Ireland: Its Myths and Legends - Paperback

by J. M. Flood (Other)

This volume presents some of the finest of the myths and legends with which the story of Ireland begins. The book is a representative one on the subject, by describing briefly the chief periods of Irish romance. Contents: Irish Myth and Legend Legends of the Earliest Colonists The Gaelic Olympus The Fate of the Children of Lir The Red Branch Cycle The Fate of the Sons of Usnach The Gaelic Iliad The Fianna Eirinn Love Stories of the Heroic Times Memorials of the Heroic Period of Irish History The Comic Spirit in Gaelic Story