e who are old, old and gay,
O so old!
Thousands of years, thousands of years,
If all were told:
Give to these children, new from the world,
Silence and love;
And the long dew-dropping hours of the night,
And the stars above:
Give to these children, new from the world,
Rest far from men.
Is anything better, anything better?
Tell us it then:
Us who are old, old and gay,
O so old!
Thousands of years, thousands of years,
If all were told.

W. B. Yeats.

THE COMING OF FINNStandish James O’Grady[1]
THE THREE CROWNSPatrick Kennedy[12]
THE GRATEFUL BEASTSPatrick Kennedy[25]
THE LEPRACAUNWilliam Allingham[31]
DANIEL O’ROURKET. Crofton Croker[35]
CUCHULAIN OF MUIRTHEMNELady Gregory[45]
THE BOYHOOD OF CUCHULAINStandish James O’Grady[52]
THE LEGEND OF KNOCKGRAFTONT. Crofton Croker[60]
THE STOLEN CHILDW. B. Yeats[67]
THE LAND OF YOUTHBryan O’Looney[71]
Edited by John O’Daly
THE ADVENTURES OF GILLA NA CHRECKPatrick Kennedy[85]
THE HILL-MAN AND THE HOUSE-WIFEMrs. Ewing[96]
THE GIANT WALKERSir Samuel Ferguson[99]
THE PURSUIT OF THE GILLA DACKERPatrick W. Joyce[102]
JAMIE FREEL AND THE YOUNG LADYLetitia McClintock[123]
A LEGEND OF KNOCKMANYWilliam Carleton[133]
THE NINEPENNY FIDILJoseph Campbell[149]
FESTIVITIES AT THE HOUSE OF CONANNicholas O’Kearney[151]
THE WHITE TROUTSamuel Lover[160]
THE WONDERFUL CAKEPatrick Kennedy[164]
THE LEGEND OF THE LITTLE WEAVERSamuel Lover[167]
MOR OF CLOYNEAlfred Perceval Graves[180]
LAWN DYARRIGJeremiah Curtin[1][181]
THE HORNED WOMENLady Wilde[198]
THE QUARE GANDERJoseph Sheridan Le Fann[202]
THE FAIRIES’ PASSAGEJames Clarence Mangan[214]
THE KING OF THE BLACK DESERTDouglas Hyde[218]
THE PIPER AND THE PUCADouglas Hyde[236]
THE FAIRY CHANGELINGDora Sigerson[241]
THE TALKING HEAD OF DONN-BOEleanor Hull[243]
THE BRACKET BULLDouglas Hyde[246]
THE DEMON CATLady Wilde[262]
THE ABBOT OF INISFALENWilliam Allingham[265]
MORRAHAW. Larminie[269]
THE KILDARE POOKAPatrick Kennedy[286]
THE KING’S SONThomas Boyd[290]
MURTOUGH AND THE WITCH-WOMANEleanor Hull[293]
THE RED PONYW. Larminie[307]
KING O’TOOLE AND ST. KEVINSamuel Lover[314]
LAMENT OF THE LAST LEPRECHAUNNora Hopper[322]
THE CORPSE WATCHERSPatrick Kennedy[324]
THE MAD PUDDINGWilliam Carleton[329]
THE VOYAGE OF MAELDUNEAlfred Tennyson[346]