Home·Library·Old Celtic RomancesCeltic · Primary Source · Public DomainOld Celtic RomancesCeltic | tr. P. W. Joyce (1879)89 chapters · complete textContentsPrefaceCHAPTER I. BOVE DERG CHOSEN KING OF THE DEDANNANS.CHAPTER II. THE CHILDREN OF LIR.CHAPTER III. THE FOUR CHILDREN OF LIR ARE TURNED INTO FOUR WHITE SWANS BY THEIRCHAPTER IV. THE FOUR WHITE SWANS ON LAKE DARVRA.CHAPTER V. THE FOUR WHITE SWANS ON THE SEA OF MOYLE.CHAPTER VI. THE FOUR WHITE SWANS ON THE WESTERN SEA.CHAPTER VII. THE CHILDREN OF LIR REGAIN THEIR HUMAN SHAPE AND DIE.CHAPTER I. THE LOCHLANNS INVADE ERIN.CHAPTER II. THE MURDER OF KIAN.CHAPTER III. DEFEAT AND FLIGHT OF THE LOCHLANNS.CHAPTER IV. THE ERIC-FINE ON THE SONS OF TURENN FOR THE SLAYING OF KIAN.CHAPTER V. THE SONS OF TURENN OBTAIN MANNANAN'S CANOE, "THE WAVE-SWEEPER."CHAPTER VI. THE APPLES OF THE GARDEN OF HISBERNA.CHAPTER VII. THE GIFTED SKIN OF THE PIG.CHAPTER VIII. THE BLAZING SPEAR OF THE KING OF PERSIA.CHAPTER IX. THE CHARIOT AND STEEDS OF THE KING OF SIGAR.CHAPTER X. THE SEVEN PIGS OF THE KING OF THE GOLDEN PILLARS.CHAPTER XI. THE HOUND-WHELP OF THE KING OF IRODA.CHAPTER XII. RETURN OF THE SONS OF TURENN, WITH PART OF THE ERIC-FINE.CHAPTER XIII. THE COOKING-SPIT OF THE WOMEN OF FINCARA.CHAPTER XIV. THE THREE SHOUTS ON MIDKENA'S HILL.CHAPTER XV. RETURN AND DEATH OF THE SONS OF TURENN.CHAPTER I. MAILDUN'S CHILDHOOD AND YOUTH. HE BEGINS HIS VOYAGE IN QUEST OF THECHAPTER II. THE FIRST ISLAND. TIDINGS OF THE PLUNDERERS.CHAPTER III. THE ISLAND OF THE MONSTROUS ANTS.CHAPTER IV. THE TERRACED ISLE OF BIRDS.CHAPTER V. A MONSTER.CHAPTER VI. THE DEMON HORSE-RACE.CHAPTER VII. THE PALACE OF SOLITUDE.CHAPTER VIII. THE ISLAND OF THE WONDERFUL APPLE TREE.CHAPTER IX. THE ISLAND OF BLOODTHIRSTY QUADRUPEDS.CHAPTER X. AN EXTRAORDINARY MONSTER.CHAPTER XI. THE ISLE OF RED-HOT ANIMALS.CHAPTER XII. THE PALACE OF THE LITTLE CAT.CHAPTER XIII. AN ISLAND THAT DYED BLACK AND WHITE.CHAPTER XIV. THE ISLAND OF THE BURNING RIVER.CHAPTER XV. THE MILLER OF HELL.CHAPTER XVI. THE ISLE OF WEEPING.CHAPTER XVII. THE ISLE OF THE FOUR PRECIOUS WALLS.CHAPTER XVIII. THE PALACE OF THE CRYSTAL BRIDGE.CHAPTER XIX. THE ISLE OF SPEAKING BIRDS.CHAPTER XX. THE AGED HERMIT, AND THE HUMAN SOULS.CHAPTER XXI. THE ISLAND OF THE BIG BLACKSMITHS.CHAPTER XXII. THE CRYSTAL SEA.CHAPTER XXIII. A LOVELY COUNTRY BENEATH THE WAVES.CHAPTER XXIV. AN ISLAND GUARDED BY A WALL OF WATER.CHAPTER XXV. A WATER-ARCH IN THE AIR.CHAPTER XXVI. THE SILVER PILLAR OF THE SEA.CHAPTER XXVII. AN ISLAND STANDING ON ONE PILLAR.CHAPTER XXVIII. THE ISLAND QUEEN DETAINS THEM WITH HER MAGIC THREAD-CLEW.CHAPTER XXIX. THE ISLE OF INTOXICATING WINE-FRUITS.CHAPTER XXX. THE ISLE OF THE MYSTIC LAKE.CHAPTER XXXI. THE ISLE OF LAUGHING.CHAPTER XXXII. THE ISLE OF THE BLEST.CHAPTER XXXIII. THE HERMIT OF THE SEA-ROCK.CHAPTER XXXIV. SIGNS OF HOME.CHAPTER XXXV. MAILDUN MEETS HIS ENEMY, AND ARRIVES HOME.CHAPTER I. COLGA, KING OF LOCHLANN, INVADES ERIN, AND IS SLAIN.CHAPTER II. MIDAC, THE SON OF COLGA, MEDITATES REVENGE.CHAPTER III. FINN IS ENTRAPPED BY MIDAC, AND HELD BY ENCHANTMENT IN THE PALACE OF THECHAPTER IV. INNSA, FINN'S FOSTER SON, DEFENDS THE FORD LEADING TO THE PALACE OF THECHAPTER V. FICNA, THE SON OF FINN, DEFENDS THE FORD.CHAPTER VI. DERMAT O'DYNA SLAYS THE THREE KINGS OF THE ISLAND OF THE TORRENT, BREAKSCHAPTER VII. THE FIGHT AT THE FORD, WITH THE FOREIGN ARMY.CHAPTER I. ARRIVAL OF THE GILLA DACKER AND HIS HORSE.CHAPTER II. CONAN AND FIFTEEN OF THE FENA ARE CARRIED OFF BY THE GILLA DACKER'SCHAPTER III. PURSUIT.CHAPTER IV. DERMAT O'DYNA, IN QUEST OF THE GILLA DACKER, ENCOUNTERS THECHAPTER V. DERMAT O'DYNA IN TIR-FA-TONN.[CVI.]CHAPTER VI. FINN, IN QUEST OF DERMAT, FIGHTS MANY BATTLES.CHAPTER VII. FINN AND DERMAT MEET.CHAPTER VIII. CONAN AND HIS COMPANIONS FOUND AND RESCUED.CHAPTER I. FINN, THE SON OF CUMAL, SEEKS THE PRINCESS GRANIA TO WIFE.CHAPTER II. DERMAT O'DYNA SECRETLY ESPOUSES THE PRINCESS GRANIA.CHAPTER III. FLIGHT AND PURSUIT.CHAPTER IV. THE FASTNESS OF THE SEVEN NARROW DOORS.CHAPTER V. THE THREE SEA-CHAMPIONS AND THEIR THREE VENOMOUS HOUNDS ON THE TRACK OFCHAPTER VI. WHAT BEFELL THE THREE SEA-CHAMPIONS AND THEIR THREE VENOMOUS HOUNDS.CHAPTER VII. SHARVAN, THE SURLY GIANT, AND THE FAIRY QUICKEN TREE OF DOOROS.CHAPTER VIII. THE ATTACK OF THE WITCH-HAG.CHAPTER IX. PEACE AND REST AT LAST.CHAPTER X. THE DEATH OF DERMAT.CHAPTER I. THE FLIGHT TO ALBAN.CHAPTER II. CONCOBAR'S GUILEFUL MESSAGE.CHAPTER III. THE RETURN TO EMAIN.CHAPTER IV. TROUBLE LOOMING.CHAPTER V. THE ATTACK ON THE SONS OF USNA.CHAPTER VI. DEATH OF THE SONS OF USNA.Begin reading — Preface✦