CONTENTS

PAGE

I.

Connla and the Fairy Maiden

1

II.

Guleesh

5

III.

The Field of Boliauns

26

IV.

The Horned Women

30

V.

Conall Yellowclaw

34

VI.

Hudden and Dudden and Donald O'Neary

47

VII.

The Shepherd of Myddvai

57

VIII.

The Sprightly Tailor

61

IX.

The Story of Deidre

65

X.

Munachar and Manachar

83

XI.

Gold-Tree and Silver-Tree

88

XII.

King O'Toole and His Goose

93

XIII.

The Wooing of Olwen

99

XIV.

Jack and His Comrades

112

p. xiv

PAGE

XV.

The Shee an Gannon and the Gruagach Gaire

121

XVI.

The Story Teller at Fault

131

XVII.

The Sea Maiden

144

XVIII.

A Legend of Knockmany

156

XIX.

Fair, Brown, and Trembling

169

XX.

Jack and His Master

182

XXI.

Beth Gellert

192

XXII.

The Tale of Ivan

195

XXIII.

Andrew Coffey

200

XXIV.

The Battle of the Birds

206

XXV.

Brewery of Eggshells

223

XXVI.

The Lad with the Goat-skin

226

Notes and References

237