CONTENTS.

CHAP.PAGE
INTRODUCTION[1]
I.EARLY GAELIC LITERATURE—PATRICK[27]
II.SOUTH ALBIN GAELS—BRIGIT[41]
III.NORTH ALBIN GAELS—COLUMBA[54]
IV.LATIN HYMNS OF THE CELTIC CHURCH[71]
V.ANCIENT BALLADS[87]
VI.PROSE ROMANCES[120]
VII.MEDIEVAL BARDS[141]
VIII.JACOBITE BARDS[165]
IX.MACPHERSON’S OSSIAN[185]
X.OLD LAYS[207]
XI.GENERAL LITERATURE[222]
XII.SACRED BARDS OF THE EIGHTEENTH CENTURY[236]
XIII.BARDS OF THE ANGLO-GAELIC ERA[254]
XIV.POPULAR SONGS[277]
XV.BARDS OF THE CELTIC RENAISSANCE[292]
XVI.SACRED BARDS OF THE NINETEENTH CENTURY[314]
XVII.THE GAELIC REVIVAL[326]
INDEX[345]

INTRODUCTION.

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