.
The secrets of destiny now are before you —
Away ! to each heart the proud tidings to tell :
Your Charles is at hand, let the green flag spread o'er you !
The treaty they broke your deep vengeance shall swell.
The hour is arrived, and in loyalty blending,
Surround him ! sustain ! Shall the gorged goal descending
Deter you, your own sacred monarch defending?
Rush on like a tempest and scatter the foe I
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 J
Here's brandy ! 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 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 pour a libation,
I sing the past fame of our nation ;
For valorous glory,
For song and for story,
This, this, is my grand recreation.
1 Renegade Irish who joined the foe. 2 The Pretender.
3 The 1st of November, the festival of Baal-Samen, so called by the
Druids. i Tara.
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GERALD NUGENT.
(About 1588.)
Gerald Nugent was one of those Irishmen of English descent of
whom it was complained that they became more Irish than the Irish
themselves. 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 tliat
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 born in the year 1670 at the village of Baile-Nusah, or
Newton, in the County Westmeath, and went to school at Cruise-
town, County Longfoi'd. 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 began 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 ! " 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 attendant to carry the
harp, he started on a round of visits to the neighboring gentry, 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 middle 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 libei-ality 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 deatb, 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-Roe, 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 bacchanalian songs in any language, and his much
more famed but immeasurably inferior ' Receipt for Drinking.'
Very many of his airs and nearly all his poetry 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. George 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.)
Referring 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 born 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
Ward, 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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O'Clery then returned to Ireland, where for many years he busied
himself collecting 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. Ru-
molcl," " Irish Martyrology," and a treatise on the " Names of Ire-
land." John Colgan, also a native of Donegal, afterwards made
large use of O'Clery's manuscripts in his works on the Irish saints,
' ' Trias Thaumaturga " and ' ' Acta Sanctorum Hibernise. " 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-
pei-ior 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 Connellan and O'Dono-
van will be found among the work of these writers, also a trans-
lation by O'Donovan from the " Annals."
DIAKMUD O'CTTRNAIN.
(1740—1825.)
Diarmud O'Curnatn was born 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 his presents into the fire, and from the shock lost his reason,
which he never recovered.
A translation of an Irish poem of his by Dr. Sigerson is given
among the examples of the work of that gentleman.
JOHN O'NEACHTAN.
(1695 ?— 1720 ?)
John O'Neachtan was still alive in 1715. 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 immediately 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'Reilly, 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, and 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 have 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,
Both highlands and Islands
THERE sigh for the Queen.' "
A translation by Thomas Furlong of O'Neachtan's famous song
" Maggy Laidir " is given with the examples of the writings of that
gentleman.
OSSIAN.
' ' Side 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 epopees,
usually introduced by a dialogue between St. Patrick and the poet
Ossian. Ossian * was the son of Finn mac Cumhail, 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 Feinne, 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-air ; another gives the names of about three hundred of the
Fenian hounds ; another gives Ossian's account of his three hundred
years 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. . . .
4 ' There is a considerable thread of narrative running through thes©
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 Fenians of Munster and Connacht and the gradual
estrangement of the High King, leading up to the fatal 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 Ossianic
epopees, 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
1 In Irish Oisin, pronounced "Eskeen," or "Ussheen."
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himself, and five to Finn, and other old MSS. contain poems ascribed
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, from
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
Fergus 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 Red Branch
saga is in its birth many centuries anterior to the Norsemen's
invasion."
A. RAFTERY.
(1780?— 1840?)
The 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 gave him a penny, and passed on, when it
suddenly occurred to him that he should have spoken to him in
Irish. He did so and conversed 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 born 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. Though he was absolutely
destitute and practically dependent upon alms, no poet of the people
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ever exercised so widespread an influence upon those among whom
he lived. He was never taught either to read or to write; he had no
access to books of any kind, or any form of literature, except what
he was able 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 Gregory 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 Gregory gives some
interesting examples, and of which " The Confession," 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 STANIHURST.
(1545—1618.)
Richard Stanihurst was born in Dublin, and in his eighteenth
year went to University College, Oxford. He studied law at Furni-
val's Inn and Lincoln's Inn ; and, returning to Ireland, married a
daughter of Sir Charles Barnewell. About 1579 he took up his resi-
dence in Ley den, 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 Hibernia gestis "
(Antwerp, 1584, 4to); " Descriptio Hibernise," which is to be found
in " Holinshed's Chronicle," of which it formed a part of the second
volume ; " De Vita S. 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 theCatholic
Religion"; "The First Four Books of Virgil's ^Eneid in English
Hexameters" (1583, small 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.)
Little 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 they 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 the same
name.
MODERN' IRISH A UTHORS, WHOSE WORK, ORI-
GINAL AND TRANSLATED, APPEARS 72V"
VOLUME TEN OF IRISH LITERATURE.
FATHER DINNEEN.
■
Father Dinneen is a native of the district adjoining Killarney,
in East Kerry, a district that has produced a crop of distinguished
poets such as Egan O'Rahilly, Geoffrey O'Donoghue, Eoghan Ruadh
O'Sullivan, Finneen O'Scannell. He drank in the traditional lore of
this region 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 enemies of Ireland's honor came forward at
the Intermediate Education Commission, held in Dublin a few years
ago, 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 modern 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 several prose works in Irish, including
an historical novel, " Cormac Va Conaill," a description of Killarney,
and several plays. He has also finished a dictionary of the modern
Irish language, with explanations in English. He is perhaps the
most earnest writer of the Gaelic movement, and his editiones prin-
cipes of the Munster poets are of the greatest value.
JAMES J. DOYLE.
Mr. James J. Doyle, 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, County 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 atmosphere ; 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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4026 Irish Literature.
Oireachtas of 1900 he won the " Independent " prize for a story of
modern Irish life. Still later, at the " FeisUladh," 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 many 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 Claiclheamh is wont to
eay, " bringing up seven sturdy, enthusiastic young bilingualists."
His numerous 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 Clai-
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. Concannon 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 O'FARRELLY.
Miss Agnes O'Farrelly, or in Irish Una ni Thearghaille, comes
from one of the oldest and most respected families in the County
Cavan. She was born at Kiffenny House, East Breffin. She was the
first lady candidate to take up Irish 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
College do France. She has been for years one of the most prom-
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inent members of the Coisde Griotha, or Executive of the Gaelic
League. She is chief examiner in Celtic to the Board of Inter-
mediate Education. Her principal writings are a propagandist
tract in English called "The Reign of Humbug," and two stories in
Irish, one called "Gradh agus Cradh," 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 Revival. 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 Haves was born in Miltown 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 Gaelic 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'Leary, like his friend, Donnchalh Pleinnionn of Cork,
was one of the first martyrs of the Irish Revival. 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 Sgeuliugheacht 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 been incited
thereto, as he says in his preface, by the Connaught collections of the
"Craoibhin." He published many excellent things in the Gaelic
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'Leary was born in the year 1840, in the middle
of a wild and mountainous district, about midway between Mill-
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 correct 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 established
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 smaller. 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
keep 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 Irish-speaking 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 Gaelic League.
P. J. O'SHEA.
Mr. P. J. O'Shea 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
" Conan Maol," he has contributed an immense 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.
GLOSSARY.
A bochal (A bhuachaill) Boy, my boy.
Aboo, Abu ! To victory ! Hurrah !
A CHARA, A CHORRA. Friend, my friend.
A coolin bawn (a chuilin ban) her fair-colored flowing hair.
Acushla (a chuisle) vein — acushla ma-
CHREE Pulse of my heart.
A CUSHLA AGUS ASTHORE MACHREE (a
chuisle agus a stoir mo chroidhe) O pulse and treasure of my
heart !
A cushla gal mo chree (a chuisle geal mo
chroidhe) O bright pulse of my heart.
Agra, Agradh (a ghradh) Love, my love.
A-hagur (a theagair) O dear friend ! Comforter.
Aileen aroon (Eibhlin a ruin) Ellen, dear.
Alanna (a leinbh) child.
Alaun a lout.
Alpeen (alpin) ' a stick.
An chaiteog The Winnowing Sheet (name
of Irish air).
Anchuil-fhionn (an chuileann) the white or fair- haired
maiden.
Angashore (aindiseoir) 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 !
Aroon (a ruin) O secret love ! beloved, sweet-
heart.
Arrah (ar' eadh) (literally, Was it?) Indeed !
Arth-looghra (arc luachra or arc-sleibhe)..a lizard.
Asthore (a stoir) Treasure.
A-stoir mo chroidhe (a stoir mo chroidhe) . . Treasure of my heart.
Astor gra geal machree (a stoir gradh
geal mo chroidhe) Treasure, bright love of my
heart.
A suilish machree (a sholais mo chroidhe) Light of my heart.
A thaisge Treasure, my darling, my com-
fort.
Aulagone (ullagon). See Hullagone.
Avic (a mhic) Son, my son.
Avourneen (a mhuirnin) Darling.
Baithershin (Vfheidir sin) That is possible ! Likely, in-
deed ! Perhaps.
Ballyraggin scolding, defaming.
Ban-a-t'gee (bean-an-tighe) woman of the house.
Banshee (bean-sidhe) (literally, fairy-
woman) , the death-warning spirit of the
old Irish families.
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Banshee (bean sidhe) fairy woman.
Baumash, raitneis nonsense.
Bawn (ban) fair, white, bright, a park.
Bawn, Badhun cattle-yard or cow-fortress.
Beal-an-atha-buid (beal an atha buidhe). Mouth of the Yellow Ford.
Bean an fhir ruaidh the red-haired man's wife.
Be ann act De la t'anam (beanacht De le
d'anam) The blessing of God on your
soul !
Bean shee (bean sidhe). See Banshee.
Beinnsin lauchra little bunch of rushes (Irish air).
B'eder sin (B'fheidir sin). See Baithershin.
Biredh (baireadh) a cap.
Bladdherang — blathering (from blad-
aire) flattering.
Blasthogue (blastog) persuasive speech, a sweet-
mouthed woman.
BoCCagh (bacach) a cripple, a beggar.
Boccaty (bacaide) anything lame.
Bodach (bodagli) a churl ; also a well-to-do man.
Boliaun bwee (buachallan bhuidhe) ragwort.
Boliaun dhas (buachallan deas) the ox-eye daisy.
BOLLHOUS rumpus.
Bonnocht (buanadh) a billeted soldier.
Boreen (boithrin) , a little road, a lane (a diminu-
tive of bothar, a road).
Bosthoon (bastamhan) a blockhead; also a stick made
of rushes.
Bothered (bodhar) deaf, bothered.
Bouchal (buachaill) a boy.
Bouchelleen bawn (buachaillin ban) white (haired) little boy.
Brehons (breitheamhain) the hereditary judges of the
Irish Septs.
Brighdin ban mo store (brighidin ban mo
stor ) White (haired) Bridget, my
treasure.
Brishe (brisheadh ) breaking ; a battle.
Brochans (brochan) gruel, porridge.
Brogue (brog) a shoe.
Brugaid (brughaidh) a keeper of a house of public
hospitality.
Bruighean a fair mansion, a pavilion, a
court.
Brushna (brusna) broken sticks for firewood.
Bunnaun (buinnean) a stick, a sapling.
Cailin deas a pretty girl.
Cailin deas cruidhe na mbo (cailin deas
cruidhte na m-bo) the pretty milkmaid.
Cailin og a young girl.
Cailin ruadii a red (haired) girl.
Cairderga (caoire dearga) a red berry, the rowan berry.
Caish (ceis) a young female pig.
Caistla-na-kirka Castlekerke.
Calliagh (cailleach) a hag, a witch.
Canats a term of supreme contempt.
( annawaun (ceanna-bhan) bog cotton.
Caoch , blind, blind of one eye.
Caoine (caoineadh) .a keen, a wail, a lament.
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Cappain d'yarrag (caipin dearg) a red cap.
Casadh an tsugain the twisting of the straw
rope.
Caubeen (caibin) a hat, literally "little cap,"
the diminutive of eaib, a
cape, cope, or hood.
Cead mile failte A hundred thousand welcomes!
Ceanbhan (ceanna-bhan) bog cotton. See Cannawaun.
Cean dubh deelish (acheann dubh dhilis). . Faithf ul black head, dear dark-
haired girl.
Clairseach harp.
Cleave (cliabh) a basket, a creel.
Clochaun (clochan) a stone-built cell, stepping-
stones.
Coatamore (cota mor) a great coat, an overcoat.
Codhladh an tsionnaigh The Fox's Sleep (name of Irish
air). Pretending death.
Collauneen (coileainin) a little pup.
Colleagh cushmor (cailleach cos-mor) a big- footed hag.
Colleen bawn (cailin ban) a fair-haired girl.
Colleen dhas {cailin deas) pretty girl.
Colleen dhas crootha nabo (cailin deas
cruidhte na m-bo) the pretty milkmaid.
Colleen dhown a brown-haired girl. " Dhown "
is the Munster pronunciation
of donn, brown.
Colleen rue (cailin ruadh) a red-haired girl.
Collioch (cailleach) an old hag, a witch.
Collogue collogue, whispering ; probably
from colloquy.
Colloguin talking together, colloquy.
Coluim cuil (St. Columbcille) St. Columba of the cells. The
dove of the cell.
Comedher (comether) Come hither.
Conn cead catha Conn of the hundred battles,
King of Ireland in the second
century.
Coolin (cuilin) flowing tresses, or back hair.
From cid, back.
Coom (cum) hollow, valley.
Cotamore. See Coatamore.
Coulaan (cuileann) a head of hair.
Creepie a three-legged stool, a form or
bench.
Creeveen Eeveen (Chraoibhin aoibhinn).. Delightful Little Branch.
Crommeal (croimbheal) a mustache.
Cronan the bass in music, a deep note,
a humming.
Croosheenin whispering.
Croppies the democratic party — alluding
to their short hair, or round
heads.
Crossans (crosan) gleeman, gleemen.
Croubs (crub) a paw, clumsy fingers.
Cruach a conical-topped mountain,
stack.
Cruachan na Feinne Croghan of the Fena of Erin.
CruadabhILL Dabhilla's rock, a lookout on
the coast of Dublin.
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Cruiskeen (cruiscin) a flask, a little jar, a oruet.
Cruistin throwing.
Crdit a harp.
Cubreton (cu-Breatan) a man's name, the hero of
Britain.
Cur coddoigh comfortable.
Curp an DUOUL (corp o'n diabhal) Body to the devil !
Cushla Machree (a chuisle mo chroidhe). .Pulse of my heart.
Cussamuck (cusamuc) leavings, rubbish, remains.
Daltheen (dailtin) a foster child ; also a puppy.
Dar-a-chreesth (Dar Criost) By Christ !
Dauny (dona) puny, weak.
Dawnshee (from damhainsi) acuteness.
Deeshy small, delicate.
Deoch an dorais the parting drink, the stirrup-
cup.
Deoch Shlainte an Riogh Health to the King !
Dhudeen (duidin) a short pipe, what the French
call brule-gveule.
Dhuragh (duthracht) a generous spirit, something
extra.
Dilsk, dulse (duileasc) sea-grass, dulse.
Dina magh (Daoine maithe).. . the good people, the fairies.
Doony. See Dauny.
Draherin o machree (Dreabhraithrin o!
mo chroidhe) O little brother of my heart.
Drimin don dilis (Dhruimeann donn dhi-
leas) Dear brown cow.
Drimmin (dhruimeann) a white-backed cow.
Drimmin dhu dheelish (literally, the dear
cow with the wbite back, but used figur-
atively in Ireland) name of a famous Irish air.
Drimmin dubh dheelish (Dhruimeann
dubh dhileas) white-back cow.
Drinawn dhunn (droighnean donn) brown blackthorn.
Droleen (dreoilin) the wren.
Drooth thirst (cf. " drought ").
Eibhlin a ruin Dear Ellen.
Eibhul (uibeal) clew.
Erenach (airchinneach) 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.
Fadh (fada) tall, long.
Fag- a-Beal ach (Fag an Bealach) Clear the way! Sometimes
Faugh a Ballagh !
Faughed despised.
Faysh (feis) a festival.
Feadaim ma's ail liom I Can if I Please (name of Irish
air).
Feascor (feascar) evening.
Feurgortach (fear gortach) hungry -grass ; a species of
mountain grass, supposed to
cause fainting if trod upon.
Flaugholoch (tlaitheamhlach) princely, liberal.
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Foosther fumbling.
Footy small, mean, insignificant.
Fosgail an DORUS Open the Door (name of Irish
air).
Frechans (fraochan) a mountain berry ; huckle-
berries.
Fuilleluah (fuil a Hugh) an exclamation.
Fuirseoir a juggler, buffoon.
Gad withe, etc. , for attaching cows.
Gancaners. See Gean-canach.
Garnavilla (Gardha an bhile) The Garden of the Tree ; a place
near Caher.
Garran more (gearran mor) Garran, a hack horse, a geld-
ing ; more, " big."
Garron (gearan) hack or gelding, a horse.
Geall a pledge, a hostage.
Gean-canach a love talker ; a kind of fairy
appearing in lonesome val-
leys.
Geasa an obligation, vow, bond.
Geersha (girseach) a little girl.
Geocach. a gluttonous stroller.
Gilly (giolla) servant ; hence the names Gil-
christ, Gilpatrick, Kilpatrick,
Gilbride, Kilbride, etc. (Gi-
olla-Chriosda, servant of
Christ ; giolla-Phaidrig, ser-
vant of Patrick, etc.).
Girsha. See Geersha.
GO-DE-THU, MAVOURNEEN SLAUN (Go dteith
tu mo mhuirnin si an) May you go safe, my darling ;
i.e. Farewell.
Go leor plenty, a sufficiency, enough.
Gollam (Golamh) a name of Milesius, the Spanish
progenitor of the Irish Mile-
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
gargon).
Gosther (gastuir) prate, foolish talk.
Goulogue (gabhalog) a forked stick.
Gracie og mo chroidhe Young Gracie of my heart.
Grah (gradh) love.
Gramachree (gradh mo chroidhe) Love of my heart.
Gramachree ma colleen oge, Molly
asthore (gradh mo chroidhe mo cailin og,
Molly a stoir) Love of my heart is my young
girl, Molly, my treasure.
Grammachree ma cruiskeen (gradh mo
chroidhe, etc.) Love of my heart my little jug.
Grawls children.
Green an (grianan) a summer house, a veranda,
a sunny parlor.
Gushas. See Geersha.
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Hullagone ( Uaill a chan) an Irish wail, grief, woe.
Iar Conn aught Western Connaught.
Inagh (An-eadh) Is it ? Indeed.
Inch (inse) an island.
Irishian (English word) one skilled in
the Irish language.
Jackeen a fop, a cad, a trickster.
Kathaleen Bawn (Caitlin ban) Fair-haired Kathleen.
Kead mille faulte (cead mile failte) A hundred thousand welcomes!
Keen. See Caoine the death-cry or lament over
the dead.
Kierawaun ABOO Kirwan forever ! Hurrah for
Kirwan !
Kimmeens sly tricks.
Kinkora (Cionn Coradh) " The Head of the Weir," the
royal residence of Brian Boru.
Kipeen (cipin) a hit of a stick.
Kish (ceis) a large wicker basket.
Kishogue (cuiseog) a wisp of straw, a stem of corn,
a blade of grass.
Kitchen anything eaten with food, a
condiment.
Kithogue (ciotog) the left hand.
Knockawn (cnocan) a hillock.
Knock Cuhthe (cnoc coise) the mountain-like foot.
Lan full.
Lanna i-e. alanna, child (which see).
Launah Wallah (Lan an Wiala) 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.1
Lonneys ... expression of surprise.
Lullalo (Liuigh liuigh leo) Scream, scream with them 1
(Burthen-words in lullaby.)
Lusmores (lus mor) a foxglove, fairy-finger plant.
Ma bouchal (Mo bhnachaill) My boy.
Machree (mo chroidhe) My heart.
Ma colleen dhas crutheen na mbho " The Pretty Girl Milking her
Cow," a famous Irish air.
Magha bragh (amach go bragh) out for ever.
Maiiurp on duoul (Mo chorp on deabhal). .My body to the devil 1
Malavogue to trounce, to maul.
Mavourneen (Mo mhuimin) My darling.
Merin (meirin) a boundary, a mark.
Mille murdher (mile murder) A thousand murders !
Millia MURTHER A thousand murders (a com-
mon ejaculation).
Mo BHRON My sorrow.
Mo bhuaichailin buidhe My yellow-haired little boy.
Mo bouchal ( Mo bhnachaill) My boy.
Mo craoibhan cno (Mo chraoibhin cno) . . .My little branch of nuts.
1 The popular idea in Ireland is that if you catch one working at his usual occupation
(behind a hedge) of shoemaking, and do not take your eyes off him, which he endeavors
to induce his captor by various ruses to do, he will discover where treasure is hidden.
Glossary. 4037
Mo croidhe (Mo chroidhe) My heart.
Moidhered , same as " bothered."
Mo leun (Mo lean) My sorrow.
Mo mhuirnin s My darling.
Monad aun (monadan) a bog berry.
Mononia (Munster) Latinized form of Irish Mum-
han, pronounced " Moo-an."
Moreen (morrin) the diminutive of Mor, a
woman's name, now obsolete.
Grandmother.
Moryah (mar 'dh eadh) but for.
Moy mell (Magh meall) The Plain of Knolls — 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! Well
indeed !
Nach mbaineann sin do (him) whom that does not con-
cern (Irish air).
Neil Dhuv (Niall Dubh) black-haired Neil.
Nharrough (narrach) cross, ill-tempered.
Nigi (naoi) nine.
Ni mheallfar me aris I shall not be deceived again.
Nora creina (Nora chriona) Wise Norah (an Irish air).
Och hone exclamation expressing grief.
Ochone Machree (Ochon mo chroidhe) Alas, my heart !
Oge (og) young.
Oh, magra hu, Ma grienchree hu (O mo
ghradh thu! 31o ghraidhin croidhe thu !.0 my love thou art ! My heart's
loving pity thou art !
Ollaves (ollamli) a doctor of learning, professor.
Omadhaun (amadan) a fool, a simpleton.
Oro an exclamation.
Own a bwee (Amain bhuidhe) Yellow river.
Owny na coppal (Eoghan na capall) Owen of the horses.
Padhereens (paidrin, from paidir, the
pater) the Rosary beads.
Pastheen finn (paistin fionn) little fair-haired child.
Pattern (English word) a gathering at
a saint's shrine, well, etc. ;
festival of a patron saint.
Paudareens. See Padhereens.
Paugh nutter, panting.
Pearl a an bhrollaigh bhain Pearl of White Breast (Irish air).
Phaidrig na Pib (Padraig na bpiop) Patrick of the pipes; Paddy
the piper.
Phillalew (fuil el-luadh) a ruction, hullabaloo.
Pincin. See Pinkeen.
Pineeen (pincin) a very small fish, a stickleback.
Planxty (plaingstigh) Irish 'dance measure.
Poat-E (pog) a kiss.
Polshee diminutive of Polly.
Polthoge (palltog) a thump or blow.
Poreens (p>oirin, a small stone) , small, applied to small pota-
toes.
4038 Irish Literature.
Poteen (poitin) (literally, a little pot) a still ;
hence illicit whisky.
Rann a verse, a saying, a rhyme.
Rath a circular earthen niound or
fort, very common in Ire-
land, and popularly believed
to be inhabited by fairies.
Ree Shamus (Righ Seamtis) King James.
Rhua (ruadh) red or red-haired.
Roisin Dubh Black Little Rose.
Rose Galb (Boise Geal) Fair Rose.
Rory OGE (Ruaidhri og) young Rory.
Salachs (salach) dirty, untidy people.
Sallies (saileog) a willow, willows.
Savourneen dheelish CS amhuirnin dhilis) And my faithful darling.
Scalpeen (from sccdp) a fissure, a cleft.
Scut (scud) a thing of little worth.
Sean von vocht (scan bhean bhocht) poor old woman.
Shamous (Seamus) James.
Shan Dhu dark John.
Shan More big John.
Shane Ruadh red-haired John.
Shan Van Vogh (an Tsean Bhean Bhocht) Poor Old Woman.
Sharoose (Searbhas) bitterness.
Shebeen (sibin) a place for sale of liquor, gen-
erally illicit.
Sheein young pollack, or of any fish.
Sheelah (Sighle) Celia.
Shee Molly mo store (-Si Molly mo stor).. It 's Molly is my treasure.
Sheila ni Gara (Sighle ni Ghadhra) Celia O'Gara (an allegorical
name of Ireland).
Shemus Rua (Seamus Ruadh) red (haired) James.
Shillaly, Shillelah an oak stick, a cudgel. From
the wood of Shillelagh in
County Wicklow.
Shilloo a shout.
Shoheen ho, Shoheen sho (Seoithin seoidh) Burthen words of lullaby.
Hush-a-by.
SHOOLING strolling, wandering. From the
word siubhal, tramping.
Shough (seach) a turn, a blast or draw of a
pipe.
Shugudhein CSeadh go deimhin) Yes, indeed !
Shule agra (Siubhail a ghradh) Walk, love ; i.e. Come, my love.
Shulers (shtbhaloir, a walker) tramps.
Sios agus Sios liom Up with me and down with me.
Slainte geal, mavourneen Bright health, my darling.
Slainte go bragh (Slainte go bhrath) Health forever 1
Slan leat ! Adieu ! Farewell !
Sleeveen a sly, cunning fellow. From
sliobh, sly.
Slewsthering flattering.
Sliabh na m-ban The Mountain of the Women.
Smaddher to break. From smiot, a frag-
ment.
Smiddhereens small fragments. Probably
• from smiot, as above.
Glossary. 4039
Smulluck (smallog) a fillip.
Soggarth aroon (Shagairt a ruin) Dear Priest !
Sonsy happy, pleasant. Probably
from sonas, happiness.
Soother to wheedle. From the English.
Sowkins soul.
Spaeman fortune-teller.
Spalpeen (spailpin) a common laborer ; also a con-
ceited fellow with nothing
in him.
Sparth (spairt) wet turf.
Spidhogue (spideog) a puny thing or person.
Sprahauns (spreasan) an insignificant fellow.
Sthreel (straoileadh) a slut, a sloven.
Stookawn (stuacan) a lazy, idle fellow.
Stravaiging rambling.
Stronshuck (stroinse) a big lazy woman.
Suantraighe a sleeping or cradle song.
Sugg awn (tsugari) a rope of hay or straw.
Tarbh bull.
Th' anam an Dhia (D'anavi do Dhia) My soul to God !
The Cruiskeen Lawn (Cruisgin Ian) Full little flask or jar.
Thraneen, traneen (traithnin) a little ; a trifle ; astern of grass.
Thuckeens (tuicin) an ill-mannered little girl.
Tilloch (tulaeh) small plot of land, a hillock.
Tir fa Tonn ( Tir fa 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 young.
Trumauns (troman) a reel on a spindle.
Tug the middleband of a flail.
Uchluaim the breast or front hem of a
sail.
Ulican. See Hullagone.
Ullagone (ullagon). See Hullagone.
Usha. See Musha (mhuise).
Vo Alas ! Oine, ay de mi I
Weenock ('mhaoineach) O treasure.
Weeshee (iveeshy) little. From wee.
Weira, Wirra. See Wurra.
What Hollg is on you ? What are you about ?
Wirrasthrue (O Mhuire is truagh) O Mary, it is sad ! (an ejacula-
tion to the Virgin).
Virrastrue C Mhuire is truagh) Mary ! 't is a pity !
Wisha. See Musha.
Wommasin strolling.
Wurra (A Mhuire) O Mary ! (i.e. the Blessed Vir-
gin)-
Yeos (English word) yeomen.
GENERAL INDEX.
This consists of an Index of Authors, books quoted from, titles of stories, essays,
poems, subjects dealt with, of whicb 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 Literature ' touches upon Irish life at every point, the index has
been made as full as practicable without overweighting 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 have not indexed the whole
of their works, but only those represented in 'Irish Literature.'
THE FOLLOWING SHOWS THE TYPOGRAPHICAL PLAN:
Author's name — Allingham, "William.
Title of story, essay, poem, etc. — Adieu.
Source of story, essay, poem, etc. — ' Father Connell.'
First line of poetry — Am I the slave they say ?
First line and title of poem the same — ' Four Ducks on a Farm,'
Subject — Agriculture.
A
VOL. PAGE
A. E G. W. Russell.
A babe was sleeping. . .Lover .... G 2086
A cabin on the moun-
tain-side Russell . . 8 3001
'A constant tree is the
yew to me' (Irish
Rann) 10 3837
A Cuslila Gal Mo Chre.6
(half-tone engraving). Doheny ... 3 864
A land of youth, a land
of rest Joyce .... 5 1734
A laughter in the dia-
mond air Russell . . 8 2996
A little lonely moorland
lake Kavanagh . 5 1753
A little sun, a little
rain Brooke ... 1 299
A man there was near
Ballymooney Le Fanu... 5 1935
A man without learn-
ing, and wearing fine
clothes 4 1467
A " million a decade ! "Wilde .... 9 3570
A moment gone O'Donnell. 7 2688
A pity beyond all Yeats .... 9 3704
A poor old cottage O'Leary . . .7 2797
A soldier of the Legion. Norton ... 7 2586
A sore disease this
scribbling itch is 4 1263
A spirit speeding down. Shorter . . 8 3128
A Stor, Gra Geal Mo-
chree . - - - Mac manus . G
2263
[4041]
VOL. PAGE
A voice of the winds. .Johnson .. 5 1698
A whisper of spring's in
v the air Wynne 9 3649
A Wood, Anthony, the
historian 7 2570
Thomas, at Drog-
heda 7 2570
Abbacy of Iona, The 4 1618
Abbey Asaroe Allingham. 1 13
Abercromby, Sir Ralph 6 2166
Abhrain an Bhuideil. . .Le Fanu. ..5 1946
Aboard the Sea Swal-
low Dowden ... 3 876
Absentee, The, M. F.
Egan on 5 x
Absenteeism 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 Irish
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. ..Mahaffy .. G 2334
Across the Sea. Allingham. 1 14
4042
Irish Literature.
VOL. PAGE
'Actceon.' From WlLEJNS . . 9 3604
Act of Union (see also
Union, The) 6 2169
Actor and Gleeman 9 3686
Actress (see Bellamy) 5 1919
Addison on ladies' head-
dress 9 3497
Address of a Drunkard
to a Bottle of Whis-
ky Le Fanu. . . 5 1946
Address to the British
Association Kelvin ... 5 1784
Adieu Armstrong. 1 25
Adjectives, copious use
of, by Irish 2 xiii
Adown the leafy lane. . Mac Aleese 6 2111
Adam. Maitre, Father
Prout on 6 2339
Adamnan and F i n -
nachta 7 2707
— See Death of St.
Columcille 4 618
Adventure. See
Travel, etc.
in Slievenamon. . .Banim .... 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 Ainmireach 4 1622, 1625
Menu, Prince of
Leinster 7 2711
Aedhan, the leper of
Cliuain-Dobhain 7 2710
Mgeria, A Modern ....Campbell . 2 448
Aengus, Calendar of 8 3141
Festology of 7 2673
Affair of Honor, An . . . Castle 2 576
Affliction, Blessings o/..Kirwan ... 5 1844
Africa, Dress in 2 418
African Queen Betler ... 2 418
After Aughrim Geogiiegan. 4 1254
the Battle Moore 7 2536
the Fianna. From
the Irish of
Oisin Sigerson .. 8 3139
Age of a Dream Johnson . . 5 1699
ancient Irish rec-
ords 2 viii, x
Aghahoe, Ruins of 8 3020
Aghadoe Todhunter. 9 3410
Agrarian Movement,
Poets of the 3 xii
Oppression 1 348
■\grlcultural Organiza-
tion Society (I. A. O.
S.), "A. E." and the 8 2989
Agriculture and Tech-
nical Instruction, De-
partment of 8 2908
Agriculture in Ire-
land 4 1467, 1574; 9 3362
Castle Rackrent 3 995
Rival Swains, The 1 361
Success dependent
on fixity of ten-
ure 2 425
We'll See About It 4 1534
Ah, huntsman dear ...Griffin ... 4 1401
Ah Man Mac Fall. . 6 2206
Ah, see the fair chivalry
come . .Johnson . . 5 1701
Ah, sweet Kitty NeaL.WALLEB ... 9 3500
"Ah then ; who is that
there talkin' ?" Keeling ... 5
Aherlow, Battle of O
Glen 7
The Glen of. See
Patrick Sheehan.
Aid Finlaith, King of
Ireland 7
Aidne 4
Alleach (mountain). See
Innishoicen.
Aileel Mor, King of Con-
naught 7
A Hern Banim .... 1
Ailill'a Death, King ...Stokes ... 8
Allien 4
Aim of the Society of
United Irishmen 6
Air, The -Host of the. .Yeats 9
Aix-la-Chapelle, Treaty
of 3
'Akim-Foo ' Butler ... 2
'Alas for the man who
is weak in friends '
(Irish Rann) 10
'Alas for who plough
ic i t h o u t seeds"
( Irish Rann) 10
Alas ! how dismal is my
tale O'Keeffe . . 7
A las, poor Yorick 8
Albion Sheehan .. 8
Alburtra, Irish soldiers
at 8
'Alciphron, or the Mi-
nute Philosopher' ..Berkeley . 1
Alder Gulch, Nevada,
Earl of Dunraven at 3
Mdfrid's Itinerary . . . . Mangan ... O
Alexander, Cecil
Frances 1
VOL.FAOT
William
Alexander the Great 7
Aline who bound the
Chief of Spears 7
Alison, Sir A., on E.
Burke 1
All day in exquisite air.TYNAN-
Hinkson. 9
All hail ! Holy Mary. . .Keegan ... 5
All human thinps are
subject to decay . . . . Dryden ... 3
All in the April evening.TvNAx-
IIixkson. 9
All natural things in
balance lie O'Donxell. 7
AH Souls Eve Shorter .. 8
Night, beliefs about 8
All the heavy days are
over Yeats 9
"All the Talents, The
Ministry of" Barrett ... 1
All ye who love the
spring time Blake .... 1
Allegory, An Hyde lO
Allhk, F. M See E. Downey.
Allen and the insurrec-
tion of Tyrone
and Desmond 7
The Hill of 7 2709,
of the mighty
deeds, Oisin at »
William O'Meara,
The Manchester ^
Martyr 7 260S; 9
1773
3607
2615
2718
145 G
2747
57
3261
1452
2163
3701
1220
418
3839
3839
2779
3220
3044
3063
175
176
964
2375
1
8
2672
2593
369
3457
1765
1208
3454
26S4
3129
3128
3706
119
189
3S79
2S52
2711
1722
3339
General Index.
4043
VOL.
Allingham, William 1
— W. B. Yeats on 3
Alliteration in Irish lit-
erature 2
in Irish verse 4
Ahnhain, Battle of O'Donovan. 7
Almhuin of Leinster 4
Alpine solitudes 4
'Alps, Hours of Exer-
cise in the ' Tyndall . . 9
'Am I remembered? ' . . . M'Gee .... 6
Am I the slave they
say ? Banim .... 1
Amazing Ending of a
Charade Crommelin. 2
Ambition. Swift on 9
8
(\
;>
5
and Ireland 9
of the Irish PatriotPHiLLiPS
'Amboyna, The Relation
of
America, A Farewell to. "Wilde . .
Abp. Ireland on.
Education in ,
Goldsmith on
• O n Conciliation
with Burke . .
On the Prospect of
Planting Arts
and Learning in. Berkeley
The Irish in Magcire
O'Brien .
Dr. Sigerson
PAGE
11
X
xiii
vii
2709
1454
1357
3478
2225
56
751
3378
2892
2573
3599
1664
3328
334
1366
1 376
on
■ . See Red-
m o n d on
Home Rule 8
■ the land of liberty 5
The Song of the
Irish Emigrant inFiTZSi'sio'S. . 3
American and Irish rev-
olutionists com-
pared 6
characteristics 1
civil war. Arch-
bishop Ireland In
the 5
' Commonwealth,
The' Bryce. 1 331,
faith in Democracy 1
humor
Revolution ,
— Effect of, on Ire-
land
— Grattan on the.
Stamp-Act
Taxation, Speech onBrjRKE ....
Americans a religious
people . . .
a good-natured peo-
ple
Among the Heather . . .Allingham.
the reeds, round
waters blue . . . .Milligan. ..
Amor Intellectualis ...Wilde ....
1
C
5)
4
4
1
Amoret Congreve
Amusements at a coun-
try dance 2
of the Ancient Irish 1 35 ; 5
— of the People . . . .O'Brien ... 7
A nation once again 1
A Nation once again . .Davis 3
'An Cneamhaire •' O'Farrelly.IO
An Craoibhin Aoibhin..See D. Hyde.
•An Gioblacha.n ' Hayes .... 10
180
2321
2017
xii
2926
1664
1206
2165
331
1662
343
333
332
2153
x
1389
1388
373
1 336
331
16
2437
3594
614
649
1739
2620
xvii
827
3967
3977
3983
VOL. PAGE
An old castle towers
o'er the billow Joyce 5 1743
An' the thought of us
each Barlow ... 1 14
'Anacreon Moore ' . . See T. Moore.
Anamoe 1
Anarchists, Meeting of. Barry 1
Anchor, Forging of McFerguson.
Ancient Celtic Litera-
ture, Translators
of
- Erinn, Manners
and Customs of '.O'Curry
25
156
1174
2 xviii
2666
724
funeral customs 2
Greece, Childhood
in Mahaffy . . t
■ houses in Ireland 4
- Ireland, Food,
Dress and Daily
Life in Joyce 5
Irish, The 9 3391
Irish, Amusements
of the 1
• Irish, Buildings of 4
2328
1613
1735
35
1612
9 3493
Irish, Dress of the. Walker
Irish Ecclesiastical
Remains Petrie .... 8 2880
Irish, Language ofWARE 9 3544
Irish legends, ethi-
cal contents of 8 2973
Irish literature,
value of 4 xi
Irish, manners and
customs of the 2 629
Irish manuscripts 1 32
2 xx, 629, 632, 635; 4 1459, 1598,
1600, 1601, 1608, 1612, 1613, 1618,
1022, 1625, 1631; 5 1724, 1731, 1737;
6 2232, 2353, 2377 ; 7 2615, 2663,
2664, 2668, 2669, 2671, 2672, °673,
2705, 2709, 2766; 8 2879, 2884, 2975,
3139, 3144, 3246 ; 9 3494
Irish Surnames ..Ware 9 3546
' Legends of Ire-
land ' Wilde .... 5 3557
3558, 3561. 3566
' Music of Ireland '.Bunting . . 6 2230
Ancients, Colloquy of
the 8 2968
And as not only by the
Calton Mountain . . .MacCarthy. 6 2131
'And doth not a meeting
like this ' Moore 8 2524
'And must ice partf '. .Callanan . 2 445
Andromeda Roche .... 8 2965
Anecdote of O'Curry
and Tom Moore 7 2663
Anecdotes.
of Burke 1 396
of Curran 2 798
of Father O'Leary 7 2793
of Keogh, the Irish
Massillon Fitzpatrick 3 1199
of Macklin 6 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.'
Angel's Whisper, The. .Lover 6 2086
Anslo-Irish Literature,
Humor in 6 xii, xiii
4044
Irish Literature.
Anglo-Irish Problem, the.DAVlTT
Anglo-Norman Nobles
Anglo-Saxon and Irish
contrasted
literature never en-
tirely absorbed
Irish national
genius
VOL.
. . 3
,. 7
PAGE
832
2670
a xiv
Angus 8
Angus, the Culdee, on
learning in Ireland 2
Animals in Irish Sagas 2
■ Superstitions about 9
Anluan mac Magach 4
'Annals of Ireland '. . . .O'Donovan. . 7
2708,
The Irish, prove
their own an
tiquity 2
of the Pour Mas-
ters. (See also
M O'Clery ) 2
632,' 635; 6 2232,' 2353,' 2577"; 7
2674, 2705; 10
Anne, Queen, dress in
the time of 9
period in English
literature 1
Anonymous Verse.
See Street Songs, Bal-
lads, etc.
A n o n y m o u s Verse,
Street Songs, Ballads
and Hand 8
'Antigone, The New '. . .Barry 1
'Antiquities, Handbook
of Irish ' Wakeman
and Cooke. 9
Church Ruins. Holy
Island (half-tone
engraving) 6
Antiquity of Gaelic
Literature, Prof.
Morley on 4
of Ireland l
of Irish Annals
proved 2
of Irish language 2
of Irish literature 3
of Irish wit and
humor 6
Antium, Nero at 2
Antrim 9
Lord : origin of
bloody hand in
his coat-of-arms 7
Mountains of 6
Remains of coal-
mining on the
coast of 6
Round Towers at 6 2277,
Anuaill 2
Aoife 4
On/;/ Son of Gregory . . 4
Aongus Ceile De 4
Apologia Wilde .... 9
Apostle of Temperance
in Dublin Mathew ... 6
Apparitions (see also
Ghosts) 2
Appius 5
Arabian Nights, The,
Burton on 2
Arab's Farewell to His
Steed, The Norton ... 7
2990
vii
xvii
3678
1618
2706
2709
IX
629
2663
4018
3497
ix
3265
156
3482
2130
VII
399
ix
vii
xvii
vii
739
3428
285G
111V.
2279
3491
629
1449
1426
1651
3592
2397
556
1847
404
2584
VOL
Arbor Hill, Lines on the
Burying Ground of. ..Emmet .... 3
Archer (character in
'The Beaux'
Stratagem ' ) 3
Sanders, and Allen
planning the in-
surrection of Ty-
rone and Des-
mond 7
Architecture, arch-
aeology, etc.
Splendors of Tara,
The Hydh ..... 4
Ancient Irish Ec-
clesiastical Re-
mains Petrib .... 8
Northmen in Ire-
land, The Stokes .... 8
Forts, Crosses, and
Round Towers. .Wakeman
and Cooke. 9
in Ireland 8 3238 ; 9
' Early Christian'. Stokes .... 8
Arcomin, The plain of 5
'Arctic Hero, Death of
an ' Alexander. 1
Arderry, The Barony of 4
Ardes, The G
Ard-Pileas 4
Ardigna Bay 6
Ardmore, Round Towers
at
Ardnalee (scene of
poem) 5
Ardrahan, Normans at 3
Ardrossan 2
Ardtenent Castle 7
Argonautic expedition,
Irish version of 7
Arklow, Beautiful sce-
nery near 7
Armagh, Aldfrid in 6
Canon of, Cathald
Maguire, cited 7
watered by Lough
Neagh G
'Armonica,' Benjamin
Franklin's invention 7 2692,
Armstrong, Edmund
John 1
G. F. S. See Sav-
age-Armstrong.
Army and Navy Mutiny
Bills 6
Irish soldiers in
the English 8
See Inniscarra ...Buckley .. 1
See Saxon Shilling,
The Buggy 1
Arnold, M., on Celtic
melancholy 3 viii ; 9
on Celtic style 2
Arraglen, Kate of Lane 5
Arrahl Bridgld Mac
Sheehy Hogan .... 4
Arran, Earl of, a
Monk of the Screw 2
Art.
and Architecture in
Ireland 9
and learning Dis-
semination o f
Irish 4
Egyptian Art. .. .Wiseman .. 9
PAGE
1094
1165
2852
1610
2880
3239
3482
3484
3238
1733
10
1573
2278
1591
2223
9 3492
1865
829
647
2853
2672
2.-»32
2375
2718
2277
2702
24
2178
3062
351
358
3360
xvi
1863
1594
797
3484
1599
3630
General Index.
4045
Art.
VOL. VAGE
■ Ireland and the
Arts Yeats ..
Leonardo's ' Mon-
na Lisa ' .Dowdbn
■Life, Art, and Na-
ture Wilde
9
. 9
of acting, The 7
of Pleasing Steele .... 8
' of Thomas Hardy,
The' Johnson . . 5
Art's Lough Greene ... 4
Arts and Learning in
America Berkeley .. 1
Ireland and the. .Yeats 9
Aryan race, Celtic a
branch of the 3
As beautiful Kitty Shanly ... 8
As chimes that flow. . .Sigeeson .. 8
As down by Banna's
banks Ogle 7
As flow the rivers .... Russell . . 8
As from the sultry townlRwiN 5
As I roved out at Faha. Street Bal-
lad 8
one summer's
morning . . . Street Bal-
lad 8
.10
. 9
. 7
. 1
As once our Saviour and
Saint Peter Hyde ....
As Rochefoucault his
maxims drew Swift . . .
As the breath of the
musk-rose Parnell .
Asaroe, Abbey Allingham
Ashanee 6
Ashburnham, Lord,
owner of Stowe Col-
lection of Irish manu-
scripts 7
Ass, The, and the
Orangeman's daughter 8
Assaroe 6
Assaye, Irish soldiers at 8
Assonant rhyme, Mr.
Guest on 4
Aston, Sir Arthur,
Killed at Drogheda 7
Astronomical proof of
antiquity of Irish an-
nals *
Astronomy.
Distance of the
Stars, The Ball 1
V en u s, Hesperus
and Phosphor ..Clarke ... 2
What the Stars are
Made of Ball 1
At early dawn I once
had been Walsh .
At Fredericksburg, Dec.
13, 1862 O'Reilly
At Sea Roche .
At Tarah to-day in this
awful hour Mangan
At the dance in the vil-
lage Walsh
'At the mid-hour of
night ' Moore .... 7
Athboy in Meath 5
Athenry, The plains at 3
Athens and the Rock of
Cashel Mahaffy .. 6
Athlone, Battle of 9
Athnowen, Scenery
around 1
3661
877
3578
2473
3206
1694
1423
180
3661
xvii
3032
3138
2734
3002
1675
3299
3277
3823
3380
2873
13
2356
2673
3268
2354
3062
viii
2568
ix
36
601
41
3507
2831
2966
2360
3503
2525
1738
859
2334
ix
353
VOL. PAGE
Ath-Seanaigh (Bally-
shannon) 2
Athy, Father Lalor of,
and Father Keogh 4
Athy, Prior at, Richard
Oveton, Killed at
Drogheda 7
Atkinson, Sarah l
Atlantis, The Island o/.Croly 2
Auctioning Off One's
Relatives Sheridan . 8 3105
Aughrim, After Geoghegan. 4
Battle of 3 829; 7 2820; 9
Limerick, and the
Boyne, Old sold-
iers of 3 957
August Weather Tynan-
Hinkson. 9 3458
Auld Ireland O'Keeffe .. 7 2771
Australia, In Exile in. .Orr 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-
639
1200
2573
28
749
1254
ix
ture of Ireland repre-
sented in ' Irish Lit-
erature '
Ave Imperatrix ..... ..Wilde
Avoca, the Vale of
(half-tone engraving) Moore
'Avoid all Stewardships
of Church or Kill '
(Irish Rann) 10
Avon, The (river) 7
Avon-bwee 4
Avondale, Parnell at 7
Avonmore, Lord, a
Monk of the
Screw 3
and Father
O'Leary 7 2794
Azarias, Brother . . .SeeP. F. Mullanby.
2 vii
9 3588
7 2532
3833
2532
1255
261C
787
B.
Bacchanalian Songs,
See also Conviviality. 6 x, xl
Backbite, Sir Benjamin
(character in ' School
for Scandal ' ) 8 3099
Back Stairs to Dublin
Castle 3 889
Bacon, Macaulay and. .Mitchel .. 6 2444
Macaulay on 6 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
Bagenai, Harry, killed
at battle of Beal-
an-atha-buidh 3 928, 957
King Daunt .... 3 81?
on Duelling 3 81T
Baile's Strand, Con-
laoch lands at 4 1427
Baithin and St. Colum-
cille 4 1620
Bala, The Waves' Le-
gend on the Strand of Todhunret. 9 3404
4046
Irish Literature.
VOL. PAGE
Balaklava, and the
Charge of the Light
Brigade RUSSELL . . 8 3008
Baldo'yle, Father Keogh
at 4 1200, 1205
Balfour on Dean Swift 3 vii
Balinconlig, Folk tale of 3 1147
Ball, Sir Robert Sta-
well 1 36
Ballach-boy, The day of 6 2356
Ballad, A Moore 7 2539
• Mongers 9 3683
of Father Oilligan.YEATa 9 3702
Ballads, Anonymous
Verse, and Street
Songs Hand 8 3263
' of Blue Water '.. Roche 8 2961
Ballaghaderreen, ' The
Lost Saint ' acted at 4 1650
Ballina, Fishing at 4 1519
Ballinacarthy, Folk tale
of 2 708
Ballinasloe, Jenny frowSTREET Bal-
lad
Fair of 4
Ballincollig, Enlisting
8
at
Ballintubber, Fair of 2
Ballitore, Scenes of
' Ninety-eight ' at 5
Ballycastle, Remains of
coal-mining at 6
Ballydivelin, The fight
of the Mahonys un
der the tower of . . .
B a 1 1 y h o y station,
Cockle-pickers at 1
Ballylee 9
Ballymena, St. Patrick
at 6
Ballymooney (scene of
a song) 5
Ballymote, Book of 2 629; 7
Ballymulligan, The
Mulligan of, as q
landlord •. 4
Ballynakill, election of
1790 1
Bally Shannon, Sars-
field at 7
Ballyshannon, Hugh
Roe at 2
Ballyshanny, Scenery
around 1
Salmon leap at. ... , 7
Balor of the evil eye 2
the giant 3
Baltimore, Scenerv near 7 2602,
Bay .' 5
Banba, Meave
the women of
Bandon Fair
Banim, John
John (portrait)
inherently Irish
Michael ,
Banims, The, M. F.
Egan on 5
' Banish sorrow ' Ogle 7
Banished Defender, The 8
from Rome 2
Bank of Ireland, The
(half-tone engraving) 2
Bankers in Ireland 9
Banks of Banna, The. . Ogle 7
3289
1636
351
653
1887
2279
among
7 2853
108
3666
2435
1935
2663
1574
140
2S18
639
13
2550
xi
861
2852
1743
2747
2080
44
41
xi
59
vii
2736
3269
748
788
3367
2735
7
<;
i
i
i
i
Bann, The, among the
leading rivers of
Ulster 6
Bonfires on 3
Banna, The Banks of. .Ogle 7
Banshee, The Allingham. l
The Todhdnter. 9
Biddy Brady's . . . Casey .... 2
described 3
of the MaeCarthys,
The Choker ... 2
Bantry Bay Expedition 9
Folk tales of 5 1S03 ; 6
Harbor (half-tone
engraving) 9
' Bar, The Irish ' O'Flanagan. 7
Bard, and the King of
the Cats, Seanchan
the Wilde .... 9
O'Hussey's Ode to
the Maguire, 77icMangan . . 6
" of Erin. The". See T. Moore.
" of Thomond, The " See M.Hogan.
Bardic System, The 2
Bards. Costumes of the 3
Decline of the 2
described 2
' of the Gael and
Gall' Sigerson ..10
outlawed by Eng-
land 9
Barlow. Jane (por-
trait)
vol. page
M. F. Egan on 5
Barmecides, Time of
the Mangan ... 6
Barney Maglone. See Wilsox.
Barney O'Hea Lover 6
Barny O'Reirdon, the
Navigator Lover 5
Barr, Saint, meaning of
name 9
Barre\ Colonel 7
Barrett, Eaton Stan-
NARD 1
D. J. O'Donoghue
on 6
Richard and Re-
peal 9
Richard, in Prison 3 811; 6
Roger : Duel with
Judge Egan 1
Barriere du Trone 2
Barrington, Sir Jonah 1
on J. P. Curran 2
Barky, Michael Joseph 1
the actor 5
William Francis 1
M. F. Egan on 5
Barry's painting of the
Last Judgment 6
Basaltic rocks on the
shores of Lough
Neagh O
Bastile, The 2
Bathe, Father John,
slain at Drogheda 7
Battle of Almhain O'Donovan. 7
of Beal-A n-A tha-
Buidh Drennan . . 3
of Dunbolg Hyde 4
of Flanders 7
of Fontenoy (half
tone engraving) 3
of Landen 7
2278
954
2735
17
3409
565
xx
727
3420
2314
3414
2723
2728
3566
2309
xvill
xiv
xx
xviil
3937
3625
98
viii
2367
2080
2008
3546
xviil
119
ix
x
2128
142
677
126
770
149
1919
156
vii
2422
2277
676
2572
2709
928
1622
2830
880
2824
General Index.
4047
Battle of the Boyne
of the Factions . . Carleton .
' of Magh Leana '. .O'Ccrry .,
Battles in the Book of
Leinster
Bay of Biscay Cherry . . .
Beaconsfiehl, Lord ....O'Connor ..
Cranbourne on
on early marriages
on Sheil 7 xxvii
Beag, son of Buan
Beal-An-Atha- B uidh ,
Battle of Drennan . .
Beal-an-a t h a-Bhuidhe,
The Red Hand at
Bear, An Irish
Dirge of 0'SullivanCALL,ASAy . . ,
See Bere.
Bearhaven, Morty Oge
VOL. PAGE
. 7 2819
..2 472
. 7 2664
2
7
6
586
2660
2158
6 2196
8 3055
4 1450
3 928
5
7
•2
1753
2794
445
of
Beau Tioos Goldsmith .
Beauing, belling, danc-
ing, drinking Street Bal-
lad
Beauty, Celtic love of
Superstitions about
'Beaux' Strategem,
The ' :.Farqchar. .
Bee mac Cuanach slain
at Bolgdun
Bede Venerable de-
scribes Lindisfarne
Bedford, Burke on the
Duke of
' Bee, The'
Beehive shaped houses
Beekeeping in ancient
Ireland
Before I came across
the sea Street Bal-
lad
Beginnings of Home
Ride MacCarthy.
Belfast
' Believe me if all those
endearing young
charms ' Moore ....
Bell, Robert
Bellamy. Mrs., among
the Irish actresses on
the English stage
Bellefonds, Marshal,
commanding army of
invasion in 1692
Bellew, Bishop, of Kil-
lala
Bells of Shandon, TTicMahony ..
Beloved, do you pity not Walsh . . .
Benburb
Beneath Blessington's
eyes Byron ....
Ben-Edar, The scenery
around
Bennett, E. A., on
George Moore
Beowulf, Alliteration in
Bere O'Sullivan
See Bear.
Beresford, Lady Fran-
ces, married to Henry
Flood
Berkeley, Bishop
— — on America
Bernard, Dr.. dean of
Derry, Goldsmith on
2 445
4 1326
9 3312
8 2973
9 3672
3 1165
4 1625
8 2882
1 379
4 1345
8 2882
5 1735
8 3304
6 2174
6 2113
7 2522
1 165
5 1919
7 2823
6 2232
6 2343
9 3508
4 1530
6 2289
3 1185
2483
viii
9 3658
3 1211
1 173
5 1664
4 1380
_ , , VOL. PAGE
Bernard, dean of Kil-
more, saved at Drog-
heda by Cromwell 7 2570
' Beside the Fire ' 4 1638, 1642
Bethlehem Warbtjrton. 9 3535
Beth Peor l 2
Between us may roll the
severing ocean Wilde .... 9 3572
Beyond the River Read 8 2924
Bickerstaff, Isaac 1 182
D. J. O'Donoghue
on the wit of 6 xiii
Bicycle, To my Rolleston. 7 2976
Biddy Brady's Banshee. Casey 2 565
Biggar and the Land
League 9 xi
Bindin' the Oats Coleman .. 2 610
Bingen on the Rhine. ..Norton ... 7 2586
Bingham, Sir Richard 7 2857
Biography. (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.)
Biogrraphy and His- .
tory 9 vil
Frederick William
Robertson Brooke ... 1 291
Sheridan as OrotorFiTZGERALD 3 1190
Prince of Dublin
Printers Gilbert ... 4 1258
Origin of 0'ConnellB.OEY 4 1588
Capture of Wolfe
Tone O'Brien ... 7 2604
Why Parncll Went
into Politics ....O'Brien ... 7 2607
Lord Beaconsfiehl. O'Connor .. 7 2660
An Irish Musical
Gen ius 7 2690
Story of Gratia
Uaile Otway 7 2856
Patrick Sarsfield,
Earl of Lucan. .Onahan ... 7 2814
A Eulogy of Wash-
ington Phillips .. 8 2891
Xapoteon Phillips .. 8 2888
Biscay, The Bay of Cherry ... 2 586
Black Book of St.
Molaga 7 2064
Castle 7 2853
Crom, The Sunday
of 7 2719
Desert, King of theHYDE lO 3713
Lamb. The Wilde .... 9 3569
Thief. The 3 xxi
Blackbird. The 8 3271
of Derrycarn, The 2 xvi
made nest in monk's
hand 2 xviii
Blackburne, E. Owens. See Miss Casey.
Blackfriars, Theater in 6 2348
Blackie, Professor, on
the feudal land sys-
tem 7 2864
Blackpool l 151
Blacksmith of Limerick,
The Joyce 5 1741
Blackwater, A. D. 1603.
Crossing the ...Joyce 5 1744
Battle of the 5 1744; 7 2743
Great meeting at
Teltown. on the '. . 5 1738
in Ulster, The 6 2278
River (half -tone
engraving) 3 916
Talk by the Downing .. 3 916
^The Northern ,,,,Kavanagh . 5 1732
4048
Irish Literature.
5 1844
VOL. PAGE
Blackwood and Maginn 6 2300
Blacquiere, Sir John,
Anecdote of 1 131
Blaise, An Elegy on
Madam Goldsmith. 4 1382
Blake, James, sent to
Spain to poison
Hugh Roe 7 2746
. Mart Elizabeth 1 189
Squire, an author-
ity on duelling 1 145
' Blanid * Joyce 5 1749
Blarney Castle (colored
plate) 6 Front
Blarnev-Stone, Father
Prout on the 6 2337, 2441
Blast, A Crotty ... 3 758
' Blasters,' The 5 1916
Blennerhassett's Book
on Ireland » 339o
Bless my good ship . . .Brooke
Blessing of Affliction,
The Kirwan
Blessington, Countess
of (portrait) 1 192
' Memoirs of Madden ... 6 2286
Blest are the dormant. Mangan ... 6 2380
Blind Irish piper (half-
tone engraving) » 17X7
Student. The Armstrong. 1 24
Blindness, Miraculous
cure of 5 1 < o6
Blithe the bright dawn <rij„
found me Furlong . . 4 1247
Bloody hand in Lord
Antrim's coat-of-
arms, The J 2856
' Street,' Drogheda 7 2569
Blue, Blue Smoke, The „_„
(half-tone engraving) Graves ... 4 1415
Bun-dell, Mrs. (M. E.
Francis) * 215
Board of National Edu- i/wv„
cation, The 4 1003, 1609
Boate on Ulster 6 2276, 2279
Boat race to win Dun-
luce Castle 7 28o5
Boats, Irish wickerwork
(half-tone en-
graving) " 3458
of ancient Ireland 5 1740
Boa t-So n q, A Can a d inn .Moore 7 2540
Bob Acres, Jefferson as » 3088
Acres' Duel Sheridan .. 8 3088
Burke's Duel iri1h
Ensign Urn dy. . .Maginn ... 6 2303
Bodhmall, the woman
Drnld 4 I447
Bodkin, Amby, as an
authority on
duelling 1 145
Matthias M'Don-
ni:u 1 232
The, in Irish dress « 3493
Bodleian Library at Ox- „
ford. Irish MSS. in 7 2673
Boers, The Curse of //ic.Gregoby ..10 3927
Boq Cotton on the Red
Bog O'Brien ... 7 2591
Bogs of Ireland, Pock-
rich'e project for
reclaiming 7 2696
Ulster, Dr. War-
ner's project for
reclaiming 6 2278
Boieldlea. Irish influ-
ence on ...... 4- vii
VOL. PAGE
Bolb, Trout fishing on
the 4 1522, 1523
Bold is the talk in this.KELLY 5 1782
' Defender, The ' 8 3270
' Traynor, O.' 8 3270
Bo-men fairies, The, de-
scribed 3 xx
Bons Mots of Sheridan 8 3119
Sterne. Some 8 3227
Bonner, Bishop of Lon-
d o n , Proclamation
against plays by 6 2348
Booing (bowing), Dis
sertation on 6 2237
Book, Dimma's 7 2671
first printed in
Gaelic in Ireland
(facsimile) 7 2741
' of a Thousand
Nights * Burton ... 2 404
of Ballymote 2 629 ; 7 2663
of Clonf ert 7 2664
of Dromsneachta 2 lv, x
of Durrow F 2671
of Fermoy 5 1724
ofKells 5 1737; 7 2671
ofLecain 7 2663
of Lecan 2 629 ; C 2223
of Leinster 2 vi, xii
4 1600, 1612, 1613, 1622;71738;8 2884
ofLismore 7 2766; 8 3246
' of Martyrs, The ' 7 2573
of St. Bnlthe's
Monasterv, The
Speckled 7 2664
of St. Molaga, The
Black 7 2664
of Slane, The Yel-
low 7 2664
' of Strange Sins, A'Kernahan.. 5 1809
' of the Dun Cow ' 4 1600 ; 5 1731
Books, drowned by
Norse invaders 2 vill
Irish, before St.
Patrick 2 x
of Cluain-mic-Nois,
The 7 2664
of Courtesy in the
Fifteenth OenturyGKBma .... 4 1417
Borough Franchise Bill,
The Irish O 2176
Bortiiwick, Norma IO 3879
Boru Tribute, The 4 1622
Boston Port, Sailing
into C 2115
Boswell and Goldsmith 7 B468
collection of Chap-
books, The 3 xxi
B o v c 1 c a u lt , Dion
(portrait) 1 252
Boulogne-s u r - M e r ,
Father O'Leary at 7 2794
Bourke, Sir Richard,
the M ' W 1 1 1 i a m
Fighter 7 2857
Bowes, John, Solicitor-
General, at the trial
of Lord Gantry 7 2724, 2726
Bou. who was Long on
His Mother, The Hyde IO 3705
Boycott, The First. . . . O'Brien ... 7 2611
Boycotted Jessop 5 1688
Boyd, Captain, Inscrip-
tion on the
Statue of Alexander, l 8
Thomas * ~°°
General Index.
4049
VOL.
Boyle, Colonel, slain at
Drogheda 7
The, among the
leading rivers of
Ulster 6
John, Earl of
Cork 1
supposed cause
of Atherton's
hanging 9
on the ' Dra pier's
Letters ' 1
William 1
PAGE
2568
2278
260
3397
261
204
2354
3271
968
2752
2819
ix
3271
2111
1622
3270
3 1185
Borne, The VI
Obelisk, The (half-
tone engraving) 7
■ Soldiers of the 3 842, 957,
The host of Meave
from the banks of
the 7
The Battle of the 1 349 ; 7
9
Doyne Water, The Street Bal-
lad 8
Boz See John Walsh.
Bran, the hound of Fhm n^
mac Cunihail 2 xvii, 629 ; 6
Brandubh 4
' Brannon on the Moor '. 8
Bray, The scenery
around
Breanhaun Crone _ „„„„
O'Maille 7 2S56
Breastplate, The Hymn
Called St. Patrick's. Stokes 8 3244
'Breathe not his name 'Moore .... 1 2527
Brehon Law, The 9 3393, 3493
Law Code, The 1 29; 5 1735, 1739
7 2615
Brehons, The , 2 444
Brenan, Joseph .„» 1 278
D. J. O'Donoghue
on S ix
Rrendan of Birr 7 2763
Brett, Sergeant, shot at
Manchester 7 2608, 2610
Brewery of Egg-Shells,
The Crokhr ... 2 731
Brian. See A Song of
Defeat.
Brian Boru. See The
Irish Chiefs and
also Hackenna'8
Dream.
Boroimhe, The
Conqueror 9
B o r u i m h a . See
KinJiora.
' O'Linn ' ........ Street Bal-
lad 7
• the Brave' 7
See Bryan.
Brian's administration,
Anecdote of ...Moore 7 2533
Lament for King
Mahon Hogan
vlii
3273
3270
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 "
fthe^ Rocky Moun-
tains) 2
Bridget Cruise. From
the Irish Furlong ... 4
1591
792
2168
1615
353
417
1244
vol. page
Brigade at Fontenoy,
The Dowling .. 3 878
Brighidin Ban Mo Store. Walsh ... 9 3503
The Cold Sleep of. Macmanus. 6 2270
Bright, John, on land
tenure 7 2867
on the Irish Ques-
tion 6 2156, 2158
Bright sparkling pile !.. Wilde .... 9 3596
Brightest blossom of
the spring Ferguson . 3 1186
Brigit at Kildare 8 3253
Extract from the
Life of Stokes ... 8 3246
Healings by 8 3251
Hymns in praise
of 8 .3259
-Miracles of 8 3246
Relics of 8 3260
1364
1784
2672
3422
1219
264
165
280
284
291
- on Steele 8 3196
Brother Azarias. See P. F. Mullaney.
Brougham, John l 301
Lord, on E. Burke 1 372
on Sheridan 3 1191
and Macaulay 6 2452
Brow of Nefln, The Hyde lO 3777
Brown Wind of Con-
naught, The Macmanus.. O 2272
Browne, Dr., and the
United Irishmen.. 9 3515, 3519, 3523
Frances 1 313
John Ross 1 323
Bruce, Campaign of,
1314 9 3391
' Bruidhen da Derga,
The' 4 1601
Brundusium 2 739
Bryan, Boruma, Mean-
ing of » 3546
See also Brian.
Bryce, James (por-
trait) a 330
Buckingham, Duke of 1 172
■ Lord, Duel of, with
the Master of the
Rolls 1
Britain, Goldsmith on 4
' British Association,
Address to the ' . Kelvin . . . B
Museum, Irish
MSS. in 7
Navy, Irishmen in 9
Parliament, Flood's
Speech in the 3
' Brogues, A Kish of '. .Boyle .... 1
Brompton 1
Brooke. Charlotte 1
Henry 1
Stopford Augus-
tus 1
143
351
2771
358
Buckley, William 1
Budget of Stories, A ..O'Keeffe .. 7
Buggy, Kevin T 1
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 Meve 2 xvii
What is an Irish 3 1057
Bull-baiting in Dublin 5 1916
Bullock, Shan F 1 360
' Bulls. An Essay on
Irish ' Edgeworth. 3 1055
1060
Irish Lit. Vol. 10— P
4050
Irish Literature.
VOL. PAGE
Bulls Examined, The
Originality of
Irish Edgewoeth. 3 1055
Irish, of Sir Boyle
Roche 1 135, 137
Bulwer on O'Connell 7 xxvi
. Plunket 7 xxv
Sheil 7 xxvi
Bumpers, Squire Jones. Dawson ... 3 841
' Bunch of Sham-
rocks, A' Casey . 2 565
Buncrana 6 2427
Bunker's Hill, Irish
volunteers for 6 2113
Bunner, H. C, on John
Brougham 1 301
Bunthorne the Poet. See Oscar Wilde.
Bunting's 'Ancient Mu-
sic of Ireland ' 6 2230
Buonaparte, Interviews
uith Tone . » 3418
■ , Tone introduced
to 8 3418
Burbage, James, Li-
cense granted by
Elizabeth to 6 2347, 2349
Burgh, Hussey, a Monk
of the Screw 2 797
Burgundian Library,
Brussels; MSS. in 7 2673
Burial at Sea Alexander. 1 10
of Moses, The Alexander. 1 1
of Sir John Moore,
The .Wolfe 8 3633
2437
6
Buried Forests of Erin,
The Milligan
Burke, Edmund (por-
trait). (See also
The J e s 8 amy
Bride)
a master on ora-
tory
and Sheridan
and the ' Histori-
cal Society ' 7
Goldsmith on 4 1378,
Meaffher on 6
on Curran 7
on Hampden's for-
tune 1
on the Duke of
Bedford 1
■ Secures MS. of Bre-
hon Laws for
Trinity College 7
' Sir R. Teol on 1
Some Wise and
Witty Sayings of 1
R., Goldsmith on 4
The oratory of 7
Thomas N 1
William 4
Burke's Statue (half-
tone engraving) 1
Burlesque novels 1 119.
Burns, Speech on Ferguson . 3
Burne-.Tones, Sir E., on
the Irish character 8
Burthen of Ossian. TIis.O'Gbadj .. 7
Burton, Richard Fran-
cis
on ' The Arabian
Nights '
369
xxviii
3119
1 380
2121
xxii
375
379
2615
x
396
13S0
x
398
1380
397
123
1170
xv
2752
2 403
404
3671
Bush, Raftery and the 9 3667,
Business Quarter and a
Business Man in Lon-
don Kiddell . . 8 2949
VOL.
But I — than other lov-
ers' state Wilde .... 9
the rain is gone by.TiNAN-
HlNKSON. 9
Butler, Hon. Simon 9
William Francis 2
8
Butt, Isaac 2
and the Home Rule
movement 6 2174, 2177; 9
To the Memory of.SiGERSON . . 8
Buttercups and Daisies.TODHUNTER. 9
Butterflies in Ireland 9
Buying a seat In Church 3
'By memory inspired'. Street Bal-
lad
By Nebo's lonely moun-
tain Alexander.
By O'Neil close belea-
guered Drennan ..
By our campfires Dowling . .
By the blue taper's
trembling light Parnell . .
By the Margin of the
Great Deep Russell . .
By the shore a plot of
ground Allingham
Byrne, Colonel, slain at
Drogheda
Byron and the Bless-
inatons at Oenoa. Madden . . . O
on j. P. Curran 2
on Lord Castle-
reagh O
tells a story of
Sheridan 8
Byron's manner, Flip-
PAGB
3598
3459
3573
415
421
Ml
3133
3411
3565
820
3274
1
928
878
2874
3004
22
2568
2286
770
2168
3120
pancy of . . . ..'. '. O 2288
C.
C See H. G. Cubran.
C. W See C. Wolfe.
Cabins, Deserted (half-
tone engraving) 6 2267
Gael and Gredhe Gregory .. 4 1445
Caelte and St. Patrick 8 2970
Cat iltc's Lament. From
the Irish O'Grady . . 7 2766
Caenfela, Meaning of 9 3546
Caesar, Julius, on the
Druids 7 2721
Caffyn, Mrs. Manning-
ton 2 429
Cailin og astor men-
tioned in Shakespeare 4 vil
Caillino, The Woods oAFitzsimon.. 3 1206
Callte 2 630
Calrderga 5 1724
Cairn Feargall 2 629
Calatin. The Children of 4 1434
Caldwell. Should be
O'Callaly 10 3807
' Caleb in search of a
Wife ' See J. Martley.
Gall of the Sidhe, A. . .Russell ... 8 2996
Callaghan, Grcally and
Mullen, The Sorroic-
ful Lamentation of.. Street Bal-
lad 9 3316
Callaghans. The. ad-
ministering colonial
affairs ..f 3 941
Callanan. James Jo-
seph 2 438
W. B. Yeats on 3 vin
Calling, The Sigerson .. 8 3138
General Index.
4051
VOL. PAGE
Calmly, breathe calmly
all vour music Johnson .. 5 1700
Caltori Hill, Burns and
the 6 2131
Camden, Lord, and
Ninety-Eight 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-Song, A. Moore .... 7 2540
governors 3 938
Candle-making In an-
cient Ireland 5 1737
Candour, Mrs. (charac-
ter in ' School for
Scandal') 8 3099
Canning, George 2 464
« Life of Bell 1 165
on 'Gulliver's Trav-
els ' 1 167
on Lord Nugent 1 171
on parliamentary
speaking 1 170
on ' The Lady of
the Lake" 1
169
170
171
Oratory of 1
Wit of 1
Cantwell, Dr. (charac-
ter in ' Mr. Maw-
worm ' ) 1 183
Canzone Wilde 9 3598
Caoch the Piper Keegan ... 5 1762
Caoilte- 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 Vicar of Otway 7 2S48
Capel Street, Dublin.
See A Prospect.
'Captain Blake' Maxwell . 6 2412
Captain's Story, The. . .Maxwell . 6 2400
Capture of an Indian „ „„»„
Chief Reid 8 2932
of HuahRoeO'Don-
nell. The Connellan. 2 632
of Wolfe Tone, The.O'BmES ... 7 2604
Carbery, Ethna Mrs. Macmanus.
Cardinal de Retz, Gold-
smith on 4 1347
Careless (character in
' School for Scandal ') 8 3109
Carew and the Bishop
of Rome 7 2852
. Sir George, Presi-
dent of Munster 7 2740
Caricatures by Gllray 1 168
O* kl B t o n, William
(portrait) 2 469
— =— D. J. O'Donoghue
on V xvli
M. F. Egan on 5 vii, xii, xvi
Inherently Irish 1 xi
Carllngford Bay 6 2277
Carlisle. Lord, story of 1 232
and the Waiter 8 xxi
Carlyle. A Dispute ivith.BVFFY .... 3 951
•——Conversations of. Duffy .... 3 051
VOL. PAOB
Carlyle on Ireland's
wrongs 3 951
on freedom of re-
ligious belief in
Ireland 3 952
on the Reforma-
tion 3 951
Carolan See Campion.
and Arthur Daw-
son 3 841
remembered in
the valley of
Nephin 6 2231
Songs 7 2615
See O'Carolan, Tur-
lough.
Carriages in Dublin in
the XVIII. Century 5 1917
Carrickt Have you teen
at Walsh ... 9 3507
The massacre at 3 955
Carrickfergus, The gar-
rison of 3 955
Carrickmacross, The
Fera Ros at 7 2709
Carrigaphooka, A folk
tale of 6 2320
Carrigdhoun. See The
Lament of the Irish
Maiden.
Carrington, Lord, and
Pitt 6 2285
Carroll Malone. . . . See McBurney.
Cartan, Shemus. See A
Sorrowful Lament for
Ireland.
Carvsvilk, Salmon fish-
ing at 7 2730
' Case of Ireland Stated,
The ' Molynecx. . 6 2460
Casey. Biddy 10 3818
Miss (E. Owens
Blackburne) 2 565
John Keegan 2 572
W. B. Yeats on 3 xi
' Cashel Byron's Profes-
sion ' Shaw 8 3035
of Munster Ferguson . 3 1181
The Acropolis of
Athens and the
Rock of Mahaffy .. 6 2334
Rock and Ruins of
(half-tone en-
graving) 6 2334
The Eagle of 4 1591
The Psalter of.
(See also Saltair) . . . 7 2664; 7 2673
Cashmere, The lake of 7 2509
Cassandra 9 3660
Castle. Agnes Egerton
(portrait) 2 576
' Castle Daly ' Keary 5 1755
Down, The Oood
Ship McBurney . 6 2113
" Hack, The Dub-
lin " 3 888
Rackrent Edgeworth. 3 995
M. F. Egan on 5 ix, x
Castlereagh, Lord, By-
ron on 6 2168
Justin McCarthy
on 6 2169
Name of, hated 8 2930
Plunket's answer
to 7 xxv
See A Noble Lord.
Cat, The Demon ... , , , . Wildh 9 3557
4052
Irish Literature.
VOL. PAGE
Cathair More 7 2752
Cathald Maguire on the
Golden Stone 7
The Festology of . .
Cathbad
Cathedral at Cashel,
compared with the
Parthenon . . .
GatJileen nl Hoolihan
2718
2674
1432
6 2335
3688
. .Yeats ..... 9
10
Catholic Celts under the
Stuarts 6 viii
not heard in
Irish Parlia-
ment 7 viii
Church, The Irish
peasant's devo-
tion to the 6 2148
■ clergy and the peo
pie
■ disabilities. See
Disabilities of the
Roman Catholics.
■emancipation 3 773:6 2161;
— On CURRAN ... 9
Orators 2
• priests in war
time, Leland on 3
• question, G r a t -
tan's speeches on 7
■Rights, On O'Connell.. 7
8 920
9 x
773
xxvii
955
xvi
2629
Catholics, Church build
lng by 6 2152
Of the Injustice
of Disqualifica-
tion of Grattan . . 4 1405
The. are the Irish 9 3426
Cathvah, the Druid « 2756
' Catiline,' Scene from. . Croly .... 2 747
Cats' Rambles to the
Child's Saucepan 8 xix
Seanchan the Bard
and the Kinq of the. Wilde .... 9 3566
Superstitions about » 3680
Cattle raiding 2
Ca van 1
The mountains
and lakes of 6 2275,
XII
132
2277
3919
135
Cavanagh, M., of Wash-
ington, D. C 10
Cave, Sir John, and Sir
Boyle Roche 1
Stories 2 xii
Cavern, The Hayes lO 3977
Cavour, Count, on the
state church in Ire-
land 6 2150
Cean Dubh Deeiish Ferguson . 3 1183
duv Deeiish Shorter . . 8 3126
Cease to Do Evil, —
Learn to Do Well MacCarthy. 6 2128
Cecil. Lord. See The
4 1617
9 3654
Earl of Essex.
Celtchair
Celtic Authors Biogra-
phies in Vol. 10.
Element in Litera-
ture, The Yeats ....
1 Literature Hyde. See
Vols. 2 and lO.
place-names, Ori-
crin of 0 2228
' Romances, Old '.. Joyce. 5 1724. 1731
'- Twilight, The '..Yeats .... 9 36«6
3073, 3678, 3679, 3683
VOL. PAG*
' Celts, Legendary Fic-
tions of the Irish ". . .Kennedy .. 5 1796
1799, 1801, 1803
The M'Gee 6 2223
Salutation to the. M'Gee .... 6 2228
Cement not used in -^
early building 8 2883
Censure, Swift on 9 3378
Centenary Ode to the
Memory of Thomas
Moore MacCarthy. 6 2131
Century of Subjection, A.Taylor ... 9 3300
Cervantes 3 873
Cet mac Magach 4 1615
Changeling, The Lawless .. 5 1877
Changelings 2 731; 5 1877
Chanson De Chateau-
briand . . O 2339
Chap-books at Harvard 3 xxi
described 3 xs
Irish 2 469
Thackeray on Irish 3 xx!
Welsh on 3 17
W. B. Yeats on 3 xx
Chapel, The Ruined . .Allingham. 1 22
Chappel's, A., portrait
of Maria Edgeworth 3 993
Character, A Irwin .... 5 1675
Irish 8 viii
John Wesley on 8 xiv
Sir Edward
Burne- Jones on 8 xv
of Napoleon, An
Historical Phillips .. 8 2888
Character Sketches,
R e m i n i s -
cences, etc.
Fire-Eaters, The. . Barrington. 1 141
Irish Gentry and
their Retainers.. Barrington. 1 133
Pulpit. Bar and
P a r 1 i a m e n -
tary Eloquence. .Barrington. 1 127
Seven Baronets.
The Barrington. l 129
Gloucester Lodge. .Bell 1 165
Princess Talley-
rand as a Critic. Blkssi ng-
ton 1 212
Facetious Irish
Peer, A Daunt 3 819
King Bagenal Daunt .... 3 817
Icelandic Dinner.
An Dufferin . 3 942
Dispute with Car-
lyle, A Duffy .... 3 951
My Boyhood Days. Edgeworth. 3 1073
Sheridan as Ora-
tor Fitzgerald. S 1190
Keogh. The Irish
Massillon Fitzpatrick 3 1199
Prince of Dublin
Printers, The. . ..Gilbert ... 4 1258
Well See About Zt.Hall 4 1534
Origin of O'Con- .„„
tie? I Hoey 4 1588
Scenes in the In-
surrection in--
Of 17V8 LeaDBEATER. o 1886
Love-Making in Ire- „ „ „„
land MacDonaGH. 6 2193
Byron and the
Rlessingtons at
Genoa Madden . . . « 2286
William Pitt Madden ... 6 2284
General Index.
4053
VOL
Character Sketches,
Rcniinis-
eences, etc.
Rambling Reminis-
cences MlLLIGAN . . 6
Prince of /wismore.MORGAN ... 7
Irish Musical Ge-
nius, An O'Donoghuh 7
Budget of Stories. O'Kbeffe . 7
Harry DeaneGrady.O'FLA.xA.GA.N 7
Pen-and-ink Sketch
of Daniel O'Con-
nell Sheil
— Some College
Recollections . . .Walsh
PAGE
2427
2543
2690
2772
2728
S 3064
!>
3513
3683
vii
xviii
Last Gleeman, TheYEA.T3 9
Characteristics of Ire-
land 8
of Irish literature 2
Characteristics 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 S
■ Exaggeration 8
Faculty for paying
compliments 8
Familiarity 8
Flattery S
Freedom of man-
ners 8
Hospitality of the
Irish Celts 3
1 ndifference
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
Sociability 3
Talkativeness 8
Charade, The Amazing
Ending of a Crojisielin. 2 751
Charge of the Light
Brigade, The (refer-
ence) Tennyson . 8 3013
Charity among the Hill-
people 4 1456
Charlemagne, Irish ver-
sion of the wars of 7
'Charles I.' Wills .... 9
and Ireland 9
II. and Ireland »
■ O'Malley ' Lever. 5 1972,
xv
XV
xi
xv
xiv
xix
viii
xiv
viii
x
ix
x
vii
viii
xix
xiii
xiii
xvii
ix
xvi
x, xii
vii
x
2672
3612
ix
ix
1995
Charlie, The Coming of
Prince Magrath . . 10 4415
Charlotte Elizabeth. SeeMRS. Tonna.
Charming Mary Neal. . .Street Bal-
lad 8 3275
Chatham and Town-
shend Burke .... 1 391
Cheltenham 6 2410
Cherry, Andrew 2 586
Cheshire Cheese, The,
Klaymers Club at , 5 1693
VOL. PAGE
Chesson, Mrs. W. H.
(Norah Hopper) 2 590
W. B. Yeats on 3 xiii
Chess-playing in olden
times 5 1739; 7 266S, 2707
Chesterfield and Faulk-
ner 4 1260
as Lord Lieutenant 6 2150
Chevalier de St. George,
son of Mary D'Este 2 768
Chickahominy, The 6 2423
'Chiefs of Parties, The '.Madden ... 6 2284
The Irish Duffy 3 959
Chieftains, Lives of
Irish 1 30
Childe Charity, The
Story of Browne . . 1 314
Childhood in Ancient
Greece Mahaffy . . 6 2328
Children and parents,
Affection between .. . 6 2196; 7 2618
of Lir, The Tynan-
Hinkson. .. 9 3460
Children's games in Ire-
land 7 2783
reading in the
XVIII. Century 3 1073
Stories, A Writer
of 3 994
' Child's History of Ire-
land, A' Joyce .... 5 1735
' China, Narrative of
the War with ' Wolseley.. 9 3636
Chinese Life, picture of 6 2206
Chnoc Nania (hill) 6 2230
Chosen People, A : Ma-
gee on 6 2293
' Christian Architecture,
Early' Stokes 8 3238
Mother, The Kirwan ... 5 1842
Christianity in Ireland 9 viii, 3401
Christmas Song, The
Kilkenny Exile's.... Kenealy .. 5 1788
' Chrysal ' Johnstone. 5 1709
' Church and Modern
Society, The '... Ireland ... 5 1662
Architecture 8 3238
how covetousness
came into the 10 3823
Irish devotion to
the Catholic 6 2149
of England, The 6 2159
The Catholic 3 920, 6 2148
Ruins, Holy Island
(half-tone e n -
graving) 6 2130
Church-building
by Catholics 6 2152
by Irish women 1 31
Churches, Saxon, in Ire-
land 8 28S0
Churchman, Newman
the 7 2556
Cibber, Theophilus 7 2699
Cicero (in ' Catiline ') 2 747
Cinderella an Egyptian
legend 9 3534
Circle, A Swift 9 3389
Circular Stone Forts 8 2882
Cithruadh -. . 4 1452
' Citizen of the World,
The" Goldsmith. 4 1317
1322, 1326, 1334, 1338, 1341
Citizen-Soldier, The
Common O'Reilly .. . 8 2825
City in the Great
West, A,,,,,,,,,, , .Dukbavbn .. 3 983
4054
Irish Literature.
VOL. PAGE
Civil Service in Ireland 9 3363
. War, Archbishop
Ireland in the 5 1662
Irish in the 4 1539 ; 6 2321
The American 7 2826, 2831
Clacken Lough, Descrip-
tion of country
around 1 360
Claims of Science, T/ic.Tyndall . . 9 3463
Clan Dega, The 7 2752
Clang of the Wooden
Shoon Molloy ... 6 2458
Clanmorris, Lord, and
Curran 1 143
Clanricarde in the Re-
bellion of 1641 9 ix
Sarsneld's wife the
daughter of the
Earl of 7 2816
Ulick, Earl of, at
war with his
brother Shane of
the Clover 7 2743
Clar Cuilte 4 1443
Claragh's Lament. From
the Irish of John Mc-
Donnell D' Alton .. 2 803
Clare. Lord 9 3516, 3524
i.ord, Goldsmith's
Poetical Epistle
to •• 4 1377
and Curran, duel
between 1 142
County 5 1740, 1985
Clarke, Cowden, on Fftr-
quahar 3 1164
General, a Celt of
the Spanish type 4 1589
Joseph Ignatius
constantine 2 596
Claudius 5 1847
Clearing of Qalicay,
The Prender-
gast 8 2913
Clebach, The well of 3 1163
Cleena 5 1743, 2004
Clerical life in Ireland 6 2411
Clerke, Agnes Mary 2 601
Clerkenwell explosion 6 2153
Clew Bay 7 2856
Clive, Lord, Macaulay
on .. 6 2446
Cloaks, Spanish 9 3499
Clochoir, an ancient
oracle 7 2718
Cloghan Lucas, M'Wll-
11am leaders hanged
at 7 2858
Clogher, Origin of the
name 7 2718
in Tyrone O 1724. 1726
Clogherna* 5 1423
Cloghroe, The Maid of.. Street Bal-
lad 9 3299
Clonakiltv 7 2613
Clonard, Finnen of S 1727
Clonavaddock 6 2433
Clonfert, The Book of 7 2664
Clonmacnolso (half-tone
engraving) 8 2979
Graves at 9 3484
The Dead at Rolleston.. 8 2979
The Monastery or 4 1600
Clonnell, Lord. duel3
with Lord T.v rawly
and Lord Llandaff ..,, 1 142
Clonmore, Old Pedhar
Carthy from M'Call .... 6
Clontarf, Battle of 2 ix ; 6
Cluain-Dobhain, King
Ferghal at 7
Cluncalla 4
Cluricaune, The 2 713 ; 3
Coach-a-bower, The 3
Coal-mining, Remains of,
at Bally castle, Ulster 6
Coats, Styles of 9
Cobbe, Frances Power 2
Cockade, The White. . . Callanan . 2
Code, Duelling 1
Henry Brereton 2
Results of the 4
Coelte 7
See also Cailte.
Coercion Laws 5
Gladstone on 7
vol. page
Coffinmaker, Keogh a 3
Coif, The 9
Coinage, A National, for
Ireland 9
Laws of 9
Lord Coke on 9
Coimin of the Furze. . . Hyde 10
Coke Lord, on the coin-
age 9
Colclough, Sir Vesey,
Reminiscences of 1
Cold Sleep of Brighidin,
The Macmanus. . 6
Coleman, Patrick
James 2
Coleraine - 6
Colgan, Father John,
cited 7
collector of Irish
manuscripts for
Louvain 7
Collection of Folk Tales 3
Colleen Baicn, On the. .Street Bal-
lad 9
M. F. Egan on 5
Rock (half-tone
engraving) 4
Rue Street Bal-
lad 8
'Collegians, The' Griffin ... 5
1483, 1489, 1494,
Griffin's master-
piece 1
'Colloquy of the An-
cients,' On the Rolleston. 8
(See also Literary Qual-
ities of the Saga.)
Colonial Slavery, 1831. .O'Connell. 7 2650
Colonizations of Ireland,
Early 2 xl
Colum, Padraic 2 612
Columcille, Death of 2 xvil
The Death of St. .Hyde 4 1618
Columkllle. See St. Co-
lumba.
'Come all you pale lov-
ers' Doffet ... 3 948
in the evening . . .Davis 3 830
' piper, play the
Shaskan Reel'.. Casey 2 574
see the Dolphin's
anchor forped ..Ferguson.. 3 1174
tell me, dearest
mother Street Bal-
lad 9 3316
' to me> dearest'. .Brenan . . . i 278
2122
2377
2710
1255
xix
xix
22SO
3498
605
442
148
607
xii
1839
2658
1204
3495
3363
3375
3374
3737
3374
130
2270
609
2551
2719
2673
xxil
3310
xiv
1494
3277
1481
1503
xil
2968
General Index.
4055
6
4
. 6
. 7
. 4
lO
Comedians in Queen
Elizabeth's reign
Comharda, The Irish
Comic papers, why they
do not flourish in Ire-
land
' Coming of Cuculain,
The' O'Grady .
of Finn, The Gregory
Prince Charlie, T/ieMAGRATH
Commandments, The
Thirty-Six 1
Commemorative funer-
als for the Manches-
ter martyrs 7
Commerce.
and the Union 8
Declaration of
Irish Rights . . . Grattan . . 4
Decrease in Ire-
land 9
— — Oh a Commercial
Treaty with
France Flood 3
Short View of Ire-
land, 1727, A ...Swift 9
Commercialism in Amer-
ica 1
Committee of Selection,
The work of the 3
Common Citizen-Soldier,
The O'Reilly .. 7
Commune of Paris, The 2
Con Cead Catha (Con of
the Hundred Fights) 2 444; 5 1731; 8
■ The Lake of 6
Conal of Ossian quoted
by O'Connell 3
Conall and Conlaoch 4
— Cearnach 4
derg O'Corra 5
VOL. PAGE
2349
xiii
2756
1447
4015
148
2609
2902
1387
3416
1219
3362
342
xxiii
2S25
678
2979
2230
813
1428
1617
1724
1525
Conan 4 1451,
maol, Biography
(portrait) 10 4029
Concerning the Brass
Halfpence Coined by
Mr. Wood icith a de-
sign to have them
Pass in this Kingdom.SwiFT .... 9
Conchubar. See Conco-
bar 4 1427,
Conciliation with Amer-
ica, On Burke .... 1
Concobar. See Conchu-
bar 7 2748,
Condail (now Old Con-
nell. County Kildare) 7
Condition of the peas-
antry 9
Condon convicted at
Manchester 7
Condy Cullen and the
Ganger Carleton. . . 2
Confederation, The Irish 6
' Confessions of an El-
derly Gentleman'BLESSixoTON 1
of Tom Bonrke ..Croker ... 2
Confiscation of Eecles
lastical Property 9
Cong, Lord Carlisle at 1
' Congal ' Ferguson . . 3
Congregation, The Loan
of a Maxwell .. O
Congreve, William 2
W. B. Yeats on , 3
3369
1433
376
2757
2711
3426
2608
541
2418
200
681
3391
235
1185
2411
614
vii
Conjugal fidelity in Ire-
land
S 192S
VOL.
Conlaoch 4
Conn 4 1609; 6
Ced-cathach, thu
hundred fighter 2 444 ; 5
Connacht, Dermot's en-
trance into 7
Lone Songs of. . . .Hyde 10
3749, 3763, 3777,
Religious Songs of Hyde 10
3813, 3823, 3829,
Songs of Hyde lO
Speakers in 4
Connall 2
Connaught, folk-tale of 5
— Aldf rid in 6
Meave and the host
of 7
Place-names in 6
Sarsfield in 7
The Brown Wind of Macjianus. 6
The Duke of ; his
welcome to Ire-
land 7
The first boycott
in 7
See The Gray Fog
and also The
West's Asleep.
Connaught's approba-
tion of Henry
Flood 3
boast of beauty 3
CONNELL, F. NORRYS 2
CONXELLAN, OWEN 2
Connemara (See also A
May Love Song)
Lord Carlisle in. . .
Starving peasantry
of
.. 7
233,
PAGE
1427
2354
1731
2979
2762
3735
3789
3795
3917
3833
1603
S04
1724
2376
2752
2229
2818
2275
xvi
2612
1216
1216
616
629
2615
241
Connla of the Golden
Hair (half-tone en-
graving) Joyce. 5 1731
7 2868
Connla's Well Russell
8
Connor, Son of Nais 2
1734
3001
804
1613
1731
3362
1874
1333
465
Conor, King of Ulster,
Conquest of Ireland JJ
Conry, The parish of 5
Consent of the governed 9
Consolation Larmixie .. 5
Constitution. Goldsmith
on the English 4
On the English . . . Caxxixg .. 2
Conservatism of Amer-
icans 1 348
Consumption of admira-
tion, The 6 2383
Contagion of Love, TheCoBBE 2 605
Contents of ' Irish Lit-
erature ' described 2 xlx
Contentment.' From ' A
Hymn to Parnell ... 7 2876
Continuation of the
Memoirs of the Rack-
rent Family Edgeworth. 3 1014
Continuity of national
spirit in literature 1 xiv
of Irish in Irish
literature 2 vili
Convent life, A picture
of 6
' Conversations with
Carlyle' Duffy .... «
Conversion of Ireland 9
of King Lao g -
h aire's Daugh-
ters. Folk Lore. Anonymous. 3
2497
951
3401
11S2
4056
Irish Literature.
VOL.
Convivial, Extracts from
Retaliation GOLDSMITH. 4
Convivial Songs.
- The Cruiskeen
Lau-n Anonymous. 8
■ Garryoiven Anonymous. 8
Lanigan's Ball . .Anonymous. 8
Rakes of Mallow. Anonymous. 9
Monks of the ScrewfiVK.KA.x ... 2
. Why Liquor of
Life* D' Alton .. 2
Bumpers, Squire
Jones Dawson ... 3
Of Drinking ....Flecknoe .. 3
Mangy Ladir .... Furlong . . 4
The Three Pi'(/eons.GoLDSMiTH. 4
■ Abhrain an Bhui-
deil Le Fanu . . 5
Good Luck to the
Friars of Old... Lever 5
1 drink to the
graces Lever 5
Man for Galway . .Lever 5
The Pope He Leads
a Happy Life... .Lever 5
PAGE
1380
3279
3283
:w.:
3312
797
805
841
1209
1249
1350
1946
1958
1993
1975
2002
2109
2189
2713
2778
2803
■ Sweet Ohloe .' . . . .Lysaght .. 6
The Irish Exile. . .M'Dermott. 6
Humors of Donnn-
brook Fair O'Flaherty. 7
Friar of Orders
Gray O'Keeffe . . 7
'Whisky, drink di-
vine! ' O'Leary ... 7
Here's to thenaid-
en of bashful fif-
teen Sheridan . . 8 3117
Conviviality in Iceland 3 943
in Ireland 1 239
2 521, 534. 055. 710. 797 ; 3 817, 997,
1025, 1053, 1201 ; 4 1565 ; 5 1956,
. 1969, 1975, 1990
in Irish humor t» x
Cooke, Sir Charles 8 2914
John 9 3481
Coole, Dr. Douglas Hyde
a.t 4 1650
Coolun, The. From the
Irish Ferguson. . 3
' Cooper'6 Hill' Dexiiam ... 3
Copernican theory, The 2
Copernicus anticipated
In Ireland 8
Copyright in Ireland 1 xxiv; 5
Coracle, A (half-tone
engraving) 9
Coran the Druid 5
Cork, County. A benevo-
lent landlord of G
An entrance to
Tirnanose fa-
bled to be in fi
Scenery in 7
narbnr (half-tone
engraving) 2
Raleigh in 3
Swimming to Que-
bec from 3 1117
Tbe Mayor of, A
.-joke on 8
Cormac Conlintrns 7
Conlingeas 4
Duvlinsjas 7
mac Art at Tara 4
Cormac's Chapel. Cash-
el, compared with the
Erechthcum at Athens 6
1188
850
603
3242
1919
3458
1732
2."597
1714
2602
427
912
xvn
2751
14.r:n
2751
1610
2331
VOL. FAC-fl
Corn laws, O'Connell on
the 7 2633
Corn-mills in ancient
Ireland 5 1736
Cornwall, Lord 8 3278
Cornwallis, Lord, Vice-
Roy of Ireland 6 2167
Character of 6 2168
on Catholic eman-
cipation
Coronation chair, The
(half-tone en-
graving)
stone, Goldsmith
on the (see also
The Ha Fail).
6 2171
7 2717
4 1321
Corradhu. See A Memory
Correspondence.
Extracts from a
Letter to a Noble
Lord Burke .... 1 379
To the Duke of
Grafton Francis ... 3 1228
Letter from tli?
Place of his BirthMcHALE ... 6 2227
Corrig-a-Howly, castle 8 2857
Corry, Isaac, duel with
Henry Grattan 1 142. 4 1385
Corrymeela Skrine .... 8 3154
Costello, Mary 2 640
Costume. See Dress.
Cottage, An Irish (half-
tone engraving) 2 512
in Killarney (half-
tone engraving) 4 1 484
' Life in Ireland '.O'Kennedy . 7 27S2
Cottonian Library, Ex-
tract from MS. in 6 2348
Couldah, The River (See
Innishowen).
Count each affliction . . De Vere... 3 860
Counterfeit Footman,
The Farquhar. . 3 1165
Countess Kathleen
0'8hea,The. FolkLoreANONYMous. 3 1 1 r»7
Country Folk Johnson .. 5 1694
Country Life in Ire-
land.
The Plotrcr 2 612
Bindin' the Oats. .Coleman .. 2 (510
Seed-Time Coleman . . 2 (509
Castle Rackrent. .Edgeworth. 3 999
The Widoic's Mes-
sage to Her Son . Forrester . . 3 1222
Mow Myles Mur-
phy got his Pon-
ies out of the
Pound Griffin
We'll See A bout //.Hall 4
A Swarm of Bees. Hamilton
— An Electioneering
Scene Hartley .
Pieture of Ulster .MacNevix
Thr Exile Moore . . .
- The Vicar of Cape
Clear Otway
1
<;
7
Countu Dispensary, .4. Griffin ... 4
of Mayo, The Fox 3
Court players in the
time of Henry VII 6
Courting. Irish ideas of 6
Courtly" (character in
' London Assurance ' ) 1
Courtship 2
Coverlcy Family Por-
traits, The Steele .... 8
1483
i .-»:'. 4
1549
1557
2276
2483
2848
1499
1224
2347
2204
252
xii
3204
General Index.
4057
VOL. PAGE
Covetousness, how, came
into the Church 10
Cow Charmer, The.... Boyle 1
Cowshra Mead Macha 7
Cows, Woman of three lO
Cow-sports 3
Coyle, Barney, duel
with George Ogle 1
Bishop 9
Coyne, Joseph Stir-
ling 2
Cox. Watty, D. J.
O'Donoghue on »
Crabbe, the poet, on
keening 9
Crabtree (character in
' School for Scandal ' ) »
Craglea. See Brian's
Lament.
Cranbourne, Lord, on
Disraeli 6
Cravats as worn in Ire-
land £
Crawford, Mrs. Julia *
Credhe, Gael and Gregory . . 4
Crede's house, Manner
of building 4
'Crescent and the Cross.'WARBURTON. 9
Criffan 6
Crimall 4
Crimean War s
Criminality of Lctty
Moore, The Esler 3
' Critic, The ' Sheridan . . 8
Criticism. See Lite-
rary Appreciations.
Critics of the Stage Kelly 5
Croach, Patrick 1
Croft's ' Life of Young,'
Burke on 1
Croghan, The Rath of 3
Croker, John Wilson
(portrait) 2
D. J. O'Donoghue
on 6
Mrs. B. M 2
on Sheridan 3
Thomas Crofton 2
M. F. Egan on 6
Croker's ' F a i ry Le-
gends 6
Croly, George 2
Cromcruach, the Idol 7 2718,
Cromlech at Dundalk
(haH'-tone engraving) 7
Crommelin, May 2
Cromwell and Drogheda 1
and Ireland 9
Hatred of the
Irish for 4 1530; 6
' in Ireland' Mdrphy ... 7
loosed on Ireland 4
On me and on my
children Wills .
on the massacre at
Drogheda 7
■ The Queen and. . .Wills .
See The Groves of
Blarney.
Cromwellian confisca-
tion, The 2
■ Settlement of Ire-
land, The ' Prendergast8
Cromwell's Bridge (half-
tone engraving) 2
3823
264
2757
3831
xii
143
3684
644
ix
3643
3099
2158
3498
658
1445
1612
3529
3535
2355
1449
3008
1096
3114
1782
235
397
1162
675
ix
660
1197
680
xv
2313
739
2721
2666
751
151
ix
2150
2567
1530
9 3512
2568,
2571
3612
426
2913
445
VOL. PAGE
Cromwell's invasion.
See The Irish
Grand-Mother.
partition of Ire-
land 4 3423
Crookhaven, The scen-
ery around 7
Croppy Boy, The McBurney. . 6
Street Bal-
lad 8
' Croppv, The ' Baniji . . . . :
The Irish 6
Cross at Monasterboice
(half-tone e n-
graving) 9
sign of the, forever lO
Crosses and Round Tow-
ers of Ireland Cooke and
Wakejian . 9
Crossing the Black-
icater, A. D. 1603 Joyce 5
C r o 1 1 a Cliach, The
Mountain of . 4
Crotty, Julia 2
Cruachan, the palace of
Connaught 7
Cruelties in India 1
Cruiskeen Lawn, The. ..Street Bal-
lad 8
Crystallization 9
Cuanna's House, The
Hospitality of Connellan.
Cubretan
Cuchulain 2 xii
— Coming of ' O'Grady ...
Death of Gregory...
2852
2115
3278
76
2108
• described
- of Muirthemne ' . . Gregory
3486
3S29
3482
1744
1488
758
2720
385
3279
3472
629
2710
3657
2756
1431
xiv
1426
1431
1613
2756
1601
1597
Sagas. The 4
The Knighting of. O'Grady ... 7
Cuchullin Cycle, • Tales
of the 4
' Saga, The' Hull 4
Cuculain. See Cuchu-
lain.
Cucullan. (See also Cu-
chulain, Cuculain and
Cuchullen.) 4 1609
Cuckoo Sings in the
Heart of Winter, I7;e.CHBSSON . . 2
Cudgels, Irish 2 496,
Cuhoolin. See Cuchu-
lain.
Cuileagh, The mountain,
' cradle of the Shan-
non ' 6
' Cms dd Pie/ The Raftery . . 10
Cullain 4
Cumann na Gael, The 10
Cumberland, Richard,
Goldsmith on 4
Cumhal, Father of Finn 4
Cumscraidh 4
Cumulative stories 4
Cunlaid 4
Curleck, Scenery near 1
Curlew Mountains, The 6
Curlieu's Pass, The,
Normans at 3
Curoi, The Exploits of.. Joyce .... 5
Currachs and canoes 5
Curragh Beg 1 351,
(half-tone engrav-
ing) 9
Curran, Henry Grattan 2
John Philpot
(portrait) 3
591
607
2275
3917
1443
1380
1447
1617
1649
1443
360
2357
829
1749
1740
357
3458
767
770
4058
Irish Literature.
VOL. PAGE
Curran, John Philpot,
and Father
O'Leary 7 2793
a master in ora-
tory 7 xxviii
and Grattan con-
trasted 7 xxii
■ and Lord Clan-
morris 1 143
Speech for Lord
Edward Fitz-
gerald 7 xxiii
Speech for Peter
Finnerty 7 xxiii
Prior of the
Monks of the
Screw
Master
Rolls,
with
5 1957
of the
duel
Lord
Clare 1 142
Burke on 7 xxii
Meagher on 6 2422
secures a writ of
habeas corpus
for Tone 7 2606
Curran's defense of H.
Rowan 7 xxiii
■ genius described 7 xxiv
quips beyond re-
call 6 ix
repartees 6 ix
Witticisms, Some
of 2 798
Curse, The Carleton ..2 559
An Irish. See Nell
Flaherty's Drake.
— — of Doneraile, The. O'Kelly .. 7 2779
of the Boers on
England, The. . ..Gregory ...lO
Cursing at a funeral '. 9
of Tara, The O'Grady ... 7
Cushla gal Machree 8
3929
3641
2762
3271
14S1
472
512
559
648
995
Custom, An Old ...*.. ..Griffin ... 4
Customs and Man-
ners.
The Baltic of the
Factions Carleton . . 2
The Curse Carleton .. 2
Shane Fadh's Wed-
ding Carleton . . 2
Tim Hogan's Walce.CoYNK 2
Castle Rackrcnt. ..Edgewortii. 3
Books of Courtesy
in the XV. Cen-
tury Ghbbn .... 4 111.
We'll See About /UIall 4 1534
An Electioneering
Scene Hartley . . 4 1557
Food, Dress and
Daily Life in
Ancient Ireland ..Joyce 5
Their Last Race. . .Matiiew .. G
A B v d g e t of
Stories O'Keeffe .. 7 2771
Kerning and
Wakes Wood - Mar-
tin 9 3640
' Customs of Ancient
Erlnn, Manners
and ' O'Curry ... 7 2666
Scotch 2 754
Cvclopean style of archi-
tecture 8 2881
Cynick, Thomas, and
Richard Pockrlch 7 2701
1735
2391
D.
Daddy O'Dowd, Bouci-
ault as
Dagda, The
Daily Life in Ancient
Ireland, Food, Dress
and Joyce
Dalcassians, The. See
Kinkora.
Dalkey Island, Essex on
D a 1 1 i n g , Lord, on
George Canning
D' Alton, John
Dame Street, Dublin
Dana Russell . . .
See The Plower.
Danaanic colony, The
' Dance light, for my
heart It lies under
your feet, love ' Waller . . .
Dancing. An Irish Lass.
See Kitty Neal.
Dangle (character in
Sheridan's ' The
Critic')
Daniel O'Rourke Maginn . . .
Danish Invasion, The
Dante's portrait by Gi-
otto discovered
through R. H. Wilde
Dara, King of South
Coolney
Darby Doyle's Voyage
to Quebec Ettingsall.
Dardan. See Bridget
Cruise.
' Darell Blake ' Campbell . .
Dark Girl bu the Holy
Well, The Keegan . . .
Man, The Chesson . .
Rosaleen. From
the Irish Mangan .. .
(cited) ,
source of my an-
guish CURRAN . . .
Darkly, the cloud of
night
DARLEY, Geobgh
Darrvnaclougherv fair
Darwin C. and Dr. Si-
gerson
on the divine origin
of life
Daunt, William Jo-
vol. page
252
xi
5 1735
3 1234
2 464
2 S03
6 2107
8 2999
6 2280
9 3501
8 3114
6 2313
9 viii
seph O'Neill
Davies, Sir John : let-
ter to Salis-
bury
True character
of
Tom, the London
book-seller
Davis, Thomas Os-
borne
(portrait)
See a\so The Irish
Chiefs.
9 3596
7 2749
3 1114
2 448
5 1706
2 592
0 2303
1 viii
2 768
9 3646
2 807
9 3316
8 3132
5 1786
3 811
6 2276
9 3394
7 2479
3 822
3 xxlv
-i (quoted)
and Young Ireland. .
Ferguson and
W. P.. Yeats on
Davitt, Michael
(portrait)
and the Land
League
J. H. McCarthy
on
1 xvll
J) xl
a 2219
3vll, ix
3 832
3 xxiv
9 xi
C 2179
General Index.
4059
VOL. PAGE
Dawning of the Day,
The Walsh .... 9
of the Year, The. .Blake .... 1
Dawson, Arthur 3
Day as a Monk of the
Screw D
Dazzle (character in
4 London Assurance ') ]
De Boisseleau 8
De Burghs, W i 1 1 i a m,
Earl of Ulster, Pro-
hibition of intermar-
riage by •>
De Burgo, Thomas "*
D'Este, Mary, Queen of
James II., A lament
for *
D'Esterre and O'Con-
nell 7
De Foix, Franchise, Com-
tesse de Chateaubri-
and 6
De Jubainville, M. d'Ar-
bois 4
De la Croix, Charles 9
De Prof limits Tynan-
Hinkson. O
De Retz, Cardinal, Gold-
smith on 4
De Tourville, Admiral 7
De Vere, Sir Aubrey , 3
Aubrey Thomas 3
■ on 6. Griffin 4
on Sir Samuel
Ferguson's
poetry 3
W. B. Yeats on 3
Dead Antiquary, O'Don-
uvan. The M'Gee .... 6
at Clonmacnois,
The Rolleston. 8
• heat and windless
air Tynan-
Hinkson. 9
Dean Kirwan, Eloquence
of 1
Dean of Lismore's
Book 8 3139,
Dear and Darling Boy. Street Bal
lad 8
' Lady Disdain' ..McCarthy.. O
maiden, when the
sun is down .... Walsh .... 9
Land O'Hagan . . 7
07c? Ireland Sullivan ... 9
Dearg M6r 4
Deasy, the Fenian
leader. Rescue of . . 7
Death,' From 'A Night-
piece on Parnell . . 7
' of an Arctic Hero.
The ' Alexander. 1
■ of Cuchulain Gregory . . 4
of Dr. Swift, On
the Swift .... 9
of St. Columcille,
The Hyde 4
of tlie Homeward
Bound M'Gee 6
— — of the Huntsman,
The Griffin ... 4
of Virginia, The. .Knowles .. 4
■ The three Shafts
of
'Decay of Lying, The '.Wilde
Deception, An Heroic. ..Gwynn
10
9
4
3507
180
841
1957
252
3324
1179
1626
768
2625
2338
1608
3420
3455
1347
2823
851
853
1465
1169
vii
2218
2979
3458
127
3144
3280
2134
3510
2768
3341
1609
2607
2874
10
1431
3380
1618
2222
1480
1847
3965
3578
1512
VOL.
Dechtire 4
Declaration of Indepen-
dence, The Amer-
ican 5 1665; 7
of Irish RigJits . . . .Grattan . . 4
See also Moly-
neux.
Decline of the Bards 2
Decoration Day, May
31, 1886; J. B.
O'Reilly's speech . 7
of Crosses in Ire-
land 9
Dedanann, Tuatha de 2
Dedannans, Invasion of 9
Deent, Daniel 3
Deep, deep in the earth. McCarthy. . 6
— in Canadian Woods.SuLLiVAN... 9
PAGE
1431
2640
1387
xz
2825
3485
xi
vii
845
2172
3341
Defense of Charles Oa-
van Duffy Whiteside.
of the V o I un -
teers, A Flood
9 3550
3 1217
Deirdre, a name that
stirs 8 2990
and Naisi Joyce 5 1746
in the Woods (half-
tone engraving) .Trench ....9 3431
the renowned 4 1245
the sad-eyed 7 2593
The Story of lO xvi
— memorized 3 xviii
' Wed ' Trench ... 9 3431
' and other
Poems ' Trench ... 9 3432
De Jubainville, A., on
Irish MSS ... 2 xi
His Work for Cel-
tic literature 2 xviii
Delany, Mrs., Letters of. 5 1918
Delights of ignorance 3 885
Democracy, American
faith in ,_± 1 333
Problems of Mod-
ern Godkin ... 4 1290
Demon Cat, The Wilde 9 3557
Denham, Sir John 3 849
W. B. Yeats on 3 vii
Dennis was hearty when
Dennis was young. .. Serine ... 8 3153
Denon, Baron, and the
Princess Talleyrand *
Dependence on England 9
Derby, Lord, on dises-
tablishment of the
Irish Church 6
' Derga, The Bruidhen
da ' 4
Dermot, The thankful-
ness of P. 0'Leary..10
and Ruadhan 7
Astore Crawfobd . . 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 Alexander.. 1
(reference) 9
213
3417
2159
1601
3953
2762
658
■ watered by Lough
Neagh , . . . 6
Derrybrien, Mary Hynes
at 9
Derrycarn, The black-
bird of 7
Derrynane House (half-
tone engraving) 4
Desaix, General ®
Xlll
1380
2427
3428
3
ix
2277
3669
2755
1588
4060
Irish Literature.
D eseriptlon..
See Travel, etc.
of the Sea. From
the Irish O'CtJRRY ... 7
' Desert is Life' Brooke .... 1
Deserted Cabins (half-
tone engraving) 6
Deserted Village, The. .Goldsmith. 4
Deserter's Meditation,
The CURRAN .... 2
Desmond. See O'Don-
nell Aboo.
Spenser in the
palace of 6
Waste, The 9
Despair and Hope in
Prison Davitt .... 3
Destruction of fortified
places 2
of Irish MSS 2
by Norse 2
of Jerusalem, Irish
version of the 7
of Troy, Irish ver-
sion of the 7
Detail, Minute, in the
Sagas 2
De Tocqueville on Amer-
ica 4
' Dens mens.' From the
Irish of Maelisu Sigerson .. 8
Devenish, Ruins of an
old Abbey, at 6
The lake of. See
Feithfailge.
Devil, The Yeats
vol. PAGE
2664
300
2267
1367
796
2276
3392
837
xii
xi
viii
2672
2672
xv
1295
3140
2270
9 3673
Devotion of children to
parents in Ire-
land « 2197
of Irishmen abroad
to Ireland 7 2618
'Diamond Lens, The '. .O'Brien ... 7 2594
Diaries, Journals, etc.
Interviews with
Buonaparte ....Tone 9 3418
Journal of a Lady
of Fashion Blessing-
ton 1 193
Hacaulay and Ba-
con Mitchel . . 6 2444
Rhapsody on
Ruins, A Mitchel . . 6 2454
Diarmid (see also A Lay
of Ossian and
Patrick) 7 2753
servant of St. Col-
umcille 4 1618
O'Duibhne. See
The Hospitality
of C u a n n a' s
House.
' Diary, Leaves from a
Prison ' Davitt. 3 832, 837
Dick Wildgoose 4 1347
Dickens. Charles ; E.
Dowden on 3 873
describes speech of
O'Connell's 7 xxvi
Did I stand on the top
of bald Nefin? 10 3777
ye hear of the
' Widow Mnlone?.I.KVER 5 1999
Diddler. Jeremy (char-
acter in ' Raising the
Wind') E> 1805
vol. page
Dillon, Father Domi-
nick, slain at
Drogheda 7 2573
T., and the Land
League 9 xl
Wentworth, Earl
of Roscommon 8 2981
Dimma's Book 7 2671
Dineley, T., on funeral
customs 9 3642
Dingle, County Cork,
An amusing story of 6 2199
Dinbkn, Rev. Pat-
rick S 10 3959, 4025
Dinner Party Broken
Up, A Lever 5 1972
Dinnree, Wax candles
used in, before the
V. Century 5 1737
Dinnseanchus, The 4 1611; 6 2667
Dirge of O'Sulliran
Bear. From the
Irish Callanan . 2 445
of Rory O'More. . . De Vere . . 3 859
Disabilities of the
Roman Catho-
lics.
~Wo)}>rn in Ireland
in Penal Days. ..Atkinson. .. 1 28
Farewell to the
Irish Parliament.CuiTR&N ... 2 783
On Catholic Eman-
cipation Ccrran ... 2 777
The True Friends
of the Poor and
the Afflicted Doyle 3 921
The Irish Intellect.GihKS 4 1282
The Penal Laws. ..McCarthy.. <» 2179
Justice for I rchnul. O' Cosy ell. . 7 2641
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 <> 2 1 59
Disillusion Wilkins .. 9 3606
Dispute with CtvrVyle, A.&mvx 3 951
Disqualification of Cath-
olics. On the Injus-
tice of Grattan . . 4 1405
Disraeli, Lord Cran-
bourne on 6 2158
' Dissenchas Tracts,
The' 4 1598
Dissensions in Ireland 2 7s:); 9 viii
Distances of the Stars.
The Ball 1 36
Distilling. Illicit 1 40; 2 541
'Divide, The Great '.. .Dunraven . 3 063
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
Voi-o's 'Mary
Tudor ' 3 851
on Aubrey T. de
Vere's poetry 3 854
-on E. Dowden's _ g gG6
vorse
Do vou remember, long
ago Fcrlong
1524
General Index.
4061
VOL. PAGE
Dobson, Austin, on Wil-
liam Congreve 2 614
Dodder, The ; threat to
divert its stream
f rom Dublin 7 2728
Dohkny, Michael 3 S64
W. B. Yeats on 3 x
Donaghmoore, Round
Towers at 9 3491
Donal Kenny Casey .... 2 574
Donald and His Neigh-
bors Anonymous. 3 1147
' Donall-na-Glanna.' See D. Lane.
Donane, Voters from, at
a Ballynakill election 1 140
Donegal Fairy, A MacLintock 6 2253
Far Darrig in . . :.MagLintock 6 2248
Fishing at Lough
Columb in 4 1520
' Humors of Macmakds . 6 2254
parishes 4 1512
Tale, A 6 2242
The Franciscan
monastery of 1 31
The Irish Gaelic
in 6 2428
The mountains of.
See Tnnishowen.
Doneraile, The Curse o/\0'Kelly ... 7 2779
Donnach Cromduibh 7 2719
Donn of the Sand
Mounds «. . 7 2752
Donnbo, or Donnban 7 2709
' Donnelly and Cooper ' 8 3270
Donnybrook Fair 2 607
The Humors of. . .O'Flaherty. 7 2713
Donoughmore, Lord, tra-
duced in The Dublin
Journal 7 2640
Donovans, The Fahy 3 1132
Dorinda (character in
' The Beaux' Strata-
gem') 3 1165
Dorothy Monroe, the
famous beauty. See
The Haunch of Ven-
ison.
D'Orsay and Byron 6 2288
Dotting G., The Red
Duck 10 3779
Douglas, Dr., Canon of
Windsor 4 1380
Dowden, Edward 3 866
on Sir S. Fergu-
son's poetry 3 1170
W. B. Yeats on .s 3 xiv
Dowling, Bartholo-
mew 3 878
. Richard 3 881
■ Edited poems of
J. F. O'Don-
nell 7 2678
Down. See The Muster
of the North.
-The majestic moun-
tains of 6 2275
-by the salley gar-
dens ' Yeats 9 3705
Downey, Edmund (see
■ also note to An
Heroic Deception )
Downing, Ellen Mary
1'atrick 3
Downpatrick 3
Doyle. .Tames 10 3375,
J. (biography) lO
James Warren 3
3 891
916
1182
3887
4025
918
VOL. PAGH
Doyle, J. W., duel with
Hely Hutchinson 1 143
Mary 10 3875, 3887
Draherin O Hachree. . . .IIogan .... 4 1593
Drake, J. R., in prison 9 3330
Drama, Tlie.
Mr. Maictcorm . . . Bickerstaff 1
lO
5
<}
Lady Gay Spanker.'BouciCA.VLT. 1
Gone to Death. .. .Brooke ... 1
Scene from ' Cati-
line' Croly 2
She Stoops to Con-
quer Goldsmith. 4
The Counterfeit
Footman Farquhar . 3
Tlie Lost Saint. . . Hyde 4
The Twisting of
the Rope
Mr. Diddler's TToysKENNEY .
The Death of Vir-
ginia Knowles
How to Get On in
the World Macklin
The End of a
Dream Martyn .
How to Fall Out. .Murphy
Mrs. Malaprop . . . Sheridan
— —Bob Acres' Duel. . Sheridan
Auctioning off
One's Relatives. Sheridan
The Scandal Class
Meets Sheridan
Sir Fretful Plagi-
ary's Play Sheridan
The Queen and.
Cromwell Wills . .
— — Cathleen Ni Hooli-
han Yeats . .
Drama in Ireland, Lady
Gregory on
■ The Irish Gwynn .
0
10
lO
5
lu
Dramatic criticism
Revival, Irish
Society, The Irish
National lO
' Drapier, Letters, The ' Swift .... 9
Drawing Room in Dub-
lin Castle, A 1 246,
Dream, A Allingham. 1
of a Blessed Spirit.YEATS .... 9
The Age of a Johnson . . 5
The End of a Martyn . . . G
Drennan, William 3
-Jr., William 3
' 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 7
Of Grana Uaile 7
Of Irish women 1
7 2544, 2547,
Of Munster women 1
Of Queen Maeve 7
Of the ancient
Irish 3
182
252
28S
747
1348
1165
1651
3989
1805
1847
2237
2385
2564
3078
3088
3105
3099
3114
3612
3688
xxvi
xiii
1782
vil
xiii
3369
2203
21
3706
1699
2385
924
928
418
1737
33
658
2546
3144
2750
2858
33
2548
33
2747
'4062
Irish Literature.
VOL. PAGE
Dress of the Ancient
Irish Waller ... 9 3493
■ Of the Bards (color
plate) 3 xiv
. Of the Ollamhs
(color plate) 3 xiv
See also Shane the
Proud.
Drimin Bonn Dilis Walsh 9 3511
Dubh 3 442
Driminuch, The wood of 4 1643, 1646
Drimmin don dilis, The 7 2615
• Dubh Dheelish . . .Street Bal-
lad 8 3281
Drink, Evils of « 2397
Drinking, Of Flecknoe. . 3 1209
— . — Song Sheridan . 8 3117
Dripsey stream, The 1 353
Drogheda ; Cromwell au-
thor of the mass-
acre at 6 2150
■ Crosses at 9 348G
(half-tone engrav-
in) 1 150
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. Barry .... 1 150
The Massacre oMIubpht .. 7 2567
Dromoland. County
Clare (half-tone en-
graving) 7 2619
Dromsdeach, The Book
of 2 x
Dromsnechta, The Book
of 7 2668
Drover, A * Colum 2 613
Druldical order, Cos-
tume of (color plate) 8 3144
Druidism, Sources of 7 2666
Druids and Druidisin. . O'Curry .. 7 2666
Julius Cffisar on
the 7 2721
The ancient Irish 5 1732
Drumclieff 6 2354
Drumgoole 5 1936
Drummond, William
Hamilton 3 930
Drunkard to a Bottle of
Whisky, Address of ttLrc Fanu .. 5 1946
'Dm be that tear' Sheridan . 8 3118
Dryden on R. Flecknoe 3 1208
Duhhdun, King of Oriel 4 1623
Dubhlacha 4 100S
Dublin.
— — A new student at
Trinity College C 1986
• Beautiful view of,
from Killiney
Hill 7 2652
Castle, A Drawing
Room in 1 246
On Dowling ..3 887
' History of the
City of Gilbert ... 4 1258
in the XVIII. Cen-
tury Lecky .... 5 1914
7 o tir n al. The,
O'Connell on 7 2637
7, ' 1 c . Jane: A
Sketch from ...Cwstello .. 2 640
— — Magazine, 1825 3 1142
Dublin. Neighborhood,
vol. page
A
660
1919
<:
News-letter, The..
Printers, The
Prince of Gilbert . . 4 1258
Red Hugh impris-
oned in 2
Satire on 6
Society formed to
increase the
price of meat in 7
Street Arabs.
Three Hartley . . 4
The Apostle of
Temperance iw..Mathew
theaters 5
Thomas Cynick's
attempt to con-
vert the people
of 7
University t>
University Review 3
See Daniel O'Connell and Biddy
Moriarty: The Gray Fog; The
Monks of the Screw; and
Tried by his Peers.
Dubourg, the violinist 5
Dubthach 4
Due de Feltre (General
Clarke) 4
Duel between D'Esterre
and O'Connell 7
O'Connell chal-
lenged by Sir R.
Peel
Duel with Ensign
Brady. Bob Burke' sMagikx ... 6 2303
635
2107
2633
1568
2397
1920
2701
1914
1150
1919
1430
1589
7 2625
7 2625
Duelling:.
Anecdotes of 1
Bagenal on "3
Code 1
See An Affair of Honor and
The Battle of the Factions.
Dufferin, Lady (por-
trait) 3
Lord 3
Duppbt, Thomas 3
Duffy, Sir Charles
Gavan 3
and Repeal 9
and ' Young Ire-
land ' 9
Edward Rossa 8
In Defense of
Charles Ga van . .Whiteside. 9
in Prison... 3 811; « 2128, 12129,
in Prison, To . . . .M'Gee .... «
on faction fight at
Turloughmore 9
on T. Furlong 4
on Gerald Griffin 4
on J. C. Mangan 6
Dugan, Maurice (bi-
ography) *°
Translation trom
the Irish of 3
Duigonan. Or., at the
College visitation 9
duel with a bar-
rister :
3
:i
141
SI 7
148
Duke of Grafton. To t/ieFRANCiS
Dullahan, The, described
Dun Angus, A visit to
the H
Dunbolg. The Battle of. Hyde 4
Dunboy, The storming of 7
932
937
948
950
x
xl
2983
3550
2220
2220
3316
1244
1465
2351
4011
1188
3516
143
1228
xix
xil
1622
2744
General Index.
4063
VOL. PAGE
Dunbwy, The Girl of.. Davis 3 829
Dun Cow, Book of the 4 1600
Dundalk 2 639
Cromlech at (half-
tone engraving) 7 2666
Dundargvais 3 931
Dundealgan 4 1427
Dundrum - 7 2715
Dunfanaghy. See An Heroic Decep-
tion and The Phantom Ship.
Duncan, Garrett 7 2570
Dungannon 2 639, 786
Dunkerron, The Lord of. Croker ... 2 736
Dunleekny, Bagenal at
home at 3 817
Dunluce 4 1255
Castle (color
plate) Otway ... 7 2853
— The ruins of 6 2278
Dcnraven, Earl of 3 963
Lord, on Round
Towers 9 3490
Durrow, The Book of 7 2671
Gospels, Orna-
ments and initials
from (color plate) 4 1620
Dursev Island 6 2314
'Dust Hath Closed
Helen's Eye ' Yeats 9 3666
Duties of a Representa-
tive, The Burke 1 394
Duty of Criticism in a
Democracy, The . ...Godkin ... 4 1290
Duvac Dael Ulla 7 2751
Dying Girl, The Williams . 9 3609
Mother's Lament.
The Keegan ... 5 1764
E.
Each nation master at
its own fireside. Ingram ... 5 1661
poet with a differ-
ent talent Rolleston.. 8
Eagle of Cashel, The 4
2981
1591
Eamania, The palace of 9 3493
Eanachbuidhe (Rose-
brook) 6 2277
'Earl of Essex, The '..Brooke ... 1 288
' Early Christian Archi-
tecture ' Stokes ... 8 3238
humor of Irish
Celts 6 vii
Irish Literature. .Hyde 2 vii
Irish satirists . -. O vii
Stage, The Malone ... 6 2346
Earrennamore 6 2393
Earth and Man, The.. Brooke ... 1 290
■ Spirit The Russell . . 8 2996
Ease often visits shep-
herd swains Lysaght . . 6 2109
East India Company 1 373, 383
West, Home's best.O'FARRELLY.10 3967
Eir6, The Fair Hills. o/\Sigerson ..10 3937
Eccles, Charlotte
O'Conor 3 967
Ecclesiastical Property,
Confiscation of 9 3391
' Remains, Ancient
Irish' Petrie 8 2880
Echo, The Hayes 10 3983
Echtge Hills, The 4 3669
Economics and So-
ciology.
Extracts from 'The
Querist ' ,,,,.. .Berkeley . l 177
Economies and So-
ciology.
National Charac-
teristics as Mold-
ing Public Opin-
ion Bryce .... 1
Position of Women
in the United
States Brycb .... j.
The True Friends
of the Poor and
the Afflicted Doyle .... 3
A Scene in the
Irish Famine . . Higgins ... 4
Amusements of the
People O'Brien ... 7
Edain 7
Eden, Mr 4
Edgeworth, Maria
(portrait) 3
M. F. Egan on 5 vii ; 8
Richard Lovell 3
Edgeworthtown. County
Longford, home of R.
L. Edgeworth 3
Edinburgh reviewer,
Macaulay an 6
Editorial work on
' Irish Literature ' 2
Education.
Childhood in An-
cient Greece . ..Mahaffy
Gaelic Movement.
The Plunkett . 8
in America 1
in Ireland 1
Irish as a Spoken
Language Hyde 4
Irish Intellect, TheGiLES .... 4
not completed
without a duel 1
of the Catholic
Irish 4
Plea for the Study
of Irish, A O'Brien ... 7
The Board of Na-
tional 4 1603,
Greek 6
Edward I., removal of
the Jacob's Stone
to London 7
Duffy Rossa 8
vol. page
331
343
919
1573
2620
2667
1403
993
ix
1073
1073
2444
xix
6 2329
Egan, Maurice Francis
(portrait) 3
on Irish novels 5
Egan's Duel with Roger
Barrett 1
Eglinton, John .... See William K.
Magee.
Egypt 7 2512.
Burton on 2
Eighteenth Century,
Children's read-
ing in the 3
Dress in the 1
Lecky
Dublin in the
' Eighty-Five Years of
Irish History ' Daunt. 3
Eileen Aroon Furlong
Griffin .
Eirenach See Doheny.
Eiric, Bishop, and Brig-
it
' El Medinah and Mecca,
Pilgrimage to ' , , , , . Burton .
811,
, . 4
.. 4
2908
334
34
1603
12S0
145
1283
2614
1609
2328
2718
2983
1080
vii
142
2537
409
1073
33
1914
817
1251
1509
325G
403
4064
Irish Literature.
VOL. PAGE
: Elder Faiths of Ire-
land, Traces of the '. Wood-Mar-
tin 9
Election incident at Bal-
hnakill 1
Electioneering in Eng-
land 3
In Ireland. See An Irish Mis-
take and Castle Rackrent.
Scene, An Hartley . . 4
Elections of 1868, The 6
Elegy, An, on Madam
Blaine Goldsmith. 4
' Elfintown, The End
of Barlow ... 1
Elizabeth. Queen.
and Grana Uaile 7
and Granua Wail 10
and Hugh Roe
O'Donnell 2
and Ireland 7 2745; 9
and Sir Walter Ra-
leigh 3
and the Earl of
Essex 1
and the Stage »
Ireland under 8 3266; 10
Players during the
reign of O
Ellis, Mr., on Poetry 9
Elopements 2
Eloquence.
Irish 4
Pulpit, Bar and
Parliamentary.. .Barrington. 1
Last Speech of
Robert Emmet. .Emmet 3
See Oratory.
Elrington the actor 5
" Elzevir, The Oaken-
f o o t e d." See G.
Faulkner.
Emain 4
Macha 7
Emancipation and Re-
form 8
Catholic 2 773; 6
Lincoln's procla-
mation of 5
On Catholic Curran ... 2
3640
140
448
1557
2160
1382
116
2858
4013
G32
ix
909
2SS
2349
3853
2349
3664
xii
12S9
127
1087
1918
1433
2759
3058
2161
1665
tt:;
Emer, Wife of Cuchu-
lain 4 1426, 1433
' Emerald Isle, The '.See Dbbnnan.
' Emergency Men, The '.Jessop .... ?►
Emerson and \<ir;, /<;h,.Mullaney . 7
on folk tales 3
Emu/rant in America,
The Song of the
Irish Fitzsimon.. 3 1206
Lament of the
Irish Dufferin
1688
2556
xxiii
Emigrants. Character ofKicmiAM ..
Emierntlon.
'I'm very happy
where I am '.. .Boucicault.
A Scene in the
South of rrcland.BviT
Donal Kenny ....Casey ....
Lament of the
Irish Emigrant. .Dufferin .
■ Terence's ForeweliDOFFEBlN .
= — — The Exile's RcturnhocKE . . . .
A Memory MacAleese.
The Passing of the
Gael MACMANDS . .
The Exile MOOUE . . . .
■2
2
.1
::
5
<•>
<;
7
933
1817
257
427
574
933
934
2003
2111
2267
24S3
VOL. PAGE!
Emigration.
The Iris h m an's
Farewell Anonymous. 8 3287
Song of an Exile 7 2840
■ The Exodus Wilde 9 3570
A Farewell to
America Wilde .... 9 3599
' Eminent Irishmen in
Foreign Service' ...Onahan ... 7 2814
Emmet, Robert 3 1086
(portrait) 3 1093
absent from col-
lege visitation 9 3519
Death of Campion ..2 463
expelled from
University 9 3526
first against
Union 9 x
Lord Norbury at
the trial of 3 1093
Plunket prosecu-
tor of 8 2S94
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 ' Cobbe . .
En Attendant Wynne .
Enchanted Woods ....Yeats ..
Enchantment of Gea-
roidh I aria Kennedy
End of a Dream, The. .Martyn .
' Elfintown, The ' . Barlow .
Engine-Shed, In the. . . Wilkins.
England and Ireland. . .Bryce . .
and the American
war
cannot govern Ire-
and
!>
5
a
i
t>
i
605
3649
3679
1801
2385
116
3600
346
4 1389
Enlisting in 1
- 1 1 istory of ' .... Lecky .... 5
in Shakespeare's
Youth Dowden .. 3
• The Curse of the
Boers on ( Trans. ) Gregory . . 10
England's Battles fought
by Irishmen 9
Empire 9
' Parliament, Ire-
land's Cause in '.McCarthy.. 6
English Academy, The. Banim ... 1
Achievement. Ire-
land's Part ik..Sheil 8
Bribery by the 2
Buck 1
Bull. An 3
Constitution, On.. Canning ... 2
freedom 2
indebtedness to
Irish literature 2
institutions satir-
lzed 9
' Misrule and Irish
Misdeeds' De Verb . . 3
of the Pale, The
2931
358
1914
869
3929
3554
3588
2161
60
3057
792
145
1057
465
466
xviil
3355
854
3391
Irish writers in, in
XVII. and XVIIL
Centuries *
Engus 2
Enlightened by a Cote-
Stealer 7
ix
804
2654
General Index.
4065
VOL. PAGE
Enlisting In England l 358
Enna 5 1725
Ennis 7 2611
Enniscorthy 1 80
Ennishowen Wingfibld. . 9 3620
Enniskillen 7 2818
Ensign Epps, the Color-
bearer O'Reilly . . 7 2830
Eochaidh Airemh, King
of Erinn . . 7 2667
Epilogue to Fand Larminie . 5 1875
Epitaph on Doctor Par-
nell Goldsmith. 4 1383
on Edward Pwnf omGoldsmith. 4 1383
Ere, Son of Cairbre 4 1433
Erectheum of Athens 6 2335
Erigal 1 258
Erin Drennan . . 3 924
' History of the Il-
lustrious Women
of 1 32
The Buried Forests
of Milligan . . 6 2437
' Manners and Cus-
toms of Ancient '.O'Cuhry ... 7 2666
The Old Books o/.O'Curry ... 7 2670
Erin's Lament for
O'Connell 8 3269
Erne, Lord 7 2612
The 6 2354, 2363. 2365
Errigal 6 2436
Erskine, Lord, Sheridan
on 8 3125
Erwin, Bishop, of Kil-
lala 6
Escape of Hugh Roe. . .Connellan. 2
Esler, Mrs. E. Ren-
TOUL 3
' Essay on Irish Bulls '.Edgeworth. 3
2232
635
1096
1055
1060
605
'■ on the Emotions '.Cobbe ....
on the State of Ire-
land in 1720 Tone .. 9 3415
on Translated
Verse, From Wie.RoscoMMON. 8 2981
' Essays ' Wiseman . . 9 3627
Essays and Studies.
True Pleasures ..Berkeley . 1 174
The View from
Honeyman's Hill. Berkeley . 1 176
A Gentleman ....Brooke ... 1 285
The Preternatural
in Fiction Burton ... 1 404
■ The Contagion of
Love Cobbe .... 2 605
Despair and Hope
in Prison Dayitt .... 3 837
The Originality of
Irish Bulls Ex-
amined Edgeworth. 3 1055
The Gentleman in
Black Goldsmith. 4 1317
Advice to the La-
dies Goldsmith. 4 1322
Beau Tibbs Goldsmith. 4 1320
Liberty in En glandGowfiiiiTH. 4 1331
The Lore of
Freaks Goldsmith. 4 1334
The Worship of
Pinchbeck HeroesGoLDSiiiTB.. 4 1338
Whang and his
Dream of Dia-
monds Goldsmith. 4 1341
The Lore of Quack
Medicines Goldsmith. 4 1343
vol. page
Essays and Studies.
Happiness and
Good-Nature ...Goldsmith. 4 1345
Mountain TheologyGnvGORY . . 4 1455
Ireland, Visible and
Invisible Johnston . 5 1702
A Quiet Irish TalkKEELiNQ . . 5 1769
Moral and Intel-
lectual Differ-
ences between the
Sexes Lecky .... 5 1920
What is the Rem-
nant? Mageh .... 6 2292
The Irish in Amer-
ica O'Brien ... 7 2617
Monotony and the
Lark Russell . . 8 3005
Sir Roger and the
Widow Steele 8 3198
The Coverley Fam-
ily Portraits . . . Steele .... 8 3203
The Art of Pleas-
ing Steele .... 8 3206
The Story of Yor-
ick Sterne 8 3213
The Story of Le
Fevre Sterne 8 3220
'Dust Hath Closed
Helen's Eye ' . . Yeats 9 3666
Village Ghosts ..Yeats 9 3673
Enchanted Woods. Yeats 9 3679
Essex, The Earl of. . . .Brooke .... 1 288
( reference) 7 2744
"Essex-street, The
Wooden man in " 4 1259
Esthetic sensibility of
Pagan Irish 2 xvlll
' Ethelstan ' Darley ... 2 809
Ethical content of an-
cient Irish literature 8 2973
Ethnic legends of Ire-
land 9 vli
Ettingsall, Thomas 3 1114
O'Donoghue on 6 xiv
Eulogy of Washington. Phillips .. 8 2891
Europe, Irish scholars
in 9 3395
European literature,
Ireland's Influence on 4 vli
Evangelistarium of St.
Moling, The 7 2671
Evening Hymn, The. . .Trench ... 9 3437
Evensong Rolleston . 8 2977
Events of 1798, The 6 2229
Ever eating Swift 9 3389
Eviction, An Barlow ... 1 98
Evolution, Doctrine of 9 3466
- Sir J. Herschel on 5 1787
of Species 5 1786
Execution of Lady Jane
Grey 3 851
Executions.
The Manchester
martyrs 7 2607
; The Night before
L a rr y to a s
stretched ' 9 3308
Trust to luck ' 9 3319
Exile, The Moore
Song of an Orr
2483
2840
• The I?-ish McDermott. 6 2189
Exile's Christmas Song.
The Kilkenny .Kenealy ... 5 1788
4066
Irish Literature.
VOL. PAGE
Exile's Return, or Morn-
ing on the Irish
Coast, The Locke 5 200S
Exiles, Our Sullivan .. 9 3328
Exodus, The Wilde 9 3570
The Great 4 xii ; 9 3395
Expeditions 2 xii
Exploits of Curoi, The. Joyce .... 5 1749
Exports and Imports,
Irish 9 3364
Extract from the 'Jour-
nal to Stella ' . . Swift 9 3378
from the Life of
Brigit. From the
Irish Stokes ... 8 3246
Extracts from a Letter
to a Noble Lord. Bubke 1 379
The Querist ...Berkeley . 1 177
Extraordinary Phenom-
enon, An Irwin .... 5 1669
F.
F. M. Allen See Downey.
Fabian Dei Franchi ..Wilde .... 9 3593
Society, The 8 3035
Facetious Irish Peer, A. Daunt .... 3 811
Facsimile of first Irish
newspaper 4 125S
title page of first
book printed in
Gaelic in Ireland 7 2941
Facsimiles. See ' Irish
MSS. Illuminated.'
' Irish MSS.' 'Ancient
Irish MSS.'
Faction Fight, The . . . .Mathew . . 6 2391
Factories and Work-
shops Bill of 1878 6 2178
Faery Fool, The Chesson .. 2 593
Sana, A Yeats 9 3704
Fahan 6 2427
Fahy, Francis A 3 1124
Famt are the breezes. .Downing .. 3 916
Faintly as tolls the eve-
ning chime Moore .... 7 2540
Fair Amoret has gone
astray Congreve . 2 614
An Irish Pig (half-
tone engraving) 7 2484
Hills of Lire, Tht .
From the
Irish of Mac
Conmnra ..Sigerson ..10 3937
. From the Irish
of Mac Con-
ma ra Mangan ... 6 2378
■ of Ireland, The
(half-tone en-
graving) ....Ferguson . 3 1185
Rent, fixity of ten-
ure, and fair sale
(the ' Three F's) 6 2179
Fairest! put on awhile. MOORE 7 2529
Falrhead, or Benmore 6 2278
Fairies.
or No Fairies Croker ... 2 720
The ALLINGIIAM. 1 18
The Flitting of tJicBarlow ... 1 116
The history of the
Sidhe 9 3707
Fairy, A Donegal Maclintock G 2253
and Folk Tales.
Irish Welsh .... 3 xvll
and Folk Tale3 of
Ireland ANONYMOUS. 3 1136
Fairy Brugh of Slieve-
namon, The
Court, The Darlby . . .
Fiddler, The Chesson . .
Cold TODHUNTER.
— — Greyhound, The . .Anonymous.
- Legends and Tra-
ditions ' Croker. 2
VOL. PAGE
s
2971
'2
809
•z
592
!>
3411
3
1154
5,
73(5
a
XX
i
20
5
18S9
— — Poetry 3
Shoemaker, The
Lcprecaun or ...Allingham
' Tales, Irish * . . .Leamy . . .
importance of,
to Irish-Ameri-
cans 3
Tales. See Folk
Lore.
The Selfish Giant 9
The Story of
Childe Charity 1
Faith of a Felon, The. .Lalor 5
' Faiths of Ireland "... Wood-Mar-
tin 9 3640
Falls of Killarney, The
(half-tone engraving) 5
Fallon, Squire t
Famine.
and the Plague in
Ireland, The 1
A Lay of the .... Street Bal-
lad 9
A Scene in the. . ..Keary .... 5
A Scene in the
Irish Higgins . . 4
Drimin Donn Dills 9
The great 6
of 1879, The «
of 1845, The 9
Year, The (half-
tone engraving) .Wilde .... 9
Fand, Epilogue to Labminib . 5
Fannet. See Jamie Freel
and the Young Lady
:.nil Humbling Remi-
niscences.
Far are the Gaelic
tribes M'Gee .... 6
Darrig, The Welsh. 3 xvii,
in Donegal MacLinj-
tock .... C
xxlll
3584
314
1855
1876
145
85
3295
1755
1573
3511
2391
2S61
xi
3575
1875
Farewell. A Sigerson
Gorta, The 3
9
8
0
the gray loch runs.TRENCH
Far- Away Sigerson
Farewell Sullivan
but whenever you
welcome the
hour Moore .... 7
my more than fa-
therland Wildb 9
the doom Is
spoken Sigerson . . 8
to America, A . . ..Wilde .... 9
to the Irish Par-
liament CtRRAN ...2
Farm life in Ireland 4
Farmer In Ireland, The 4
Farquhar, George '
Farran, Miss, Sheridan
on
Far-Shee, The. See
Banshee.
Fate of Frank M'Kenna,
The Carleton . *■
* Father Connell ' Banim . . . . 1
2218
xlx
2248
314 2
XX
3432
3138
3331
2525
3599
3133
3599
788
1 167
1574
1164
8 3122
553
60
General Index.
4067
VOL. PAGE
3702
225
1412
IX
10 IS
xii
1738
2269
2673
1855
2799
1722
1714
X!
Father Gilligan, The
Ballad of Yeats 9
Lalor is Prowioied.BLUNDELL . 1
O'Flynn Graves 4
O'Leary, Some An-
ecdotes of 7 2793
Prout See Mahony.
personalities of 6
Faulkner, George 4 1258 ; 5
Feasts 2
F6is, The, of Tara 4 1611 ; t>
Feithfailge Macmanus.. 6
Felire A en g u s a ( the
Festology of Aengns) 7
Felon, The Faith of cLalok .... o
« Felon-setting,' S t e -
phens' article on 7
Fena, The 8
The Last of the. . JOXCS 5
Fencing with the small-
sword 1 147
Fenian Brotherhood,
The §
Cycle, The 2
— — movement, Poets
of the. W. B.
Yeats on 3 xi
Feainn Movement, Tiie.
■ The Irish Church.. McCarthy. 6 2148
A Young Ireland
Meeting 6 2180
Why Parnell 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 Fenianism,
Recollections of O'Leary .. 7 2798
Feral. The Lake of 6 2276
Fera-Ros, The King of 7 2708
Ferghal, King 7 2709
Fergus, Son of a Noble
Sire 2 804
— Son of Flaithri 4 1624
-The wars of 5 1705
Ferguson, Sir Samuel
(portrait) 3 1168
(reference) 6 2219
M. F. Egan on 5 xiv
Sir H. Plunkett on 8 2911
W. B. Yeats on 3 x
Ferguson's Speech on
Robert Burns Ferguson . 3 1170
.Fermov, an adventure
at 7 2730
' The Book of 5 1724
Fern, The Mountain ... Geogheghan 4 1255
Ferocity in Irish hu-
mor 6 xi
' Festologv of Aengus ' 7 2673
1 of C a t h a 1 Ma-
guire, The ' 7 2674
Feudal tenure. The 7 2862
Feuquieres, Marquisede 2 677
Fewa Mountains in Ar-
magh, The 2 639
Fiacha Mac Hugh
(O'Byrne) 2 636
■ Son of Conga 4 1453
Fianna, The. . 4 1447, 1524 ; 6 2231 ; 7 2755
A fter the. From
Oisin Sigerson . . 8 3139
VOL. PAGE
Fiction. All works of fiction,
short stories, etc., are in-
dexed under their titles and
the authors' names.
The Preternatural
in Burton ... 2 404
' Fictions of the Irish
Celts, Legendary' ...Kennedy .. 5 1796
1799, 1801, 1803
Fielding. The humor of 3 873
Fifteen th Century,
Books of Courtesy in
the Green .... 4 1417
Figaro, The Novel in
the O'Meara . . 7 2805
Fight of the "Arm-
strong " Privateer ..Roche .... 8 2961
Fighting Race, The Clarke ... 2 598
Files (Alias) in Ancient
Ireland 2 xviii
Fin. See Finn.
Fineen the Rover Joyce .... 5 1743
Finegas, the poet of the
Boinn 4 1449
Fingal, Lord, O'Connell
on 7 2635, 2640
Flnley, Michael. See
note to Phaudrig Cro-
hoore.
Finn, The Coming of. . .Gregory . . 4 1447
or F i o n n , mac
Cumhail or Mac-
Cool, Glory of 4 1524
and his people 2 630
and the Fena 5 1715 ; 7 2753
and the Princess . . McCall ... 6 2117
Banner of 2 594
Cleft of 5 2052
Horn of 2 591
Influence of the le-
gends of 8 2990
Keen of 9 3642
in the third Cycle 2 xii
Mac Gorman,
Bishop, of Kil-
dare 4 1600
or Ossianic cycle 2 629
Finnachta and the Cler-
ics O'Donovan . 7 2706
Became Rich, Ho *i\ O'Donovan. 7 2708
Finnerty, P., Grattan's
speech on 7 xxiii
Fintan Street 3 930
Flonn Ghaill (Normans
or English) 2 635
Fionn's monument on
Nephin 6 2231
Fionnuala Milligan .. 6 2437
From Armstrong. 1 25
The Song of .... Moore 7 2534
Firbolgs, The 7 2752; 9 x, 3482
Buildings of the 8 2882
Fire-Eaters, The Barrington. 1 141
Fires, Druidical 7 2667
' Fireside Stories of Ire-
land, The ' Kennedy . . 5 17S9
1793
'Firing of Rome, Tfee'.CROLY .... 2 739
First Boycott, The O'Brien ... 7 2611
Irish newspaper 4 1258
Lord Liftinant,
The Trench ... 4 1233
printed b.ook in
Gaelic, Facsimile
of 7 2741
Sight of the Rocky
Mountains Butler ... 2 415
4068
Irish Literature.
VOL. PAGE
First Step towards Home
Rule, The Redmond . . 8
Steps, The Blake . . . . 1
Voyage, The Molloy ... 6
Fisher Foik life 1 103, 114 ; 2
4 1266, 1512; 5
The Torino Gwynn ... 4
Fisheries Bill, The Irish 6
Fishing-curragh ' (half-
tone engraving) 9
Fitzgerald, Amby 1
Fireeater ; Duel
with Lord Nor-
bury 1
Lord Edward and
'98
Sir Boyle Roche
on
Curran's speech
for
Maurice (biogra-
phy)
Translation from
the Irish of . .. ,
Percy Hethering-
4 1531 ; 9
.10
2926
190
2459
696
2009
1516
2176
3458
145
143
x
137
xxiii
4011
280
1190
1199
1206
2164
2930
442
425
2179
TON 3
Fitzpatrick, William
John 3
Fitzsimon, Mrs. Ellen 3
Fitzwilliam (Lord),
Character of 6
recalled 8
Five Ends of Erin, The 2
Fixity of tenure, Isaac
Butt on 2
.T. II. McCarthy on C
Flanders, Irish soldiers
in the battle of
Fontenov 3 823. 842
Sarsfield at 7 2816
The battle of 7 2830
Flavell, Thomas (bi-
ography) 10 4011
The County of
M nijo by 3
Flecknoe, Richard 3
Fleming, Colonel, slain
at Drogheda 7
' Flitters, Tatters, and
the Counselor ' Hartley . . 4
Flitting of the Fairies,
The Barlow ... 1
Flood, Sir Frederick 1
I Ik.nky 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
Philippic against. . GBATTAN
Flood's Reply to Qrat-
tan's Invective Flood ..
Florida Gardens
Flory Oantillon's Fu-
neral Croker ... 2
Flotow, Irish influence
on 3
Flower of the younji
and fair FURLONG ... 3
Flowers I Would Bring.Dm Vere .. 3
Flying. Wings invented
by Pockrich for 7
1224
1208
2568
1568
116
130
1210
x
1384
707
2 ) 2 1
1402
MOO
1212
165
72 I
vii
1 252
861
2698
2 629
2 681
2 695
2 707
2 714
2 7
VOL. PAGH
Foley's, J. H., O'Connell
monument (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,
Irish Welsh ... 3 xvii
Folk: Lore and Fairj- Tales.
The Ban-Shee ...Allingham. 1 17
The Fairies Allingham. 1 18
The Leprecaun, or
Fairy Shoemaker. Allingham. 1 20
Flitting of the
Fairies Barlow ... 1 116
From Fionnuala. .Armstrong. 1 125
To the Leanan
Sidhe ..Boyd 1 258
Ned Oeraghty's
Luck Brougham. . 1 301
The Story of Childe
Charity Browne ... 1 314
The Fairy Fiddler.CsESSoy; . . 2 592
The Faery Fool. . .Chesson .. 2 593
The Hospitality of
Cuanna's House . Connellan .
The Confessions of
Tom Bourke . . . .Croker . . .
The Soul Cages . . Croker . . .
The Haunted Cel-
lar Croker . . .
Teigue of the Lee. Croker . . .
Fairies or A'o Fair-
ies Croker . . .
Flory Cantillon's
Funeral Croker ... 2
The Banshee of the
MacCarthys ....Croker ... 2
— — The Brewery of
Egg-Shells Croker ... 2
The Story of the
Little Bird .... Croker ... 2
The Lord of Dun-
kerron Croker ... 2
Little Woman in
Red, A Deeny .... 3
Strange Indeed I ..Deeny .... 3
Witt 0' The "tr/sp. Anonymous. 3
Loughleagh Anonymous. 3
Donald, and his
Neighbors Anonymous. 3 1147
Queen's Counlii
Witch Anonymous. 3 1 150
Rent-Day Anonymous. 3 1160
The Only Son of
Aoife Gregory . . 4 1426
Conversion of King
Laoghaire's
Daughters 3 1162
Death of Cuehu-
lain Gregory . . 4 1431
Cael and Credhe. . Gregory .. 4 1445
The Coming of
Finn Gregory .. 4 1447
Mountain Theol-
ogy Gregory . . 4 1455
Hard-Gum, Stronf/-
flum, Swift-
Foot. and the
Eyeless Lad Hyde 4 1625
Neil O'Carree .... Hyde 4 1638
The Haas of the
Lon<j Teeth Hyde 4 1642
720
724
727
731
734
736
846
847
1136
1142
General Index.
4069
1731
1749
5 1789
1793
179G
1799
5 1801
5 1803
5 1866
1871
1877
1899
5 2046
6 2117
2251
C 2313
2437
<;
VOL. PAGE
folk liore and Fairy Tales.
■ Munacharand Man-
achar Hyde 4 1647
Oisin in Tirna-
noge Joyce 5 1714
The Voyage of the
Sons of O'Corra. Joyce 5 1724
Connla of the Gol-
den Hair Joyce 5
The Exploits of
Curoi Joyce 5
The Lazy Beauty
and her Aunts . .Kennedy
The Haughty Prin-
cess Kennedy
The Eihlarc Pooka. Kennedy
The Witches' Ex-
cursion Kennedy
The Enchantment
of Gearoidh /orZa.KENNEDY
The Long Spoon . . Kennedy
The Red Pony . . . Larminie
The Nameless
Story Lakminie
The Changeling ..Lawless
■ The Golden Spears.LEAMY . .
King O'Toole and
Saint Kevin . . . .Lover . .
Mac Cumhail and
the Princess . ..McCall .
Jamie Freel and
the Young Ladi/.MACLiNTOCK 6 2242
Far Darrig in Don-
egal MacLintock 6 2248
Grace Connor . . . .MacLintock 6
Daniel O'Rourke. .Maoinn . . .
Fionnuala Milligan .
Account of King
Eoehaidh Airemh.O'CuTVRY . . .
Finnachta and the
Clerics O'Donovan.
■ H o w Finnachta
Became Rich . . .O'Donovan.
The Battle of Alm-
hain O'Donovan.
-Queen Heave and
her Hosts O'Grady .
— — - The Burthen of
Ossian O'Grady .
— — - The Knighting of
Cuculain O'Grady .
The Cursing of
Tara O'Grady .
Caeilte's Lament.. O'Grady .
The Lament of
M a e v L eith-
Dherg Rolleston
■ The Demon Cat. . .Wilde . . .
— The Home d
Women , Wilde . . .
The Priest's Soul Wilde ...
Seanchan the Bard
and the King of
the Cats Wilde . . .
The Black Lamb. .Wilde ...
The Selfish Giant. Wilde ...
The Devil Yeats . . .
Enchanted Woods. Yeats ...
Village Ghosts . . . Yeats . . .
■ Miraculous Crea-
tures Yeats . . .
The Old Age of
Queen Maeve . . .Yeats 9 3697
A Faeru Sonq ...Yeats .... 9 3704
The Hosting of
the Sidhe Yeats 9 3707
Folk Songs 10 3713 et seq.
7 2667
7 2706
7 2708
7 2709
7 2746
7 2752
7 2756
7
7
2762
2766
8 2975
9 3557
9 3558
9 3561
9
9
3566
3569
9 3584
9 3673
9 3679
9 3673
9 3678
VOL. PAGE
Folk Tales 10 3735 et seq.
— — Collectors of 3 xxii
Elements of the 8 2972
' Irish ' Lakminie . . 5 1866
Nature in 9 3658
of Ireland, Fairy
and Anonymous. 3 1136
Fomor of the Blows 5 1717
Fomorian Pirates, The 5 1746
Fomorians, The 9 vii
Fontenoy Davis 3 823
The Brigade at. . .Dowling ..3 878
Battle of (half-
tone engraving) 3 880
(reference) 2 599
Father Antho-
ny's father
slain at 9 3445
Food, Dress and Daily
Life in Ancient Ire-
land Joyce 5 1735
' Fool and his Heart,
The ' Connell . . 2 616
Footing, Paying the 4 1482
Foot-warmer, The 6 2233
For, now returned from
golden lands Greene ... 4 1424
For thee I shall not die.HYDE 4 1656
Forbuide 4 1430
Foreclosure of mort-
gage 8 3230
Foreign languages in
Greece 6 2332
' Service, Eminent
Irishmen in ' ... Onahan . . 7 2814
Fore-Song to 'Mal-
morda ' Clarke .... 2 596
Forests of Erin, The
Buried Milligan . . 6 2437
Foretcord Welsh .... 1 xvil
Forqing of the Anchor,
The Ferguson . 3 1174
Forrester, Mrs. El-
len 3 1222
Forsaken Todhunter. 9 3408
Forts. Circular Stone 8 288?
Crosses, and Round
Towers of Ire-
land W A K E m A N
and Cooke. 9 3482
' Forty-eight ' 7 2872
Forus Feasa, The 10 3959
Fosbery's. E.. portrait
of Charles Welsh 9 viii
Fosterage explained 1 35; 5 1739
Found Out Bles sing-
ton 1 200
Founding of The Na-
tion 3 950
Fouquier-Tinville, Trial
of 2 677
Fountain of Tears, The. O'Shaugh-
nessy ... 7 2845
Four Courts, Dublin,
The 8 3065
' ducks on a pond '.Allingham. 1 15
Masters. Annals of
the (see also M.
O'Clery) 2 629
632. 635; 6 2232. 2353. 2377
7 2663, 2674, 2705 ; lO 4018
' things did Finn
dislike ' (Irish
Rann) Hyde 10 3839
Fox, George 4 1224
-Burke on 1 397
4070
Irish Literature.
VOL. PAGE
Fox on E. Burke 1 373
Foxes, Superstitions
about » 3680
Fox-hunting 4 1490
scene 1 176, 2..>4
' Fox's Book of Martyrs ' 8 3060
Foyle Lough 9 3428
Origin of the
name 6 2277
The 3 1181
Fovnes in June, 1895 7 2591
France described in
' The Traveller ' 4 1362
On a Commercial
Treatu with Flood 3 1219
The Guillotine in. .Crokeu . . . 2- 676
Francis, M. E See Mrs. Blun-
dell.
1, of France 6 2340
. Sir Philip 3 1226
Franciscan College of
Louvain. Irish
manuscripts in
the 7 2673
Monasteries, Irish 1 32
Franklin, Benjamin 7 2692
Fraser's 21 a q a z in e ,
Founding of 6 2301
Fredericksburg 6 2423
Dec. 13, 1862, At. . .O'Reilly .. 7 2831
Free sale of land (the
' three F's ') 6 2179
Speech 9 3551
Trade in Ireland 9 3362
Freedom of religious
belief in Ireland,
Carlyl.e on 3 952
of the English peo-
ple 4 1331
Roman love of 2 747
French Bulls 3 1057, 1059
• Expedition of 1796 3414
language banished
by Canning from
diplomatic corre-
spondence 1 69
on way to Castle-
bar in 179.8, The 6 2229
Revolution, The . . Barry .... 1 151
■ Effect on Ire-
land u x
Effect of 9 3424
■ Sir Boyle Roche
on the 1 136
■ the guillotine in
the 2 607
■ William Percy 3 1233
Friar of Orders Orcu,
The O'Keeffe . . 7 2778
Friars' Servant Maid.
The Doyle lO 3875
Friend in Court, A 7 2793
of n u 7n a n i t y
and the Knife-
Crindrr Canning .. 2
From a Munster vale
they brought her. Williams . 9
a Form hii Teige
Mar Dnire ITYPE 4
.YVlLKINS ... 9
'Ac!
■ Alma Mater to De
Profundi* CONNBLL
Portia w to Para-
dise DOWNBX
■ the foes of my
land
the madding crowd. Hocue .
10
, 8
467
3009
1657
3604
616
891
3829
2966
VOL.
From ' The Return ' . . . Greene ... 4
'Wendell Phillips '.O'Reilly .. 7
what dripping cell.LE Fanc . . 5
Froude, J. A., on Ire-
land 8
cited on the feudal
land system 7
1 F's, The three ' (fair
rent, fixity of tenure,
and free sale) 6
Funeral. A Midnight ..Deeny ...
Cursing at a
— customs. Ancient.. 2 724, 559
Flory Cantillon's
:?
;>
is
2
Funerals " 9
Furlong, Alice 3
Mary 4
Thomas 4
PAGE
1424
2836
1946
vii
2863
2179
845
3641
368
724
3640
1239
1241
1244
G.
.10
Gad, Mara, The M. Doyle
Gael, The Passing of
the Macmanus. . 6
Gaelic, Effort to stamp
out the 1
English opposition
to teaching 9
book printed in
Ireland, Facsim-
ile of first 7
' Ireland, Peasant
Lore from ' .... Deeny. 3 845,
3875
2267
ix
2993
2741
846
847
language a key to
Pre-Roman Euro-
pean history 7 2616
League, The Ef-
fects of 8
— Objects of 8
— ■ Work of lO xxv,
-Literature. Imag-
ination and
Art in * Rolleston. 8
The Story of
Early ' Hyde t>
Movement, The . .Plinkett. . 8
Revival. Justin
McCarthy on
2911
2908
3713
2968
1622
2908
W. B. Yeats on 3
xvl
xlv
Gaelic Writers.
Death of St. Col-
umeille. The . . . Adamnan. . .
Sorrowful Lament
C A R T A N ,
Shbmus .
Din e e n ,
Rev. Pat-
for Ireland, A .
Geoffrey Keating.
1618
1459
rick S. .10 3959
■ Friar's Servant
Girl, The Doyle,
James . .10 3875
■ Tim the Smith ...Doyle,
James . . 10 3887
■Coolun, The Dugan,Mau-
ricb 3 1188
■County of Mayo,
The Flavell,
Thomas . 3 1224
- Ode on his Ship. . Fitzgerald,
Maurice. 1 280
■ Cacilte's Lament 7 2766
• Cavern, The IT a y e s , __
Thomas.. lO 3997
- Echo, The Hayes,
Thomas.. 10 3983
General Index.
4071
VOL.
Gaelic Writers.
Twisting of the
Rope, The Hyde, Doug-
las 10
Biography Keating,
Geoffrey. lO
Vision of Viands,
The MacCon-
GLINHE,
4.NIAR ... 8
Fair Hills of Eire, OMacCon-
M A K A ,
Donogii . G
'Tis not War we
Want to Wage . . MaoDaikb,
Teige ... 4
Glaragh's Lament. MacDon-
NELL,JOHN 2
Biography MacE'orbes,
Donald .10
page
3989
4012
3134
2378
1657
803
4014
2377
3140
Kinkora Mac-Liag . . 6
Deus Mens Maehsu .. 8
Lament of the
Mangaire SugachM aghath,
Andrew.. 0 3508
Ode on leaving Ire-
land Nugent,
Gerald . 3 930
Bridget Cruise
.O'Carolan,
Turlough.
■ Gentle Brideen . .O'Carolan. .
Grace Nugent .... O'Carolan. .
■ Mary Maguire ...O'Carolan'..
• Mild Mahel Kelly .O'Carolan. .
• O'M or e's Fair
Daughter O'Carolan. .
Peggy Browne . . . O'Carolan. .
- Why, Liquor of
Life? O'Carolan. . 2
Biography 0'Clery,Mi-
CHAEL .. .10
■Love's Despair ...O'Curnan,
DlARMAD. . 8
East, West, Home's
Best O'Farrelly,
A 10
• Thankfulness of
Dermot, The . ..O'Leary,
Patrick .10
■ Seadna's Three
Wishes O'Leaed,
Fat her
Peter . .10
■ Lament, A O'Neachtan,
John ... 2
Maggy Ladir O'Neachtan,
John ... 4
-Shane the Pro ud. . O' Shea, P. J.10
■After the Fianna.Oisix 8
- In Tirnanoge .... Oisin 5
Things Delightful. Oisin 8
- How long has it
been said Raftery
- The Guis da pie. . . Raftery
- Poem on Mary
Hynes Raftery . .
Jesukin St. Ita ....
• Hymn Galled Saint
Patrick's Breast-
plate, The St. Patrick
■ Lament Ward,Owen.
■ Dawtitt j> of the
Day, The Anonymous.
• Description of the
Sea Anonymous.
■Dirge of O'Sulli-
van Bear , Anonymous.
10
10
9
8
1244
3143
1186
1246
1186
1252
1252
S05
4018
3137
3967
3953
3941
768
1249
3843
3139
1714
3144
3923
3917
3668
3141
3244
2352
3507
2664
445
9
VOL.
Gaelic Writers.
Extract from the
Life of Brigit. . .ANONYMOUS. 8
Fair Hills of Ire-
land, The Anonymous. 3
Have You Been at
Carrickt Anonymous.
Hospitality of Cu-
(inna's House. . .Anonymous. 2
I Shall Not Die for
Thee Anonymous. 4
King Ailill's CeafftANONYMOUS. 8
Lament of Maev
Leith-Dherg ....Anonymous. 8
Lament of O'Gnive,
The Anonymous
Little Child, I Call
Thee Anonymous
I A>re Ballad Anonymous
'2.
1
<;
PAGE
3246
1185
3506
629
1656
3201
2975
443
1655
2371
3262
2676
Man Octipartite. .Anonymous. 8
Murmurs of Love. Anonymous. 7
O Were You on
the Mountain*. .Anonymous. 4 1656
Outlaw of Loch
Lcne. The Anonymous. 1 141
Pastheen Fion ...Anonymous. 3 1184
Pearl of the White
Breast Anonymous. 7 2886
Roisin Duoh Anonymous. 4 1247
She is my Love. .Anonymous. 4 1413
Since We Should
Part Anonymous. 4 1413
W h ite Cockade,
The Anonymous. 2 442
Galang, The hero of 6 2370
Galatians, The » 3549
Gallo-Grecians 9 3549
Galtees, The 6 2675
Galtimore 5 1938
Galway, A Letter from.MAXWELL .. 6 2412
advantages of, for
trading 7 2916
Bay 2 575
— — Duelling in 1 145
Monastery in 1 31
The Clearing of . .PrendergastS 2913
The Man for . . . .Lever 5 1975
Ganconagh described 3 xix
Garden of God, The ..Kernahan. . 5 1S09
Garmoyle 6 2113
Garnavilla, Kate of ..Lysaght ... 6 2108
Garnett, Sir R., on W.
Maginn 6 2300
Garrick, David. See A
Goodly Company.
as Hamlet in Dub-
lin 5 1919
Epitaph on Sterne 8 3211
Goldsmith on 4 1346
on Goldsmith 4 1380
Stevens' retort on 8 3227
Garristown. (See also
Gavra) 5 1714
Garrovagh, Scenery
around 1 353
Garry, King of Leinster 6 2118
Garryowen Street Bal-
lad 8 3283
Gates of Dreamland. . .Russell .. 8 2997
Ganger, Condy Cullen
and the Carleton. . . 2 541
Gauntlet, O'Keeffe fol-
lowing his servant
through a 7 2776
Gavra, ancient name of
Garristown 6 1714
Gay, Utter by 4 1695
4072
Irish Literature.
5 1801
VOL. PAGE
Gay Spanker, Ladt . . .Bouicicault 1 252
Gearoidh Iarla, En-
chantment of Kennedy
Genealogy of Jesus
Christ (color plate)
Genevieve, The Story o/.Jameson
Geniality of the Irish
people
Genius of English is un-
Irish 9 3421
. the national 8 2990
True 9 3377
IX
1679
8
3143
285
1317
2703
Genoa, Byron and the
Blessinytons at Madden ... 6 22S6
Cm tie Briileen. From
the Irish Sigerson . . 8
Gentleman, A Bkooke ... 1
Gentleman in Black,
The Goldsmith.. 4
IVhat is a O'Donoghue 7
of the Kingdom
of Ireland, A . . . Keightley . 5 1774
Gently >. • — gently ! —
down 1 Darley ... 2 809
Gentry and their Re-
tainers, Trislt Barrington. 1 138
Geoghegax, Arthur
Gerald 4 1254
George II. on the Irish
soldiers of Louis
XV 7 2815
III. on Catholic
emancipation 6 2163
' Geith of Fen
Court ' Riddell
Geraldines, The C 2417
Spoke Gaelic
6e8ticulation3 Italian. .Wiseman
Ghosts 9
• Village Yeats 9
Giant, The Selfish ....Wilde 9
8 2949
8 ."."is
7 2670
9 3627
3G81
3673
35S4
Giant's Causeway, The « 2278
Gilford, Countess of. See Lady Duffertn.
Gifford, Karl of 3 932
Gilbert. Lady (Rosa
Mdlholland)
portrait 4
M. F. Egan on 5
1265
XV
1 257
L507
1280
Sip. John T 4
lachree' Griffin ... 4
Giles, Henry 4
Gillana-naomh O'Huid-
rin 7
Gil ray 1 he caricaturist 1
Girl I Love, The CALLANAN .. 2
of liunbiry. The.. Davis 3
'of the rea-mouth 'MacDermottC 2191
Gladstone and Home
Rule » xi
and Land Pur-
chase 9
and the National
League 6 2164
and t h e Great
Home Rule De-
le O'Connor .. 7
on O'Connell 7
on She!] 7 xwiii
on Sheil's oratory 8 3055
Gladstone's first resolu-
tions « 2157, 2160
—Home Rwle Bill.
Redmond on 8 2929
personality 7 2656
policv for Ireland 6 2153
triumph In 1868 6 2160
2706
168
440
829
xi
2656
2i;24
VOL. PAGE
Glance, A, at Ireland's
History WELSH 9 vll
Glastonbury Thorn, The 9 3366
Gleeman and Actor, The 9 3681
The Last Yeats 9 3683
Gleeman's funeral, The 9 36S1
Glen Dun, The Song o/\Skrine .... 8 3156
Glennan, A Song of... Skrine .... 8 3157
Glenarm 7 2551
Glenasmole 5 1722
Glendalough 5 211S
(color plate) 5 Front
A Legend of ....Lover 5 204d
Glengall 5 1937
Glengariff. See Daniel
O'Rourke.
Glenmalure 2 636 ; 4
Glen-na-Smoel Furlong .. 4
Glenveigh 6
Glimpse of his Country-
House near Newport,
A Berkeley.. . l
Clin. The Knight of 4
Olinsk , 1
Glory of Ireland, The. .Meagher .. O
Glossary lO
Gloucester, Duchess of 1
Lodge Bell 1
Gluck and Pockrich's
musical glasses 7
Glyn-Nephin, old songs
and traditions in 6
" Glynnes " or valleys O
Go not to the hills of
Erin Shorter ... 7
' Go where glory waits
thee ' Moore. 7 2339.
Gohbin cliffs 3
God bless the gray
mountains Duffy .... 3
God save Ireland Sullivan. . . 9
(reference) 8
send us peace ....O'Reilly .. 7
Godkiv B. I S
on imagination ...... 4
' Gods and Fighting
Men ' Gregory ... 4
Goethe, W. K. Magee on O
Goibniu -t
'Goidelica' > Stokes.... 8
Goinsr to Mass by the
Well Of God 9
Gold f onud In Ulster O
Gold, To Wilde .... 9
' Golden Sorrow, A' . . . IIoey 4
Spears, The Leamy .... (i
Cold-mining in Montana 3
Goldsmith, Oliver.
(portrait) 4
D. J. O'Donoghue
on 6
on the musical
glasses 7
W. B. Yeats on the
poetry of 3
(See A Goodly
Company).
4 1451,
an-
Goll
Gollam (Mllesias)
cestor of the O's and
the Mac'- 2
Gomarlans, The •
Gomheen lStn, The ..Stoker.... »
Gomerus-Gallus £
Gonconer, The, described 3
1423
1241
2259
175
1500
146
2420
4031
■"oe
165
2692
2230
2275
3127
2530
955
961
3339
3270
2831
1290
1597
1445
1447
2290
1449
3244
3668
2280
3596
1578
1899
966
1298
xlv
2690
vll
1609
444
3549
3228
3549
six
General Index.
4073
VOL. PAGE
Gone in the Wind Mangan ... O 2359
' Gone io Deatn' Brooke ... 1 288
Gonne, Miss Maud, ae
an actress 10 xxl
Good and Evil, Ideas
of Yeats. 9 3654, 3661
Good Luck to the Fri-
ars of Old Lever 5 1958
men and true ! in
this house who
dwell McBurney. . 6 2115
people all, with
one accord Goldsmith.. 4 1382
Ship Castle Doirn.
The McBurney. . « 2113
Goodhi Company, A. .. .Moore 7 2468
Gore House 1 193
Gorey 6 2115
Gort, County Galway 4 1455
Gortaveha 4 1455
Gosse, E., on Parnell's
poems 7 2S74
on Sir John Den-
ham 3
on Thomas Moore '
849
SOS
466
Gottingen, University of 4
Gougane Barra (half-
tone engraving) . . . .Callanan. . 2 439
Goulbourn, Mr 7 2652
Gounod on Mrs. Alex-
ander 1 1
Government. See Pol-
itics.
by consent 9 3362
newspaper, A 7 2639
of Ireland under
Henrv II 7 2741
the Tudors 7 2741
• Principles of '.. .O'Brien ... 7 2620
" G. P. O." and W. M.
Thackeray 8 xvi
Grace Connor MacLixtock.G 2251
Nugent. From the
Irish Ferguson
of the Heroes. See
Grace O' Meal ley.
O'Mealley 7
Grade Og Machree. Casey .... 3
Grady, Harry Deane . .O' Flanagan. 7
duels with Coun-
sellors O'Mahon
and Campbell 1
Grafton, To the Duke o/Francis .. . !
3 1186
2856
573
2728
143
1228
' Gra-gai-machree ' ...'. 8 3270
Graham's, P. P., por-
trait of G. Griffin 4
4 Grammont, Memoirs of
the Count de '.Hamilton .. 4
Sir W. Scott on 4
Grana O'Maille of the
Fisles 7
Uaile and Queen
Elizabeth 7
The Story of . ...Otway .... 7
1464
1542
1542
2S59
2858
2856
Granna Wail and Queen
Elizabeth 10 4013
Grand Jury Reform Bill,
The 6 2176
Match, The Skrine .. .
Sarah See MacFall.
8 3153
Granee 6 2223
' Grania ' Lawless ... 5 1877
Grattan. Henry 4 13S4
a master in ora-
tory „., 6 xxviii
VOL. PAGE
Grattan and Catholic
emancipation 6 2164
and Curran con-
trasted 7 xxil
and Flood 3 1210 ; 4 13S4
and Pitt 7 xv
as a Monk of the
Screw 2 797
Duel with Chancel-
lor Corry 1 142
In recti re. Flood's
R< iily to Flood 3 1212
Lord Brougham on 6 2421
Opposition of, to
the Act of Union 6 2170
Oratorical methods
of 7 xi, xiii
Oratory of 7 x, xi
described 7 xx
statute of (half-
tone engraving) 4 1384
■ tribute of, to Dr.
Kirwah 7 xvil
See The Irish
Chieftains.
Grarc. the Grave, TTjcMangan ... 6 2380
Graves, Alfred Perce-
val 4 1409
on Sir Samuel Fer-
guson's poetry 3 1169
on J. S. Le Fanu 5 1927
Dr 9 3521
Early Christian, in
Ireland 9 3484
Gray, John, and Repeal 9 x
in prison 3 811 ; 4 2128
Fog, The Chesson . . 2 591
gray is Abbey Asa-
roe Allingham. 1 13
the poet, on music-
al glasses 7 2691
Gray's portrait of W.
Carleton 2 469
G really, and Mullen,
Sorrowful Lamenta-
tion of Callaghan . Street Bal-
lad 9 3316
Great Breath, The . . . .Russell . . 8 3004
Cri/ and Little
Wool 7 2653
Diamond is Ob-
tained and Used. O'Brien ... 7 2594
' Divide, The ' . . . Dunraven .. 3 963
' Irish Struggle,
The ' O'Connor . . 7 2656
' Lone Land, The '.Butler ... 2 415
Risk, A Hoey 4 1578
Greece. Age of begin-
ning education in
ancient 6 2334
Childhood in An-
cient Mahaffy .. 6 2328
' Greek Education ' O 2328
families small 6 2332
origin of Irish
people. The 1 viil
and Irish com-
pared 4 12S5
Green, in the wizard
arms Todhunter. 9 3409
Little Shamrock of
Ireland, The ...Cherry ... 2 587
J. R. on Steele 8 r,196
Mrs. J. R 4 1417
2113
Greencastle 6
Irish Lit. Vol. io—
Q
4074
Irish Literature.
VOL. PAGE
Greene, George Ab-
thub 4 1433
on A. P. Graves'
poetry 4 1410
and the Rhymers'
Club 5 1693
on Jane Barlow's
stories 1 98
Gregory, Lady Adgdsta
(portrait) 4 1426
cited on ' The Lost
Saint' 4 1650
M. F. Egan on 5 vii
on Home Rule 1 xvii
on the drama in
Ireland 10 xxvl
W. B. Yeats on the
translations ol 3 xiv
work of, for Celtic
literature 2 xvii
The Curse of the
Boers lO 3928
The grief of a
girl's heart 10 3933
Grey of Macha, Cuchu-
laln's warhorse 2 xvlll
1 Greydrake, Geoffrey.'
See Ettingsall.
Gridiron, The Lover 5 2063
Grief of a Girl's J/e«>t.GREGORY ...10 3933
Griffin, Gerald (por-
trait) 4 1464
M. F. Egan on 5 vii
Inherently Irish 1 xl
' The Collegians '
his masterpiece 1 xl
Grimpat 3 1097
Gudrun and Ireland 4 viii
Guernsey and Ireland
compared 7 2865
Guesses O'Donnell. 7 2687
Gulccloli. The Countess
of, and Byron 6 2288
Guide to Ignorance, A. .Dowlinq .. 3 881
Gulnev, L. I., on J. C.
Mangan 6 2352
Gulliver Among the
Giants 9 3354
■ the Pigmies ...Swift .... 9 3346
'Gulliver's Travels' ..Swift. 9 3346, 3354
Guillotine in France,
The Croker ... 2 676
Gulzot 1 1 53, 1 5 I
Gull Mac Morna 4 1525. ir.L'6
Gutter Children 4 1568
' Guy Mannering.' Lord
Derby's quotation
from 6 2159
Gwynn, Stephen (por-
trait) 4 1512
on the poetry of
"A. E." 8 2987
Gymnasium of Elo-
quence, A 7 x
H.
Habeas Corpus Bill, The 4 1395
Hacketstown G 2123
Had I a heart for false-
hood framed Shhbidan.. 8 3118
Ha</s of the Long Teeth,
The nYDB 4 1642
Hail to our Celtic
brethren M'Gee .... 6 226
Hal Godfrey SeeMiss Eccles.
_ „ . VOL. PAGB
Half a league, half a
league Tennyson... . 8 3014
Half-Red Maeve of Lein-
ster, The 7 2748
Hall, Mrs. S. C 4 1533
describes Lady
Morgan 7 2543
M. F. Egan on 5 Xv
on Maria Edge-
worth 3 995
Mr. and Mrs., on
wakes and keen-
„ ing^ 9 3641
Halpime, Charles Gba.
ham 4 1539
as a humorist 6 xv
Hamilton, Count 4 1542
Miss 4 1549
Single Speech' 7 ix
Sir John Stuart.. 1 129, 131
Hampden's Fortune,
Burke on 1 375
Hand, John 7 3265
' Handbook of Irish An-
tiquities ' Wakeman
and Cooke. 9 3482
Handel In Dublin 5 1918
Hand-wail of Ulster 4 1616
Hannah Healy, the
Pride of Howth . . . .Street Bal-
lad 8 3284
Happiness and Good Na-
ture Goldsmith . 4 1345
Happy the Wooing
that's Xot Long a Do-
ing Tyxan-
Hinkson. 8 3439
' Happy Prince and
Other Tales, The '... Wilde 9 3584
Harcourt, Sir (charac-
ter in ' London Assur-
ance ' ) 1 252
Harcourt'o Ministry,
Grattan on 4 1403
Hardcastle (character 4 1352
in ' She Stoops to
Conquer ' ) 4 1352
Hard-Gum. Strong-Ham,
Swift-Foot and the
Eyeless Lad Hyde 4 1625
Hardiman on John Mac-
Donnell 10 4013
Hardiman's ' Irish Min-
strelsy ' 4 1251 ; G 2230
Hardy, Gathorne. on the
Irish Church 6 2158
' The Art of
Thomas' Johnson ... 5 1694
Hark ! a martial sound
is heard Buggy .... 1 558
'Hark! the vesper
hymn ' Moore 7 2537
Harleian MSS., The
(color pinto) 8 Frorit
' Harp that once through
Tarn's halls. The '. . .MOORE .... 7 2535
Harris. Walter, trans-
lator of the Works of
Sir James Ware 9 3544
Harrison, Cosey 1 145
' Harry Lorroqiier ' . . .LEVER .... 5 1979
Hartley, Mrs. (May
Laffan ) 4 1557
M. F. Egan on g vii
Harvard. Chap-books at s xxi
Harvest Humn, The
Irish Reaper's Keegan .... 5 1 1 65
General Index.
4075
VOL. PAGE
Has summer come with-
out the rose O'Shaugh-
nessy ... 7 2844
Hastings (character in
' She Stoops to
Conquer ') 4 1349
Warren,, Extract
from ' The Im-
peachment of '..Burke 1 383
Sheridan's Speech
on 1
Meagher on 6
Hats in Ireland 9
129
2424
3496
1793
1377
707
3507
2108
Haughty Princess, The. Kennedy .. 5
Haunch of Venison, TVieGoLDSMiTH . 4
Haunted Cellar, The. . .Croker ... 3
' Have you been at Car-
rick f ' Walsh .... 9
Garnavilla? . . .Lysaght . . 6
Hawkesworth on ' The
Arabian Nights ' 2 405
Hayes, ' Ballads of Ire
land '
Thomas (biogra
Phy)
5 1788
lO
The' Cavern, by lO
The Echo, by 10
Hazlett on George Far-
quhar
on R. B. Sheridan.
3
8
" He dies to-day." said
the heartless judge. .Campion ... 2
He found his work, but
far behind Lecky .... 5
He grasped his ponder-
ous hammer Joyce 5
He planted an oak.... Lecky .... 5
'He said that he teas
not our brother ' . . .Banim .... 1
He that goes to bed,
and goes to bed sober 3
He that Is down is
trampled (Irish prov-
erb) 10
Head-dress, Ancient 9
Healings by Brigit 8 3251,
Heardst thou over the
Fortress Allingham. 1
Heartiness of Irish hu-
mor 6
Heather, Among the. .. Allingham. 1
Field, The ' Martyn .
Hedge-school, The 1 34 ; 4
Hedgehogs, Supersti-
tions about 9
Heine, H., on Ireland 8
H clas Wilde .... 9
Helen »
' Hell-fire Club,' The 5 1916,
Hemans, Mrs., A Keen
by 9
Henley. W. E., on Os-
car Wilde 9
Hennesys, The 3
Henry II. and the con-
quest of Ireland 9
VII., Extract from
a daily expense-
book of « 2347
VIII., Ireland un-
der 7 2742
King, declared
head of Church 9 3390
Policy of, to-
ward Ireland 9 ix
Patrick 6 2114
4027
3977
3983
1164
3070
463
1913
1741
1926
58
997
3901
3495
3255
17
vill
16
2385
1283
3680
xxi
3595
3660
1917
3646
3571
941
vlil
vol. page
Henrys, Ireland under
the 10 3845
Her Majesty the King. Roche .... 8 2959
Voice Wilde 9 3593
Hercules, Pillars of 2 747
Here is the road Macmanus.. 6 2273
lies Nolly Gold-
smith Gaurick ... 4 1380
poor Ned Pur-
don Goldsmith. 4 1383
Heredity in the Sheri-
dan family 8 3068
Here's first the toast. . Furlong ... 4 1249
to the maiden of
bashful fifteen. .Sheridan .. 8 3117
Hermann Kelstach, an
ancient idol 7 2718
* Hero, The Death of an
Arctic ' ». .Alexander.. 1 10
Herodotus, Keating the
Irish 10 3065
Heroes, National leg-
endary 8 2990
The Irish mythical,
not represented
in art 9 3665
Heroic Cycle, The 2 xl
Deception, An ...Gwynn .... 4 1512
Heron on ' The Arabian
Nights ' 3 406
Herschel, Sir John, on
evolution 5 1787
'Herself Barlow ... 1 98
and Myself McCall ... 6 2125
' Hesperia ' Wildb 9 3596
Hesperus and Phosphor,
The Planet Venus ... Clarke ... 2 601
Hi Fianna, The 6 2232
Hibernian Tales, The 3 xx
' Tales,' a Chap-
book (fairy and
folk lore) Anonymous. 4 1136
1147
Higgins, Matthew
James 4 1572
High Church Ritualists
and Irish Roman-
ists, Disraeli al-
leges conspiracy
between G 2158
Kings of Ireland,
The 2 xii
upon the gallows
tree Sullivan. . . 9 3339
4 Historical Account of
the Rise and
Progress of the
English Stage,
An ' Malonb ... 6 2346
Character of Na-
poleon, An Petrie .... 8 2888
' Essay on the
Dress of the An.
cient and Mod-
ern Irish' Walker ... 9 349S
Map of Ireland 9 3708
Society, the foun-
dation of Irish
eloquence 7 x
History.
Women in Ireland
in Penal Days. .Atkinson... 1 28
Lynch law on Vin-
egar Hill Banim .... 1 77
A Nation's History.BvnKE .... 1 398
Capture of Hugh
Roe O'Donnell. .Connellan.. 2 632
4076
Irish Literature.
VOL. PAGE
History.
Escape of Hugh
Roe CONNELLAN.. 2
Guillotine in
France Crokeb ... 2
Repealers in Pris-
on and Out Daunt 3
England in Shakes-
peare's Youth. . .Dowden ... 3
Books of Courtesy
in the Fifteenth
Century Green 4
Scene in the Irish
Famine Higgins ... 4
Death of St. Co-
lumcille Hyde 4
Splendors of Torn. Hyde 4
Food, Dress, and
Daily Life in An-
cient Ireland . . .Joyce B
Scenes in the In-
surrection of 1798Leadbeater. »
Dublin in the Eigh-
teenth Century. . Lecky B
Beginnings of
Home Rule McCarthy. .
The Irish Church .McCarthy..
An Outline of Irish
History McCarthy.
The Early Stage . . Malone . . .
Picture of Ulster .MacNevin .
Irish in the ll'a/\ Maquirb ...
Massacre at Drog-
heda Murphy .. .
Capture of Wolfe
Tone O'Brien ...
The First Boi/coft.O'BRiEN ...
Gladstone and the
Great Home Rule
Delate O'Connor. . .
Druids and Druid
ism O'Curry ...
Old Books of
Erinn O'Curry .. .
Idolatry of the
Irish O' Flaherty
Lia Fail ; or Ja-
cob's Stone . . . .O'Flaherty
Tried by his Peers.Q' Flanagan
' Pacata Hibernla '.O'Grady ...
Patrick Sarsfirld.
Earl of Lucan . .Onahan ...
Shane the Proud . .O'Shea . . .
Story of Grana-
uaile Otway .... 7
Clearing of f;</h'vn/PiiENDERGAST8
o
635
676
811
869
1417
1573
1618
1610
1735
1886
1914
2174
2148
2174
2346
2274
2321
7 2567
10
2604
2611
2656
2666
2670
2718
2717
2723
2740
2814
3S43
2'55r,
2913
3008
3018
3323
Of
<:
vol.
History of England ' . . Lecky B
of Ireland, Criti-
cal and Philo-
sophical ' O'Grady . . 7
A Literary ' . . Hyde 4
1610, 1613,
— as told in her
Ruins ' Burke .... 1
my Horse Sal-
adin, The Browne ... 1
of Our Own
Times, A ' McCarthy
of the City of
Dublin' Gilbert ... 4
of the Guillotine,
The ' Croker ... 2
of the Illustrious
Women of Erin ' 1
of the Lombards,
Irish version of
the 7
Relation of myths
and legends to 1
' Two Centuries of
Irish' Brycb 1
Ilitehinson, Francis,
duel with Lord
Mountmorris 1
Hobart, Major (dinner
party) 1
Hoche, General 9
Hoey, Mrs. Cashel 4
John Cashel 4
Hogax, Michael 4
M. P.
Hartley .
PAGE
1914
2752
1603
1618
398
323
2148
1258
676
32
2672
vl3
346
143
134
3419
1578
1 588
1591
1557
ST1
LIS71
Balaklava Russell
Marriage of Flor-
ence MacCarthy
More Sadler ... 8
Sarsfleld's Ride. .. Sullivan .. 9
A Century of Sub-
jection Taylor .... 9 3390
Interviews with
Buonaparte ....Tons 9 3418
Origin of the Trish.W ativ 9 3547
A dinner at Ire-
land's History. ..WELSH .... 9 vil
History and Biography 9 vii
and Literature . .* 9 vil
' Eishtv-Five Year?
of Irish * Daunt 3 811
•■ Lectures on Man-
uscript Materials
of Irish ' O'Currt ... 7 2670
Not only a record
of War 4 vil
Hogarth, view of life 3
Hold the Harvest Parnell .. . 7
Holland, described in
' The Traveller ' 4 1363
nolmes, Oliver Wendell,
on Moore 7
Holy was good St. Jo-
seph 10
Well. The Dark
Girl by the Keegan
2505
3SU7
1766
2113
3363
3416
Holywood <>
Home manufactures in
Ireland 9
Rwif t on !)
market, O'Connell
on the 7 2647
Rule Association,
The 9 xl
Bill < the second)
1S93 9 xi
Debate, Glad-
stone and the
Great O'Connor . . 7 2656
in Canada 6 2175
in the Australa-
sian colonies 6 2175
Isle of Man G 2175
United States 6 2176
Gladstone and 9 xi
Lady Gregory on 1 xvii
■ Redmond on 8 2929
Beginnings of. .McCarthy.. G 2174
First Step to- „ „„„„
irards Richmond.. 8 2926
vs. Local Self-
Government 3 833
Homeward Bound LOVER B 2024
Honru Fair. The Rhys 8 2940
Ilonev-sweet, sweet as
honey Tynan- „.„,_,»
Hinkson. 9 3467
General Index.
"4077
VOL. PAGE
Honor of the Irish peo-
ple 1
Honor, An Affair of... Castle .... 2
Hoods worn by Irish
ladies 9
'Hope, thou nurse of
young desire ' BickerstaffI
Hopper, Nora See Chesson.
Horneck, Mary (The
Jessamy Bride) 4
Horned Women, The. . .Wilde 9
Horse, St. Columcille's. ... 2 xvii ; 4
Horse-dealing in Ire-
land 8
Horsemanship 8
Horse racing in Ireland 8
Hose, Gentlemen's 9
in ancient times 7
Hospitality 5 1724,
In Ireland 1 29,
of Cuanna's House,
The. From the
Irish Connellan . 2
Host of the Air, The. . .Yeats 9
Hostelries, Ancient 5
Hosting of the Sidhe,
The Yeats 9
Hotel life in Ireland 8
Hotels, Dr. Magee on 8
' Hours of Exercise in
the Alps ' Tyndall . . 9
' House by the Church-
yard, The ' Le Panu . . 5
spirits described 3
Household occupations 1
Houses, Ancient, in Ire
land
How Covetousness Came
into the Church
(folk song) .... Hyde ..... 10
dimmed is the
glory Callanan . . 2
Finnachta Became
Rich O'Donovan.. 7
— — happy is the sail-
or's life Bickekstaff 1
Ireland Lost Her
Parliament . . . .McCarthy.. 6
' Irish Litera-
ti-re ' was made 2
— — Justiy alarmed is
each Dublin cit.LYSAGHT. . . 6
' Long Has it Been
Said ' Raftery .. . 10
Mules Murphy got
his routes out of
the Pound Griffin
— sad is my case:
Irish Rann .... Hyde . .
shall we bury him ? Alexander.
the Anglo-Irish
Problem Could be
Solved Davitt .... 3
to Become a Poe*. Fahy 3
— get on in the
World Macklin ... 6
— go vern Ireland . De Verb ... 3
2533
576
3498
187
1301
3558
1619
3182
2935
3166
3498
2496
1736
33
629
3701
1736
3707
xx
xxl
3478
1934
xx
35
4 1613
3823
443
2708
186
2161
xxill
2107
3923
4 1483
.10
. 1
Howth and Killiney 6
scenery around 7
Hudden, Dudden. and
Donald 3 xxi,
Hugh O'Neill 4
Roe O'Donnell,
Capture of ...Connellan. 2
■ The Escape of. .Connellan. 2
3835
10
832
1124
2237
854
2132
2652
1147
1530
632
635
VOL.
Hughes, Joseph 1
Huguenot influence on
Irish dress 9
Hull, Eleanor 4
— — Work of, for Celtic
literature 2
Humor, American 1
Conviviality In 6
Ferocity in 6
Greek and Irish,
compared 1
Heartiness of Irish 6
Imaginative char-
acter of Irish 6
in Iceland 3
In Anglo-Irish lit-
erature 6 xii.
Irish 3
— sense of
— wit and, D. J.
O'Donoghue on.
Merriment in ....
8
6
6
Theories of 6
of Shakespeare,
The Dowden ... 3
Pathos of 6
Political 6
6
6
Prevalence of
— Sou rces of
See The Sunniness
of Irish Life.
Humorists, The Irish.
See Irish Wit and
Humor, D. J. O'Don-
oghue.
Humorous Poems.
The French Revo-
lution Barry .
Friend of Human-
ity and the
Knife-Grinder . . .Canning
Song Canning
The Sprig of Shil-
lelagh Code 2
M o n k s of the
Screw Curran . . .
Bumpers, Squire
Jones Dawson . . .
Katey's Letter ...Dcfferin ..
Elegy on Madam
Blaize Goldsmith.
Extracts from ' Re-
taliation ' Goldsmith.
Haunch of Veni-
son Goldsmith .
Father O'Flynn ..Graves ...
Paddy MacCarthy . Hogan ....
An Irish Thing in
Rhyme Keeling . .
Why Are You
Wandering i7ere?KENNEY . ..
Good Luck to the
Friars of Old. . . Lever ....
The Man for Gal-
" way Lever
Larry McIIale . . . Lever
The Pope He Leads
a Happy Life . . Lever
The Widow Ma-
lone Lever
Barney O'Hea ...Lover
I'm Not Myself at
All Lover
The Low-Backed
Car Lover
Molly Careto .... Lover
page
133
3496
1597
xvlii
332
x
ix
viii
viii
viii
943
xiii
1114
xvi
vil
lx
X
870
viii
ix
x
ix
i 151
2
2
467
466
2
607
o
797
3
841
935
4
1382
1
1380
4
4
4
1377
1412
1594
5
1772
5
1807
5
1058
5
5
1975
2001
5
2002
5
<;
1999
2080
a
2083
0
6
2079
2076
4078
Irish Literature.
VOL. PAGE
<i
*i
6
<;
7
7
7
8
8
U
8
8
8
Humorous Poems.
/ion/ O'Mcre .... Lover ....
Trte W h is t I in'
Thief Lover ....
Widow Machree . .Lover ....
A Prospect Lysaght . .
Herself and My-
self McCall . . .
Groves of Blame i/.Milliken .
Orator Puff Moore
Humors of Donny-
brook Fair O'Flaherty
Friar of Orders
Gray O'Keeffe .
Curse of Doneraile,Q'KELLY . .
The V-A-S-E Roche
Kitty of Coleraine Shanly ...
The Legend of
Stiffenbach ....Williams .
Brian O'Linn . . . .Anonymous.
Garryowen Anonymous.
Lanigan's Ball ...Anonymous.
Johnny, I Hardly
Knew Ye Anonymous.
Humorous and Sa-
tirical Prose.
Modem Medieval-
ism Barrett . .
Montmorenei anel
Cherubina Barrett . .
The Seven Baro-
nets Barrington.
The Cow Charmer. Boyle ....
The Rival Swains. Bullock . .
Burke, Wise and
Witty Sayings of
Candy Cnllcn and
the Oauger ....Carleton .
B i d d y Brady's
Banshee Casey
An A ff air of HonorC&STLE ....
A Blast Crotty . . .
C u r r a n' s Witti-
cisms, Some of
Guide to TgnoranceifowLixa . .
On Dublin Castle. Dowling ..
Portion- to Para-
dise Downey ...
King John and the
^^<nlor Downey ...
Raleigh in Mun-
ater Downey ...
An Icelandic Din-
ner Duffeiun
Originality of Dish
Bulls Examined . EDGBWOimi.
Darby Doyle's Voy-
age to Quebec. . Fttinosall.
Hou- to Become a
Poet Faiiy 3
First Lord Liftin-
ent French . .
Advice to the La-
dies Goldsmith
Beau Tibbs Goldsmith
Love of Freaks. . .Goldsmith
Love of Quack
Medicines GOLDSMITH. 4
'We'll See About
It' TTall 4
An Extraordinary
Phenomenon ...Irwin .... B
rort and Publish-
er Johnstone. 5
Ah Irish Thing in
Prose Keeling . . 5
6 2084
2081
2078
2107
2125
2439
2541
7 2713
2778
2779
2900
3032
3610
3273
3283
3293
8 3290
1 120
1 123
rt
129
204
360
396
541
565
576
758
70S
881
887
891
900
909
942
1055
114
1124
1233
1322
1326
1334
1343
1534
1 669
1709
1771
VOL. PAGB
Hnmorous Prose.
The Thrush and
the Blackbird . . Kickham .. 5 1824
The Quare Gander.L,E Fanu .. 5 1920
Dinner Party
Broken Up Lever .... 5 1972
Major Bob Ma-
hon's HospitalityLEVER .... 5 1964
Monks of the
Screw Lever .... 5 1953
Mi/ First Day in
Trinity Lever 5 1986
If jy Last Night in
Trinity Lever 5 1990
Othello at Drill. . .Lever 5 1979
Bamy O'Reirdon. .Lover .... 5 2008
The Gridiron .... Lover .... 5 2063
King O'Toole and
St. Kevin Lover 5 2046
New Potatoes . . . .Lover .... 6 2071
Paddy the Piper. .Lover .... 5 2055
Fionn MacCumhail
and the PrincessMeC.\i.ij ... 6 2117
Nathaniel P. GrampMcCARTBiY . . 6 2134
L o ve-Making
in Ireland MacDonagh 6 2193
Jim Walsh's Tin . ,
Box Macintosh. 6 2233
Macklin, Anecdotes
of O 2241
Why T'omas Dubh
Walked Macmanus. . O 2254
O'C o nn ell and
Biddy Moriarty. Madden ... « 2281
Bob Burke's DhcJ.Maginn ... O 2303
Daniel O'Rourke. .Maginn ... « 2313
Rogueries of Tom
Moore Mahony . . C 2337
The Captain's
Story Maxwell . . 6 2400
A Letter from Gal-
tray Maxwell .. C 2412
Loan of a Congre-
gation Maxwell .. 6 2411
.1 Goodly Com-
pany Moore .... 7 2468
O'Rory Converses
with the Qual-
ity Morgan ... 7 2549
O' Council, Some
Anecdotes of 7 2051
Paddy Fret, the
Priest's Boy 0*Donnei.l.. 7 2678
Father O'Leary,
Inecdotes of 7 2793
Her Ma jest]/ the
King Roche 8 2959
Sheridan. Bons
Mots <>f 8 3119
TAsheen Races,
Second-Hand . . . Somhkvillb. « 3166
Trinket's Colt . . ■ Somervii.le. 8 3182
Sterne, Some Bons
Mots of 8 3227
Widow Wadman's
Eye Sterne « 3211
Rackrentera on the
Stump Sullivan .. 9 3333
Gulliver among
the Giants Swift » 3354
Gulliver among «»<*•»««
the Pigmiea Swift f> 3316
'Humors of Donecal ' .MACMANUS. O 22,>4
ofDonn y hrook Fair, O'Flaherty. 7 2713
Humphrey attacked by
Lord Santry * «>'*
General Index.'
4079
VOL. PAGE
Hunchback Quasimodo,
Hugo's description of «> ^£4d
Hunt, The Lever .... & 1995
Hunting, Irish love of 8 xni
Hunting Song 4 1490
Tom Moody Cherry ... 3 588
Huntsman, The Death
of the Griffin ... 4 1489
Hush ! hear you how
the night wind Street 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 2856
Hy-Brasail; The Isle of
'the Blest (see also
I-Breasil) 4 1510
Hyde, Douglas (por- „^„
trait) 4 1603
M. F. Egan on 5 vii
on antiquity of
Irish litera-
ture 3 xvii
early Irish lit-
erature 2 vii
Kennedy's col-
lection of folk
tales 5 1789
Eugene O'Curry 7 2663
J. O'Donovanand
' The Annals
of the Four
Masters* 7 2705
Mrs. Clement
Shorter's verse 8 3126
Dr. Sigerson's
poetry 8 3132
The plays of 10 xni
The Twisting of „ „„
the Rope lO 3989
Work of, for Cel-
tic literature 2 xviil
■ W. B. Yeats on
translations of 3 xlv
Hy-Many, Connacht 7 2762
• The Tribes and
Customs of 7 2705
Hymn Before Tarah, St.
Patrick's. From
the Irish Mangan ... 6 2360
Called St. Pat-
rick's Breast- „ „„
plate, The Stokes ... 8 3244
' to Contentment,'
From Parnell .. 7 2876
Hymns.
There is a Oreen
Hill Far A tea y.. Alexander. 1 3
■ Litany Monsell . . 7 2465
Soon and Forever. Monsell .. 7 2466
Sound the Loud
Timbrel Moore 7 2537
Th is World is A 11
a Fleeting S/joio.Moore .... 7 2538
. Thou Art, 0 God. Moore 7 2538
Hynes, Mary, and Raf-
tery " obb7
Hyperbole in Irish lit-
erature 2 xili
'Hypocrite, The' Bickerstaff 1 182
'• von. pagh
am a friar of orders
gray O'Keeffe ._ 7 2778
a wand'ring min-
strel man Walsh ... 9 3o03
desolate Sigerson .. 8 3137
God's Martin '
(Irish Rann)..HYDE 10 3841
■ the tender voice.RussELL . . 8 2999
bind myself to day
to a strong vir- „ „„ ,
tue Stokes ... 8 3244
do not love thee!'. Norton ... 7 2589
drink to the
Graces, Law,
Physic, Divinity. Lever .... 5 1993
found in Innisfail
the fair Mangan . .. 6 2375
give my heart to
thee' O'Grady ... 7 2760
go to knit two
clans together . . De Veke . . 3 860
grieve when I
think Hogan 5 1593
groan as I put ouLTynan-
Hinkson. 9 3458
hate a castle on
bog land built'
(Irish Rann) ..Hyde lO 3839
hate poor hounds
about a house '
(Irish Rann) ..Hyde 10 3839
heard a distant
clarion blare.. Armstrong. 1 25
the dogs howl in
the moonlight
night Allingham. 1 21
hope and pray
that none may
kill me ' Hyde 10 3833
knew by the
smoke ' Moore .... 7 2529
-know a lake O'Brien ... 7 2602
a maiden ; she is
dark and fair.O'DONNELL. 7 2687
what will hap-
pen, sweet ....Sullivan... 9 3340
who won the
peace of God.. Stokes ... 8 3261
left two lovers . . .M'Gee 7 2224
love you, and 1
love you Furlong . . 4 1242
loved a love — a
royal love Leamy .... 5 1910
made another gar-
den, yea O'Shaugh-
nessy ... 7 2844
met an ould cail-
lach Skrine ... 8 3152
1 Mind not being
drunk, but then'
(Irish Rann) ..Hyde 10 3833
placed the silver
in her palm Carey 2 573
said my pleasure.. Russell .. S 3001
sat within the val-
ley green Joyce 5 1746
saw the Master of
the Sun De Vere . . 3 853
sell the best brandy '
and sherry Magrath ..10 4016
shall not die for
love of thee.. . Graves ... 4 1414
Die for Thee. . . Hyde ..... 4 1656
sit beside my dar- „_„„
ling's grave ...,0'Leary ... < 2796
4080.
Irish Literature.
VOL. TAGE
I tell you an ancient
story GWYNN ... 4 1523
thank the. goodness
and the grace 4 1G10
walked in the lone-
some evening . ..Allingham. 1 14
want no lectures
from a learned
master Griffin ... 4 1382
watched last night
the rising moon.. Kenealy .. 5 1788
wear a shamrock
in my heart . . . .Gilbert ... 4 1279
will arise and go
now Yeats .... 0 3707
would I were on
yonder hill Street Bal-
lad 9 3315
I-Rreasil (see also Ily-
Brasail) Macmanus. . 6 2208
Ibsen and the Irish
drama 10 xx
Iceland, Manners and
customs in 3 943
Icelandic Dinner, An. . .Dufferin . 3 942
Icilius. the Roman lover
of Virginia 5 1850
I'd rock my own sweet
ehildie Graves .... 4 1411
wed you without
herds 3 1181
'Ideals in Ireland '.... Russell .. 8 2989
' Ideas of Good and
Evil ' Yeats. 9 3054, 3001
Idler in France, The. . . Blessing-
ton 1 212
Idolatry of the Irish. .O'Flaherty. 7 2718
If I had thought thou
couldsthave died.WOLFE .... 9 3034
I'm the Faery fool.
Dalua Ciiesson .. 2 593
sadly thinking,
with spirits sink-
ing Curran ... 2 790
you go over desert
and mountain. O'Sn aug it-
nessy ... 7 2845
' hope to teach,
yon must he n
fool ' (Irish
Rann) Hyde 10 3833
s e a r o h e d the
county o' Car
low M'Call ... O 2122
would like to see Faiiy 3 1132
' Timorant Essays' . ...DOWLINQ .. 3 KM
Ikf-rrin 3 859
Ubrec, son of Manan-
nan 4 1449
Illicit distilling 1 40; 2 541; 4 1456
Illuminated MSS., An-
cient Irish /... 2 xx
ornaments and Ini
tials (color plate).... 4 1020; 8 Front
9 Front
I'm a ho'd undaunted
Irishman Street Bal-
lad 8 3275
left all alone llkp
a stonp Graves .... 4 1414
Jfol Myself ot AH.LOVDB C 2083
Kittin' on the stile
Mary Dufff.rin . 3 933
up and down nnd
round about .... Swift .... 9 3389
very happy wh<r'
I am Bouctcadlt. 1 257
VOL. PAGH
Imaal, The crags of 6 2207
Image of beauty, when I Russell . 8 3000
Imageries of dreams re-
veal Johnson . . 4 1699
' Imagination and Art
In Gaelic Litera-
ture ' Rolleston . . 8
Scientific Limit of
the Tyndall . . 0
Scientific use of
the l
Imaginative character
of Irish wit 6
element in the
Irish character 4
Imogen, Shakespeare's
love of 3
' Impeachment of War-
ren Hastings ' Burke .... 1
Imperatrix, Ave Wilde .... 9
Imports and exports,
Irish 9
Impressionism 9
Imtheacht na Trornd-
haiinhe, The 2
In a quiet watered land. Rolleston . 8
a slumber visional. SlGEBSON .. 8
Defense of Charles
Qavan Duffy ...Whiteside. 9 3550
Egypt's land, con.
taglous to the
Nile
Exile, A ustralia . . Orr
France they called
them Trouba-
dours Lover ....
Ireland 't Is even-
ing Orr
Pulchram Lactl
feram Mahont
* a i ji t Patrick's
Ward Blundell .
September Todiiunter.
Siberia's wastes. .Mangan . . .
the airy whirling
wheel Ror.r.F.STON.
The Enfjine-Shed. . Wilkins ..
' the (Kites of the
Vorth ' O'Grady . .
the gloomy ocean
bed Roche ....
the gold vale of
Limerick Street Bal
lad
the heart of a
German forest. ..Rolleston.
the heart of high
blue hills Furlong ..
' the Kingdom of
Kerry ' CROKER . . .
the town of Athy
one Jeremy Lanl-
gan Street Bal
lad
the Valley of
Khanganagh . . .Martlet . .
the wet dusk sil-
ver sweet Russell . . 8 3003
' Thoughtland and
Dreamland ' . . .Keeling
2908
3471
xvll
vill
1287
875
383
3588
3H04
3582
029
2979
3134
3085
2S.'J7
2007
2840
2340
215
.",100
2308
2970
3000
2746
2904
3310
2977
1241
COO
0 3293
« 2382
H
Vi
5
71,
yonder well there
lurks a spell Mahonv 2
Inchegelagh 3
Inchy 4
1709
1772
080
114
1650
General Index.
40S1
Income-Tax. Speech in
Opposition to Pitfe
First Sheridan . . 8
Independence, Declara-
tion of American 4
India. See \V u r c e n
Hastings.
cruelties in l
Indian Chief, Capture
of an Ueid 8
VOL, l'.w i.
horsemanship
Tale, An
India's diadems 7
Individual ownership
of land 7
Individuality of Irish
literature 2
Indo-European family,
Irish part of an 8
Industries, Irish 9
Infanticide in ancient
Greece O
Influence of Irish learn-
ing and art 4
' the Irish Lan-
guage, The ' ..O'Brien . .. '<
Inhiam. John Kells
3072
1005
3S5
20;? 5
-;.:!,-.
1328
2511
2806
xvli
xvll
3302
2332
1599
2014
1659
3002
1708
17-45
2375
Inheritance Russell . . 8
Inis Fail, the Isle of
Destiny 2 -143; 5
Iulsfail CS
Aldfrld's Itinerary
in O
See Ode urittcn on
Leaving inland
and Wans of
War.
Inlsfnllen 5 1S75
Klllarney (half-
tone engraving)
— ruined abbey at
The beauty of
3(r.'0
3020
1875
1884
254 3
Inlshmaan
Inismore, The Prince o/.Morgan
Injustice of Disqtialifl-
cation of Catholics,
Of the Gbattan .. 4 1405
Innisboffln, Island of 4 1200
Innisearra Buokley .. 1 351
Innlsdoyle 2 758
Innisfrcc, Tlic Lake Isle
of Yeats 9 3707
Tnnishowen Duffy .... 3 961
Innlstull 2 032
limy (river), The ^ 573.
1 ascription ALEXANDER. 1 8
Inscriptions (Fetrle's
Christian cited) 1> 3684
Insularity of the Creeks 0 2332
Insurrection of Tyrone
and Desmond. The 7 2802
Intellectual achievement
and moral force O 24GS
awaken lug caused
by The Nation © xj
Intermarriage of Irish
and English prohib-
ited 9 lx
Interpretation of Lite-
rature. The Dowdbn ... 3 866
' Interview between Flon
Ma Cnhhall and Can-
nan ' 9 3494
Interviews with Buona-
parte Tone 9 8418
Into the Twilight Yeats 9 3705
VOL.
Invasion. The Danish 9
Invasions, caused dis-
persion OI MSS 7
of Ireland !>
Inter 3au. My Mac-mam s.
Sceine
lona. The Abbacy of
Ioua's ruined cloisters.
Iota See Caffyn
Ireland Gwynn
' A Literary History
of Hyde 4
loio. to it;.
A Sorrowful La-
ment for Gregory .. 4 1459
1 Ancient Legends
of ' . Wilde
PAGE
vilt
2070
vii
2204
1484
101 S
2220
429
1532
1003
1618
. . 9
3501.
and the Arts ....Vims .... 5>
-Annals of' O'DONOVAN. 7
270S.
Antiquity of 1
7
- Cromwell in '. . . .Mubphy
Fair Jlills of .... Fbkqi soh
(.'. Dress and
Daily Life in An-
cient Joyce .... 5
- her own or the
world in a blase 8
- Historic and Pic-
turesque' Iohnston . f»
TIoic to Govern... Da Yi:i;r. ... 3
- in VttO. Essay on
the state of. . . .Tone 9
-in 7727. .1 Short
View of Swift .... 9
- in 1198j The State
of Tone 9
- In Penal Days,
Women in Atkinson . 1
■ in Slimmer (half-
tone engraving) 5
- In the New Cen-
tury ' Plunkett . 8
- in the Fast Gen-
eration. Revela-
tions of' Madden ... O
• Jo n n . A i: c li -
BISHOP (portrait) 5
■Justice for O'Connell.. 7
- i etters on the
State of* Doyle 55
i making in . . . MacDonagb <!
Meeting. A Young . MacCaBTHY. G
\« Snakes in O'Kbbffb .. ~
Of His Hay. The '.FUBGOSON . 3
■oh Ireland ! cen-
ter of my long-
ings Gwynn .... 4
On the Policy for. Meagher . . <►
- st. Patrick, Apos-
tle of Todd O
Sixty Years Ago '.Walsh .... 9
Sketches in ' Or way 7
3557
3566
3661
2700
2700
300
2567
1185
1735
3067
1 702
854
3 1 1 5
3302
3 t 2 1
28
1703
2908
22S1
100.2
2641
919
2103
2 1 80
2771
1170
1 532
2 115
3400
3513
2848
2853
-The Cromwellian
Settlement of '. . F n endeb-
gast
The Cloru of ....Meagher .;
-The National Mu-
sic of ' Burke ....
The Northmen in. .Stokes ...
The Pillar Totccrs
Of MAOCARTnY.
-The Story of ', . . Sullivan ..
2013
2420
400
3238
2130
3323
4082
Irish Literature.
VOL. PAGE
' Ireland, The Whole
Works of Sir
James Ware Con-
cerning ' Ware 9 3544
3546, 3547
To Wilde 9 3573
1 Traces of the El-
der Faiths of '. . Wood-Mae-
tin 9 3640
Visible and Invisi-
ble Johnston . 5 1702
N. B. The foregoing are the titles
in which the word " Ireland " oc-
curs : to index all references to
Ireland would have taken too
much space and is scarcely nec-
essary.
' Ireland's Cause in Eng-
land's Parlia-
ment ' McCarthy.. 6 2161
Influence on Euro-
pean literature. . Sigerson ..4 vii
Part in English
Achievement . ...Sheil 8 3057
Wrongs, Carlyle
on 3 951
Olkyrn See Milligan.
A Plea for the
Study of O'Brien ... 7 2614
Antiquities, Hand
bOOk Of W A K E M A N
and Cooke. 9 3482
As a Spoken Lan-
guage Hyde 4
Astronomy Halpine .. 4
Bar, The ' O'Flanagan. 7
Iris
Irish,
Bear, An 7
Borough Franchise
Bill, The 6
Bulls Examined,
Originality of. .Edgewortii. 3
' Celts', Legendary
Fictions of the '.Kennedy . . 5
1700, 1801.
• Chiefs, The Duffy 3
■ Church, The McCarthy.. O
■ Confederation, The O
■ contingent of
Louis XV., The 7
■ Cry, The Wilson ... 9
Doomsday Book, 7
■ Press of the An-
cient Walker ...
• Ecclesiastical Re-
mains. Ancient. . Petrie ....
-Emiarant in Amer-
ica, Song of
the FlTZSIMON. .
— Lament of the. Dufferin .
■Exile, The MacDeh-
mott . . .
- Fairn and Polk
Talcs Welsh . . .
Tales ' Leamy ....
-Famine, A Scene
in the niaoiNS . .
1603
1540
2723
2728
2794
!>
2176
1055
1706
1803
050
2148
2410
2815
3617
2705
3403
2880
1206
033
6 21S0
xvil
1 899
Farmer in Contem-
p 1 a t i o n , The
(color plate) 1
-Felon. The' Lalor .... 5
Fisheries Bill, The «
-Folk Tales' ....Larminie . 5
See Irish Fairy
Tales.
■Qentru and their
Petainera Barrington. l
4 1573
xvl
1855
217(1
isci;
138
VOL.
Irish Grandmother, The.STREET Bal-
lad 8
' History, An Out-
line of McCarthy. . 6
Eighty-
Years of '
Five
.Daunt ..
Lectures on
Manu script
Materials of..O'CuRRY
House of Com-
mons, October,
1783 4
' Ideas' O'Brien ... 7
' Idylls' Barlow . .. 1
' in America, The '.Maguire . . 6
in America, The. .O'Brien ... 7
in the War, The. .Maguire .. 6
Intellect, The ... .Giles .... 4
— — Land Bill of 1876 6
Language of the
Ancient Ware 9
prohibited 9
PAGE
3288
2174
2179
811
7 2670
1400
2017
98
2321
2617*
2321
1280
2177
3544
ix
— Life. The Sunniness
of
Literature, Charac-
teristics of . . ,
— wrongly classed
as English 2
— Continuity of 2
— England's i n -
debtedness to 2
— Individuality of 2
— National spirit
in 2
— Racial flavor of 2
8 vll
2 xviil
xvlii
xviil
xvill
xviii
xvlli
xvill
vll
1242
1411
(special article). McCarthy. I
Love Song, An ...Furlong .. 4
Lullaby Graves ... 4
Manuscripts. (See
Ancient Irish
Manuscripts.)
- Melodies.' Moore's 6 2337
- Ministrelsy, Ilard-
Iman's . '. 4 1251
-Misdeeds, English
Misrule and ' . . . De Yere . . 3 854
■ Mistake, An Read S 2018
■ Molhi O Fahy 3 1133
Molhi O Street Bal-
lad 8 32S8
- Municipal Fran-
chise Bill, The 6 2176
- Privileges Bill 6 2176
■ Music Petrie .... 1 401
8 2885
■ Musical G cni u s.
An O'Donoghue 7 2600
■ Novels Egan 5 vil
■Parliament. Inde-
pendence of 9 x
- Speech in 3 1212. 1217
■ Patriot. The Ambi-
tion of the Phillips .. 8 2892
■Peasant to liis
Unstress, 77ie.M00RE .... 7 2536
- Justin McCarthy
on Moore's O 2148
- People and the
Irish Land.
The' Butt 2 427
- not represented
by tho Irish
Parliament 6 2162
- Prose ' 10 3959
■ question an Ameri-
can question 9 3329
General Index.
4083
itis'ii railways, The bill
for purchase of G
Rapparees, The. . .Duffy .... 3
Reaper's Harvest
Hymn, The ....Keegan ... 5
Registration of
Voters Bill, The 6
Riahts, Declara-
tion of Geattan . . 4
■ Romanists and Rit-
ualists, Disraeli
alleges conspir-
acy between 6
* scholars in Europe . 9
School of Oratory,
The Taylor ... 7
* Sketch Book,'
Thackeray's
(quoted) 3
* Spinning Wheel,
The Graves ... 4
> State Church,
Gladstone on «
Surnames of the
Ancient Ware 9
. Idolatry of the . .O'Flaherty. 7
■ The Origin of the. Ware 4
' Thing in Prose, -Ih.Keeling . . 5
-in Rhyme, Are.. Keeling .. 5
• Wit and Humor. ,,0'Dono-
ghde ... 6
Wits and Wor-
thies ' PlTZPATRICK 3
• Literature/ Ob-
jects of, defined 1
See N. B. at end of Ireland, ante.
VOL. PAGE
Irish-Australians 7
Irishman, The Orr 7
Irishman's Farewell to
his Country Street Bal-
lad .... 8
Irishmen as Rulers, On. Dufferin . 3
' in Foreign Ser-
vice, Eminent '. . Onahan ... 7
Irreverent Milton ! bold
I deem Mullaney . 7
Irony. See Humor.
of Dean Swift 6
Irwin, Thomas Caul-
field 6
Is he then gone? Brooke .
«■ it thus : O Shame. . Savage . .
thy will that 1
should wax
and wane .... Wilde . .
there one desires
to hear Larminie
9
5
Island Fisherman, An. . Tynan-
Hinkson. 9
• of Atlantis, The. ..Croly . . . . 2
— — of Saints and
Scholars 9
Ireland the 1 xvii ; 2
Islandbridge 7
1 Isle in the Water, An '.Tynan-
Hinkson. 9
of the Blest, The. .Griffin ... 4
It is far and it is far. .Milligan . 6
not beauty I de-
mand Darley . .
not travel makes
the man ....Flecknoe
2176
957
1765
2176
1387
2158
3395
vil
xxi
1410
2156
3546
2718
3547
1771
1772
vil
1199
xiv
2618
2839
3287
938
2814
2561
xii
1668
288
3024
3592
1875
3458
749
viii
vii
2694
3444
1510
2438
2 807
3 1209
was long past the
noon Savage-Arm-
strong .. 8 3028
— on the Mount
Cithseron Wilkins .. 9 3604
It was the fairy of the
place Russell ..
very early in the
spring Street Bal-
lad ....
Italian Gesticulation. . .Wiseman .
VOL.
. S
Italy described in Gold,
smith's The Travel-
ler 4
It's a lonely road
through bog-land . . . Russell . . 8
' To mix-without-
fault ' (Irish
Rann) HYDE 10
Its edges foamed with
amethyst Russell . . 8
Ivara 2
Ivor, Lament for King , Stokes ... 8
PAGE
3002
3278
3627
1359
2997
3835
3004
439
3260
J.
J. J. W See John Walsh.
J. W See John Walsh.
J. K. L See Doyle.
' Jack Hinton ' Lever. 5 1952, 1964
Jackets, Women's 9 3495
Jackson, Andrew, of the
Ship Castledown 6 2114
Jacob Omnium See Higgins.
Jacobinism 2 443
Jacobite cause, The 9 3445
Jacob's Stone (half-tone
engraving) O'Flaherty. 7 2717
' Jail Journal, John
Mitchel's ' Mitchel . . 6
James II., Curran on 2 780,
and Ireland 9
- — - Memoirs of (cited) 9
Sarsfield's loyalty
to 7
Jameson, Mrs 5
Jamie Freel and the
6
Young Lady MacLintock
Jane: A Sketch from
Dublin Life ....Costello .. 2
Grey, Execution of
Lady 3
Janus Russell . . 8
Japhet, Ireland de-
scended from 9
Jarvey (comic paper) 6
Jaunting-car (half-tone
engraving) 2
Jephson's' anecdote of
Faulkner 4
.Teffers, Lady 6
Jefferson, J., as Bob
Acres (portrait) 8
Jenny from Ballinasloe. Street Bal-
lad 8
Jeremy Diddler (char-
acter in ' Raising the
Wind ' ) 5 1805
Jerrold, B., on ' Father
Prout' 6 2336
' Jessamv Bridf. The '..Moore 7 2468
(Mary Horneck) 4 1301
Jessop, George H 5 1688
' Jesukin ' Sigerson .. 8 3141
Jim Walsh's Tin Box. .Macintosh. 6 2233
Jocelyn. Robert 7 2724
John O'Dwyer of the
Glen Furlong . . 4 1247
of the Two Sheep. Hyde 4 1631
Johneen Skkine .... 8 3154
2444
2454
789
ix
3324
2817
1678
2242
1640
851
3000
3548
x
788
1262
2440
3088
3285
4084
Irish Literature.
VOL. PAGE
Johnny, I Hardly Knew
Ye Street Bal-
16 lad 8 3230
Johnson, Lionel 5 1G93
and the Rhy-
mers' Club 5 1693
on W. Ailing-
ham's verse i n
■ on J- C- Man" 6 o351
gan *> ~rf?A
W. B. Yeats on 3 xm
"Drifn and.Ma?k: 6 2241
on E. Burke 1 369
on Sir John Den-
ham 3 84y
on Ireland's
learning * xvu
on the Earl of
Roscommon s -.asi
on ' The Tem-
pest ' 2 407
See A Goodly Com*
pan i) and The
Haunch of Tcnl-
Johnson's Dictionary 7 2479
Johnston, Anna. See MACMANUS.
Charles 5 1702
Johnstone, Charles » l < oy
Jonathan Freke
Slingsby See Waller.
Jones, Mr. Bence, Boy-
cotting of 1 261o
Jordan, Mrs 5 1920
Jordan's Banks 7 251 <
Josephus on the dis-
persal after Babel a 3548
Journal of a Lady of
Fashion Blessing-
TON 1 193
• to Stella, The '.Swift 9 3378
Journey in Disguise, A. Burton ... 2 408
Journri/s End in Lovers
Meeting Kickham . o 1815
' Jove's Poet.' See Moore.
Jov ! Jov ! the day Is
come at last Duffy .
Joyce, Patrick Wes-
ton (portrait) 5 1(13. 1730
Robert Dwyer 5 Jonr
Judge's Bill. The 4 1..9o
July the first of a
morning clear Street Bal-
lad » 3271
Junius, the Letters of 3 1226
Jupiter's moons *■ «*8
Just after the war, in
. LB Fanu . . f» 1937
. O'Connell. 7 2641
3 954
fOL. PAGE
Kauffmann, Angelica,
The Art of 7 2473
Kavanagh, Rose 5 17o2
Kearsage, The Roche ... 8 2964
Keary, Annie 6 1755
Keating, Geoffrey (bi-
ography ) c . 10 4012
P. S. Dineen on 10 3959
war,
the year
Justice for Ireland .
Keating's cave in Aher-
low Glen 7 2615
Keats, Celtic influence
on » 3655
Keegan, John 5 1762
Keeling, Elsa D'Es-
terre 5 1769
Keenan, Sir Patrick 4 1605
Keening and Wake. . . . Wood-Mar-
tin 9 3640
of the Three Marys
(folk song) Hyde 10 3789
Keightley, Samuel
Robert 5 1774
M. F. Egan on 5 xiil
Kelkar, Son of Fther 7 2759
Kellg 5 1738
Book of 5 1737 ; 7 2671
(color plate) 9 Front
K.
Kalavala 9 3654
Kant on materialism 9 34<>4
Kate Kearney Morgan ... 7 2555
of Arraglen Lane B 1863
Of (lamnvilla . . . . Lysagut .. 6 2108
Katru's Letter DuFFERIN . 3 935
Kathalcen Ni Houlihan « 220*
. Nit-H o u I a h r n ,
From the Irish .. Mangan .. 6 2380
'Kathleen Mnrourneen'
(half-tone en-
craving) Crawford . 2 658
O'More ......... Reynolds . 8 2939
Crosses at 9 3485
Kellv, Eva Mary. . .See O'Doherty.
-"Hugh 5 1781
D. J. O'Dono-
ghue on wit of 6 xili
Goldsmith on 4 1381
Margaret 9 3503
the Fenian leader,
Rescue of 7 2607
Kelvin. Lord (Sir Wil-
liam Thompson) 5 1783
Kenealy, Dr., D. J.
O'Donoghue • on
wit of « xlv
William 5 ?.7S8
K e n m a r e, Rinucini's
journey from 1 32
Kennedy, Patrick ■» 1 ' s9
Kennedys, The » 941
Kenney, Jambs 5 1805
D. J. O'Donoghue
on wit of 6 xill
Kensington and Rane-
lagh Gardens J 165
Keorih. Anecdotes of . . .Fitzpatrick 3 1199
Jemmy 1 14i>
Kernahan, Coulson
(portrait) 5 lb09
Kerry "a fit cradle for
O'Connell " 4 1588
Ancient families
0fi 4 1590
Dance' The !.'.'.. !molloy ... 6 2457
' In the Kingdom
of CROKER ... 2 660
Number of Irish
words used in * ! <>« '
The Knight of 4 loJ0
Kerry's pride and Mun-
ster's glory » 3°<'»
Key-Shield of thr Mass lO 390a
Kickham, Charles Jo-
seph 5 1S55
and the 'Irish Peo-
pie' O'Lbary ... 7^(98
as a humorist ** xv
D. J. O'Donoghue
«n f» xvll
M. F," Egan on 5 vll>
xvl
General Index.
4085
VOL. PAGE
Kickham, W. B. Yeats on 3 xi
Kieran, St., and Clon-
macnoise 9 3484
Kilbride. Carlow to 3 1182
Kilcoe, The Glens of 4 1255
Kilcrea 1 353
Kilcullen 5 1894, 1898
Kildare, Bishop of 4 1600
Brigit at 8 3253
landlord, A 4 1574
The House of 7 2741
— — Pooka. The Kennedy .. 5 1796
The Curragh of 5 1802
Kilkee 5 1740
Kilduff 2 647
'Kilhwch and Olwen ' 4 1598
Kilkenny Exile's Christ-
mas Song, The. . Kenealy .. 5 1788
Man, The See Campion.
Statute of 9 3391
The ' holy well '
near 5 1766
Kill, Bh<51ate 4 1623
Killaan 2 689
Killala 4 1575
The Bishops of 6 2232
The French at 9 3697
The Scene of
Cathleen ni Hool-
ihan 10 xxl
Killaloe 6 2377
Killarney. See Dei-mot
Astore.
Colleen Bawn Rock
(half-tone en-
graving) 4 1494
Echo at the lake
of 3 1056
The beauty of 5 1876
The Falls of (half-
tone engraving) O 1876
The Lake of. See
Ren t-day.
The Lakes of (color
plate) 4 Front
Oisin at 5 1714
Mountain Cottage
in (half-tone en-
craving) 4 1484
-^^O'Connell at 7 2652
Killenaule affair, The 7 2798
Killibegs 5 1575
Killilee 6 2354
Killiney G 2132
Bay 4 1424
Hill 7 2651
Kilmartin See John Walsh.
Kilrush 5 1958
Kiltown Abbey G 2250
Kilwarden, Lord 2 797
Kilworth 2 681
Mountains, The 7 2730
Kimbay Maeflontann 7 2757
King Ailill's Death ...Stokes ... 8 3261
Bagenal Daunt .... 3 817
Charles he is King
James's son . . . . Callanan . 2 442
John and the
Mayor Downey ... 3 1900
of Denmark's Ride,
The Norton ... 7 2587
England p r o -
claimed King
of Ireland 9 3390
■ Ireland's Son,
The (see also
The Red I>mcA-)Chesson . . 2 590
VOL. PAGE
King of Prussia, The,
and feudal land
tenure 7 2866
the Black Des*
ert, The. From
fairy and folk
lore Hyde 10 3713
the Cats, Sea n -
chan the Bard
and the Wilde .... 9 3566
O'Toole and St.
Kevin Lover .... 5
Richard Ashe 5
William Eccles ... 3
Kingly Power, The 2
Kingstown 7
Kinkora. From the Irish
of Mac-Liag Mangan ... 6
Kinnegad 5
Kinsale Fisherman, A 5
The battle of 7
The landing of the
Spaniards" at 7
Kin vara 3
Kinvarra (Kenn-Mara) 5
Kikwan, Walter Blake 5
as an Orator 3
Eloquence of 1
Grattan's tribute
to 7
— not a plagiarist 1
Mount 6
Kish of Brogues, A. . . .Boyle .... 1
Kitty Neal Waller ... 9
of Coleraine Siianly ... 8
Knife-Grinder, Friend
of Humanity and tfte.CANNiNG . . 2
Knight of the Sheep. . .Griffin ... 4
Tricks, The Hyde 10
Knighting of Cuchulain.O'G'R&.QY ... 7
Knights of Tara 1
Knock-na-Fian 7
' Knocknagow ' Kickham . 5
Knockthu, The Hill of 4
Knowles, James Sher-
idan (portrait) 5
Kylemore 6
Knowledge, Injury of 3
2046
1833
967
780
2651
2377
1961
2009
2744
2740
1134
1729
1842
1202
127
xvii
128
2413
264
3500
3032
467
1466
3751
2756
146
2754
1815
1255
1846
2391
882
L. N. F See Mrs. Fitzsimon.
La Cruche and Kitty of
Coleraine S 3032
La Hogue, Sea fight off 7 2823
La Touche, the Banker 6 2106
Ladies, Advice to the. .Goldsmith. 4 1322
Irish, Dress of 9 3497
Lady Gay Spanker
(character i n
' London Assur-
ance ) l 252
Jane Grey De Verb . . 3 851
of Fashion, Jour-
nal of a Blessing-
ton 1 193
Teazle, Ada Rehan
as 8 3105
Laeg, Son of Riangabra 4 1433
Laegaire, King, and St.
Patrick. (See also
Laogar, or Laoghaire) 4 1601
Laeghaire (Leary) 4 1616
Laffan. May. See Mrs. Hartley.
Laffans, The 3 941
La Gioconda (half-tone
engraving) 3 877
4086
Irish Literature.
VOL
Laigaire 4
Lake Isle of Innisfree,
The Yeats .... 9
of the Dismal
Swatnp, The ...Moore .... 7
Lakes of Killarney
(color plate) . . .
or loughs of Ul-
ster, The
' Lalla Rookh ' Moore
Father Prout on.
. PAGE
1443
3707
2539
Front
2275
2509
2342
2421
1855
Meagher on 6
Lalor, James Fixtan 5
Lambert, Xannie . . . SeeMRS. Power
O'Donoghue.
Lambert, Old Lady
(character in ' Mr.
Mawworn ') 1 182
Lament. From the Irish
of Owen Ward. . Mangan .. 6 2352
A. From the IrishCURRAN ... 2 768
Claragh's. From
the Irish D' Alton .. 2 803
for Ireland, A Sor-
rowful Gregory ... 4 1459
for King Ivor Stokes ... 8 3260
■ O Dalcassians ! the
Eagle Hogan 4 1591
of Maev Lcith-
Dherg,The. From
the Irish Rolleston. 8 2975
of O'Gnive, The.
From the Irish. .Callanan . 2 443
of the Irish Emi-
grant Dcfferin . 3 933
of the Irish
Maiden, The ...Lane 5 1865
of tlie Mangaire
Sugach. From
the Irish Walsh . . . 9 3508
over the Ruins of
the Abbey of
Timoleague ....Fergdson . 3 1177
Lamentation of Hugh
Reynolds, The Street Bal-
lad 8 3292
Lancashire cotton mills 1 37
Land Act. Irish 2 426
of 1870, The « 2178 ; 9 xi
The motion of
1875 for in-
quiry into the
workings of the 6 2176
Agents. See Cas-
tle RacJcrent and
The Oombeen
Man.
Bill of 1876, the
Irish 6
Fairies described 3
improvement in
Ireland 9
Individual owner-
ship of 7
League, The Irish
National 9
of Ookaigne, The 8
' of St. T/fiwrence,
From the ' .... Egan 3
ownership 5
•purchase scheme,
Gladstone's 9
question. The. See
An Eviction.
— Parnell on the 6
2177
xviii
3365
2866
xi
3134
1080
1S55
xi
2178
VOL. PAOB
Land tenure, Frederick
William of
Prussia 7 2860
Froude cited on 7 2866
John Bright on 7 2867
On Butt 2 422
See also 5 1S55 ; 7 2862
Landen, The battle of 3 957 ; 7 2824
Landlords and Tenants 2 4122
Landlordism lO 3919
Lane, Denny 5 1S63
Language, fossil poetry 9 3434
Irish as a Spoken. Hyde 4 1603
of the Ancient
Irish Ware 9 3544
Langue d'bil and langue
d'oc, Irish older than 2 vii
Languish, Lydia (char-
acter in ' The Rivals ') 8 3078
Lanigan's Ball 8 3293
Laogar, King 7 2719
Laogar's daughters, con-
verted by St. Patrick 7 2720
Laoghaire's Daughters,
Conversion of King
(fairy and folk tale). Anonymous.
Laoi na mna moire
Lapful of Nuts, The. . .Ferguson .
Larkin executed at Man-
chester 7 2608 ;
Larks Tynan-
Hinkson.
Larminie, William 5
Larry M'Hale Lever . . .
Last Desire. The Rolleston
Oleeman, The . . .Yeats . . .
Music, The Johnson .
Rose of Summer,
The Moore 7 2528
Speech of Robert
Emmet Emmet ... 3 1087
' Latitudes, Letters from
High' Dufferin . 3
Latnamard 3
Lauderdale, Lord, Sher
Idan on 8 3123.
Lavalla, The Lake of 6
Lnw.
Penal Laics, The. .McCarthy. . 6
Nation's Right. A.MOLXNEUX . G
Tlifd hit MS TVers.O'FLANAGAN 7
3
1162
4
1609
3
1183
U
3339
f>
3457
5
1866
5
2001
s
2973
i)
3683
B
1700
942
958
312.")
2230
2179
2460
2723
1877
viil
Lawless. Emily 5
M. F. Egan on 5
Lawrence's Gate, Drog-
heda (half-tone en-
graving) 7 2568
Lawrence's, Sir T.. por-
trait of Lady Bless-
lngton 1 192
Laws of coinage. The 9 3375
Lay of O.tsinn and Pat-
rick. A Gwynn .... 4 1H23
of the famine, A . Street Bal-
lad 8 3295
of Gudrun, The,
and Ireland 4 vlll
Lazu Beauty and her
Aunts, The Kennedy ... n 1789
Le Fan-u. JosEni Sher-
idan 5 1927
as a comic
writer 6 xv
on landlordism 10 3919
W. P 5 1937. 194.A
Le Ferre. The Storu of.STHRNE ... 8 3220
' Leabhar Breac,' The 7 2615, 2663
na-h-Uidhre 7 2668
General Index.
4087
VOL. PAGE
Leahhar nah Uidhrc,The
(Book of the Dun
Cow) 4
Leadbeater, Mary «>
«— — - Papers, The ' . . . Leadbeatek. &
Leamy, Edmund 5
Leanan Sidhe, To the.. Boyd 1
Leanhaun Shee, The, de-
scribed •»
Lear, The august sor-
rowful «J
Learning and Art, Irish 4
in Ancient Ireland 9
'Leaves from a Prison ^^
Diary ' Davitt. 3 83^
Lebanon 7
• Lebor Breac ' 8
Lecain, The Book of
(see also Lecan) 7
Lecale 3
Lecan, The Book of
(see also Lecain) -
Lecky, William E. H «»
(portrait) g
on Flood 3
Home Rule <>
William Smith
O'Brien 7
O'Connell 7
' Lectures and Essays
on Irish Subjects '.. Giles .... 4
Lee, The (river) 1 353 ; 2
3 878 ; «
Legend of Glendalough . Lover . . .
of Stiff enbach, TfceWiLLiAMS
* Legendary Fictions of
the Irish Celts '.Kennedy .. 5
1799, 1801.
Heroes 8
Legends 9
ancient Irish,
Ethical content of 8
Legends and Myths.
From Fionnuala. .Armstrong. 1
To the Leandn
Sidhe Boyd 1
Lord of Dunker-
ron Croker ... 2
Story of the Little
Bird Croker ... 2
Cael and Credit e. .Gregory .. 4
Coming of Finn. .Gregory .. 4
Death of Cuchu-
jain Gregory . . 4
Only Son of Aoife. Gregory . . 4
Lay of Ossian and
Patrick Gwynn ... 4
Battle of Dunbolg.HTDE 4
Story of Mac-
Ddtho's Pig and
Hound Hyde 4 1613
C o nnl a of the
Golden Hair ...Joyce 5 1731
Exploits of Cwroi.JOYCE .... 5 1749
Fineen the Rover. Joyce .... 5 1743
Naisi Receives his
Sword Joyce 5 1746
Oisin in TirnanogeSoYCE .... 5 1714
Enchantment of
Gcaroidh la rla . . Kennedy .. 5 1801
Epilogue to Fand.LARMiNiE . 5 1875
Fionnuala Milligan . 6 2437
Jlattle of Almhain.O'DoxoxAN. 7 2709
Knighting of Cucu-
lain .... O'Grady ... 7 2756
Queen Heave and
her Hosts O'Grady ... 7 2746
1600
1886
1886
1899
258
xx
3660
1599
viil
837
2517
3141
2663
957
629
1912
1916
1212
2175
2619
2624
1280
718
23"44
2046
3610
1796
1803
2990
3404
2973
25
258
736
734
1445
1447
1431
1426
1523
1622
VOL. PAGE
Legends and Myths.
King Ailill's DeattiSTOKES ... 7 3261
Strand of Balor. .Todhunter. 9 3404
Deirdre in the
Woods Trench ... 9 3431
Children of Lir. . . Tynan-
Hinkson. 9 3460
Saint Francis and
the Wolf Tynan-
Hinkson. 9 3451
The Priest's Soul. Wilde 9 3561
Old Age of Queen
Maeve Yeats 9 3697
Wakeman on 9 3482
'Legends and Stories '.Lover. 6 2055, 2071
' and Traditions,
Fairy' Croker. 3 695, 736
of Ireland 9 vil
Ancient Wilde .... 9 3557
3558, 3561, 3566
Archbishop Mc-
Hale on O 2231
of the Fairies, The 3 xx
-of the Pyramids 9 3534
See also Folk and
Fairy Tales.
Leinster 3 956 ; 4 1249 ; 5
Aldf rid in 6
-Fionn MacC'umhail
in 6
The battle of Alm-
hain in 7
The Book of 4 1600,
5 1738,
described
Se* The Battle of Dunbolg and
The Story of MacDdtho's Pig
and Hound.
Leith-Cuinn 6
Leitrini 2
■ Lord, Lord Car-
lisle's story of 1 234,
Leix 3
Leland on the Catholic
priests in war time 3
Lenane 1
Lenihan's History of
Iiimerick (cited) 9
Lens, Peter, and the
' Hell-fire Club ' 5
Leo See Casey.
Leonardo's "Monna
Lisa " Dowden . . 3
Lepers healed by Brigit 8
Leprecaun, or Fairy
Shoemaker, The. Allingham. 1
• Description of the 3
Leprachawn, The (see
also Leprechaun or
1722
2376
2117
2709
1613
2884
xil
2357
613
241
859
955
243
3326
1916
877
3255
20
xix
Leprehaun )
Leprechaun, The
Leprehauns
' Lesbia hath a beaming
eye ' Moore .
semper bine et indeMAHONY
4
1
4
<:
T
6
Lest it may more quar-
rels breed Swift ...._?>
Let Bacchus's Sons. . .Street Bal-
lad 8
pchoolmasters puz-
zle their brain. , Goldsmith. 4
the farmer praise
his grounds . . . .Street Bal-
lad 8
1287
301
1631
2340
2523
2340
3388
3283
1349
3279
4088
Irish Literature.
Let them go by Dowden
us go to the moun-
tain
VOL,
.. 3
PAGE
876
lO
3789
2709
2412
r.eth-Chiusm 7
Letter from Galway, A Maxwell .. 6
the Place of his
Birth M'Hale ... 6 2227
Letterbrick, Famine and
pestilence at 4
Letterkenny 4 1512; 6 2249,
Tone arrested at 7
' Letters from High
Latitudes ' Duffekin . 3
Levarcham 4
Lever, Charles James
(portrait) 5
M. F. Egan on 5 vii,
Genius and pur-
pose of novels of 1
Living Authors in Irish
Literature 2
Lewines 9
Lia Fail; or Jacob's
Stone, The O'Flaherty. 7
The 8
Lia Macha 7
Liber Hymnorum, The 7
Liberty in England ...Goldsmith. 4
of the Irish 9
2
3
— Press, The . ...Curran .
— Press De Verb
The Native Land
of Ireland ... 5
the right of all
men , 6
License, The first grant-
ed to comedians in
England 6
' Life and Letters of F.
\V. Robertson 'Brooke ... 1
Literature 9
Art, and Nature. .Wilde .... 9
in Death 7
(if lirigit Stokes .... 8
' of Canning ' . . . . Bell 1
' of C. S. Parnell'.O'BRiEX ... 7
' of Owen Roe
O'Neill, A' Taylor 9
The Origin Of. . . . Kelvin ... 5
[jiffey. The 2 037 ; 5
Dublin Castle on
the 3
Llfford 6
Light o' the World. . . .McCALL ... O
Lltrht. Speed of 1
' Like a fire limited be-
neath a lake' (Irish
rann ) Hyde 10
Like a Stone in the
Street Graves ... 4
• Lily Lass ' MacCarthy. O
Limerick 1
Bridge and Castle
(half-tone en-
"r;i vine;) 5
The defense of.., 9
electors, Ha r r y
Deane Grady and 7 2728.
Irish titles in 4
Lenlhan's history
of (cited) 9
The Mayor of 8
— — method of lighting
streets in 1719 5
1573
2°5,:>
2605
942
1439
1948
xil
xx
3418
2717
2970
2757
2672
1331
3418
778
852
1662
2461
2346
291
:;r,7i>
3578
2652
.-.2-1 (i
1 65
2607
2611
3340
1784
1914
887
2357
2124
3S
3833
1414
21S0
58
1742
ix
2732
1590
3326
xvii
1916
Limerick, Sarsfield at 4 1593;
destroys sup.
plies for seige
VOL.
PAGE
1742
2820
957
1741
958
s
Surrender of
The Blacksmith o/Joyce . . .
Irish Rapparees at
The Treaty of 3 957
Treaty Stone at
(half-tone en-
graving) 3 957
Lincoln's Proclamation
of Emancipation 5 1665
Lindsay, Lord, on the
building of the Pyra-
mids 9 3533
Linen Manufacture, The 9 3423
Trade in Dublin 5 1916
Lines Greene ... 4 1424
by Robert Emmet 3 1094
from the Centenary
Ode to the Mem-
ory of Moore . . .MacCarthy. 6 2131
Written to M usic. 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, Second-
Hand SOMERVILLE
and Ross. 8 3100
Llsmore 2 681
The Book of 7 2766 ; 8 3240
Lissadill 6 2354
Litany Monsell . . 7 2465
of St. Aengus 8 2884
Literary Appreciations.
Humor of Shakes-
peare Dowden
Shakespeare's Por-
traiture of wo-
man Dowden .
Speech on Robert
Burns Ferguson
Country Folk .... Johnson
Macauiay and Ba-
con Mitchel
Emerson and JVejp.
man Mdllaney . 7
Shakespeare Wiseman . 9
' Literary History of
Ireland, A ' ....Hyde 4
1610, 1613,
impulse of The
Nation 9
Qualities of the
Saga HULL 4
Revival, Modern 10
The, Lady Greg-
ory on 1
Society of New
York, The Irish lO
Theater, The Irish 10
3 870
3 875
1170
1094
C 2444
Literature
Preternatural in
Fiction Burton . . . l
England in Shake-
speare's Youth. .Dowden ... 3
Interpretation of
Literature Dowden ... 3
Literary Qualities
of the Saga .... Hull 4
Irish as a Spoken
Language Hyde 4
2556
3628
1603
1618
xi
1597
3711
xvii
xxvi
xili
404
869
866
1597
1603
General Index.
4089
VOL. PAGE
0
7
8
8
9
Literature.
What is the Rem-
nant t Magee . .
Plea for the Study
of Irish O'Brien . .
Old Books of
Erinn O'Curry ..
Gaelic Movement. Plcnkett
On the ' Colloquy
of the Ancients.'RoLLESTON
Life, Art and Na-
ture Wilde . . .
Celtic Element in
Literature Yeats 9
and History 9
and Life «*
of the Modern
Irish Language. .Hydb 10
The antiquity of
Irish 3
Irish, from first to
last 1
■ Irish, of many
b!ends 4
The Celtic Ele-
ment in Yeats 9
Effect of National
movement on 1
Effect of Repeal
movement on 1
Effect of Union on 1
Ireland's Influence
on European . . . Sigerson . . 4
Interpretation of. .Dowden ... 3
' The Story of
Early Gaelic *.. .Htdb 4
Value of ancient
Irish 4
Young Ireland
party and 1
Litigation, Love of 3
Little Black Rose, The.Dv Verb .. 3
• Black Rose, The ' 4
Britons Caffyn ... 2
' child, I call Wiee.'HYDE 4
cowboy what have
you heard Allingham. 1
Dominick Edgeworth. 3
Mary Cassidy .... Fahy 3
Woman in Red, A.Deeny .... 3
Lives of Irish saints 7
' of the Mothers of
the Irish Saints ' 1
' of the Sheridans,
The ' Fitzgerald.
Llandaff, Lord, duel
with Lord Clonmell 1
2292
2614
2670
2908
2968
3578
3654
vii
3579
3711
xvii
xv
X
3654
xlii
xili
xll
vil
868
1622
xi
xiii
1000
858
1247
429
1655
20
1000
1135
846
2672
1 32
3 1190
Loan of a Congregation.MA.xv>ELh
Local Government Act.
Self -Government v.
Home Rule ....
Loch Finn 6
Glynn, Folk tale of 4
Ina O-'Brien ... 7
Lena, Outlaio of.. Oallanan .. 2
Leln 4
Mask 4
Quinlan 4
Swilly 7
(see also Lough).
Lochan 5
Lochinvar, An Irish 5
Locke, John 5
Locker-Lampson, F 5
Logic in Irish literature 2
Loma 3
142
2411
xi
833
2271
1642
2602
441
1448
1625
1595
2605
1725
1945
2003
1809
xiii
861
VOL. page
Lombards, Irish version
of the history of the 7
'London Assurance '.. .Bodcicault. 1
- View of Denham . . 3
Londonderry
(half-tone engrav-
ing)
Lone and weary as I
wandered Ferguson ..
is my waiting hereToDHUNTER.
- Lake, half lost
amidst Greene . . .
2672
252
850
2867
1177
3408
4 1423
Lonely from my home I
come Mangan
Long Deserted Mdlvany
Dying, The Db Verb
Long ago beyond
the misty M'Gee .
Reddy 1
Spoon, The Kennedy .. 5
they pine in dreary
woe Mangan ... 6
this night, the
clouds delay ...Sigerson... 8
Longford 7
Longing Todhunter. 9
Looe 4
Lookin' Back Skrine ... 8
Seaicard Ferguson . . 3
Looting 9
Loquacious Barber, TVieGRiFFiN ... 4
Lord Beaconsfield ....O'Connor .. 7
Lord Edward. See Fitz-
gerald.
Lieutenant's Ad-
venture, The ... Bodkin ... 1
Verulam and the
Echo 3
of Dunkerron, TheCuoKEB. ... 2
Lome, Lord 3
Lost Saint, The Hyde 4
Tribune, The .... Sigerson . . 8
Louane *
Loud roared the dread-
ful thunder Cherry ... 2
Lough, Bray Kavanagh .. 5
Bray O'Grady ... 7
Columb 4
Dan (half tone en-
graving) 4
Dergh 7
- — — Drummond 4
Erne 2
4 1255; G
Foyle 6
Ine 4
Lein (Killarney) 5
na Mrack 4 1521,
— — Neagh 3 1180 ; 5
Healing and pet-
rifying powers
of ..... 6 2277,
Outer 6
Sheelin 6
Swilly (half-tone
engraving) 2
4 1518; 6
one of the lead-
ing lakes of
Ulster 6
See also Loch.
Loughlle 3
Lough leagh (Lake of
Healing) Anonymous. 3
Louis XV. and his Irish
contingent 7
2371
2562
863
r>223
~145
1803
2380
3139
2668
3408
1519
3155
1185
3636
1503
2660
232
1056
736
939
1650
3133
114
586
1753
2760
1522
1424
2552
1522
639
2276
0077
1255
1714
1522
1753
22S0
2277
2277
633
2427
2277
1136
1142
2815
4090
Irish Literature.
VOL. PAGE
Louis Philippe; few exe-
cutions under
his rule 2 679
See The French
Revolution.
Louise, Princess 3
Louth 6
Louvain, Lynch's cell in 7
940
2275
2615
2673
7 2673
6 2371
185
Collection, The
■ Franciscan College
of, Collection of
Irish MSS. in the
Love Ballad. From the
Irish Mangan
' in a Village ' . . . Bickerstaff.1
is the soul of a
neat Irishman 6 2193
' not' Norton ... 7 2589
' of Dubhlaeha for
Mongan, The ' 4
Fair Play, Irish 3
' Freaks, The '. .Goldsmith. 4
Nature in Irish
sagas
Quae k Alcdi
cines, The ...Goldsmith. 4 1343
■ Songs of ConnacTi J.Hyde lO 3735
3749, 3763, 3777, 3789
The Contaoion o/.Cobbe .... 2 605
• The Pity of Yeats 9 3704
will you come with
me McCall . . .
Lovely Mary Donnelly. Allingham. 1
— Mary of the Shan-
non Side ' 8
1608
857
1334
X XV
6 2124
1 12
Love-makino in Ireland. MacDonagh
in Paddy-Land ...Keeling
3270
2193
1772
15
Lover and Birds, The. . Allingham
Lover, Sam del (por-
trait) 5 2006
as a comic love
poet G x
as a humorist 6 viii
the Irish arch-hu-
morist 6 xiv
M. F. Egan on 5 vii, xii
on 'Rompers,
Squire -Tones ' 3
Father Prout's
addition to
The Groves of
Blarney 6
W. II. Maxwell C
Love's Despair. From
the Irish of Diar-
mad O'Curnan . . Sigerson. . . 8 3137
Young Dream . . . .Moore .... 7 2521
Low-Backed Car, The.. Lover 5 2079
Loyalty, Irish I
Lira's lake 3
Luath Luachar 2
Lucan, Lord, at Bala-
klava (see also
Patrick Sars-
field) 8 3009
— — — after the Treaty
of Limerick 3
Patrick Barsfteld,
Earl of Onahan ... 7
Lucas', Mrs. Seymour,
Granny's Wonderful
Chair (half-tone en-
graving) 1
' Luck of a Lowland
841
2441
2400
348
864
629
957
2814
314
Laddie, The ' Cuommelin. 2 751
vol. page
Ludlow on the massacre
at Drogheda 7 2568, 2573
Ludlow's ' Memoirs ' 7 2568
Lugach 4 1525
Lugaird 4 1434. 144^
Luganure 5 2052
Lugduff 5 2051
Luggala 1 25
Lugh, the long-handed 2 xi
Lugnaquilla 6 2121
' Luke Delmege ' Sheehan . . 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 6 xlv
'Lying, the Decay of .Wilde 9 3578
Lynch, Hannah C 2088
Law on Vinegar
Hill Banim 1 76
Lynch's cell in Louvain 7 2615
Lyndhurst, Lord, and
S h e i 1 on " Irish
aliens " 7 xxvil
Ltsaght, Edward 7 2106
D. J. O'Donoghue
on wit of C xiv
Lysaght's quips beyond
recall G ix
Lytton, on Gulliver U 3343
on Swift 9 3343
M.
Maam, The inn at 1 233
Mabh, Mave (Meve and
Meave become Mab in
Shakespeare) 4 lx
Mabinogion, The 9 3655
Macaulay and Bacon. . .Mitchel . . G 2444
J. W. Croker 2 675
on Burke 1 372
Irish soldiers in
French army 7 2815
' Junius ' 3 1227
Macaulay's Lay of IIo-
ratius and Ballad of
Haseby, Mitchel on 6 2454
Mac, meaning of 9 3546
MacAleese, D. A G 2111
McBurney, William B G 2113
McCall. Patrick J G 2117
version of Bryan
O'Linn by S 3273
McCann, Michael Jo-
sioph G 2126
MacCarthy, Denis
Florence G 2128
poem to O'Con-
nell by (cited) G 2219
Justin G 2133
(photogravure por-
trait) 1 Front
Irish Literatureby 1 vil
on G. Griffin 4 1465
Lecky 5 1912
Sheil « 3055
Justin Huntley B 21 74
Florence 4 1590
* More * Sadlier ... 8 301 8
MacCaura, The Clan of « 212S
MacCein 2 804
MacConglinne, Gleeman 9 3684
General Index.
4091
VOL. PAGE
MacConglinne, The Vi-
sion of 6
MacCon-Mara, Donough 6
Duncadh lO 3937,
MaCool, Finn ; mac-
Cumliail, Finn. See
Finn MacCumhail.
MacCorse, The Tale of 2
MacDaire, Teige (bi-
ography ) lO
From a Poem bj/HYDE 4
MacDdtho's Pig and
vn
2378
3939
xn
4023
1657
Hound, Story of Hyde 4 1613
MacDermott, Martin U 2189
MacDonagh, Michael
(portrait) 6 2193
on The Sunniness
of Irish Life 8 vii
MacDonnell. Bishop, of
Killala 6 2232
John (biography) lO 4013
(reference) 2 803
MacEgan, Nehemias,
Vellum book of 7 2709
MacFall, Frances E.
( Sarah Grand) 6 2206
MacFirbis, Duald (bi-
ography ) 10 4014
cited by Archbish-
op McHale 6
- The Genealogy of '
2231
2614
2217
M'Gee, Thomas D'Arcy 6
MacGillicuddy of the
Reeks , 4 1590
McGinlev, Mr., The
plays of 10 xiv
MacGorman, Finn 4 1660
MacGrath's, W., On the
Old Sod (color plate) 1 xvi
M'Guire, Conor 9 ix
Macha, The Grey of 4 1435
Monga-Rue 7 2757
the Empress 9 3493
the Red-Haired 7 2749
McHale, Archbishop
John 7 2227
Macintosh, Sophie O 2233
Mackenna's Dream . . . .Street Bal-
lad 8 3296
Popularity of S 3270
McKernie, James . . SeeMcBoRNEY.
Macklin, Charles 6 2236
Anecdotes of 6 2241
the first consider-
able reviver of
Shakespeare 5 1919
MaeLean, M., on W.
Stokes as a Celticist 7 3243
McLennan, William, M.
F. Egan on 5 xiii
Mac-Liag, The poems of 6 2377
MacLintock, Letitia G 2242
Maclise, Meagher on 6 2420. 2422
MacLughaidh 2 629
MacMahon, Marshal 3 941
Macmanus, James (Sec-
mas) 6 2254
M. F. Egan on 5 xiii, xvii
Mrs. Sedmas
(Anna John-
ston) C 2267
T.. and Young Ire-
land 9 xi
MacNessa, Concobar 7 2748
Conor 2 xii
McNevin, Thomas 6 2274
Macpherson 6 2231
vol.
Macreddin „ 6
MacRoich, Fergus 4
Macroom 1
MacRoy, Fergus, Cap-
tain of Queen
Meave's guards 7
Description of 7
MacSweeney of Fauat 2
MacSycophant, Charles
Egerton (character in
' How to Get on in
the World ") 6
Madden, Daniel Owen 6
on Grattan 4
Mary A SeeMRS. Sadlier.
Richard Robert 6
Maddyn or Madden,
Daniel Owen 6
' Maelduin, The Voyage
of 4
Mael-mic-Failbhe, Tenth
Abbot of Hy 7
Maev Leith-Dherg, The
Lament of Rolleston. 8
Maeve. See Meve.
of Leinster, The
Half Red 7
— The great army of 4
and Cuchulain 4
Magee, on Irish Hotels 8
William K. (John
Eglinton)
Magennis, Miss . . ..See Forrester.
Maggy Ladir Furlong
page
2125
1600
.354
2746
2750
633
2237
2281
1387
2286
2281
1601
2710
2975
2748
1432
1437
xxi
2292
1222
1249
2664
1448
2300
xiv
xv
x
xii
3549
4015
' Magh Leana, The Bat
tie of ' O'Cdhry ... 7
Magh Lif6 4
Maginn, William (por-
trait) 6
as a parodist 6
M. F. Egan on 5
on Conviviality 6
spurious Irish
songs 6
Maglone, Barney ... See Wilson.
Magog, son of Japhet 9
Magrath, Andrew (bi-
ography ) 10
(reference) La-
ment of the Man-
gaire Sugach 9 3508
Maguire, Hugh 2 639
John Francis 6 2321
J. H. McCarthy
on 6 2154
The Bard O'Hus-
sey's Ode to *7ie.MANGAN ... 6 2369
Father Tom 8 3275
Mahaffy, John Pent-
land 6 2328
Mahon, Brian's Lament
for King Hogan 4 1591
Mahony, Francis Syl-
vester [Father
Prodt] (portrait) 6 2336
Maid of Cloghroe, The. Street Bal-
lad 9 3299
Maiden City, The Tonna 9 3428
Maill 4 1252
Mailligh Mo Stoir (Mol-
ly Astore) Ogle 7 2734
Maine, Son of Maeve 4 1443
Mairgread ni ChealleadhW alsh ... 9 3503
Major Bob Mahon's Hos-
pitality Lever 5 1964
Make thyself Known, „
Sibyl Dowden ... 3 877
4092
Irish Literature.
VOL. PAGE
Malaprop, Mrs. (char-
acter in ' The Ri-
vals ') Sheridan. . 8 3078
Malinmore 5 1866
Malloc 2 439
Mallow, The Rakes of. .Stbeet Bal-
lad 9 3312
' Malmorda ; A Metrical
Romance ' Clarke ... 2
Malone, A 7
Edmund 6
596
is
2346
3445
2423
Malplaquet, Battle of 9
Malvern Hill 6
' Man of the World,
The ' Macklin .. . 6 2237
for Galway, The.. Lever 5 1975
is no mushroon
growth Ingram ... 4 1660
Octipartite. From
the Middle Irish. Stokes ... 8 3262
M.1n-a-nan M'Lir 6 2223
Mananan, the sea-god.
See Naisi Receives his
Sword.
Manchester Martyrs,
The 7 2608; 9 3323. 3339
Rescue, The 6 2153
Mangaire Sugach, La-
ment of the Walsh .... 9 3508
Mangan, James Clar-
ence (portrait) 6 2350
The Woman of
three Cows 10 3831
W. B. Yeats on 3 ix
See The Dead An-
tiquary 6 2218
Mangan's delight in riv-
ers G 2455
'Manifold Nature, Oui-'MacFall .. . 6 2205
Manners and Customs
in Ireland 2 xx ; 3 043
of the Ancient
Irish 2 629
' of A nc i e n t
Erinn ' O'Curry ... 7 2666
• of Ireland in
olden times 7 2771
The Squire's
running foot-
man 7 2772
See Castle Rack-
rent and Keen-
ing and Wake;
also Customs
and Manners.
Morals (see also
Customs and
Manners) 1 286 ; 4
Manning, Mr. See note
to in Heroic Decep-
tion.
' Manuscript Materials
of Irish History, Lec-
lures on ' O'Curry . . 7
Manuscripts.
Dispersion of, by
invasions 7
Irish ; collection
in the Bodleian
Library at Ox-
ford 7
British Museum 7
■ Burgundlan Li-
brary, Brussels 7
■ Royal Irish
Academy 7
1417
2670
2680
2673
2672
2673
2672
,„ . vol. page
Manuscripts.
National Library
of Paris 7 2673
See Ancient Irish
Illuminated MSS.
Many years have burst
upon Savage 8 3026
Maove, the Magic 7 2593
Map of Ireland, His-
torical 9 3708
of to-day 10 4030
Marco, Folo, Irish ver-
sion of the Travels of 7 2672
Marcus 5 l S47
Marital relations 5 1923 ; G 2204
Market Day (half-tone
engraving) 8 2940
Marlow (character in
' She Stoops to Con-
quer ') 4 1349
Marot, Clement, Father
Prout on G 2338
Marriage Skrine ... 8 3152
■ between relations
in ancient Greece G 2332
customs. See Love Making in
Ireland and Shane Fadh's
Wedding.
Dean Swift on 8 3377
law in Scotland 2 754
of Florence Mac-
Carthy More . . . Sadlier 8 3018
' Three Weeks Af-
ter' Murphy . . 7 2564
Marriages in Ireland 6 2193
Marrying season in Ire-
land, The G 2194
Marsh, Bishop. Library
founded in Dublin bv 5 1915
Marten Cats, Supersti-
tions about 9 3680
Martin and ' Young Ire-
land ' 9 xi
Martin Ross (see also
E. CE. Somer-
ville and Vio-
let Martin) 8 3166
Violet. See Martin Ross.
Martley, John G 2382
Martyn, Edward G 2383
The plays of IO xiil
Martyrs, Fox's Book of 8 3060
The Manchester . . 7 2608 ; » 3323, 3339
' Mary Aikenhead, Her
Life, Her Work
and Her Friends "Atkinson .. 1 28
and St. Joseph
(folksong) nYDE 10 3807
D'Este, Queen of
James II 2 768
Maguire Furlong ... 4 1246
' Neil ' 8 3271
' of The Nation.'
See Downing.
Queen, and Ireland 9 ix
' Tudor ' Dh Verb . . 3 851
Marys. The Keening of
the Three (folk song 1 Hyde 10 3789
Mary's Well (religious
folk tale) Hyde 10 3795
Maryboro' 5 1939
Masbrook, The woods of 6 2230
Masks, The, in Ireland 9 3498
Mason. Mr. Joseph
Monck 7 2673
General Index.
4093
9 3478
5 vil
1 277
9 3433
4 1265
182
xxlil
VOL. PAGE
Mass. Key-Shield of the.. 19 3965
Massacre at Drogheda. . Barky l 150
Murphy ... 7 2567
of 1641, The 3 954
Massagetae, The 9 3549
Massarene, Lady, daugh-
ter of Harry Deane
Grady * 2733
Massari, Dean of Fermo i oz
Masters, 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-
ficiency in 4 1280
Mathew, Frank 6 2391
Theobald 6 2396
Matthew, Saint (color
plate) 9 Front
Matterhorn, Thoughts
on the Tyndall.
Maturin, C, M. F. Egan
on
Maureen, acushla, why. Boyle .
Maury's Song Trench
Move's Repentance . . . .Gilbert
Mawwornij Mr. (charac-
ter In ' The Hypo-
crite ') BlCKERSTAFF.l
Max Miiller on Nursery
Tales 3
Maxwell, William
Hamilton G 2400
M. F. Egan on 5 xii
May Love Song, A. . . .Milligan... 6 2438
Mayflower O'Reilly . . 7 2834
Mav'nooth 7 2485
Mavnooth College (color
plate) 3 Front
Mayo . i 6 2438 ; 7 2856
Duelling in 1 145
Famine and pesti-
lence in . 4 1573
Lord, on the Irish
Church 6 2155
government of
India by 3 941
The County of.
From the IrishFox 4 1224
Viscounts, Ances-
tor of the 7 2858
Mazarln, Cardinal 4 1347
Meade, L. T See Mrs.Toulmin
Smith.
Meagher, Thomas
Francis 6 2414
and ' Young Ire-
land ' 9 xl
in the civil war 6 2324 ; 7 2833
J. F. Maguire on 6 2324
Meanings of Irish
names 9 3546
Meath 7 2748, 2827, 2864
King Ferghal and
the men of, at
Almhain 7 2709
(Midhe). Origin
of the name 7 2667
' of tb e Pastures ' 2 613
Parnell a member
for. in 1875 6 2177
Meave, the great queen,
was pacing to
vol. page
and fro
The Old
Queen
Yeats 9 3697
Age of
Yeats 9 3697
' Mecca^ Personal Nar-
rative of Pilgrimage
to' Burton 1 408
Medge, Baron 1 142
' Medical Student, Mis-
adventures of a ' 9 3607
Medieval Towns 4 1420
Meehan, The Rev. C. P 1 32
Meenavalla ; Grouse-
shooting in 6 2256
Meeting of Anarchists,
A Barry 1 156
the Waters, The. .Moore 7 2532
(color plate) 7 Front
Memoirs. See Char-
acter Sketches,
etc.
of James II.
(cited) 8 3324
John Cartaret
Pi 1 k i ng t on
(cited) 7 2693
Richard Lovell
EdgCnaorth,
Esq Edgbwobth. 3 1073
' the Count de
Grammont ' ..Hamilton.. 4 1542
' the Countess of
Blessington '. .Madden ... 6 2286
Memorial by Wolfe Tone
to French Govern-
ment, Extract from o.Tone 9 3421
Memories M'Gee G 2224
Memory, A MacAleese. 6 2111
Men's Dress in Ireland 9 3498
Merchant marine of Ire-
land, The | 3362
8 3003
5 1659
Mermaid, The
Memory of Earth, A . . Russell
-the Dead, The ...Ingram
Mend, son of Sword-
4 1617
6
8
5
7
lx
3064
1878
ix
Meave, Queen, Descrip-
tion of
7 2746
heel
Merriment in Irish hu-
mor
Merrion Square, O'Con-
nell's residence in 3 815
Merrows, The 3 697 ; 3 xviii
Mervin, Audley ■
Messiah, Handels, first
produced in Dublin... 5 1918
Meters in ancient Ire- ^_
land 2 xviii
Mkve. See M a e v e ,
Meadhbh, Midhe.
and Oilioll 4 1613
The white Bull of. 2 xviii
Meyer. Professor Kuno 4 1608
— — Work of , for Celtic
literature 2 xviii
Michael of Kildare, the
first Irish poet in
English 4 ix
Robartes Remem-
bers Forgotten
Beauty Yeats 9 3708
Michelstown 5 i71*
Midhe (Meath). Origin
of the name 7 2667
MIdir, the fairy chief 7 2668
Midnieiht Escapade, A. .Smith » 31?§
Funeral, A Deenx .... 3 845
4094
Irish Literature.
VOL.
Mild as the rose its
sweets will
breathe 10
Mabel Kelly. From
the Irish of
O'Carolan Fergdson.. 3
Miles O'Reilly, Private.
See Halpine.
Milesians, The 9 vii,
Milesius 2
Milford 6
Military life In Ireland 6
Mill, J. S., on Material-
Ism 9
Millbank Prison 3
Milligan, Alice 6
The plays of 10
Milliken, Richard Al-
fred 6
D. J. O'Donoghue
on the wit of 6
Millmount, The 7
Milton Mullaney. . 7
Elijah-like 3
Mlltown 7
' Ministry of all the
Talents, The * 1
Minrowar, son of Ger-
kin 7
Minstrel, A Wandering. Lb Fand ... 5
Boy, The Moore .... 7
' Minute Philosopher,
Aleiphron or the ' . . . Berkeley . . 1
PAGE
4013
1187
3540
444
2244
2403
3464
839
2427
xiil
2439
xlv
2568
2561
873
2715
119
2757
1934
2535
175
176
2280
2660
3246
3678
2537
3374
3607
Miola (rivulet), The 6
Mirabeau 7
Miracles of Brigit 8
Miraculous Creatures . .Yeats 9
Miriam's Song (Sound
the Loud Timbrel) ..MOORE .... 7
' Mirror of Justice, The ' 9
The Wonderful
Chinese 4 1337
' Misadventures of a
Medical Student ' 9
Misconceptions of the
Irish. See The Na-
tive Irishman.
• Miss Erin '
Mistake of a Night,
The Goldsmith
Mr. Orator Puff bad
two tones Moore .... 7
Misth rr Denis's Return . Barlow ... 1
MlTCHBL, John O
and E. Walsh »
and ' Young Ire-
land ' 0
ci ted by Meagher 6
News of sentence
of e
on XIX. Century
religion 6 2446,
See By Memory In-
spired 8
•Mltchel's, John, Jail
Journal ' Mitchel .. . 6
. BLUNDELL. . 1 225
4 1348
Mizen Head, The 8
Mo Craohhin Cno Walsh .... 9
Modern /Egeria, A Campbell... 2
Gaelic writers (see
also Vol. 10) 2
Trish 19
Prama 1 o
Poetrv, Yeats on 3
Stories 10
2541
114
2443
3502
xl
2415
2185
2410
3274
2444
2454
2*52
3505
448
xvill
4025
xiil
vil
3875
Modern Literature of the
Irish Language.. Hyde . . ..10
Medievalism Barrett ... 1
political feuds 3
' So c i e t y, The
Church and ' ...Ireland ... 5
Moira, Lord 9
O'Neill SeeSKRiNE.
3
3
VOL. PAGE
Moirfn
Moliere
Moling, Bishop of Ferns 7 2706,
Molloy, James Lyman 6
Molly Asthore Ferguson.. 3
Carew Lover 5
' Muldoon ' Street Bal-
lad 9
Molyneux, William 6
Irish literature be-
gins before '. 2
Moment, A Brooke .... 1
Monaghan, County 7
Monallen 6
Monamolin 5
Monasterboice, Cross at
(half-tone engraving) 9
Monasteries, Irish Fran-
ciscan 1
Monastic establish-
ments 8
Monck, Lord 3
Money, Large sums of,
sent home by the
Irish In foreign lands 6 2197 ; 7
Mongan and Colum
Cille 4
' Love of Dubh-
lacha for ' 4
Monies of the Screw. . Curran ... 2
Lever .... 5
Monna Lisa, Leonardo's
(half-tone engraving) .Dowden ... 3
' Monomia ' McCarthy . . «
Monotony and the Lark. Russell . . 8
Monroe Doctrine, The 2
Dorothy, the fa-
mous beauty 4
Monsell, James Sam-
uel Bewley 7
Montana, Prospecting in 3
Montorio, Tombs in the
Church of O'Donnell. 7
Moon Behind the Hill,
The Kenealy . . 5
' Moonachug and Meena-
chug ' ; • ■ • 4
Moonev, Dr., of Trinity
College »
Moore, Frank Frank-
roitT (portrait) 7
George J
M. F. Egan on »
on 'The Heather
Field ' O
Plays of 1°
Norman, on Sir
S. Ferguson 3
The Burial of Sir
John Wolfe 9
Thomas (portrait) 7
( reference ) 8
Anecdote of
O'Curry and 7
Holmes, O. W.,
on
in
college 8
3711
119
967
1662
3221
S61
873
2709
2457
1182
2076
3300
2460
vil
300
2696
2279
1804
3486
32
2882
941
2618
1600
1608
797
1952
877
2172
3005
464
1377
2465
965
2684
1788
1650
1986
2468
2482
xv
2385
xiil
1168
3633
2505
3071
2663
2505
3523
General Index.
4095
VOL. TAGE
Moore, Lines from the
Centenary Ode
to the Mem-
ory of 6
Meagher on 6
on Christianity
in Ireland 9
on Conviviality 6
on Emmet's
character 3
on Sheridan 3
on the parting
of Byron and
the Blessing-
tons O
Rogueries of . .Mahoney .. 6
the Spanish type
in Ireland 4
W. B. Yeats on 3
Moral and Intellectual
Differences o e -
tween the Sexes.L,ECKY .... 5
force and intellect-
ual achievement 9
Morals, American 1
of Irish people 1
Moran, Michael, the last
Gleeman 9
More, MacCarthy 4 1500 ; 9
Morfydd, To Johnson .. 5
Morgan, Lady 7
2131
2424
3400
xi
1087
1197
2289
2337
1589
viii
1920
3468
336
34
3683
ix
1698
2542
2543
M. F. Egan on 5 vii.xv
inherently Irish 1 xi
Dress of 9 3495
6 2383
Description of.
' Morgante the Lesser '.Martyn
Morley, Professor, on
antiquity of Gae-
lic Literature
on Steele and Ad-
dison
vii
8198
2526
8
Morna 7
Morning on the Irish
Coast (half-tone en-
graving) Locke . . . . 5 2003
Mornington, Lord, a
Monk of the
Screw 3 797
Musical academy
presided over by.
Mortgage, Foreclosure .
Morty Oge 2
Morris. William, on Art
and Society 9
Moses at the Fair Goldsmith. 4
(character in Sher-
idan's 'School
for Scandal ') 8
The Burial of. .. .Alexander. 1
Mother, Boy xcho was
long on his Hyde 10
" is that the pass-
ing bell ? " Keegan ... 5
Mount Eccles 7
Gabriel 7
Saint Jerome 6
Mountain Cottage in
Killarney (half-
tone engraving) 4
Fern, The Geoghegan. 4
Theology Gregory .. 4
Mountains of the Set-
ting Sun 2
Mountjoy, Lord 7
The Wood of 1
1919
3230
445
3662
1305
3109
1
3765
1767
2701
2851
2420
1484
1255
1455
417
2740
3
VOL.
Mountmorris, Lord,
duel with Francis
Hitchinson 1
Mourne 6
Mourning Bride, Ex-
tracts from the Congrbve .. 2
Moville, Donegal 6
Moyallo 5 1743,
Moyle, The (river) 8
Moy-Mell. the plain of
everlasting pleasure 5 1714,
' Moytura ' Larminib .. 5
Moyvore, The Rath of 4
Muckish mountain, The 6
Muckruss Abbey, Ruins
of 8
Muiredach 9
Muirne 4
' Muirthemme, Cuchu-
lain of Gregory . . 4
Mulberry Garden, The 1
Mulholland, Rosa. See Lady Gilbert.
Mulla 6
Mullach-brack G
Mullaghmast 5
Mullaney, Patrick
Francis 7
Mullen, The Sorrowful
Lamentation of Cal-
laghan, Oreally, and.. Street Bal-
lad 9
Mullinger 6
Mulvany, Charles
Pelham 7
Munachar and Mana-
char Hyde 4
Municipal Corporation
Bill, The Irish 6
Franchise Bill, The
Irish 6
Privileges Bill,
The Irish 6
Munremar 4
Munster, Aldfrid in 6
Bards, The 7
Cashel of Ferguson . 3
' Pacata Hibernia,'
A record of 7
Raleigh in Downey ... 3
The Dean of Fermo
on hospitalitv in 1
The women of 1 30,
War-Song, The . . . Williams . 9
William of . . .SeeKENEALY.
Women, Dress of 1
Murchad, son of the
King of Leinster 7
Murmurs of Love O'Doherty. 7
Murphy. Arthur 7
Denis 7
Father. See Mac-
henna's Dream.
James 7
Murphys' Supper. The. .Barlow ... 1
Musgrave, Sir Richard 1
Music has charms to
soothe Congreve .. 2 615
Mnsic in Ireland.
Irish Music Petrie .... 8 2SS5
The Irish IntcllectGiLES 4 1288
An Irish Musical
Genius O'Donoghue 7 2690
Lines Written to. .Wolfe .... 9 3634
National Burke 1 400
The Last Johnson . . 5 1700
pagh
143
2354
615
2248
1745
2534
1732
1876
1255
225?
3020
3487
1447
1426
1431
166
2276
2356
1801
2556
3316
2438
2562
1647
2176
2176
2176
1616
2376
2615
1181
2740
909
32
32
3607
33
2711
2676
2564
3567
2574
103
129
409G
Irish Literature.
VOL.
Musical glasses, The 7
Genius, An l7ish. .O'Donoghue 7
Muskerry 1
Lady, a daughter
of Harry Deane
Grady 7
Muster of the North. . .Dcffy .... 3
Mutiny Act, The 4
My Ambition Lysaght . . 6
beautiful, my beau-
tiful ! Norton ... 7
Boyhood Days Edgeworth. 3
PAGE
2690
2690
353
2733
954
1391
2109
2584
1073
3270
2172
3573
151
2367
First Day in Trin
ity Lever .... 5 1986
— girl, I fear your
sense is not areat
at all' (Irish
rann) IIyde 10 3835
Grand Recreation 10 4016
Grave Davis 3 827
— grief on the sea '.Hyde lO 3763
Brown Girl Sweet' 8
Buried Rifle, To. .McCarthy. . 6
country, wounded . Wilde .... 9
— dear Vic,' ses he. Barry .... 1
eyes are filmed ...Mangan ... 6
- heart is far from
Liffey's tide . . . .Walsh . . .
- heart Is heavy in
my breast Fitzsimon..
■ Inver Bay Macmanus. .
■Land Davis ....
Last Night in Trin-
ity Lever
- Life is lilce the
slimmer rose ' . . .Wilde
■ little one's going
to sea Molloy . . .
Lords of Strogue 'Wingfield.
9 3505
P.
6
3
•love, still I think. Reynolds
■ love to fight the
Saxon goes . . . .O'Donnell. 7
Mother Dear Lover .... 5
name is Hugh Rey-
nolds .*. Street Bal-
lad S
— Patrick Sheehan.KiRKHAM .. 5
— it is Nell Street Bal-
lad 9
1206
2264
831
1990
3597
2459
3620
2939
2686
2087
3292
1831
3306
2797
916
Old Home 0' Leaky ... 7
Owen Downing .. 3
— Bawn's hair Is
of thread of
gold spun ....Ferguson . 3
— prison ch a mber '.Ross a .... 8
■spirit's on the
mountains Wolfe .... 9 3635
1179
2985
thoughts, alas, are
v.ithout strength. Gregory . . 4 1460
time how happv
once Bickerstaff 1 186
Mystery. Celtic love of 8 2974
Mysticism in the new
movement B vil
Mythological Cycle, The 3 *i
Mytholosv 4 1426
1 131, 1445, 1447, 1455. 1459
of the Norsemen 8 3241
Myths and Leernds.
See Legends, and Folk Lore.
Need for study 1 vii
Wakeman on 9 3482
In Nature 9 3657
Nature. See The Celtic Ele-
ment in Literature.
N.
Naas Jail 5 18S7,
Naisi Receives his
Stcord Joyce .... 5
Nameless One. The. .. .Mangan ... 8
Story, The Larminie .. 5
Names of places, Mean-
ing of 6
(Naois speaks) O to see
once more Trench ... 9
Napoleon Phillips . . 8
" A n Historical
Character of ' . . .Phillips . . 8
and Baron Denon 1
VOL. PAGE
1894
Narraghmore 5
' Narrative of the War
with China' Wolseley . 9
Nathaniel P. Cramp. . .McCarthy.. 6
Nation Once Again, A . .Davis 3
The, Founding of 3
' Spirit of the ' \ 3
National Characteristics
as Molding Pub-
lic Opinion . . . .Bryce .... 1
Dramatic Society lO
genius 8
independence, Plu:1-
ket on 8
Land League 9
League, The 9
Library of Paris.
Collection o f
Irish MSS. in the 7
literature, A 1
movement in Ire-
land, The 3
' Music of Ireland ' Burke ... 1
' Poet of Ireland,
The ' See Moore.
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-
ern Irish Poetry.
Nationality Ingram ... 5
and Imperialism. .Russell .. 8
Irish, now recog-
nized 1
Nation's History, A . . .Burke .... l
Right, A Molyneux . 6
Native Irishman, The.. Street Bal-
lad 9
Land of Li berty. . Ireland ... 5
literature of Ire-
land original 2
Nativity, Chapel of the 9
Natural scenery 2
' Theology.' I'alev's 5
Naturalization Bill. The 4
Nature, Jov In 1
Life. Art and . . . .Wilde .... 9
in Mvth 9
Myths. See The Celtic Ele-
ment in Literature.
Love of, in Irish
sagas 2
Nntnrp (out-door life).
The Young Fisfcer.GWYNH .... C
Rhapsody on Riv-
ers, A MlTCHEL ... 6
1746
2365
1871
2228
3431
2888
2888
214
1888
3636
2134
827
950
331
xiii
2990
2901
xi
xi
2673
x
834
400
xviil
xiv
xl
X
XllI
1661
2969
xvli
398
2460
3304
1662
vli
3537
439
17*7
1392
174
3578
3657
XV
2454
2454
General Index.
4097
VOL. PAGE
Nature.
ricar of Cape C7e«rOTWAY 7 2848
Ennishoicer* Winqfield. 9 3620
Navan • 5 1738
Navigations 2 xii
Navy. Irishmen in the
British » 34^2
Neagh. The 6 2112
-Lough .. 3 1180; 5 1753; 6 2276, 2280
Near Castleblayney lived
Dan Delaney » 3270
Ned Oeraghty's Luck. . .Brougham.. 1 301
Needy Knife-grinder .. .Canning .. 2 467
'Neighbors' Cbotty 2 758
Neil O'Carree Hyde 4 1638
Neill, Meaning of name 9 3546
Nell Flaherty's Drake.. Street Bal-
lad 9 3306
D. J. O'Donoghve
on 8 xl
Nemedians, The 2 xi ; 9 vii
Nephin (mountain). O 2229, 2231
Nero 2 740, 746
Nettervllle, Nicholas,
Viscount
Father Robert,
slain at Drog-
heda = . • 7
' Never Despair ' (fac-
simile of verses) 7
'New Antigone, The '..Barry 1
' Ireland,' by A. M.
Sullivan 7
Irish, The 9
7 2728
2572
2623
156
Misfortunes Goldsmith . 4
Potatoes Lover .... 5
Town Glens 7
Newbery, John, Gold-
smith on 4
Newcastle, Duke of,
Sterne's reply to 8
Newman, Cardinal 7
Newport 7
A Glimpse of his
Country-House near. Berkeley . 1
Newry 3
Election, Speech atCuRBAN ... 2
Newsnaper, The first
Irish (facsimile) 4
Niagara 6
" Dr. Johnson the,
of the New
World" 7 2472
Nlal of the Nine Hos-
tages 1 402 ; 2 444
2619
3391
1309
2071
2551
1299
3227
2556
2857
175
954
788
1258
2132
Nlall
Niam . .Chesson . . 2
of the Golden
Hair 5
Nibelungen, Lied, The ,. 4
and Ireland . 4
Irish older than 2
Nicknames and So-
briquets . 9
'Night before Larry ioas
stretched, The.'SrnEET Bal-
lad 9 3308
D. J. O'Dono-
ghue on 6
3546
2356
593
1715
1598
viii
vil
3547
closed around ....Moore
in Fortmanus Vil-
lage, A Sigerson . . 9
Piece on Death,
From a Parnell . . 7
Nigra, Constantlne, on
Celtic rhymes ..,..,.... 2
xi
2536
3145
2874
xlx
Nile, The
Nine Hostages, Nial of
the 1 402; 3
' Ninety-eight ' 9
Lord Camden and 8
The events of 6
' No doubt sure/ ' My-
self believes,'
'Thinks It'
(Irish rann) ...Hyde 10
popery cry, The 8
rising column
marks this spot. Emmet .
Snakes in Ireland O'Keeffe
Noble Lord, A Murphy
Extracts from a
Letter to a ....Burke ..
Nolle Prosequi, A . .
Nora Creina Moore . .
Norbury, Lord, and Cur-
ran
at the Trial of
Robert Emmet
duel with Fitzger-
ald
Norman work in Round
vol. pagh
. 7 2512
Towers 9
Norman-Irish, The ... 9
Norse Sagas and Gaelic
Tales 8
invaders drown
Irish books 2
North, The Muster of
the Duffy .... 3
Northern Blackwater ..Kavanagh . 5
Northmen in Ireland. .Stokes .... S
Norton, Caroline
(Lady Stirling-Max-
well) 7
Not a drum was heard,
not a funeral
note Wolfe 9
a Star from the
Flag Shall Fade. Halpin .... 4
far from old Kin-
vara Fahy 8
for the lucky war-
riors Gwynn ... 4
hers your vast Im-
perial mart Lawless .. 6
Nothing Venture, Noth-
ing Have Hamilton . 4
Novel in The Figaro,
The O'Meara . . 7
Novels, Irish . Egan 5
Burlesque 1 119,
' Novum Organum,* Ba-
con's 6 2448, 2153
Now all away to Tlr
na n'Og Chesson .. 2 590
are you men Parnell . . 7 2871
in the lonely hour. Joyce .... 5 1747
let me alone,
though I know
you won't Lover .... 5 2080
— Memory, false
spendthrift
Memory O'Grady ... 7. 2780
when the giant In
us Russell . . 8 3000
Nugent. Gerald (biog-
raphy) 10 4016
Translation from „ „„„
the Irish of 8 930
Irish Lit. Vol. io— R
444
3688
2930
2229
3835
3059
1094
2771
2574
379
2793
2340
2523
798
1093
143
3492
3391
2973
vlll
054
1752
3238
2583
3033
1539
1134
1529
1384
1542
2805
vll
123
4098
Irish Literature.
VOL. PAGE
Nugent, Lord, Canning
on .......... 1 171
Nullum Tempus Bill 4 1395
Number of Irish ancient
MSS. extant 2 xl
NumltoriuB 6 1848
Nursery Tales, Max
Miiller on 3 xxili
Sir W. Scott on 3 xxill
Charles Welsh on. 3 xxiv
O.
O could I flow like thee.DBNHAM
did you not hear
of Kate Kear-
ney? Morgan ... 7
Erin, my Queen. . . Parnell . . 7
gentle fair maiden. Sigerson .. 8
God, may it come
shortly 10
had you seen the
Coolun Ferguson . 2
heart full of song.O'SHAUGH-
NESSY ... 7
I'm not myself at
all, Molly dear.. Lover .... 5
King of Heaven
who did'st create 10
Mary dear, O Mary
fair Fergdson . 3
Meaning of the
prefix 9
my daughter : lead
me forth Alexander. 1
Peggy Brady, you
are my darlin' 8
say can you see 9
' say. my brown
Drimin ' Callanan . 2
Sigh of the Sea. . .Sigerson .. 8
b t r o n g-winged
birds O'Brien
-— the brown banks
of the river .... Joyce
8 849
2555
2873
3143
3929
1188
2843
2083
3911
1182
3547
3
3268
3331
442
3138
7 2591
. . 5 1752
the days are gone. Moore .... 7 2521
the days of the
Kerry dancing . .Molloy ... 6 2457
' the sight entranc-
ing' MoonB .... 7 2530
the sunshine of old
Ireland Todhdnter. 9 3408
thou whom sacred
duty calls MacCarthy. 6 2128
' were you on the
mountain' Hydb 4 1656
where, Kinkora, Is
Brian Mangan ...6 2377
Woman of the
Piercing Wall ..Mangan ... 6 2352
Woman of three
Cows 10 3831
Woman, shapely as
the swan Graves 4 1414
"Oaken-footed Elzevir,''
The 4 1259
Oasis DowDEr . . 3 876
Oats. Binding the Coleman . . 2 610
Objective method of
studving literature 3 868
Obelisk, The Bovne
(half-tone engraving) 8 3271
O'Berne Crowe on an-
cient Irish MSS 2 xl
VOL. PAGE
O'B r i e n , Charlotte
Grace 7 2591
Fitz James „ . „ 7 2594
Manus, discovers
Sarsfield's plow.. .. 9 3325
Michael, executed
at Manchester 7 2608 ; 9 3339
R. Barry 7 2604
on keening 9 3043
Smith 9 3414, 3550
on Wolfe Tone 7 2604
and Young Ire-
land 9 xl
defended by J.
Whiteside 9 3550
on T. M'cXevin 6 2274
William 7 2614
William Smith 7 2619
(portrait) 7 2614
and the Kille-
naule affair 7 2798
(reference) 10 3829
D. J. O'Dono-
ghue on art of. . = 6 xiii
O'Bryne. See Macken-
iin's Dream
O'Byrnes of Wicklow 9 3397
O'Burke, Father, on
Davis' poems 3 822
O'Callahy. M. (now
Caldwell) 10 3807
O'Carolan, Turlocgh
(biography) lO 4017
and fairy music 3 xvlll
Translations from
the Irish of :
■ Grace Nugent 3 1186
Mild Mabel
Kelly 8 1187
Bridget Cruise 4 1244
Mary Maguire 4 1246
Peggy Browne 4 1252
Why, Liquor of
Life 3 80S
Ocean, The, in Irish sa-
gns 2 xvll
Och ! a rare ould flag. . Halpine .. 4 1539
girls dear, did you
ever hear Dufferin . 3 938
bono! and what
will I do? Lover 5 2076
when we lived In
ould Glenann. . .Skrinb ... 8 3157
O'Clery, M. (biogra-
phy) 10 4018
Louvain collection
of manuscripts
made by 7 2673
See A riea for the
Study of Irish.
Boo O'Donovan.
O'Connell, Chancellor,
duel with the
Orange Chieftain 1 143
Daniel 7 2624
(portrait) 7 2629
and Biddy Mori-
arty Madden ... 6 2281
and Catholic
Emancipation 9 x
and the move-
ment for Re-
peal 1 xll
Anecdotes of 7 2651
Ballads on 8 3268
Bulwer on 7 xxv
Dickenson 1 xxv
General Index.
4099
VOL. PAGE
O'Coxnell, D., Erin's
Lament for 8 3269
defended by J.
Whiteside » 3550
Genius of, de-
scribed 7 xxvi
in prison 3 811 ; 6 2158
Liberation of 3 814
Monument, The
(half-tone en-
graving) 7 2645
on the corn laws 7 2633
— on death of Da-
vis 2 823
on home market 7 2647
o n T. D'Arcy
M'Gee 6 2217
on C. Phillips 8 2888
■ — ■ on property tax 7 2632
Origin of Hoby 4 1588
Shell's Pen-and-
ink Sketch of 8 3064
talent of, for vi-
tuperative lan-
guage « 2281
John, in prison 3 812 ; 6 2128
O'Connor, F 10 3713
Matthew, on
Faulkner 4 1262
Rev. Charles, com-
piler of the
Stowe Catalogue 7 2673
Captain Teige 7 2570
Thomas Power
(portrait) 7 2655
O'Corra, The Voyage of
the Sons of Joyce 5 1724
O'Culsin, S., Plays of 10 xv
O'Curnain, D. (biogra-
phy) 10 4019
O'Cu'rry, Eugene 7 2663
on ancient Irish
MSS 2 xl
extent of an-
cient MSS 2 xili
Work of, for Celtic
literature 2 xvlil
O'Daly, Aengus, satirist 6 vil
Ode on his Ship Brooke ... 1 280
Written on Leav-
ing Ireland. From
the Irish Nugent ... 3 930
O'Doherty, Mrs. Ke-
vin Izod (Eva
Mary Kelly) 7 2675
Sir Cahir 6 2430
' O'Donnel, a National
Tale ' Morgan ... 7 2549
O'Donnell. See A Song of Defeat
and Tombs in the Church of
Montorio.
Aboo McCann ...6 2126
(reference) 8 3270
Capture of Huoh
Roe Connellan . 2 632
Hugh Ruadh. See
Rnisin Dubh.
Red Hugh 9 ix
in the West 7 2743
John Francis 7 2678
Manus, grandfa-
ther of Hugh
Roe 2 635
O'Donnells banished „
from Galwav. The 8 2917
O'Donoghue. David J 7 2690
on Banin's verse 1 45
vol. page
O'Donoghue, D. J., on
Carleton 2 472 ; 5 xvii
A. B. Code 2 607
William Dren-
nan's verse 3 924
Kirkham 5 xvii
William Kenealy. 5 1788
Lover's humor 5 2008
Mrs. Power 7 2703
of the Glens 4 1590
O'Donovan, John 7 2705
on T. C. Irwin 5 1668
Work of, for Cel-
tic literature 2 xvlil
The Dead Anti-
quary McGeb 6 2218
O'DrlscolI drove with a
song Yeats O 3701
O'Dugan, Maurice 3 1188
O'Farrell O ix
O'Duibhme, Diarmuid 2 629
O'Farrelly, Miss Ag-
nes 10 3967
(biography ) 10 4026
O'Flynn, Lawrence 10 3713
4 1412
Father
the wild
O'er the wild gannet's
bath Darley . . .
Of all trades that flour-
ished of old .... Lever . . . .
Drinking Flecknoe .
old, when Scarron
his companions
invited Goldsmith .
priests we can offerGRAVES . . .
O' Flaherty, Charles
Prince of Conne-
mara
2 809
?
Roderick 7
O'Flaherty's cabin In
Connemara 7
O' Flanagan, James
Roderick 7
Oft have we trod the
vales of Castaly. Wilde .
' in the stilly night '.Moore .
Ogam stones (see also
Ogham) 4 3545; 7
O'Garas banished from
Galway 8
Ogham explained and
illustrated 2
O'Gillarna, Martin Rua 10
Ogle, George 7
a Monk of the
Screw 2
duel with Barney
Coyle 1
O'Gorman, Secretary,
duel with Thomas
Wallace 1
O'Grady of Killbally-
owen 4
1- Standish 7
on H. Grattan 4
(portrait) 7
Sir Horace Plun-
ketf on 8
Standish Hayes 7
Work of, for Cel-
tic literature ' 2
O'Gnive, Lament of. . .Callanan . 2
' Ogyffia * O'Flaherty. 7
William O'Brien on 7
Oh, dark, sweetest girl. Furlong ... 4
Dermot Astore !
between waking.CBAWFORD . 2
1958
1209
1380
1412
2713
2857
2716
2615
2723
3594
2527
2668
2917
3751
2734
797
143
14S
1590
2737
1384
2737
2911
2762
xvlil
44S
2717
2615
1252
658
4100
Irish Literature.
VOL.
. 9
Oh ! drimin donn dilis !Walsh
fairer than the Illy
tall Fahy
farewell, Ireland, I
am going Street Bal-
lad 8
' God, it is a dread-
ful night' . ...Keeqan ... 5
' Green unci fresh '.Tynan-
Hinkson. 9
PAGE
3511
8 1133
3287
1764
3461
2342
8
If there be an Ely-
sium on earth . .Moore ....
in the quiet haven,
safe for aye .... Alexander.
Larry M'Hale he
had little to fear. Lover 5 2001
love is the soul. . .Code 2 607
lovely Mary Don-
nelly Allingham. 1 12
many a day have
I made Callanan . . 2 441
many and many a
time Graves ... 4 1415
my dark Rosaleen. Mangan ... 6 2363
my fair Pastbeen. Ferguson . 3 1184
my sweet little
rose Furlong . . 4 1247
Paddy dear, and
did ye hear .... Street Bal-
lad 9 3320
Paudrig Crohoore
was the broth of
a boy Le Fanu . . 5 1942
rise up, Willy
Reilly Street Bal-
lad 9 3321
(hat my love and I. Furlong . . 4 1246
— ' — the clang of the ■
wooden shoon . .Molloy ... 6 2458
— the fern, the fern.GEOGHEGAN. 4 1255
the French are on
the eea Street Bal-
lad 9 3313
' the marriage'.. .Davis 3 825
the rain, the
weary Mangan ... 6 2373
' then tell me,
Shawn O'Fer-
rall ' Casey 2 572
there was a poor
man Street Bal-
lad 8 3281
thou Atlantic,
dark and deep...CROLY .... 2 749
'tis little Mary
Cassldy's Fahy 3 1135
to have lived like
an Irish Chief . .Duffy .... 3 059
turn thee to me. . .Furlong . . 4 1244
'twas Dermot
O'Nowlan McFi.cg.O'FLAiiERTY. 7 2713
' What a Plague is
Love ' TYNAN-
IIinkson. 9 3439
what was love
made for Moore . . . . 3 1087
who could desire
to see better
sporting . . 10 3919
who is that poor
foreigner Street Bal-
lad 8 3288
yes, 'tis true, the
debt is due Hogan .... 4 1502
O'FTaoan. John 7 2767
O'lTara. Kane, D. J.
Donoghue on wit of 6 xlil
O'Heffernan, the blind 7 vii
O'Hussey's Ode to The
Bard Maguire Mangan . . . 6 2369
Oilioll 4 1613
Oisin (see also Ossian,
L'sheen) 2 xii
and Finn 4 1455
Cause of popular-
ity of 9 3660
in Tirnanoge; or
the Last of the
Fena Joyce .... 5 1714
— — M a cpherson'.s
poems of 7 2678
See Niam and On
the ' Colloquy of
the Ancients.' 8 2917
O'Kanes banished from
Gaiway 8
O'Kearney IO
O'Kelly, Patrick 7
O'Kennedy, Richard 7
O'Keeffe, John 7
and Sir Walter
Scott 7
Old Age of Queen
Maeve, The . . . .Yeats 9
— Books of Erinn 7
Celtic Romances 'Joyce. 5 1724,
■Custom, An Griffin
Lady Ann Croker
of Thread-
needle Street,
The"
Pedhar C art hy
from Clonmore. .McCall
- White," anec-
dotes of
2917
3789
2779
2782
2770
2691
3697
2670
1731
1481
660
8
O'Leary, Arthur 7
Dr 2
Ellen 7
— W. B. Yeats on 3
John 7
— on Kickham f»
Joseph 7
as a humorist <?
Patrick IO
(biography) 10
Father Peter (bi-
ography) 10
( reference ) 10
Olkyrn, Iris See Milligan.
Ollamh, described 2
Ollamhs, Costumes of 8
O'Longan on ancient
Irish MSS 2
" Olwen " in The Mabi-
nncion 9
O'Mahon, Counsellor,
duel with Henry
Deane Grady 1
O'Maiiony or Mahony,
F. S. (Father Prout) 6
O'Mriille, Breanhaun
Crone 7
O'Mealley, Grace 7
O'Meara, Kathleen
(Grace Ramsay ) 7
O'Mcehan, Father 10
Omnium. Jacob. See Higgins
O'More, Roger 9
O'More's Fair Da ughter. Furlong .. 4
On Carrigdhoun the
heath Lane B
Catholic Rights. . .O'Connell.. 7
Conciliation vo » t h
America Burkb .... 1
3076
2122
xvlll
2789
797
2796
xl
2798
1815
2803
xv
3953
4028
4028
3941
xit
xxlv
xl
3656
143
2330
2856
2356
2S05
3^29
ix
1252
1*65
2629
376
General Index.
4101
VOL. PAGE
On Euripides' plays we
debated Armstrong. 1
Great Sugarloaf. ..Greene ... 4
Irishmen as Ru-
lers Dufferin . 3
Land Tenure Butt 2
Lough Neagh's
banks, as the
fisherman strays 6
a Colleen Ba wn. . Street Bal-
lad 9
' the Colloquy of
the Ancients '.Rolleston. 8
C o m m e r c i al
Treaty with
France Flood .... 3
Death of Dr.
Swift Swift 9
deck of Patrick
Lynch's boat. .Fox 3
— -fourteenth day,
being Tuesday 4
ocean that hol-
lows Griffin ... 4
Old Sod (color
plate) 1
Policy for Ire-
land Meagher .. 6
Prospect of
Planting Arts
and Learning
in America . . . Berkeley
Travel Flecknoe
■ Wind Martyn
1
3
G
Onahan, William J 7
Onciropolos See Johnstone.
One blessing on my na-
tive isle Curran .
day the Baron
Stiff enbach Williams
Forgotten, The . . .Shorter
■ Law for All
— — morn a Peri at the
gate Moore .
morning by the
streamlet O'Brien
■ ranging for rec-
reation
walking out I
o'ertook Allingham. 1
night of late I
chanced to stray.STREET Bal-
lad 8
touch there is of
magic white ....Alexander. 1
24
1424
938
422
2277
3310
2968
1219
3380
1224
1484
1510
xvi
2415
180
1209
2383
2814
2 767
8
winter's day, long,
long ago Keegan ... 5
O'Neachtan, J. (biog-
raphy ) 10
John, Translations
from Irish of.
A Lament 2
Maggy Ladir 4
'O'Neill. A Life of Owen
Roe' Taylor ... 9
Hugh 8
— and his men, A
vision of
3610
3128
384
2509
2592
3209
16
3296
9
1762
4019
Flight of «
• The rebellion of
Submission of.
9
of Ulster 10
Moira See Skrine.
Owen Roe 9
Sir Phelim 9
or O'Neil 3
957; 4 249, 1530; 7
76S
1249
3390
3018
354
2353
ix
3392
3851
ix
ix
928
2686
VOL.
O'Neills banished from
Galway 8
Only Son of Aoife, The. Gregory . . 4
Oracles, Ancient Irish 7
Orange lilies, A story of 3
The Egan 3
Societies 9
Orangeism.
■ King William 3
Protestant Boys 9
The Orange Lilies 3
The Orangeman's
Submission 9
Willy Reilly 9
Orangeman's Submis-
sion, The Tonna .... 9
Orator, Canning as 1
Dean Kirwan as 1
Dr. Alexander as 1
Father Keogh as 3
the first
• Flood as
• Flood
real
■ Fox as
Gladstone
greatest in
Commons . .
- Grattan. hero and
■ Isaac Butt as . . .
• Meagher as
O'Connell as
the
the
7
;{
7
4
2
a
7
Pitt as 3
PAGE
2917
1426
2717
970
1080
3520
967
3311
1080
3430
3321
3430
170
127
8
1202
1210
x
1191
2657
1384
421
2414
2624
1191
2541
1190
viii
vlii
- Puff Moore .... 7
Sheridan as Fitzgerald. 3
Orators, Great attribute
of 7
in Irish Parlia-
ment (portraits) 7
Oratory.
Pulpit, Bar, and
Parliament a r y
Eloquence Barrington. 1 127
Chat h a m and
Townshend Burke .... 1 391
Extracts from the
Impeachment of
Warren Hastings.BvnKE .... 1 383
On American Tax-
ation Burke .... 1 373
On Conciliation
with America . . .Burke .... 1 376
Disarming of Ul-
ster Curran ... 2 780
Farewell to the
Irish Parliament.QvmnkK ... 2 783
Liberty of the
Press Curran ... 2 778
On Catholic Eman-
cipation Curran ... 2 774
Speech at Neiory
Election Curran ... a 788
-Last Speech Emmet 3 1087
■ — — Speech on Robert „ ,„_-
Burns Ferguson... 3 1170
Defense of the Vol- „ „„„_
unteers Flood 3 1217
On a Commercial
Treaty with ._„„
France Flood 3 1219
Reply to Orattan's * „H„
Invective Flood 3 1212
Declaration of Irish
Rights Grattan .. 4 1387
Of the Injustice of
Disqualificat ion
of Catholics ....Grattan .. 4 1405
4102
Irish Literature.
VOL. PAGE
Oratory.
Philippic against
Flood Grattan . . 4 1400
Glory of Ireland. . Meaghek .. 6 2420
On the Policy for
Ireland Meagher . . 6 2415
Speech from the
Dock Meagher .. 6 2424
Justice for Ireland.O'CoyiXELL.. 7 2641
On Catholic Rights.O' Coxxeel.. 7 2629
Common Citizen
Soldier O'Reilly . . 7 2825
Address Before the
House, Washing-
ton Parnell . . 7 2861
Amoition of the
Irish Patriot. . . .Phillips .. 8 2892
Eulogy of Wash-
ington Phillips .. 8 2891
The Union Plcnket ... 8 2896
First Step toward
Home Rule ....Redmond .. 8 2926
Ireland's Part in
EngVsh Achieve-
ment Sheil 8 3057
Speech in Opposi-
tion to Pitt's
First Income TatfSHERiDAN .. 8 3072
In Defense of
Charles Qavan
Duffy Whiteside. 9 3550
A century of. See The Irish
School of Oratory.
in America, Bryce
on 1 337
Irish, pitched in a
high key 7 vii
Masters in 7 xxviii
The Irish School o/Taylor .... 7 vii
O'Reilly. See Macken-
nu's Dream 8 3297
■ (Father) on nam-
ing children 4 1610
John Boyle (por-
trait) 7 2825
' His Life, Poems,
and Speeches ' 7 2825
on Fanny Par-
nell's Land
League songs 7 2870
Private Miles. See Halpine
Myles, F. M. Egau
on 5 viii
Orford, Lord, on an
Irish bull 3 1058
Oriel, Dubhdun, King of 4 1623
Oriental bull, An 3 1056
■ folk lore and Irish 3 xvii
life
Origin of Life, The. . . .Kelvin
— O'Connell Hoey .
the Irish, The. . ..Ware
1 408
5 17S4
4 1588
9 3547
Originality of ancient
Irish literature 1 viii
Irish Dulls Exam-
ined. The Edgeworth. 3 1055
Ormond. M. F. Egan on 5 xi
Ormonde on the mass-
acre at Drocrheda 7 2567, 2573
Ormsby, Sir Charles: a
storv of the butcher 1 144
' Oro.'O dnrlitxi Fair ! 'SiGERSON .. 8 3142
O'Rourke. Daniel Maginn ... 6 2313
O'Rory Converses with
the Qualitu Morgan ... 7 2549
Orb, Andrew 7 2837
vol. page
Okr, James 7 2839
The Wake of Wil-
liam Drennan .. 3 925
Orrery, Lord, Swift and
Faulkner 4 1263
O'Ryan was a man of
might Halpine . . 4 1540
Osborne, Anecdote of
Sir William 2 425
Oscar, Keen, light-foot-
ed 7 2766
Strength of 5 1723
with edged biade
fighting 4
Osgar (Oscur), grand-
son of Ossia 4 1455 ; 8
O'Shaughnessy, Arthur 7
O'Shea, P. J 10
( biography ) 10
1525
2753
2842
3843
4029
2990
4020
1523
1601
2752
Ossian (see also Oisin) 8
(biography) 10
and Patrick, Lay
of Gwynn ... 4
and St. Patrick 2 xvi ; 4
The Burthen of . . .O'Grady ... 7
See MacAleese
and The Celts.
Ossianic lays, The 4
manuscripts in the
Trinity College
collection 7
or Finn Cycle 2
poems, The <>
prose romances 8
Ossian's prose among
the Irish people 4
Ossin, Ossian, or Oisin 5
O'Sullivan Bear, Dirge
of Callanan . 2
Gaelic 3
Red 3
Rev. S. on the
Burial of Sir
John Moore 9
Othello of Drill Lever .... 5
O'Tripger. Sir Lucius
(character in 'The
Rivals ') S 3082.
O'Tundher 9
Otway. Caesar 7
' Ould Master, The '.. .Barlow ... 1
Plaid Shawl, The. Fahy 3
(color plate) 10
Our Exiles Sullivan . . 9
long dispute must
close Croly .... 2 1747
' Manifold Nature,
Stories from
Life ' MacFall . . 6 2206
own Times, His-
tory of McCarthy . . O
Road Macmanus. . «
Thrones Decay ..Russell .. 8
Ourselves Alone O'Hagan .. 7
Out of Order 7
upon the sand-
dunes Tynan-
Hinkson. O
Outer, Lough 6
Outlaio of Loch Lene,
The Callanan . 2
' Outline of Irish His-
tory, An ' McCarthy.. G
1606
2672
629
2231
2968
1609
1705
445
vii
vii
3632
1979
3088
3515
2848
114
1134
Front
3328
2148
2273
3001
2767
2793
Outside Car (half-tone
engraving)
3460
2277
441
2174
2179
2 788
General Index.
4103
VOL.
Outworn heart, in a
time outworn YEATS 9
Over here in England. . Skrine ... 8
moving water and
surges white . ..Milligan .. 6
the carnage rose
prophetic a Voice 7
Oveton, Father Richard,
slain at Drogheda 7
Owen Bawn 3
King of Munster 2
M6r, King of Fern-
mag *
Roe (see also A Glance at Ire-
land's History 3
« O'Neill, Life of. Taylor ...»
Ownabwee, The • • J»
Ox Mountains, The. »
P.
Pacata Hibernia O'Grady .. 7
— Author of 7
Paddy, agra, run down
to the bog ..... Street Bal-
lad 8
Blake and the
echo 3
Corcoran's Wife. .Carleton .. 2
Fret, the Priest's
Boy O'Donnell . 7
PAGE
3705
3154
2435
2573
1179
444
1616
959
3390
1865
2229
2740
2744
3285
1056
562
2678
1594
2055
MacCarthy Hogan
the Piper Lover
Pagan Irish, Esthetic
sensibility of the 2 xviii
Pain's ' Age of Reason '
condemned 9
Painting, Expression of
female beauty by 5
Pale, The 4
English of the. . . 9
The English lO
Paler and thinner the
morning M'Gee .... 6
Palestine 7
Paley's ' Natural Theol-
ogy ' 5
Palliser, Archbishop 5
Palmerston, Lord 3
Pamphlet, Power of the . 7
Pamphleteer, Swift as a Boyle .... 1
•J
Pantheon, The early
Irish 2
. 7
. 4
. Moore
Paradise and the Peri
Paralon, or Migdonia
Parents and children,
Affection between 6
Parliament. Fareicell to
the Irish Curran ... 2
How Ireland Lost
her McCarthy . . 6
Irish Houses of
(half-tone en-
graving) 2
> of Ireland closed 6
■ The riehts of . 6
' Parliamentary Reform,
Speech on ' „ 2
. speaking, Canning
on 1
P a r n e l l , Charles
Stewart (portrait) 7
3521
1924
1255
3391
3867
2222
2517
1787
1915
941
ix
260
3344
xi
2509
1484
2196
783
2161
786
2170
2464
4G5
170
2860
VOL. PAGE
Parnell, C. S., Address
of, before the
House, Washing-
ton, Feb. 2, 1879 7 2S61
and the Land Lea-
gue 9 xi
National League 9 xl
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 DoctorGoLDSMiTH . 4 1383
Fanny 7 2870
. W. B. Yeats on 3 xli
Sir John, and Ire-
land's inde-
pendence ". 6 2170
Chancellor of the
Exchequer 1 135
Thomas 7 2874
English poet 6 2177
— W. B. Yeats on 3 vii
Parodist, Maginn the
best 6 xiv
Parsons as a Monk of
the Screw 5 1957
Parthalomans, The 9 vii
Partholan 2 xl
Parties in Ireland in
1798 9 3426
' The Chiefs of '..Madden .... 6 2284
Partners in Crime Griffin ... 4 1494
' Partv Fight and Fu-
neral ' Carleton . . 2 559
Passing of the Gael, TTieMACMANUS. . 6 2267
Pasteur, Pouchet, and*
Bastian 5 1784
Pastha, The. described 3 xx
Pastheen Fion. From
the Irish Ferguson . 3 1184
Pat (comic paper) 6 x
Pater, Walter, on
George Moore 7 2483
Pathos in Irish humor . . . 6 viil
Patience of the Irish
peasant 3 855
Patrician Bards, The 2 xviii
Patrick, A Lay of Os-
sian and Gwynn ... 4 1523
and Ossian 7 2753
See also Saint Patrick.
Sheehan Kickham .. 5 1831
Patriot. The Ambition „.„„„
of the Irish Phillips ... 7 2892
Patriotic S o n gr S ,
Songs of War,
etc.
Siege of Berry . . .Alexander. 1 3
" Be said that he
iv a s not our
brother " Banim .... 1 58
The Sword Barry 1 149
The Saxon Shilling. Buggy .... 1 358
Gottgane Barra ...Callanan . 2 439
" O say my brown
d rim in" Callanan . 2 442
Rising of the Moon. Casey .... 3 572
Green little Sham-
rock of Ireland. .Cherry ... 2 587
4104
Irish Literature,
2
S
3
3
3
3
767
823
827
831
827
828
VOL. PAGE
Patriotic and War
Songs.
The Fighting Bace.CLARKE ... 2 598
Wearing of the
(J men Curran
Fontenoy Davis . .
My Grave Davis ..
My Land Davis . .
A Nation once
again Davis . .
The West's Asleep.DAYis . .
A Cushla Oal mo
Chree Doheny . . 3 864
Brigade at Fonte-
noy Dowlinq . . 3 878
Erin Deennan . . 3 924
Wake of W. Orr. .Drennan .. 3 925
Battle of Beal-An-
Atha-Buidh Drennan .. 3 928
Ode on Leaving Ire-
land Dhummond. 3 930
Innishowen Duffy .... 3 961
Irish Chiefs Duffy 3 959
Irish Rapparees... Duffy .... 3 957
Muster of the
North Duffy .... 3 954
Lin es on Arbor
Hill Emmet .... 3 1094
Fair Hills of Ire-
land Ferguson . 3 1185
Sony of the Irish
Emigrant Fitzsimon. . 3 1206
County of Mayo . . Fox 3 1224
Roisin Dubh Furlong .. 4 1247
Sorrowful Lament
for Ireland ....Gregory .. 4 1459
Ireland Gwynn .... 4 1532
Song of Defeat .. .Gwynn .... 4 1529
" Not a star from
the flaq shall
fade" Halpinb ... 4 1539
Sarsfleld Testimo-
nial Hogan .... 4 1592
Memory of the
I trad Ingram ... 5 1659
Ways of War . . . .Johnson .. 5 1699
Blacksmith of Lim-
erick Joyce 5 174:
Crossing the Black-
iv titer Joyce
Fineen, the RoverJovcm
Irish Reaper's
Harvest Hymn . . Kkegan . . .
Rory of the Hill. .Kickham .
Royal Love Leamy ....
Exiles Return . . . Locke ....
W ar - S hip 8 of
Peace Lover ....
The Croppy Bom. .McBurney..
Good Ship Castle
Do ten McBurney .
O'Donnell Aboo ..McCann ...
Pillar Towers of
Ireland MacCarthy
To my Buried Ki'/feMcCARTHY .
The fair hills of
Erin M c C O N -
Mara ... 10 3937
The Irish Exile. . . M a c D e r -
mott . . . O 2189
Am I Remembered TM'Gee . . . . 6 2225
The Celts M'Gee 6 2223
■ Dead Antiquary,
O'Donovan M'Gee 6 2218
— — Death of the Home-
ward Bound ...M'Geb .... 6 2222
.-»
5
5
5
B
5
«;
6
6
<;
<;
<:
1744
1743
1765
1829
1910
2003
2085
2115
2113
2126
2130
2172
7
7
7
7
7
VOL
Patriotic and War
Song's.
Salutation of the
Celts M'Gee
To D uff y in
Prison M'Gee ....
My Inver Bay. . . .Macmanus..
Passing of the
Gael Macmanus. .
Shiela-ni-Gara . . . Macmanus. .
Dark Rosaleen . . .Mangan ... .
Fair Hills of Eire. Maxgan ...
Eathaleen-N y-Hou-
lahan Mangan . . .
Kinkora Mangan . . .
Lament Mangan . . .
Buried Forests of
Erin Milligan . .
After the Battle. .Moore ....
' Fairest put on
awhile' Moore ....
'Go where glory
traits thee ' . . . .Moore ....
Irish Peasant to
his Mistress ....Moore ....
Meeting of the
Waters Moore ....
The Minstrel Boy. Moore ....
' O the sight en-
trancing ' Moore ....
' Rich and rare
were the gems
she wore ' Moore ....
Song of Fionnuala. Moore ....
The harp that onceMooRE ....
'When he who
adores thee ' . . . Moore ....
Loch Ina O'Brien . . .
Tipperary O'Doherty..
Spinning Song ...O'Donnell.
Tombs in the
Church of M On-
tario O'Donnell .
'I give my heart
to thee' O'Grady ...
Dear Land O'Hagan . .
Ourselves Alone. .O'Hagan ...
To God and Ire-
land True O'Leary ...
At Fredericksburg 3
Dec. 13, 1862 . . . .O'Reilly . .
Ensign Epps, the
Color-Bearer ...O'Reilly ..
From 'Wendell
Phillips' O'Reilly ..
Mayflower O'Reilly . .
In Exile: AustraliaOini
Tin- Irishman . . . . Orr
Song of an Exile. .Orr
Erin, my Queen . . .Parnell . .
Hold the Harvest. Parnell ..
Post-Mortem ....Parnell ..
Fight of the Arm-
strona Privateer.RoCHB .
Edward Duffy . . . Rossa 8
Shane's Head .... Savage .... 8
The Lost Tribune. Sigerson .. 8
Corrymeela Skrine ... 8
Lament for King
Ivor Stokes . . .
The Boyne Water. Street Bal-
lad 8
MacKenna's DreamSTREET Bal-
lad 8
By Memory In-
spired Street Bal-
lad 8
PAGE
6 2226
7
7
7
7
7
7
7
7
7
7
7
8
2220
2264
2267
2271
2363
2378
2380
2377
2352
2437
2536
2529
2530
2536
2532
2535
7 2531
2532
2534
2535
2534
2602
7 2075
7 2086
7 2684
2760
2768
2767
7 2706
7 2831
7 2830
2836
2s:u
2837
2839
2840
2873
2871
2870
2961
2983
3024
3133
3154
8 3260
3271
3296
3274
General Index.
4105
VOL.
Patriotic and War
Song's.
Protestant Boys. . Street Bal-
lad 9
Shan Van Vocht. .Street Bal-
lad 9
Wearin' o' the
Oreen Street Bal
lad
Dear old Ireland. Sullivan .
■ -God save Ireland. Sullivan ..
Fairy Gold Todhunter,
Longing Todhunter
■ The Maiden City. . Tonna ....
Orangeman's Sub-
mission Tonna 9
' Oh, green and
fresh ' Tynan-
Hinkson
The Exodus Wilde . . .
To Ireland Wilde . . .
Farewell to Amer-
ica Wilde . . .
Minister War-Song. Williams
Patriotism.
Archbishop Ireland
on
of the Irish
PAGE
3311
3313
9
9
t>
f»
ft
9
3320
3341
3339
3411
3408
3428
3430
9 3461
9 3570
9 3573
9 3599
9 3607
5 1662
2 442
— See Nationality and Imperialism.
Patterson, Chief Justice
C. P., duels with gen-
tlemen 1 143
Payne, Percy Somers 7 2878
Pearce, Sir Edward 5 1914
Pearl of the White
Breast Petrie 8 .2886
' Peasant Lore from
Gaelic Ireland '.Deeny
.. 3
846,
to his Mistress,
The Irish Moore .... 7
Superstitions of
the Irish G
English and Irish,
compared 5
Peasantry and landlords 1
Character of the
Irish . * 1 138 ; 3 854 ; O
Conditions of the 9
Dress of the 9
Teck, H. T., on George
Moore 7
Pedersen, Dr., on the
Irish vocabulary 4
Peel, Sir R., Challenge
of, to O'Connell 7
on E. Burke 1
' Peep O'Day, The ' Banim 1
Peggy Browne. From
the Irish Furlong . . 4
Pelasgic style of archi-
tecture 8
' Pen and Ink Sketch of
Daniel O'Connell ' . . Sheil 8
Penal Days, Women in
Ireland in Atkinson . 1
■ Laws McCarthy. . O
( reference) 7
Injustice of the 5
of 1695-97 9
servitude, The hor-
rors of 3
' Penny numbers,' The
evils of 2
Pensions for veterans of
the civil war 7
Pentonville Prison 3
845
847
2536
2149
1S35
138
2193
3426
3495
24S3
1607
2625
x
46
1252
2SS1
3064
28
2179
2615
1S38
x
S39
640
2829
839
VOL. PAGE
People, Amusements of. O'Brien ... 7 2620
' Perhaps ' Wynne 9 3649
Persecution by Protest-
ants and Roman Cath-
olics alike 7 2790
' Personal Narrative of
a Pilgrimage to
El Medinah and
Mecca' Burton 2
' Sketches ' Barrington. 1
129, 138,
Personification of Ire-
land 1
Pery, E. S., Speaker of
Irish House of Par-
liament 7
Petre, Lord, and Father
O'Leary 7
Petrie, George 8
on the Round Tow-
408
127
141
viii
lx
2793
2879
ers 9 3489
9
Petrie's ' Christian De
scriptions ' (cited)
Petticoats, Ancient Irish 9
Phantom Ship, The ...Milligan .. 6
Phaudrig Crohoore . . . . Le Fanu
Philandering Boyle . ,
Philippic Against Flood. Grattan
Philips, Bishop, of Kil-
lala
Phillips, Charles S
Sir Thomas, pri-
vate collector of
Irish MSS 7
' Philo-Junius.' See Sir
Philip Francis.
Philology.
-Poetry of Words. .Trench ... 9
Language of the
Ancient Irish . . Ware 9
Place names in
Ireland 6
Surnames of the
Ancient Irish . . Ware 9
Philosopher, Emerson,
The 7
' Philosophical Survey
of the South of Ire-
land, A '
Philosophy.
Extracts from ' The
Querist ' Berkeley
Glimpse of his
Country House. .Berkeley
True Pleasures ..Berkeley
Thoughts on Vari-
ous Subjects . . . Swift . . .
Twelve Articles. . . Swift
H
1
1
9
9
Phoenix Park 1
Phooka's Tower, The 6
Phosphor, The Planet
Venus. Hesperus cmdCLARKE .
Picture of Ulster McNevin
Pig Fair (half-tone en-
graving)
' Pilgrimage to El Me-
dinah and Mecca, Per-
sonal Narrative of a 'Burton .
Pilgrimages in olden
times 1
Pilgrims Armstrong, l
Pilkington, John Carta-
ret 7
Pillar Towers of Ire-
land, The MacCarthy. 6
Pillars of Hercules • 2
Pinchbeck Heroes, The
Worship of Goldsmith. 4
3484
3495
2435
1942
277
1400
0O32
2888
2673
3434
3544
2228
3546
7 2556
7 2695
177
175
174
3377
3388
146
2313
601
2274
7 2484
1 408
32
26
2693
2130
749
1338
4106
Irish Literature.
PlozzI, Slgnor
Piper, A Blind Irish
(half-tone engraving)
Pitch-capping
Pitt, William Madden
and Sheridan
on Grattan's ora-
tory
- Sheridan's retort
on
VOL. PAGE
. 6 2471
Pitt's First Income Tax
Bill, Speech in Oppo-
sition to Sheridan
Pity of Love, The Yeats .. .
Place of Rest, The Russell
names in Ireland
5 1762
9 3447
6 2284
3 1194
7 xv
8 3122
Placidia
Plague in Ireland, The
Famine and the
Planet Venus, Hesperus
and Phosphor, The. .Clarke
Plato '
Plato's ' Timoeus '
Players in London dur-
ing the reign of
Henry VII
Pica for Liberty of Con-
science O'Leary
the Study of
Irish, A O'Brien
' Pleasant Ned Lvsaght '
Pleasing, The Art of. . .Steele .
Plebeian bards, The
Tledge, Signing the
Plower, The COLUM .
Plunket, William
conyngham
A master of ora-
tory
and the Irish na-
tional Parlia-
ment
as a Monk of the
Screw
Bulwer on
Oratory of, de-
scribed
8 3072
9 3704
8 2997
6 2228
5 1925
2
2
2
58
601
603
749
Plttnkett, Sir Horace
(portrait)
Pocket boroughs, Irish
Parliament elected bv
Pockrich, Richard, in-
ventor of the musical
glasses
' Poems ' Yeats ....
Poet and Publisher. .. .Johnstone.
77ou> to Become o.Fahy
Poetry. (All poems are indexed
under their titles and first
lines.)
Irish, B. Spenser
on
Modern Irish,
Yeats on
of Words, The . . .Trench . . .
Poet's Corner in West-
minster Abbey
'Poets and Dreamers '.Gregory .
6 2347
7 2789
7 2614
G 2106
8 3206
3 xviii
6 2398
2 612
8 2894
7 xxvlli
6 2171
5 1957
7 xxv
7 xxv
8 2908
6 2162
7 2690
9 3704
5 1709
3 1124
in Ancient Ireland..
of the Agrarian
movement . . . .
— Fenian move-
ment
— Nation. See
Modern Irish
Literature.
4 ix
3 vii
9 3434
4 lam
4 1455
1459
2 xviii
3
3
xil
xi
Poets of Young Ire- vol. page
land, W. B. Yeats on 3 viil
Pole, Wellesley, a
Monk of the Screw 5 1957
Polemical ballads, On s s^rq
Policy for Ireland, On
*?* ■ ■ • • Meagher. . . 6 241 5
Political humor q ix
satire. See Rack-
renters on the
Stump.
Politics and Gov-
ernment.
Swift as a Pam-
phleteer Boyle l 260
England and Ire-
*?"#• Bhyce 1 346
Chat h a m and
Townshend ....Bcrke 1 391
Extracts from a
Letter to a Noble
Lord Burke .... 1 379
Extracts from the
Impeachment of
Warren Ha sting sBvrke .... 1 383
On American Tax-
ation Burke .... 1 373
On Conciliation
with America ..Burke .... 1 376
On Land Tenure. .Butt 2 422
On the English
Constitution ...Canning .. 2 465
Disarming of Ul-
ster Curran ... 2 780
Farewell to the
Irish Parliament.CvitnA-n ... 2 783
Liberty of the
Press Curran ... 2 778
On Catholic Eman-
cipation Curran ... 2 773
Speech at Newry
Election Curran ... 2 788
How the Anglo-
Irish Problem
Could be Solved .T>a.vitt .... 3 832
How to Govern
Ireland De Verb... 3 854
On Irishmen as
Rulers Dufferin . . 3 938
On a Commercial
Treaty w i t h
France Flood 3 1219
Reply to Grattan's
Invective Flood 3 1212
To the Duke of
Grafton Francis ... 3 1228
Duty of Criticism
in a Democracy . Godkin ... 4 1290
Liberty in Eng-
land Goldsmith. 4 1331
Declaration of
Irish Rights . . . Grattan ... 4 1388
Of the Injustice of
Disqualifica tion
of Catholics ....Grattan ... 4 1405
Philippic against
Flood Grattan .. . 4 1400
Native Land of
Liberty Ireland ... 5 1662
Politics at Dinner. King 6 1833
Faith of a Felon. . Lalor .... 5 1855
Beginnings of
Home Rule McCarthy.. 6 2174
How Ireland Lost
Her Parliam en t. McCarthy. . G 2161
The Irish Church. McCarthy. . 6 2148
General Index.
4107
VOL. PAGE
Politics and Gov-
ernment.
Penal Laws, The. .MacCarthy. 6 217G
On the Policy for
Ireland Meagher . . 6 2415
A Nation's Right. . Molyneux.. 6 2460
Colonial Slavery,
1831 0'CONNELL. . 7 2650
Justice for Ire-
land O'Connell. . 7 2641
On Catholic RightsO' Connell. . 7 2629
Gladstone and the
Great Home Rule
Delate O'Connor .. 7 2656
Address Before the
House, Washing-
ton Parnell ... 7 2861
. The Union Plunkbt .. 8 2896
First Step toward
Home Rule Redmond... 8 2926
■ Nationaliti/ and
Imperialism ....Russell ... 8 2989
■ Ireland's Part in
English Achieve-
ment Sheil .... 8 3057
Speech in Opposi-
tion to Pitt's
First /ncome-TaaSHERiDAN.. . 8 3072
Our Exiles Sullivan. .. 9 3328
Brass Half-pence. . Swift .... 9 3369
Short View of Ire-
land Swift 9 3362
Essay on the State
of Ireland in
1720 Tone 9 3415
State of Ireland in
1798, The Tone 9 3421
— — Some College Rec-
ollections Walsh ...» 3513
Politics at Dinner ....King 5 1833
Bryce on American 1 338
Pollruane 7 2763
Pooka, The, described
(see also Phooka) 3 xix
Pope, A., on Sir John
Denham 3 849
on the Earl of
Roscommon 8 2981
Poppjea, The Empress 2 740
Popular Superstitions. See The Celtic
Element in Literature ; Su-
perstitions ; Fairy and Folk
tales, etc.
Population of Ireland,
Decrease in 9 341G
Portland, Duke of, on
the Union 8 2897
Portia to to Paradise,
From Downey ... 3 891
Portmore 3 928
Portsalon 6 2432
Portstewart 4 1518
Position of Women in
the United States. . .Bryce 1 343
Positiveness, Swift on 9 3377
Posterity, Sir Boyle
P.oche on 1 135
Post-Mortem Parnell ... 7 2870
Pot of Broth, The 10 xiv
Post Office, The, in 1830
(half-tone engraving) 6 2107
Potato failure of 1846 4 1572
" Potatoes and point " 4 1504
' Poteen Punch ' Bodkin ... 1 232
Poulanass 5 2052
Poul-a-Phooka (half-
tone engraving) 5 1796
Poynings Act passed in
1495 9
Law. 3 1210, 1213 ; 4
1401, 1403; 6 2161; 9
Repealed 9
VOL. PAGE
Practical Illustration, A. Shaw S
joking 8
Prejudices, Swift on 9
Racial 8
Premium, Mr. (charac
ter in ' School for
Scandal ')
Prendergast, John
Patrick 8
Prentice boys, The 9
Preponderance of Prot-
estant power 9
Presentation at the Vice-
regal court, Dublin 1 246 ; <>
Press, Liberty of the.. Be Verb... 3
The Liberty of MeCuRRAN ... 2
Preternatural 'in Ficf/ow. Burton ... 1
Prevalence of Irish hu-
mor 6
ix
1395
3390
3035
xvi
3377
2995
8 3105
2913
3428
3423
2203
852
778
404
x
56
3130
3561
2572
vill
1258
2543
212
2620
1258
2178
837
2220
Priest, Love of Irish forBANiM
Priest's Brother, The.. .Shorter
Soul, The Wilde .
Priests at Drogheda,
Murder of the
Primitive Irish, An-
tiquity of the 2
Prince of Dublin Print-
ers, The Gilbert ... 4
of Inismore, The.. Morgan ... 7
Princess Talleyrand as
a Critic, The Blessington 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'Gee 6
Private Miles O'Reilly. See Halpine.
' Problems of Modern
Democracy ' Godkin ... 4 1290
Procession of peers at
Lord Santry's trial 7 2725
Proclamation, a, con-
cerning Shane the
Proud lO 3S43
Procrastination, Evils of 4 1535
Progress, Human 1 175
Proleke Stone, The
(half-tone engraving) 7 2666
Promised Wife, To my. Walsh .... 9 3510
Progresses (migrations) 2 xii
Property tax, O'Connell
on the 7 2633
Prophecy regarding Ja-
cob's Stone, The 7 2717
Prosecutions, Evils of
State 9 3552
Prospect, A 6 2107
Prospecting in Montana 3 965
Protection to American
Industry 4 1296
Protestant Boys Street Bal-
lad ..... 9 3311
' Garrison in Ire-
land, The ' 6 2153, 2156
" 3423
power in Ireland 9
• The great orators
in Irish Parlia-
ments were 7
viij
4108
Irish Literature.
VOL. PAGE
Proud of you, fond of
you Downing . . 3 916
Proudly the note of the
trumpet is sounding. McCann ... 6 2126
Prout, Father. See Mahony.
Famous Blarney-
Stone stanza of,
in The Groves of
Blarney 6 2441
on ' Lalla Itookh.* 6 2342
— Moore's ' Nation-
al Melody ' 6 2342, 2345
T. C. Croker 2 680
' Reliques of Fa-
ther ' Mahony ... 6 2337
Proverbs, Early Irish,
joyous 6 vil
See Irish Ranns 10 3833
Prussia, The King of,
cited on land tenure 7 28G6
Psalter of Rosbrine 7 2853
Psalters of Tara and
Cashel, The 7 2664
Psychological method of
studying literature 3 868
Public opinion, Effect of
French Revolution on 9 3424
Puca, The, becomes
Puck in Shakespeare 4 is
Pue's Occurrences (a
Dublin newspaper) 5 1919
Puff, Orator MoORH .... 7 2541
Pugin's 'Revival of
Christian Architec-
ture' (quoted) 8 3238
Pulpit, Bar, and Parlia-
mentary Eloquence. .Bahrington. 1 127
Purdon. Epitaph on Ed-
ward Goldsmith. 4 1383
Put your head, darling. Ferguson.. . 3 1183
Pyramids, The Warborton. 9 3529
Pythagoras 2 602
Q,.
Suare Gander, The.... Lb Fanc... 5 1928
uand je suis mort, je
veux qu'on m'enterre.MAROT .... 6 2338
Quarrelsome Irishmen . .O'Keeffe .. 7 2773
Quarterly Review, The,
founded by John Wil-
son Croker ... 2 675
Quebec, Darby Doyle's
Voyage to Ettingsall. 3 1114
Queen and Cronvtcell,
The Wills 9 3612
Queen's County Witch,
A (fairy and folk
tale) Anonymocs. 3 1150
Queenstown (half-tone
enpravlng) 2 427
Querist, Extracts from
The Berkeley.. . 1 177
Querns or hand-mills 5 1736
Quiet Irish Talk, A Keeling . . . 6 1769
Quin, Matthew and
Mary 8 2915
Quotation, A Pointed 7 2652
R.
Rabelais 3 873
Race prejudices 8 2995
Racial flavor in Irish
literature 2 xvlll
vol.
pagh
xiii
2504
2564
995
Racing, Irish love of 8
Rackett Lady (character
in ' Three Weeks
After Marriage') 7
Sir Charles (char-
acter in ' Three
Weeks After Mar-
riage *) 7
Rackrent, Castle Edgeworth. 3
Family, Continua-
tion of the Mem-
oirs of the Edgeworth. 3 1014
Rackrenters on the
Stump Sullivan . . 9 3333
Raftcry. Anthony lO 3917, 3923
(biography) 10 4022
and Mary Hynes 9 3667
and the Bush 9 3671
How long has it
been said 10 3917
The Cuis Da pie 10 3917
Raftery's poems among
the people 4 1609
— poetry 9 3671
Repentance Hyde 10 3911
Raglan, Lord, at Bal-
aklava
Railroad Story, A. See
In the Engine-Shed.
Raise the Cromltch
high Rolleston. 8
' Raising the Wind '. . ..Kenney ... 5
Rakes of Mallow, The. Street Bal-
lad 9
Raleigh in Munster. . .Downey ... 3
Rambling Reminiscen-
ces Milligan. . . G
Ramelton 4 1512 ; O
Ramillie cock-hat, The 9
Ramsay, Grace. See O'Meara.
Randle, Dr., Bishop of
Derry, cited on Lord
Santry's Trial 7
Ranelagh Gardens 1
Ranns, Irish 10
Raphoe, Donegal 6
Rapparee, The, among
the hill fern 3
Rapparees, The Irish. . Duffy .... 3
Raps 9
Rath Maolain (Rath-
mullen) 2
of Croghan, The 3
Cruane 7
8 3012
2975
1805
3312
909
2427
2252
3496
2726
165
3833
2251
1255
!>.r>7
3369
633
1162
2752
1150
Rathdowney 3
Rathdrum, Beautiful
scenery between Ark-
low and 7 2532
Rathmore 2 573
Rathmullen 6 2431
Hugh Roe at 2 633
Ray, T. M.. and Repeal 9 x
in Prison O 2128
Rav's ' Social Condi-
tion of Europe * 2 423
Read, Charles Ander-
son 8 2918
out the names ...Clarke ... 2 598
Reaper's Harvest Hymn,
The Irish Keegan
Reason for Accepting
the Doctrine of Pur-
gatory (anecdote) 7
Rebel chaunt, A 6
Rebellion of 1798 O
' Recollections of Feni-
ans and Fenianism '.O'Leary ... 7
„ 5 1765
2793
2113
x
2798
General Index.
4109
VOL. PAGE
Recollections of John
O'Keeffe, The' O'Keeffe .. 7 2771
Recruiting Song, Tip-
veraru Street Bal-
y J lad 9 3318
Red Bog, Bog Cotton on
t?ie O'Brien ... 7 2591
Branch Cycle, The 2 xi ; a 804
7 2748, 2749
Knights, The ...... 5 1741; 7 2593
House of the 4 1430
Duck, The (folk
«™„\ (Gaelic by Hyde.. I
song), -j Engiish Dy Welsh J
Man's Wife, The
(folk song) .... Hyde lO
..10 3779
Pony, The Larmixie.
Redmond, John Ed-
ward (portrait)
Reform and Emancipa-
tion
' Speech on Parlia-
mentary ' Canning ... 2
Reformation, The 9
— Carlyle on the 3
Registration of Voters
Bill, The Irish . C
Rehan, Ada, as Lady
Teazle (portrait) 8
Reid, Mayne 7
Reign of Terror, The 2
Related Souls Wilde 9
' Relation of Amboyna,
The ' 0
Relatives, Auctioning
Off One's Sheridan.. . 8
Relics of Brigit 8
Religion in America 1
3749
1866
Swift on
2926
3058
465
ix
951
2176
3105
2932
678
3572
2573
3105
3260
336
3377
Religious Belief in Ire-
land, Carlyle on
Freedom of
Legend. See The
Story of the Lit-
tle Bird.
oppression, Father
'O'Leary on
sects in Ireland.
proportions of
the 9
Songs of ConnachtHYvm 10
3813, 3823, 3829,
' Rellques of Father
Prout ' Mahony ... 7
' Remarks on the Life
and Writings of Dr.
Jonathan Swift ' Boyle 1
Remedies, Vulgar 2
Reminiscences. See
Character Sketches.
Remnant? What is theMAQum .,
Remote, unfriended,
melancholy, slow 4
Renaissance in art and
letters, The 9
M. F. Egan on the
Irish 5
The new Irish 2
Rent-Day (fairy and
folk tales) Anonymous. 3
Rents, Lalor on 5
Repartees of Curran 6
Repeal, The agitation
for 9
Association, The. 6
Dictionary, John
O'Connell's ....... 2
3 952
7 2789
3422
3795
3917
2337
260
759
6
2292
1357
xi
vll
xxl
1160
1857
ix
x
2416
812
Repeal movement. The,
effect of, on lit-
erature
— of the Union . . . . O'Connell.
vol. page
1
o
Repealers in Prison and
Out . Daunt .... 3
Remember, Denis, all I
bade you say Forrester.. 3
Representative, The Du-
ties of a Burke .... 1
Rest Payne .... 7
Retaliation, Extracts
from Goldsmith . 4
Retentive Memory (an-
ecdote of O'Connell) 7
' Revelatioas of Ireland
in the Past Genera-
tion ' Madden ... 6
Revenue, Irish, decrease
9
in
xii
2644
811
1222
391
2878
13S0
2654
2281
3416
76
572
1094
1659
1886
1937
2161
2148
2574
Revolution of 1798.
Lynch Lair on
Vinegar Hill . . . Banim .... 1
Rising of the
Moon Casey 2
Lines on the Bury-
ing Ground of
Arbor Hill .... Emmet ... 3
Memory of the
Dead Ingram ... 5
Scenes in the In-
surrection Of 2798.LEADBEATER. 5
Shamus O'Brien. .Le Fanu... 5
How Ireland Lost
her Parliament. McCarthy.. 6
The Irish Church. McCarthy.. 6
Noble Lord, A. . . .Murphy . . 7
Capture of Wolfe,
Tone O'Brien ... 7 2604
Story of Father
Anthony OToo?c.Tynan-
Hinkson. 9 3444
The American 6 2153
The French 1 136
Revolutionary Tribunal 2 678
Revue Celtique 4 1459
Rewriting of destroyed
MSS. begun 2 lx
Reynolds, George 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 Goodly
Company.
Rhapsody on Rivers, A.Mitchel . . 6 2454
Rhetoric in Irish lit-
erature 2 xiil
Rhyme, Celts taught
Europe to 2 ix
Rhvmers' Club, The 5 1693 ; 9 3403
Rhine, The 7 2586
Rhys, Grace 8 2940
Rich and rare were the
gems she icore.MooRE .... 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
Ridgeway See Taylor.
4110
Irish Literature.
VOL. PAGE
Rifle, To My Buried . ..McCarthy. . 6 2172
Righ Shemus he has
gone to France ....Duffy 3 957
Right of Free Speech 9 3551
' Rights of Man, The ' 8 3269, 3270
of Parliament, The 6 2464
Ringleted Youth of my
Love (folk song) ...Hyde 10 3735
Rimicini, Archbishop of
Fermo 1 32
* Rise and Fall of the
Irish Franciscan
Monasteries ' . . .Meeiian ... 1 32
up and come for
the dawn 10 3917
Rising of the Moon. . . .Casey 2 572
Rival Swains, The Bullock ... 1 360
' Rivals, The ' Griffin ... 4 1499
Sheridan .. 8 3078
3088
River of billows, to. . . .
whose mighty... De Verb... 3 852
Roe, The 8 3270
Roads in Ireland 5 1739
Robertson, Frederick
William Brooke ... 1 291
' Life and Letters
of * Brooke ... 1 291
Robespierre, Revolt
against 2 677
' Robinson Crusoe ; '
Princess Talley-
rand's amusing
blunder 1 213
W., M. F. Egan
on 5
Roche, Lady 7
- Sir Boyle 1
James Jeffrey
(portrait) 8 2959
viii
2733
134
Rocky Mountains, First
Sight of the Butler ... 2
Rogers, Michael 10
R o g it c r i e s of Tom
Moore, The Mahony .. 6
Roe. Owen (see also A
01 (nice at Ireland's
History) 3
Roisin Dubh. From the
Irish Furlong . . 4
Roland. Song of 9
the Brave, Irish
version of the
history of 7
Roll forth, my song. . .Mangan ... 6
Rolleston, Thomas W.
H a z e n (por-
trait) 8
and the Rhvmers'
Club 5
on George Darley 2
the poetry of
G. F. Savage-
Armstrong 8
' Rolliad, The' 3
415
3S07
2337
959
1247
3657
2072
2365
2968
1693
807
3027
1193
Roman invasion had lit-
tle effect on Ireland 9 vlii
Romance. See Fic-
tion ; Myths and Le-
gends : Fairy and
Folk Tales.
•Romances, Old Cel-
tic ' Joyce. 5 1724, 1731
Romanesque, The Irish
style 8 3238
Rome, The Firing o/..Croly 2 739
vol.
Ron Cerr 4
Rope, Twisting of the. Hyde lO
Rory of the Hill Kickham .. 5
( reference) 8
page
1622
3989
1829
3270
2084
859
7 2853
O'More Lover
Dirge of De Verb.
Rosbrine, The Psalter
of
place where insur-
rections were
planned 7 2852
Roscommon 4 1607
Earl of 8 2981
W. B. Yeats on 3 vii
Duelling in 1 145
Rose o' the World, she
came Chesson ... 2 592
of Ardee, The 8 3270
of the World, The.YEATS 9 3706
Ross, Martin. See Martin Ross.
Red-Haired 4 1444
The Siege of 6 2115
Rossa, J. O'Donovan 8 2983
Rosstrevor O 2454
Roubillac in Dublin 5 1919
Round of Visits, A . . . O'Kennedy . 7 2782
Table of Stories. .Gilbert ... 4 1265
'Towers, The '. . .Petrie S 28S0
described in de-
tail 9 3491
Petrie on 9 3489, 3490
of I r el a n d ,
Forts, Crosses
and Wakeman
and Cooke. 9 3482
'Rover, The' Canning .. 2 466
Rowan, A. H 2 778 ; 9 3513
Curran's defense
of 7 xxiii
Royal Fairy Tales, The 3 xx
Irish Academy,
Collection o f
manuscripts in 7 2072
Love, A ... i Leamy .... 5 1910
' Ruadh.' See MacAleese.
Ruadhan of Lorrha 7 2763
Riickert, Gone in the
Wind not a transla-
tion from German 6 2359
Ruff, The, worn in Ire-
land 9 3498
Ruined Chapel, The. . . Allinc.ham. 1 22
Race, A Sigerson. . . 8 3145
Rules of S. Robert 4 1419
Rushes that grow bv
the black water ....Trench .... 9 3433
Russell, Baron 1 381
George W. ("A
B." ) (portrait) 8 2986
Love Songs of 8 3659
"A. E." on the
poems of W.
Larminie 6 1866
S t a n d 1 s h
O'Grady 7 2787
W. B. Yeats'
poetry 9 3651
Plays of lO xiil
W. B. Yeats on 3 xill
Lord, and the
movement to dis-
establish the
Irish Church « 2159
Matthew 8 3005
Sir William
Howard 8 3008
General Index.
4111
VOL. PAGE
Russian Air ..• ........ 7 2537
Rutland, The Dufife of 1 133
Ryan, Crowe l 145
S.
Sack of the Summer*
Palace Wolselby..
Sabbata Pango (inscrip-
tion on an old bell)
Sacramento, The
Sacred subjects, Treat-
ment of, by Irish
wits
Sacrifice Russell ..
Sadlier, Mrs. J
Saga, Literary Quali-
ties of the Hull . . . .
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
of
St. Basil, Mother of
St. Brendan. Church of
St. Buithe, The Speck-
led Book of the Mon-
astery of
St. Chrysostorn, Mother
of
St. Ciaran (see also St.
Kieran) .
St. Columba and Chris-
tianity
St. Columba and St.
Patrick, Cross of, at
Kells
St. Cornin, Pada (mean-
ing of)
St. Cuthbert, Bishop of
Landisfarne
St. Fechin, Church of
St. Flnbar, Shrine of
St. Francis and the
Wolf Tynan-
HlNKSON
St. Gall, 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. Kieran (see also
Ciaran)
St. Kevin, King O'Toole
and Lover . . . .
* St. Lawrence, From
the Land of ' . . . Eqan . . . .
The (river)
' St. Mary of Egypt '
9 3636
G 2343
6 2132
e xv
8 2998
8 3017
4 1597
2 xii
2 xiii
4 1608
2 xv
8 2973
2 xl
0 3331
8 2884
5 1925
5 1925
8 2881
7 2664
5 1925
4 1600
9 viil
0 3485
9 3546
8 2882
8 2881
4 1255
9 3451
4 vlii
5 1925
5 1925
7 2673
1 32
1 406
5 1766
8 2979
5 2046
3 1080
7 2540
9 3684
VOL. PAGE
St. M a t h e w (color
plate) 9 Front
St. Molaga, The Black
Book of 7 2664
St. Molaise's Church 8 2881
St. Moling, The Evan-
gelistarium of 7 2671
St. Ninian, Life of
(quoted) , 8 2884
St. Patrick, See also
Irish A 8 t r o n -
oinii , 4 1541
and Brigit 8 3249
and Ossian 7 2753
Apostle of Ireland.ToDD 9 3400
Cross of St. Colum-
ba and, at Kells 9 3485
in the ' Colloquy of
the Ancients ' 8 2968
introduced Chris-
tianity » vill
Ireland converted
from idolatry by 7 2718
Legend of 4 1457
Pagan festivals
adopted by 4 1600
The Order of 3 797 ; 5 1956
St. Patrick's Breast-
plate, The Hymn
Called Stokes 8 3244
Dag, 1S66, Address
delivered in the
People's Theater,
Virginia City,
on Meagher . . 6 2420
Hvmn before Tara,
trans, by Mangan ... 6 2360
Success Todd 9 3400
^Yard, hi Blundell... 1 215
St. Peter (folk story). Hyde 10 3813
St. Pulcheria 5 1925
St. Ricemarch, Saltair
of 7 2671
' St. Ronan's Well,* John
O'Keeffe mentioned
bv character in 7 2691
St. Ruth (see also Mac-
kenna's Dream) 8 3297
St. Stephen's Green,
Dublin 5 1914
Sainte-Beuve method
inaugurated by Goe- „„„„
the 6 2296
Saints and Scholars,
Ireland the
Island of 1 xvll
The Isle of • • • • 9 vill
' Saints, Lives of the
Mothers of the Irish.' 1 32
Saladin, The History of
my Horse Browne ... 1 323
Salamanca, Irish sol- ««.„«.
dlers at 8 3063
' Salathiel the Immor-
tal' Croly 2 739
Salley Gardens, Down
oy the Yeats 9 3705
' Sally Cavanaugh ' Kickham .. 5 1824
Salmon Fishing in Ire- ^^
land 4 1519
Saltair of Cashel, The
(Bodleian Lib-
rary) 7 2673
— of St. Ricpmarch 7
of Tara. The 4
Salutation to the Celts. M'Gvm
Samhaia
2671
1611
a ooog
4 1611
4112
Irish Literature.
VOL.
Samhain. Article en
Irish Drama in 5
Time 4
Sanders and the insur-
rection of Tyrone and
Desmond 7
Sanson and Fouquier 2
Gantry, Lord, Trial of 6 1917; 7
Sars,ield, Patrick, Earl
of Lucan Onahan ... 7
Patrick (Lord Lu-
can) 3 957 ; 9
at Sec'gmoor 8
Deat'i of 7
on the battle of
theBoyne (cited) 7
Statue, The (half-
tone engraving) 4
Testimonial, The. Hogan .... 4
■ See Blacksmith of
Limerick, The 5
See Mackenna's
Dream 8
See Song of De-
feat, A 4
Sarsfield's Ride Sullivan . . 9
Satire. See also Humor.
A Prospect Lysaght ... 6 2107
Cease to do Evil
— Learn to do
Well MacCarthy.
On Wind Martyn . . .
Sheelagh on her
P r o p o s a I s of
Marriage Plunket ..
Rack-renters on the
Stump Sullivan . . 9
On the death of
D. Swift Swift ... 9
on English insti-
tutions 9
Satirists, Early Irish 6
Political 6
Savage, A O'Reilly . . 7
John 9
Armstrong,
George Francis 9
F., on William
Wilkins 9
Marmion, The art
of 6
Saved by a Straw 7
Saurin the Huguenot 1
Saxon churches in Ire-
land 8
— Shilling, The . . . .Buggy . . . . i
6
s
PAGE
xxvl
1451
2852
677
2723
2814
is
2816
2824
2819
1592
1592
1742
3297
1530
3323
2128
2383
Scalp, The Sataoe-
Armstbong.8
' Hunters, The ' . . Reid 8
Scandal Class Meets,
The KnERiDAN... 8
' The School for '..Sheridan... 8
Scandinavia, Ireland's
association with 4
Scandanavian Vikings
in Ireland 8
Soathach 4
Scene from ' CaUUne'. .Croly 2
Scene in the Famine, 4..KBARY .... 5
in the Irish Fam-
ine. A TTiggins ... 4
In the South of
Ireland. A Butt 2
Scenery. Irish !)
Scenes in the Insurrec-
tion of 1798 , Lbaddeater. 5
2906
3333
3880
3355
vil
lx
2835
3024
3027
3600
xv
2653
128
2880
358
3030
2932
3099
3099
3105
1599
3239
1426
747
1755
1573
427
3622
1886
vol.
Sceoluing . 12
Scheld, The 4
Schiehallion Trench ... 9
Schiller and Goethe at
Weimer 6
' School for Scandal,
The' Sheridan... 9
life in England 2
in Ireland —
English Acad-
emy, The Banim .... 1
Schools, Irish in the 10
Science. See Astronomy.
Scientific Limit of
the Imagination.TYXDALlj .. 9 3471
The Claims of Sci-
ence Tyndall . . 9
The Origin of Life.KELYix ... 5
Scientific use of the im-
agination, The 1
Scotland, Marriage law
TAGD
629
1357
3432
2297
3099
3105
616
60
3713
in
Scott, Burke on 1
and Maria Edge-
worth 3 994 ; 5
C. Johnstone 5
Sir Walter, on
Faulkner 4
on Hamilton's
M e m o ir s of
Qrammont
on nurserv tales
Scriblerus Club, The
Scully
Sculpture.
Celt in
Expression of male
beauty by
Scythians, The
4
3
7
2
3463
1784
xvll
754
397
xi
1709
1260
1542
xxill
2874
445
9 3487
5
9
1
lO
10
1924
3549
10
3941
3941
Sea, Burial at Alexander
' Seadhna ' O'Leary . .
Seadhtia's Three Wishes. O'Leary ..
Seanchan the Bard and
the King of the Cars. Wilde .... 9 3566
Seanchus Mor, The (an-
cient laws of Ire-
land) 7
Sear Dubh ( the hound ) 2
Sedgmoor, Sarsfield at 7
Si al-Time Coleman ... 2
Seek not the tree of
silkiest bark De Verb. . . I
Seest thou how just the
hand Congreye
Self-government. Irish
capacity for 1
help 1
Den uing O r di-
nance. A Hamilton. . 4
Selfish (Hunt. The Wilde 9
Senach. Bishop 7
2705
629
2816
609
862
2 615
349
179
September, In Todhunteh. 9
Set in the stormy
Northern sea Wilde .... 9
Seven Baronets, The. . Barrington. 1
' Seventy Years of Irish
Life ' Lb Fanu . .
1549
3584
2 -t; n
3400
Sexton and the Land
League • • • 9
Scueluidhe Gaodhalach.
From the Irish of the.HYDE. 4 1625,
See selections from. Hyde 1©
3737, 3751.
Shadwell's Plays f>
Shakespeare Wiseman.. . 9
3588
129
1927
1945
xi
1631
3713
3765
1920
3623
General Index.
4113
' Shakespeare, A Critical
Study ' Dowdhn
and Burns Kick-
ham's favorite
authors
the musical
glasses
Celtic influence on
Goldsmith's opin-
ion of „ .
Irish influence on
work of
Shakespeare's favorite
characters
Portraiture
of Women Dowden
Youth, England !'k.Dowdbn
Shall and Will, Confu-
sion of
mine eyes behold
thy glory Parnell
they bury me in
the deep Davis . . ,
we, the storm-
tossed Roche . ,
Sham funeral, A.
VOL. PAGE
. 3 870
7 2802
7 2690
9 3656
7 2691
4 vil
3 875
,.3 875
.3 869
7 1062
7 2870
3 827
. 8 2966
. 3 1044
Shamrock ' SeeWiLLiAMS .
The Egan . . . . ,
of Ireland, The
Green Little . . . Cheery . . ,
Shamrocks Gilbert .. ,
' A Bunch of .... Casey
Shamus O'Brien Le Fanu. . .
Shan Van Yocht, The. .Street Bal
lad
' The ' Milligan . .
(reference) 8 2371 ;
' The, a Story of
1798' Murphy ...
Shandon. The Bells of. .Mahony .. .
Shandon's Bells
Shandy. Mr. and Mrs
Shane Fadh's Wedding . Carleton ..
the Proud O'Shea . . .
Shane's Head Savage
Shanganagh, The Valley
of Martley . .
Shanly, Charles Dau>-<
son
Shannon, The De Vere. . .
Cradle of the
in Van Dieman's
land . .. . .
Palace of Kin-
Kora on the
Shaun-na-Sagart, the
priest-hunter
Shaw. George Bernard ,
William
She Is a rich and rare
land Davis .
' far from the
Land ' Moore
' my love' Graves
Stoops to Con-
quer ' Goldsmith.
walks as she were
moving Rolleston .
Sheares, J. and H., and
'98
The brothers
Sheehan, P. A
M. P. Egan on ...'.'.'
Sheelaqh on her Pro-
posals of Marriage. . . Plunket . .
Sheelin, Lough
3 1085
2 587
3 1279
2 565
5 1937
9 3313
. 6 2427
; 10 xxi
. 7 2574
. 6 2343
. 5 2004
. 8 3210
.. 2 512
.10 3843
.. 8 3024
. 6 2382
. 8 3032
. 3 852
. 6 2275
. 6 2454
. 6 2377
.10 3795
. 8 3035
. 6 2177
. 3 831
. 7 2533
. 4 1413
4 1348
9 2978
9 x
8 3275
8 3044
5 vii
8 2906
6 2277
„, , , VOL. PAGE
Sheep and Lambs Tynan-
Hinkson. 9 3454
Sheil, Richard Lalor 8 3055
and Lyndhurst on
Irish 'Aliens ' 7 xxvii
Lord Beaconsfleld
°n 7 xxvii
Bulwer on 7 xxvj
Gladstone on .' . 7 xxvii
Oratory of, de-
scribed 7 xxv}
Sheoques, described 3 xviii
Shepherds, I have lost
my love Ogle 7 2735
Sheridan, Richard
Brinsley (por-
tuit) 8 3068
A master of ora-
tory 7xxviii
as a wit g viii
as Orator Fitzgerald. 3 1190
Bons mots of s 3119
family. Heredity
in the 8 3068
D. J. O'Donoghue
on the wit of 6 xiii
Meagher on o 2421
Irish literature be-
gins before 2
Parliamentary elo-
quence of 1
(reference) 5
Speech on Hast-
ings 1
Thomas O'Keeffe . . 7
' Sheridans, Lives of
vn
129
1920
129
2774
the ' Fitzgerald. 3 1190
Shiela-ni-Gara ' Macmanus. . 6 2271
2 496
2 007
9 3362
Shillelah, The
The Sprig of
.Code
Shipping, Irish
Shoes, Gentlemen's ., 9 3298
Short Story. M. F. Egan
on the 5 11
— View of Ireland,
1727, A Swift 9 3362
Shorter, Mrs. Clement
(Dora Sigerson) 8 3126
W. B. Yeats on 3 xiii
Show me a right Graves 4 1410
Shrovetide the marry-
ing season e 2194
Shule Aroon Street Bal-
„.,. . lad ..... 9 3315
%\°ena Mangan ... 6 2368
Siddons, Mrs., Sheridan
on 8 321
Sidhe. A Gall of the. . .Russell ... 8 2996
The Hosting of theYEATS 9 3707
Siege of Deny, The Alexander. 1 3
Sieges .... 2 xii
Sigerson, Dora. See
Mrs. Clement
Shorter.
George 8 3132 ; 10 3937
The Blackbird of
Derrycarn 2 xvi
on J. J. Calla-
nan 2. 439
— Gerald Griffin 4 1466
Ireland's Influ-
ence on Euro-
pean Litera-
ture 4 vil
W. B. Yeats on 3 xiv
Mrs. Hester 8 3145
4114
Irish Literature.
Sian of the Cross For
Ever, The (folk song) Hyde
Silent as thou, whose
inner life Ibwin
O Moyle, he the
roar Moore .... 7
Silk of the Cows 2
' Silva Gadhalica, The '.O'Grady . . 7
(reference) 8
' Silver Cross, The'. . . .Keightley. 5
Question, E. L.
Godkin on the 4
Silvester B
' Since we should par/.'.GRAVES ... 4
' Single Speech ' Hamil-
ton 7
Sir Fretful Plagiary's
Play Sheridan . . 8
Roger and the
Widow Steele
VOL. PAGE
,.10 3829
5 1673
2534
442
2762
2766
2968
1774
1293
1725
1413
8
3114
3198
Sirius See B. Marty x.
Skeleton at the Feast. .Roche
Skerret, Bishop, of Kil-
lala
Sketch of Mr. GladstoneO'CoNNOB ..
' Sketches in Ireland '. .Otway
of the Irish Bar '.Sheil
8 2965
<i
7
7
8
Serine. Mrs. W. (Moiba
O'Neill) »
W. B. Yeats on 3
M. F. Egan on »
Skull. The bay of 7
To a Irwin .... 5
Slanc, The Star of Street Bal-
LAD 9
Yellow Book of 8
Slaughters ■ • — ,
Slewmargy <;
Sliabh. Breagh 2
' Sliabh Cuilinn.' See
also J. O'Hagan 7
Dallain (mountain) 7
Sliav, Ruadh 4
Sliav-na-man «
Slieve Bladhma 4
Cullan (half-tone
engraving) 7
Donnard 6
Echtge 4
Bloom 7
Slieveearn 7
Slicvenamon 7
\u \drmture in. .Banim .... 1
Kickham at 7
Slieve-nan-Or 4
Slieve I'iol (Red Moun-
tain) 2
Sligo 6
Dwelling in 1
in Election Time.
See An Irish Mis-
take.
Slingsbt, T. F. See J.
F. Waller.
Slop ('Dr. Slop') 8
Slow cause of my fear 10
Smerwick Harbor, Ruins
at 8
Smith. G. Barnett, on
^'illiam Oarloton 2
Smith. Mrs. Toulmin
(L. T. Meade) s
■ Sidnpv (i
'Snake's Pass. The '.. .Stoker .... 8
Snakes in Ireland, No. .O'Keeffe .. 7
2232
205 6
2S48
2853
3064
3152
xiii
viii
2852
1673
3317
2664
xii
2376
638
2767
2668
1242
1829
1447
2767
2275
1456
2675
2766
2752
46
2800
1455
636
2357
145
3210
4020
2883
472
3158
2151
3 o 6 g
2771
Sneer (character in
Sheridan's ' The
Critic')
Sneerwell Lady (charac-
ter in ' The School for
Scandal ')
So, my Kathleen, you're
going Duffebin
VOL. PAGE
8 3114
8 3099
3 934
Sobriquets or nicknames 9 3547
Sociability of Irish Celt 2 vil
Sociable Fairies, The 3 xviii
Social conditions in Ire-
land 2 426 ; 4 1417 ; 9 3367
Heredity Ingram ... 5 1060
life, described in
' Irish Liter-
ature ' 2 xix
in America 1 343
Ancient Ireland 5 1735
Dublin 5 1918
Ireland 1 32, 193, 246
3 995, 1165; 4 1557; 5 1735
See also Keening
and Wake . ... 9 3640
Society of United Irish-
men 6 2162
o r i gi n a 1 1 y a
peaceful, con-
stitutional as-
sociation 6 2164
' The Church and
Modern' Ireland ... 5 1662
Boggarth Aroon Banim .... 1 56
Soldiers. Irish, In the
British Army 8 3062
Solitary Fairies 3 xix
Solomon ! where is thy
tin-one? '.Mangan ... 6 2359
Some anecdotes of Fa-
ther O'Lcary 7 2793
of O'Connell . . . 7 2651
College Recollec-
tions Walsh ... 9 3513
Experiences of an
Irish Resident
Magistrate ' . . . . Somerville
and Ross.
8 3166
3182
3 852
9 3438
1 396
8 3118
laws there are too
sacred De Yere
' tn urm ur' Trench
Wise and Witty
Sailings of Burke 1
Somerville, E. CE., and
Violet Martix . . See Martin Ross
Sons-.
nad I a heart. . . .Sheridan
Has summer come
without the RoseO'SiiAUGii-
xessy ... 7 2844
How happy Is the
sailor's life . . . . Bickerstaff 1 180
I'm very happy
where I am . . . .Boucicault. 1 257
1 made another
garden O'Shaugh-
nessy ... 7 2844
My time how happy.
From ' Thomas
and Sally ' Bickerstaff 1 180
O'er the wild gan-
net's bath Darley ... 2 809
One morning bv
the streamlet. .'.O'Brien ... 7 2592
Seek Not the Tree.T)r. Yere .. 3 862
The Silent Bird. .Gilbert ... 4 1279
General Index.
4115
VOL. PAGE
Song.
There was a jolly
miller Bickerstaff 1
When I was youngDE Vere . . 3
Whene'er with hag-
gard eyes I view.
From 'The
Rover ' Canning . . 2
Ireland the land of 8
of an Exile Orr 7
Defeat, A Gwynn .... 4
Fionnuala, The. Moore .... 7
• Glen Dun,, The. .Skrine 8
Glenann, A . . . . Skrine .... 8
Maelduin Rolleston . 8
the Irish Emi-
grant in Amer-
ica, The Fitzsijion.
■ Tony bumpkins'. .Goldsmith
Songs of Con-
nachts' Hyde ....
■ Love poem in 9
• ■ of Ireland 6
■ Spurious Irish 6
Street, and Bal-
lads, and Anony-
mous Verse .... Hand 8
Sonnet Written in Col-
lege Wolfe .... 9
' Soon and Forever '. ...Monsell . . 7
Sorrow De Vere . . 3
Sorrowful, Lament for
Ireland, A. From
the Irish Gregory ..
Lamentation of
Callaghan, The.. Street Bal
lad
Soul, Butterfly symbol
of the
Cages, The Croker . . .
'Sound the loud tim-
185
859
466
3266
2840
1529
2534
3156
3157
2980
1206
1349
3833
3658
2231
xii
3265
3635
2466
860
4 1459
9 3318
9 3565
2 695
. 3
. 4
.10
hrcl ' MOORE .... 7
Sources of Grattan's
allusions 7
Irish humor 6
wealth 1
South African Bill. The 6
Sweet Singer of
the See Walsh.
' Southern, The.' SeeDowLiNG.
' Gall, The.' See Locke.
Sower and his Seed. TheLECKY .... 5
Sowlth, The, described 3
Spaeman, The 3
Spanish bull, A 3
type in Ireland 4
Spanker, Adolphus
(character in
' London Assur-
ance ') 1
Lady Gay (charac-
ter in ' London
Assurance') 1
Spartan mothers 6
Species, Evolution of . . , 5
Spectroscope, The 1
Spectrum analysis 1
Special articles de-
scribed 2
Speckled Book of St.
Buithe's Monastery 7
* Spectator, The ' ..... Steele .... 8
Speech at Newry Elec-
tion Curran ... 2
from the Dock . . .Meagher . . 6
2537
xxi
ix
178
2178
1926
xx
xxi
1058
1589
256
252
2333
1786
42
41
21
2664
3198
3204
788
2424
VOL. PAGE
Speech in Opposition to
Pitt's First Income
Tax Sheridan . . 8 3072
Speed on, speed on, good
master ! Shanly ... 8 3032
Spell-Struck, The Rolleston. 8 2978
Spencer, H., on Fairy
Lore 3 xxiii
Spenser, Edmund, an
enemy of Ireland 6 2150
in the palace of
Desmond 6 2276
on Irish scenery 1 ix
■ — -Ireland 4 ix
Spenser's ' View of the
State of Ireland ' 9 3397
. . 4 1248
(cited)
Speranza See Wilde.
Spes seeCAMPiON.
Spinner's Song Sigerson . . 8
Spinning Song, A O'Donnell. 7
' Splendide Mendax '.. .Gwynn .... 4
Splendors of Tara. The. Hyde 4
' Spirit of the Nation,
The' 3
' Sports of the West.
Wild ' .Maxwell . . 6
Spottiswood, Sir Henrv 6
Sprig of Shillelah, Th'e.CoDE 2
' Sprig of Shillelagh,
The' (quoted) 6
Spring Time Greene ... 4
Squirrels, Superstitions
about {>
Stafford, Thomas 7
Stanihurst, Richard
(biography) 10
Stanley, Lord C
O'Connell on 7
Stanley's amendment,
Lord 6
' Star of Slane, The ' 8
Star of Slane, The .... Street Bal-
lad 9
' Star Spangled Banner,
The' 9
'Starry Heavens, The '.Ball 1
Stars, The Distances of
the Ball 1
- What They are
Made of Ball ..... 1
3143
2685
1512
1610
State Church in Ireland
The 6
of Ireland in 1720.
Essay on the. .Tone 9
TT98, The Tone 9
prosecutions, Evils
of 9
Statute of Kilkenny 9
Steam, Bishop 5
Steele, Sir Richard
(portrait) 8
D. J. O'Donoghue
on humor of 6
Thomas, in prison <>
and Repeal 9
' Stella, The Journal to. 'Swift .... 9
To Swift 9
Stephen, Leslie, on
' Junius ' 3
Stephens' article on
' Felon-setting ' 7
Stern granite gate of
Wicklow Savage- Arm-
strong ,. 8
Sterne. Lawrence (por-
trait) 8
2411
2276
607
2193
1425
3680
2744
4023
2157
2642
2160
3270
3317
3331
36,41
36
41
2160
3415
3421
3552
3391
1915
3196
xiil
2128
x
337<<
3387
122(5
2799
3030
3210
4116
Irish Literature.
VOL
Sterne, Dowden on 3
D. J. C'Donoghue
on the humor of 6
Some Bons Mots
of 8
Stiffenbach, The Legend
of Williams . 9
Stillorgan, Harry Deane
Grady's place near 7
Stirling-Maxwell, Sir
William, on M. J.
Higgins 4
Stokeh, Bram $
Stokes, Margaret 8
on Round Towers 9
Dr. Whitley 8 3243 ; 9
Note on ... 6
■ on The Calendar
of Aer.gus 8
Work of, for Celtic
literature 2
Stolen Sheep, The Banim .... 1
Stone, P., portrait of
Lady Duff erin 3
Story, God bless you ! I
have none to tell,
Blr : Canning . . 2
Qf Childe Charitt/.&R0\7NE ... 1
Early Gaelic
Literature,
The ' Hyde . .
. PAGE
873
xiii
3227
3610
2733
1572
3228
3228
3490
3520
2360
3141
xviii
85
932
468
314
■Father Anthony
O'Toole, The. .Tynan-
HINKS0N..9
4 1622
— Genevieve, The. Jameson .. 5
— Qrana Waile. . .Otway .... 7
— Ireland, The '. .Sullivan .. 9
— Le Fevre, The. .Sterne ... 8
— MacD6th6's Pig
and Hound ...Hyde 4
— th e Little Bird. .Croker ... 2
— Yorick, The . . . Sterne .... 8
tellers, Profes-
sional 5
telling, Irish, de-
scribed 2
— Irish gift of 2
— in Ireland a pro-
fession 3
Stowe collection of Irish
manuscripts 7
Strabane * . 3
Strange Indeed Deeny . . . . 3
Rtranmore C
Street Arabs, Three
Dublin Hartley , . 4
ballad on Sir Kit
Rackrent 3
Ballads (see also
Street Songs) 8
change of taste
In 8
■ See "Wearing of
the Green, The 2
Scene in Dublin
(half-tone en-
graving) • 6
Songs and Ballads,
and A n o n y •
mous Verse ..... 8 3271; 9 3299
1 Article on Hand 8 3265
See Phaudrig
Crohoore and
S h a m u 8
O'Brien.
Strength in Elasticity,
Irish 3 85<j
3444
1679
2856
3323
3220
1613
734
3213
1738
xlv
xiv
xvii
2673
972
847
2279
1568
1012
3265
S270
767
2107
,„, . . - _. _ VOL. PAGE
Stripes dnd Stars, The ' a 2115
' Strogue, My Lords of '.Winqfield. 9 3620
Strongbow's Monument
(half-tone engraving) , 9 Xiii
'n?*?^0? Words, The \Teench . . , 9 3434
Style, Celtic, M. Arnold
,onT v ' '••• 3 svl
of 'Irish Litera-
ture* logical .2 xiii
Saga literature 2 xiii
Subjection, A Century
„ °t. • • • ■ • • Taylor ... 9 3390
Sublician Bridge, The 3 827
' Suetonius, The Mod-
ern ' SeePiTZPATSiOK.
Suffolk Pencibles, The 5 1386
Sugach, Lament of the
Mangaire, for the
Irish Walsh .... 9 3S08
Sugar Loaf Mountain
(half-tone en-
graving) \ 3 2767
On Great. .Greene ... 4 1424
Suilidh (Lough Swilly) 2 G33
lun' Th£ • • •; V 6 2354» 23?9
Sullen, Mi-3. (character
In « The Beaux'
Stratagem') 3 H65.
buLLiVAH, Alexander
Martin 9 3323
-on'E. M. P. Down-
ing's verse 3 916
Eva Mary Kelly 7 2675
Smith O'Brien 7 2619
The Dublin com-
memoration of
the Manchester.
martyrs T 2609
Timothy Daniel 9 3333
and the Land
League ■. 9 xi
W. B. Yeats on 3 xii
Summer, Ireland in
(half-tone en-
graving) \ 5 1703
Sweet Tynan-
c „ * m, Hinkson. 9 3457
Sun God, The De Verb . . S 858
Sunburst, The Irish 9 3603
Sunniness of Iriuh Life,
The MacDonaqh 8 vlt
Sunset and silence ; a
. Mn •. • Corn:.: .,..2 612
Superstition about the
angel's footprint 7 2852
Byron on . . . 6 2290
Irish "4 1287
about animals , © 3678
Superstition*. See
also Folk Lore
and. Fain/ Tales.
Banshee, The Allingham. 1 17
Fairy Greyhound. Anonymous. 3 1154
Loughleagh Anonymous. 8 1142
A Queen's County
Witch Anonymous! £ 1150
Rent-Day Anonymous', 3 1160
Will-o'-the-Wisp . .Anonymous. 3 1136
The Cow Charmer. Boyle 1 264
The Curse Carleton .. 2 559
Fate of Frank
M'Kenna Carleton.. 2 553
Biddy Bradv's Ban-
shee Casey .... 2 563,
Brewery of Egg-
Shells Crokeb ... 2 731J
General Index.
4117
VOL. PAGE
/Superstitions.
« Confessions of Tom
Bourke Croker ... 2 681
— Fairies or No Fair-
ies . . .Croker ... 2 720
— — Flory Cantillon's
Funeral Croker ... 2 724
The Haunted Cel-
lar Croker ... 2 707
The Soul Cages ..Ckoker ... 2 695
Teigue of the Lee. Croker ... 2 714
A Blast Crotty ...2 758
Little Woman in
Bed Deeny ....3 846
A Midnight Fu-
neral Deeny .... 3
The Changeling ..Lawless .. 5
The Blade Lamb. .Wilde .... 9
The Demon Cat. . .Wilde .... 9
The Horned Wo-
men Wilde .... 9
The Priest's Soul. Wilde .... 9
Celtic Element in
Literature, The. Yeats 9
The Devil Yeats 9
Village Sports ...Yeats 9
Superstitions of the
Irish peasant 6
■ Lady Wilde on 3
Supreme Summer O'Shaogh-
nessy ... 7
Sure, he's five months. . Skrine ... 8
this is blessed ErinSKRiNE ... 8
Surely a Voice hath
845
1877
3569
3557
3558
3561
3654
3673
3673
2149
xxiii
2843
3154
3156
,••••«*>
8
8
called her . . . i... GREENE
Surface, Charles (char-
acter in ' The
School for Scan-
dal')
■-Joseph- (character
in ' The School
for Scandal ') . . .
•—Sir Oliver (charac-
ter in ' The
School for Scan-
dal') ."8
Surnames of the An- »
cient Irish Ware .... ._9
■Swarm of Bees in June
is Worth a Silver
Spoon, A Hamilton^?* 4
Swedenborg, The Irish,
"A. E." so called 8
Sweet Auburn! loveliest ■ —x #
village Goldsmith. 4
Chloe Lysaght . .
is a voice in the
land of gold Sigerson ..
Land of Song ! thy
harp doth hang:. Lover ....
' Melodious Bard.' See Moore.
'Singer of the
South' See Walsh.
Swift, Jonathan 9
(portrait) 9
and Faulkner 4
as a Pamphleter. . . Boyle .... 1
Dean, on Irish 6
influence of, on
Irish Parliament 7
Irish literature be-
gins before 2
on curates 7
. dress 9
the Death of Dr.SwiFT 9
■....- ., the State of Ire-
land cited , 9
4 1424
3105
3099
3105
3546
1549
2988
1367
2109
3144
2086
3340
3343
1258
260
xii
ix
vii
2638
3497
3380
3415
VOL. PAGE!
Swift, J., Popularity of 1 262
W. B. Yeats on 3 vii
Swilly, Lough 2 033 ; 4 1518 ; 6 2126, 2427
a leading Ulster
lake 6 2277
Switzerland, described
in Goldsmith's ' The
Traveller ' 4 1361
Sword, The Bakry 1 149
of Tethra, The. . . Larminie .. 5 1876
' Sylvia ' Darley ... 2 809
Symbolism Russell . . 8 3000
Synge, Mr. The plays of 10 xxv
Synonyms, Copiousness
of, In Irish literature 2 xiii
Syria , 8 2517
T.
Taaffe, Father Peter,
Slain at Drogheda 7 2572
Taclmac, Tren 7 2753
' Tain Bo Cuailgne, The' 2 629 ; 4 1600
Take a blessing from
my heart Mangan ... 6 2378
my heart's blessing 10 3937
Talbot, Richard, later
Duke of Tyrconnell 7 2573
' Tale of a Town, The,'
Story of the play of ,. 10 xviii
' Tales of Trinity Col- .
lege ' Lever. 5 1986. 1990
Talk by the BlackwaterDowmxG .. 3 916
Tallaght 7 2673
Talleyrand 9 3420
as a Critic, The
Princess Blessing-
ton 1 212
Tamney « 2244
Tandy, James Napper 1 143 ; 9 3513
Tanistry, The case of 9 3394
The laws of 7 2857
Tara, Antiquity of 6 2228
Conn made King
at 7 5 1732
Desertion of • 4 1613
Five great high- .'
ways from, R 1739
Halls of 7 2535
Hill of 6 2354
Knights of 1 146
Seven Kings of 8 2979
The Cursing of... O'Grady .. 7 2762
The far shining 7 2747
The Fes of 5 1738
The Splendors of. Hyde 4 1610
The tongue of 7 2617
The westward road
from 7 2752
Tarah, St. Patrick's
Hymn before •___© 2360,
" Tarry thou till I
come." See
« Salathiel the
Immortal.'
yet, late lingererRussELL . . i
2998
Tasmania ....... .". « '2454
Taxation in Galway 8 2914
Methods of * 8 3092
Speech on Ameri-
can Burke .... 1 373
Taylor, John F 9 3390
Te Martyrum Candi- _ „' J
datus Johnson ... « 1 <«t
Teach Mfodchuarta 4 1611
Teamair, Eochaldh at t 7 ^<*\
4118
Irish Literature.
VOL. PAGE
Teamhair at Samhain
time 4 1451
Teamor's Ancient Fame 1 281
Tears, The Fountain o/.O'Sh augh-
nessy ... 7 2S45
Teazle, Ladv (character
in ' The School
for Scandal ' ) S 3100
Miss Farren as 8 3122
Sir Peter (charac-
ter in 'The
School for Scan-
dal ') 8 3102
Technical Instruction,
Department of 8 2908
Teetotalism 6 2398
• Teigue of the Lee ' . . . Choker ... 2 720
Tell me, my friends.
why are we met here?STREET Bal-
lads 9 3311
Teltown (Tailltenn) on
the Blackwater 5 1738
Temora. The maids of 4 1591
Temperance.
Apostle of Temper-
ance in Dublin,
The Mathew . . C 2397
' Irish Cry, The '.. Wilson ... 9 3617
" Temperance. The
Apostle of" SeeMATHEW.
Templeoge, near Dublin 7 2728
Tennyson, Lord, on Mrs.
Alexander's v?rse 1 1
on ' Joyce's Celtic
Legends ' 5 1713
The Charge of the
Light Brigade 8 3014
Tenure, Isaac Butt on
fixity of 2 425
Lalor on fixitv of 5 I860
of land, The 7 28G2
Parnell and fixity
of 6 2179
Terence's Farewell . . . . Dufferin . 3 934
Tethra, The Sword of. . Larminie . 5 187G
Th' anam an Dhia — But
there it is Locke .... 5 2003
Thackeray, Irish char-
acters of, M. F.
Esjan on 5 viii
on Goldsmith 4 1301
and G. P. 0 8 xvi
J. Higgins 4 1572. 157.".
in Ireland 8 xx
on Irish Chap-
books 3 xxi
Dean Swift 9 3343
Thankfulness of Tier-
mot. The O'Leary . . .10 3953
Thanks, my lord, for
your venison Goldsmith. 4 1377
" That Popular Poet of
Green Erin." SeeMooiiF.
That rake up near the
'•afters Kickham . . 5 1829
The actor's dead, and
memory alone . .Bunner on
Brougham. 1 301
best of all ways. .Moore 6 2338
blue lake of Deven-
ish Macmanus . . 6 2269
braes thev are
aflame Macmanus.. 6 2263
brown wind of Con-
n aught Macmanus.. C 2272
desire of my hero
who f earedno foe 2 xv
The dying tree no pang
sustains De Verb .
' end of a ship is
drowning ' (Irish
rann) Hyde .. . .
fountains drink
caves subterren . Flecknoe
girl I love is
comely Callanan
gloom of the sea-
fronting cliffs ..Dowden .
' Groves of Blar-
ney ' Milliken
' harp that once
through Tara's
halls ' Moore . .
host is riding from
Knocknarea . . . .Yeats . . .
kindly words that
rise O'Reilly
Little Black Rose
shall be red De Vere .
long, long wished
for hour Doheny .
' lord of Dunker-
ron ' Croker . .
' lying man has
promised' (Irish
rann) Hyde .. . .
' man who onlu
took' (Irish
rann) Hyde
vol. page
. 3 863
• Minstrel-Boy to the
war has gone. . .Moore . .
• Muse, disgusted at
an age Berkeley
■ old priest Peter
Gilligan Yeats
pillar towers of
Ireland
- Pope he leads a
happy life ' . . . .Lever . . .
-satisfied man for
the hungry one
never feels'
(Irish rann) ...Hyde ....
savage loves his
native shore . . .Orr
- sea moans on the
strand Todhunter
•silent bird is hid
in the bough. . . .Gilbert . .
■ silent heart which
grief Parnell .,
- room, the heavy
creeping shadeWlLDE
Southern Seor>owLiNa.
■Stars are watchlngO'DoHERTY.
sun on Ivera ..... Callanan ,
■sunny South is
glowing Orr
tears are ever in
my wasted eye.. D' Alton ..
- time I've lost in
iiooing ' Moore
top o' the mornin'. Coleman ..
tuneful tumult of
that bird
wild bee reels from
bough to bough. .Wilde .
winter fleeteth like
a dream Greene
work that should
to-day O'Hagan
world is growing
darker Rossa . .
-young May moon 'Moore . .
.10 3837
. 3 1209
. 2 440
. 3 876
. G 2439
. 7 2535
. 9 3707
. 7 2833
. 3 858
. 3 864
. 2 736
.10 3841
.10 3841
. 7 2535
. 1 80
. 9 3702
. 6 2130
. 5 2002
.10 3837
. 7 2839
. 9 3404
. 4 1279
. 7 2876
. 9 3593
7 2676
2 445
7 2837
2 803
7 2522
2 009
2 xvi
9 3593
4 1425
V 2767
8 29J"?
7 2r26
General Index.
4119
VOL. PAGE
Theater In Blackfriars,
The O 2348
Whitefriars, The 6 2348, 2349
The Irish Literary 10 xiii
Irish Literary. SeeMiLLiGAN.
The Irish National. See Martyn.
Their Last Race Mathew . . 6 2391
Themes of Irish humor 6 x
Then Oberon spake. .. .Barlow ... 1 116
Theology, Irish devotion
to 4 1281
Mountain Gregory . . 4 1455
Theology and Re-
ligion.
Frederick William
Robertson Brooke ... 1 291
True Friends of
the Poor and the ^_
Afflicted Doyle 3 919
Dispute icith Car-
lyle Duffy .... 3 951
The Irish IntellectGiLES 4 1281
Blessing of Afflic-
tion Kirwan ... 5 1844
The Christian
Mother Kirwan ... 5 1842
The Irish C7ihj-c7kMacCarthy. 6 2148
Plea for Liberty of
Conscience O'Leary ... 7 2789
St. Patrick's Suc-
cess Todd 9 3400
There are veils that lift.RoLLESTON. 8 2980
is a colleen fair as
May Petrib 8 2886
' a green hill far
away' Alexander. 1 3
a green island. .Callanan . 2 439
a way I am fain
to go Macmanus. . 6 2268
'not in the wide
world Moore .... 7 2532
many a man's dim
closing eye ....Joyce 5 1749
• o u r murdered
brother lies . . . .Drennan .. 3 925
was a jolly miller
once Bickerstaff 1 185
a place in child-
hood Lover O 2087
were trees in Tir-
Conal Milligan . 0 2437
There's a dear little
plant Cherry ... 2 587
glade in AghadoeToDHDNTER. 9 3410
wail from the
glen Wilson ... 9 3017
grey fog over
Dublin Chesson .. 2 591
Sally standing by
the river Todhunter. 9 3406
sweet sleep Macmanus. . O 2270
Thermopylae 3 827
These be God's fair high
palaces Furlong ... 3 1239
Theseum at Athens, The O 2335
' Thespis' Kelly 5 1782
They are going, going. .Macmanus.. O 2267
chained her fair
young body ....Roche .... 8 2965
knelt around the
cross divine 1 150
' Third Blast of Retreat
from Plays and Play-
ers, The ' 0 2348
Thivishes, The, de-
scribed 3 xx
VOL. PAGE
Thirty-six Command-
ments, The, of Duel-
ing .. 1 148
This morning there were
dazzling drifts of
daisies Wynne ... 9 3649
wolf for many a
day Tynan-
Hinkson. 9 3451
' world is all a
fleeting shotv' ..Moore .... 7 2538
tomb inscribed to
gentle Goldsmith. 4 1383
Tholsel, The 4 1258 ; 5 1914
' Thomas and Sally, or
The Sailor's Return '.Bickerstaff 1 186
Thomas Sheridan O'Keeffe .. 7 2774
Thomond 4 1657
' The Bard of.' SeeHoGAN.
Thompson, Sir Wil-
liam See Kelvin.
Those delicate wander-
ers Russell
dressy and smooth-
faced young
maidens Griffin
' evening bells! '...Moore .
' Thou art, O God I'. . . .Moore .
golden sunshine in
the peaceful day ! Stokes
8 2998
4 1482
7 2527
7 2538
8 3260
' Though the senseless
and sensible ' Hyde lO 3837
Thoughts on the Mat-
terhorn Tyndall .. 9 3178
Various SubjectsSwiFT 9 3377
Thracian Hebrus, The 6 2455
Thrasna River 1 360
Three Counsellors, The. Russell .. 8 3002
Dublin Street
Arabs Hartley . . 4 1568
' F's. The ' . O 2179
Hundred Greeks at
Thermopylae, The 3 827
Rock Mountain 0 2121
Romans at the Sub- nnwm
lician Bridge, The 3 827
' Shafts of Death,
The' 10 3968
' Weeks After Mar-
riage ' Murphy . . 7 2564
Thrice at the huts of
Fontenoy Davis 3 823
in the night the
priest arose ....Shorter ... 8 3130
Through air made heavyWiLKiNS . . 9 3600
the Solitudes Savage-Arm-
strong .. S 3028
' untraced ways ' . . Denham . . 3 850
Thrush and the Black-
bird, The Kickham .. 5 1824
Thunder our thanks to
her O'Reilly . . 7 2834
Thurlow, Burke on Lord.., » 1 396
Thnrot O 2113
Thus sang the sages of
the Gael Stokes ... 8 3262
Tierney on Sheridan 3 1194
Tigernas, King 7 2718
Tim Hogan's Ghost. . .Coyne 2 645
the Smith Doyle 10 3887
Timber in Ulster G 2279
Time Swift 9 3389
' I've lost in woo-
ing, The ' Moore 7 2522
of the Barmecides,
The Mangah
6 2367
4120
Irish Literature.
VOL. PAGE
Timoleague, L a m en t
over the Ruins of the
Abbey of Ferguson . 3 1177
' Timceus,' Plato's 2 749
Tipperary O'Doherty. 7 2675
Duelling in 1 145
The County of ;
Sir William Os-
borne's experi-
ment 2 425
Recruiting Song .. Street Bal-
lad 9 3318
(reference) 5 1831
See The Munster
Bards.
Tlr-Conal. See The
Buried Forests
of Erin.
Connell : O'Don-
nell Aboo 6 2127
TIrconnell, Hugh Raudh
O'Donnell of 2 633 ; 4 1247
Lord of 2 633
See Lament 6 2353
Tir-na-nog, Oisin and 7 2755
Tirnanoge, Oisin in; or
the last of the
Fena Joyce .... 5 1714
the Land of Youth 5 1714, 1716
Tir na n'og, Tirnanoge 2 590
Tlr-na-mbeo ; the land
of the ever-living 5 1714
Tlr-na-Tonn ; the land
under the sea 2 594
TIr-oen. See Owen
Bawn.
'Tis I go fiddling, fid-
dling Chesson .. 2 592
not for love of
cold, I go ... . Banim .... 1 57
War we Want to
Wage. Prom
the Irish Hyde 4 1657
now we want to
be wary, boys.. Street Bal-
lad 9 3318
pretty to see ....Davis 3 823
the last rose of
summer Moore .... 7 2528
what they say 10 3749
Tithes, Sidney Smith
on 6 2151
"Tithes," The cow
stamped with 7 2653
To a Beautiful Milk-
maid MOORB .... 6 2340
' wayward man
thine advice to
bring ' (Irish
rann) Hyde lO
To
VOL. PAGE
The Duke of Graf-
ton Francis ... 3 1228
- the Leanan Sidhe. Boyd 1 258
Memory of Isaac
Butt Sigerson
-Skull Irwin
- drift with every
passion till my
soul Wilde .... 9
- drink a toast .... Lever .... 5
- Duffy in Prison . . . McGee .... 6
- God and Ireland
True O'Leary ... 7
- Gold Wildb 9
- Ireland Wildb .... 9
- me by early morn. Clarke ... 2
- Meath of the Pas-
tures Colum .... 2
- Morfydd Johnson ... 5
- My Bicycle Rolleston. 8
Buried Rifle . . . McCarthy. . 6
Promised Wife. Walsh .... 9
-Stella Swift 9
3835
1673
3595
1975
2220
2796
3596
3573
596
613
1698
2976
2172
3510
3387
8
9
sound of evening
bells Trench
Tobarnavian, Origin of
name <j
' Toby of the Ship,'
G r a n a Waile's
son 7
Uncle S 3210,
To-day chance drove
me Brooke ... 1
Todd, James Hen-
thorn 9
Todhunter, John (por-
trait) 9
and The Rhymers'
Club 5
Toler, John, A Monk of
the Screw 5 1957,
Tom Moody Cherry ... 2
Tombs in the Church of
Montorio, on the
Janiculum O'Donnell. 7
Tone, Theobald Wolfe 9
and '98 9
and Froude 6
and Lough Scul-
ly 6
Death of 7
founder of the So-
ciety of United
Irishmen 6
Fate of 9
Kickham on 5
Graham on 4
' The Autobiog-
raphy of Theo-
bald Wolfe ' Tone . 7
9
The Capture of
Wolfe O'Brien ... 7
Walsh's recollec-
tions of 9
with his mangled
throat 4
' Tone's Journal,' Ex-
tract from Tone 9
To-nlcht as the tender
gioomlng Blake .... 1
T o n n a , Mrs. (Char.
i.otte Elizabeth ) 9
Tony Lumpklns (char-
acter In ' She Stoops
to Conquer ' ) 4
Too long have the
churls 10
Toomevara, A Chronicle
of Eccles .... 3
Total abstinence O
Toulouse, Irish soldiers
at 8
Towers in Ireland s
of Ireland, The
Pillar MacCarthy. 6
The Round Petrie .... 8
' Town Life In the
Fifteenth Century '. .Green 4
Townahrml. Chatham
and Burke 1
Lord 4
Marquis of, a
Monk of the
Screw ^
3133
3437
2229
2858
3220
300
3400
3408
1693
1058
588
2684
3413
x
2166
2434
2607
2162
3507
1831
1385
2604
3421
2604
3513
1531
3418
190
3428
1348
4015
967
2398
3063
3239
2130
2880
1417
391
1377
797
General Index.
4121
* Traces
Faiths
VOL. PAGE
of the Elder
of Ireland'.. Wood-Mar-
TIN »
Trade and the Union \
of Galway
' Traditions, Fairy Le-
gends and ' Croker,
Tragical deaths ■••••. "
Traigh-Baile Mic-Buain
(ancient n a m e of
8
2 695,
3640
2902
2916
736
xii
Dundalk) q
6
639
2198
2223
3 866, 875
. . . 7 2700
...10 3711
3270
1 323
1 408
2 418
2 415
963
2206
Tralee
Tramore :-«:*j
'Transcripts and btua-
les ' . . DOWDEN
Transfusion of blood,
Pockrieh's plan for
Translation of Irish,
Difficulties of . . . .
Transportation In Ire- 2
land •
Transubstantiatlon is
the faith we depend
upon ■
Travel, adventure,
description.
History of My
Horse, Saladin. .Browne ... i
Journey in *>%nHT0N t
guise ...burton . . . *
An, African Queen. Butler ... -
Sight of the Rocky
Mountains Butler .
City in the Great
West Dunraven.
Ah Man MacFall
Byron and the
Blessingtons at
Genoa Madden .
Acropolis of Ath-
ens and the Rock
of Cashel Mahaffy
Rhapsody on Riv-
ets Mitchell
The Prince of Tn-
ismore Morgan .
Dunhice Castle ..Otwat . ,
The Vicar of Cape
Clear Otwat . ,
Capture of an In-
dian Chief Reid 8
Bethlehem Warburton. 9
The Pyramids ...Warburton. 9
Sack of the Sum-
mer Palace Wolseley. . 9
Travel, On Flbcknob. . 3
Traveller, The Goldsmith. 4
Travels of Marco Polo,
Irish version of the
(MS. in the Royal
Irish Academy) ?
Treaty of Limerick,
The «* "e> < i «*
■ Stone, Limerick
(half-tone en-
graving) **
* with France, On
a Commercial '. .Flood 3
Trees, The Furlong .. . «
VOL. pagb
Tribunal, The Revolu-
tionary •
Tribune. The Lost Sighrson ..
Tried by his Peers O'Flanagan
Trim, Corporal ° a*lv
Trinity College. Collec-
t i o n of an-
c i e n t manu-
scripts in 7 *DU
.Attitude of, to-
ward Irish 10 3713
Dublin (color
plate) 2 Flont
-Story of a stu-
dent in
English, not
Irish A
. Irish manu-
scripts in, cat-
a 1 o g u e d by
John O'Dono-
i Tales of ' Lever. 5 1986,
Trinket's Colt SoM*'BOT? «
and Ross. a
o
Tristan
and Isolde,
scenes in
'Tristram Shandy* ...Sterne
2 678
8 3133
7 2723
6 2400
xiv
2705
1990
3182
3660
6 2286
6 2334
6 2454
2543
2853
7 2848
°93'>
3535
3529
Irish
4
, .. 8
3213,
Trout-fishing in Ireland 4
Truagh • • • %
True Loveliness Barley . . . ^
Pleasures Berkeley . i
' Trust to luck ' Street Bal-
LAD 9
Tuam-da-Gualann 5 1725;
Tuatha de Danann -
Tribes and build-
Ings of °
Tuathal Teachtmar £
' Tudor, Mary ' -De Verb . . <$
Tuileries, Garden of
Vlll
3211
3220
1517
957
807
174
3319
1728
xi
2882
2706
851
2 676
A folk tale
3630
1209
1357
2672
the
Turlockm6r,
Turloughmore, Faction ...
fight at , B 66™
S t . Columclll's
home
'Twas beyond at Mac-
reddin McCall
but last night I
traversed M'Gee
Twelfth Century, Irer
land in the
4 1632
4 1455
6 2125
6 2220
.10
.Swift 9
957
in the Irish sagas.
2
Trench, Herbert ®
, W. B. Yeats on <*
Archbishop Rich-
ard chenevix 9
Trlangulation T
Tribulation, George
Wither on
1210
1230
xvii
3431
xiii
3434
37
9 3436
Twelve Articles . .
Ticenty Golden Years
JAgo Mangan
Questions. Can-
ning and the
game of
Twisting of the Rope,
The Hyde i«
' Two Centuries of Irish
History' Brstb i
' Essays on the
Remnant ' Magee «»
. Songs Bickerstaff 1
Tyledan. See A Mem-
ory.
Tynan-Hinkson, Kath-
ARINE o
W. B. Yeats on £
M. F. Egan on
Tyndall, John
and imagination
Irish Lit. Vol. io
3845
3388
6 2373
1 167
3989
346
2292
186
3439
xiii
vii
9 3462
1 xvii
-S
4122
Irish Literature.
VOL. PAGE
Tyndall, J., and Dr. S$-
gerson 8 3132
Tyrawley, Scenery
around 6 2230
Tyrawley's duel with
Lord Clonmell 1 142
Tyrconnell 1 14 ; 2 633
The Duke of: his
recollections of
Drogheda 7 2573
Lord, on Sarsfield 7 2818
The Mountains of 6 2276
See Tirconnell.
Tvrconnellian princes
'buried at Rome, The 6 2353
Tyrone 1 3
and Desmond, The
insurrection of 7 2852
Earl of, English
fear of 2 633
Hugh O'Neill ;
battles fought
by 7 2743
— —Militia, The = .5 1886
See The Siege of
Deny.
Tyronian and Tyrcon-
nellian Princes, La-
ment for the Mangan ... 6 2352
Tyrowen, Gold found
in 6 2280
The mountains of 6 2275
watered by Lough
Neagh 6 2277
Tyrrell, Garden (char-
acter in ' The
Heather Field') 6 2387
Kit (character In
' The Heather
Field') 6 2386
Miles (character in
' The Heather
Field') 6 2386
r.
Ua Malghlelne, the
royal clown, The
shout of 7 2711
Ullecean, Dubh O !
(Irish air) 10 3937
(quoted) 8 viii
Uisnach, First Druidi-
cal fire lighted on the
Hill of 7 2667
Ulster, Aldfrid in 6 2376
Cause of confisca-
tion of 6 2352
colonized 5 1861
Conor, King of 4 1613
Cuchulain fights
for the honor of 4 1435
Grief of O'Donnell
and O'Neill at
leaving 7 2685
In support of
Henrv Flood 3 1217
Picture of McNevin . . « 227 1
Tenant night 2 424
The bogs of 6 2278
' Confiscation of 'McNevin .. <> 2^7-J
Disarming of. . . Curran ... 2 780
English expelled
from 3 1179
— Invasion of, by
Maeve 7 2751
' .Undertakers' In » 955
VOL. PAGE
Ulster, William de
Burghs, Earl of,
Prohibition o f
marriage by 3 1179
Ultonian, or Red Branch
Cycle 2 xii
Uncle Remus See Kavanagh.
' Undertakers, The ' 3 955
Unhappy Island in the
West, An Keeling . . 5 1769
Union, The Pldnket .. 8 2890
Ireland cheated
into 9 x
Irish songs of 6 xii
Repeal of O'Connell. . 7 2644
The Act of 6 2169
Curran on 2 790
Duke of Port-
land on 8 2897
Effect of, on
commerce 8 2902
Extinguished na-
tional spirit 1 xi
hated from the
first 9 x
Repeal of 9 x
See Sheelah on
her Proposals
of Marriage.
United Irishmen, So-
ciety of the 6 2162 ; 9 3513, 3520
States, The Posi-
tion of Women
in the Brtcb 1 343
Unity of Irish litera-
ture 2 xviii
University of Gottin-
gen, Canning's poem
on the 2 466
Unspoken Words O'Reilly .. 7 2833
'Unfilled Field, The '..Moore 7 2483
Unto the deep Russell .. 8 2997
Up the airy mountain. .Allingham. 1 18
Up the sea-saddened
valley De Verb . . 3 859
Urbs Marmons SeeCAMPiON.
Usna. Uisnech. or Ush-
nagh, The Hill of 5 1731, 1738
Ussher (character in
'The Heather
Field') 6 2386
Sir William; Let-
ter to him cited
as causing the
Ulster confisca-
tion 6 2352
V.
Va oil la gloire t' invite 6 2339
Vale of Avoca, The
(half-tone engraving) 7 2532
Valley of Shanqanagh,
The Martlet . . O 2382
Van Diemen's Land 0 2454
V-A-B-B, The Roche 8 2966
Venus, Hesperus and
Phosphor, The Clerke ... 2 601
Vernet's, Horace, Bat-
tle of Fontenoy (half-
tone engraving) 3 880
Verney, Sir Edward,
slain at Drogheda 7 2568
Versification of Irish
sagas 2 sil
General Index.
4123
VOL. PAGE
1056
9
Verulam, Lord, and the
echo 3
Very Far Avxiy Alexander. 1
Viands, The Vision of.
From the Irish of
Aniar MacConglinne. Sigeeson . . 8 3134
Vicar of Gape Clear,
The Otway .... 7
' of Wakefield, The 'Goldsmith. 4
(cited) 6
Vicar's Home, The. ... Goldsmith. 4
Victoria, Queen, and
Louis Philippe 1
View from Eoneyman's
Hill, The Berkeley . 1
of London Denham . . 3
' of the State of
Ireland ' 4 1248 ; 9 5397
Vile and ingrate ! too
2848
1301
1305
2421
1301
151
176
850
late Congreye . . 2
' Village Garland, The '.Hall 4
■ Ghosts Yeats 9
Life in Ireland.
See Honey
Fair, The.
See Night in
Fortmanus Vil-
lage, A.
Sovereign, A Lynch .... 6
Vimiera, Irish soldiers
at 8
Vine culture possible
in Ireland 7
Vinegar Hill 2 591.
Lynch Law on . . . Banim .... 1
Violante, Madam, the
dancer 6
Virginia City, Nevada,
Earl of Dunraven at 3
The Death of . . . .Knowles
<i
' Virginius ' Knowles
Virtues of the Irish
peasant
Vis et Armis. See Locke.
Vision of McConglinne,
The
of Viands, The.
From the Irish
of Aniar Mac-
Conglinne Sigerson . . 8
Visions 2
' Visits and Sketches at
Home and Abroad '. .Jameson
Vocabulary of the Irish
people 4
Vocal stones 7
Volcanic action, Inun-
dation of country
around Loughs Erne
and Foyle due to
Voltaire, Dowden on 3
Volunteer Movement,
The
Volunteer's Song, A
Volunteers, A Defense
of the Flood .... 3
Vowel-rhyming lO
Vo mels, The Swift 9
' Voyage of Maelduin,
The' 4
of the Sons of
O'Corra, The Joyce 5
royal, A 6
The First Molloy ... 6
615
1534
3673
2088
3063
3696
599
76
2473
963
1847
1847
3 854
<?
6
6
vn
3134
sii
5 1679
4 1607
2717
2277
~873
2106
2113
1217
3919
3389
1601
1724
2463
2459
VOL.
Wages in Ireland 3
Waistcoats, Styles of 9
Waiters in Ireland 8
Waiting Todhunter. 9
Wake of William Orr,
The Drennan . . 3
Wakeman, Wilbdr F.,
and John Cooke 9
Wake, Keening and .... Woo d- Mar-
tin 9
Waking of Corpses.
Biddy Brady's Ban-
shee Blackburne 2
Tim Hogan's WafteCoYNE .... 2
Their Last Race. .Mathew .. 6
Waldron, Bishop, of
Killala 6
Walker, Joseph Coo-
per 9
of the Snow, The. Shanly ... 8
Wallace. Thomas, duel
with Secretary O'Gor-
man 1
Waller, John Francis 9
Walpole, Horace, cited
on Gliick and the
musical glasses 7
Walsh, Edward 9
W. B. Yeats on 3
John 9
John Edward 9
Michael, murdered
by Viscount Net-
terville 7
Wandering Minstrel, A . Le Fanu . . 5
War correspondent. An
Irishman the
first 8
not all of History 4
6
4
The Irish in the. .Maguire
Ways of Johnson
- with China, Nar-
rative of the ' . . . Wolseley. . 9
Ship of Peace, TfteLovER .... 5
Song, The Munster Williams.. 9
Waeburton, Elliot 9
Ward, Father Hugh,
collector of Irish man-
uscripts for Louvain 7
Ward, Owen (biogra-
phy) 10
Poem by Mangan
from the Irish of 6
Ware, Sir James 9
Irish literature be-
gins before 2
Warren, Colonel, slain
at Drogheda 7
Was She Gomplainin' ?. Keeling ... 5
Washington, A Eulogy
of Phillips . . 8
Waste Not, Want Not. .Edgeworth. 3
Water-eruptions 2
Fairies, The, de-
scribed 3
Sherie, The, de-
scribed 3
Waterford election of
1826 1
King John at '. 3
Waterloo, Irish soldiers
at 8
Wathers o' Moyle an'
the white gulls flyin'.SKRiNE S
PAGE
922
3498
xx
3408
925
3481
3640
567
568
653
2394
2232
3493
3032
143
3500
2692
3502
3510
3513
2728
1934
300G
xi
2321
1699
3636
2085
3607
3529
2673
4024
2352
3544
vii
2568
1771
2891
1068
xii
xviii
XX
349
900
3062
3155
4124
Irish Literature.
VOL.
Watt, James, John
Mitchel on 6
Waves' Legend on the
Strand of Bala, T/ie.ToDHUNTER. 9
Ways of War Johnson .. 5
We are little airy crea-
tures Swift 9
. . 5
stood so steady . . Joyce
summoned not the
Silent Guest ...Roche .... 8
who are old, old
and gray Yeats 9
won't go home till
morning 3
Wealth. Bishop Berke-
ley on sources of 1
Wcarin' o' the Green,
The Street Bal-
lad 9
Wearing of the Green,
The Curran ... 2
Wearing of the Green
The King 5
Weary men, what reap
ye? Wilde 9
Weaver Poet, The. SeeORR.
Wedding of the Clans,
The De Verb . . 3
Weddings In Ireland 6
Wedding-feast, A 2
Weep no more about my
bed Read 8
Weeping Irish, a term
for sorrow 9
Welcome, The Davis 3
We'll See About It Hall 4
Wellington, Duke of.
See also ' He
said that he was
not our brother.' 1
O'Connell on 7
J. W. Doyle on 3
on Irish soldiers 8
Welsh, Charles (por-
trait) 9
A Glance at Ire-
land's History 9
on Oliver Gold-
smith . 4
Foreword 1
on Fairy and Folk
Tales 3
Nursery Tales 3
The Red Duck 10
'Wendell Phillips,'
From O'Reilly . . 7
Were you ever In sweet
Tipperary O'Doherty . 7
Wesley, John, on the
Irish character 8
West, A City in the
Great Dunraven. . 3
' Wild Sports of
the ' Maxwell . 6
Westminster Abbey Cor-
onation Chair,
The (half-tone
enirra ving) 7
Goldsmith on 4
West's Asleep, The . . . .Davis 3
Westward the course of
empire takes its way. Berkeley . 1
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2449
3404
1699
3389
1744
2965
3705
1194
178
3320
767
1833
3575
We've furled the bnnnerTONNA
Wexford. County, Noted
members for
860
2202
534
2924
3661
830
1534
58
2626
919
3062
vii
vii
1298
xvii
xvii
xvii i
3779
2836
2675
xiv
963
2411
1717
1317
828
181
1664
3430
1 130
Wexford surrendered to
the Insurgents of
Vinegar Hill . 1
Whang and his Dream
of Diamonds Goldsmith. 4
' What are outward
forms*' BlCKERSTAFF 1
•' hath Time Taken ?'Browne ... 1
' is a gentleman*'. .O'Donoghue 7
— is the Remnant* . . Magee .... 6
rights the brave?. Barry 1
vol. page
shall I give thee?.DE Verb
- s o w e s t thou,
Orion ' Tynan-
HlNKSON.
shall we mourn?. .O'Reilly ..
sorrow wings .... Drummond.
the Stars are Made
of Ball
we say of a thing
which is just
come in fashion. Goldsmith.
- will you do. lovet'LoxETi
Whately on Irish educa-
tion 4
When all beside a vigil
keep Davis 3
■ April rains make
flowers bloom . . Egan 3
bovhood's Are was
in mv blood ...Davis 3
comes the day . . . O'Hagan . . 7
Erin first rose . . . Drennan .. 3
first I met meek
Peggy Lover .... 5
I saw thee, Kate Lane 5
to this country
a stranger I
came
unto this town I
came Street Bal
lad
' he who adores
thee' Moore ....
- I was young .... De Vere . .
76
1341
187
321
2703
2292
149
851
3456
2836
930
41
1299
2085
1609
828
1085
827
2768
924
2079
1863
8 3261
7 3280
like the early rose. Griffin ... 4
lovelv woman
stoops to folly. .Goldsmith. 4
my arms wrap you
round, I press . . Yeats 9
mv feet have wan-
dered Monsbll . . 7
on mv sickly couch
I lay Swift o
Pat came over the
hill Lover «
round the festive
Christmas board. M a c D e b-
mott ... 6 2189
St. Patrick our or-
der created . . Cdrran ... 5
— this order Curran ... 2
2534
859
1509
1315
3708
2465
3387
2081
1962
797
the breath of twl
light Russell . . 8 3004
' eagle shall nest
in the hollow
glen' (Irish
Rann) Hyde 10
the time comes. . .Rolleston. 8
'When you are old*... Yeats 9
Whene'er I see soft
hazel eyes Ferguson .. 3
with haggard eyes
I view Canning . . 2
Where Foyle his swell-
ing waters Tonna
8
3841
2079
3704
1183
466
3428
General Index.
4125
VOL.
a
Where is my chief, my
master Mangan
■ Is thy lovely peril-
ous abode Boyd 1
lurk the merry
elves Todhunter. 9
Sugarloaf with
bare Greene ... 4
While going the road to
sweet Athy Street Bal-
lad
Whisky, Address of a
Drunkard to a
Bottle of Le Fanu . . 5
Illicit distilling of 2
PAGE
2369
258
9 3406
4 1424
8 3290
■drink divine?
. O'Leary
Whisper Wynne
Whistling Thief, The.. Lover ..
White Cockade, The. . .Callan an
Mr. Luke: Asso-
ciation to raise
the price of meat
formed by
1946
541
2S03
3648
2081
442
7 2633
Whltefriars, The theater
in 6
Whiteside, James 9
Whitman, Walt, on art 9
Whltworth, Lord, The
administration of 7
Who dreamed that
beauty passes
like a dream ? . . Yeats 9
fears to speak of
Ninety-Eight? ..Ingram ... 5
Whoever the youth 3
' Whole Works of Sir
James Ware Concern-
ing Ireland, The'... Ware 9
3546,
' Why are you wander-
ing here*' Kenney ... 5
' Liquor of Life?'. .D' Alton .. 2
Lord Leitrim
Slammed the
Door 1
T ' o m a s D u b h
Walked Macmanus.
Parnell Went into
Politics O'Brien ..
Wlcklow. See Art's
Lough and The
Scalp.
County. Beautiful
scenery of
Hugh Roe In
Hills, Beauty of
tve 4 1424
Pock^ich raising
gees "> near 7
2348
3550
3664
2637
3706
1659
1187
3544
3547
1807
805
a
7
2
241
2254
2607
2532
636
Widoui Machree '■
Malone, The
Wadman't, Eye
Lover
Lever
Sterne
Widow's Message to Her
Son, The Forrester. . 3
Wigs worn in Ireland 9
Wilberforce on Canning 1
■ on Grattan 4
Wild blows the tempest
on their brows. . Armstrong. 1
' Geese, The ' Casey .... 2
4
(reference) . . . _• 9
5
7
With the Wild '. .Lawless
— Trish Girl, The '. .Morgan .
— Sports of the
West ' Maxwell
Wilde. Lady (Sper-
2697
2078
1999
3211
JOOO
3498
171
1387
26
573
1530
3445
1884
2543
e 24ii
anza) «• 9 3556
J0- VOL. page
Wilde., Lady, A keen
taken down by 9 3645
on Irish super-
stitions 3 23
Oscar 9 3577
Richard Henry 9 359G
Wilderness, Irish who
fell in the battle of
the 6 2423
Wilkes among the emi-
nent actors of the
eighteenth century 5 1919
Wilkins, William 9 3600
Wilkinson, Sir Gardner,
On the building of
the Pyramids 9
Will and shall, Con-
fusion of 3
O' the Wisp (fairy
and folk lore) ... Anonymous 3
William, King 9
' of Munster. See Kenealy.
of Orange and
Sarsfield 7
Williams, Richard
Dalton 9
Willis, N. P., Descrip-
tion of Lady Blessing-
ton by 1
Willis, William Gor-
man 9
Willy Reilly Street Bal-
lad 9
Wilson, Robert A 9
Winckelmann on Greek
Art
'Wind Among the
Reeds, The "... Yeats 9
On Marty n ... 6
on the Hills, The. Shorter .. 8
that Shakes the
Barley, The . . . Joyce .... 5
Window Sorig, A Irwin .... 5
3533
1062
1136
3324
2816
3G07
173
3612
3321
3617
5 1923
3705
2383
3127
1746
1676
3620
3459
3625
vii
170
Wingfield, Lewis 9
Winter Evening Tynan-
HlNKSON. 9
Wiseman, Cardinal 9
Wit. See Humor.
-; and humor, Irish,
D. J. O'Dono-
ghue on 6
of Canning 1
Witch, A Queen's
Countii 3 1150
Witchcraft and
Wonders. See Folk
Lore.
Witches' Excursion, T/ieKENNEDY .. 5 1799
With deep affection Mahony ... 6 2343
heaving breast the
fair-haired Eileen
sang Armstrong. 1
' the Wilde Geese '.Lawless . . 5
Wither, George, on trib-
ulation 9
Within a budding grove.ALLiNGHAM. 1
the window of this
white Irwin 5
' Wits and Worthies,
Irish ' Fitzpatrick 3
Witticisms, Curran's 2
Witty Sayings of Burke,
Some Wise and 1
Wofflngton, Peg 5 1919,
Wolfe. Charles 9
Wolseley, Viscount 9
Woman of Three Cows,
The ...10
25
1884
3436
15
1676
1199
798
396
2473
3632
3636
3831
4126
Irish Literature.
VOL. PAGH
Women. Churchbuilding
by Irish 1 31
in Ireland in Penal
Days Atkinson . 1 28
in the United
States, The Posi-
tion of Bryce .... 1 343
' of Erin, History
of the Illustri-
ous' 1 32
■ Shakespeare's Por-
traiture of DOWDEN ... 3 875
Wonder and mysterv,
Celtic love of 8 2974
' Wonderful Chair, The '
(half-tone engraving) Browne ... 1 314
Wood, William, Swift
on 1 261
' Wooden Man in Essex
Street ' 4 1259
Wooden Shoon, The
Clanq of the MOLLOY ... 6 2458
Woodfall, Henry S.,
printer of the
'Letters of
Junius' 3 1226
' Memory,' on Sher-
idan 3 1190
Wi 1 1 iam, Gold-
smith on 4 1381
Woodfall's Puolic Ad-
vertiser 3 1227
Woods, Enchanted Yeats 9 3679
Wood's half-pence 1 261 ; 9 3416
Woods of Caillino, TfteFiTZSiMON. . 3 1206
Wood-Martin. W. G 9 3640
* Wooing of Sheila, The.'RHYS 8 2940
Wooings 3S xii
Word was brought to
the Danish King. ... Norton ... 7 2587
Words, The Poetry of. .Trench ... 9 3434
« The Study of ' . . .Trench ... 9 3434
Wordsworth's influence
on Sir Aubrey De
Vere 3
' Works of Sir James
Ware Concerning Ire-
land, The Whole'. . .Ware 9
4 World of Girls, A '. . . Smith 8
Worship of Pinchbeck
Heroes, The Goldsmith. 4
Wraxall on Sheridan 3
Wrinkles. Pockrich's
recipe for banishing 7
Wundlich, Professor,
Work for Irish litera-
ture 2
Wynrllmm. Lord, at the
trial of Lord Santry 7
Wynne, Frances 9
851
3544
3546
3158
1338
1190
2701
xvni
272",
3048
Ye brilliant muses . . . .Street Bal-
lad
good fellows all.. Dawson
Year after year Savage-Arm-
strong ..
Yeats, William But-
ler (portrait)
and The Rhymers'
Club
M. P. Bgan on
■ on William Carle-
ton
• Chap-books
■ T. Crofton Cro-
kcr
9 3317
3 841
8 3031
9 3651
5 1693
5 vii
2 469
3 zx
2 687
VOL. PAGE
Yeats, W. B., on Sir
Samuel Fergu-
son's poetry 3 1170
Nora Hopper's
Ballad in Prose 2 590
Lionel Johnson's
poetry 5 1694
C. J. Lever 5 1948
Modern Irish po-
etry 3 vil
the poetry of
G. W. Russell,
"A. E." 8 2987
Plays of lO xii
Sir Horace Plunk-
ett on 8 2911
Yeats', J. B., portrait
of G. W. Russell,
"A. E." 8 2986
Portrait of Father
Dineen lO 3959
' Yellow Aster, The '. . . Caffyn ... 2 429
Book of Slane, The 7 2664
Yelverton, Barrv, and
Father O'Leary 7 2793
as a Monk of the
Screw 2 797 ; 5 1957
trial, The 9 3550
Yes, let us speak Larminie .. 5 1874
Yon old house in moon-
light sleeping Mulvany ... 7 2562
Yorick, The Story of. . Sterne ... 8 3213
You all know Tom
Moody Cherry ... 2 588
and I Sollivan . . 9 3340
Catholics of Erin
give ear unto
these lines I
write 8 3270
lads that are
funny Street Bal-
lad 8 3289
matchless nine. . .Street Bal-
lad 8 3284
must be troubled,
Asthore Tynan-
Hinkson. 9 3455
saucv south wind. Wynne 9 3048
Youghal. Raleigh at 3 913
Young, Arthur, on Dub-
lin societv B 1918
Fisher, The Gwynn .... 4 1516
Ireland Meeting, AMacCarthy. e 2180
party. The 9 xi
and literature * xill
W. B. Yeats on
the poets of 3 vlli
. 7 2526
May Moon. The . .Moore
Rory O'More
courted Kathleen
bawn Lover « 2084
Your proud eyes give me
their wearied splen- „ „
dor WiLKiNS . . 9 3006
' Yusef ' Browne ... 1 323
Z.
Zormatt, Tyndall on 9 3478
Zeuss. the founder of
Celtic studies, cited
on Celtic poetry 2
Zimmer, Professor,
Work of, for Celtic
literature •*
Zoz (comic paper) *?
Zoziman (comic paper) J»
' Zozimus' Dowlino .. <
xix
xviil
X
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