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MYTHS
AND FOLK TALES
OF IRELAND

JEREMIAH CURTIN


CONTENTS.

The Son of the King of Erin, and the Giant of Loch Léin[1]
The Three Daughters of King O'Hara[15]
The Weaver's Son and the Giant of the White Hill[26]
Fair, Brown, and Trembling[37]
The King of Erin and the Queen of the Lonesome Island[49]
The Shee an Gannon and the Gruagach Gaire[65]
The three Daughters of the King of the East, and the Son of a King in Erin[77]
The Fisherman's Son and the Gruagach of Tricks[85]
The thirteenth Son of the King of Erin[99]
Kil Arthur[113]
Shaking-head[121]
Birth of Fin MacCumhail and Origin of the Fenians of Erin[135]
Fin MacCumhail and the Fenians of Erin in the Castle of Fear Dubh[148]
Fin MacCumhail and the Knight of the Full Axe[157]
Gilla na Grakin and Fin MacCumhail[166]
Fin MacCumhail, the Seven Brothers, and the King of France[186]
Black, Brown, and Gray[195]
Fin MacCumhail and the Son of the King of Alba[203]
Cucúlin[212]
Oisin in Tir na n-Og[230]
Notes[243]

MYTHS AND FOLK TALES OF IRELAND