Download or read book Legendary Heroes of Ireland Classic Reprint written by HAROLD F. HUGHES and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2016-10-08 with total page 176 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Legendary Heroes of Ireland The early Celts have little literature other than these stories, which have been handed down from generation to generation by word of mouth. Most of the tales in this book have been taken from the Ossianic Saga. Whether Finn belongs to history or mythology detracts no jot from the absorbing inter est Of his exploits. I have tried to make the story of Finn something of a connected narrative. To do this I have taken incidents from various versions; I have left out much unsuitable to children, and I have changed some inci dents to conform to the modern standards Of morals. The chronology of arrangement is my own, but I have tried to preserve the spirit of the originals. No collection Of Irish folk stories could be brought out were it not for the work Of those many scholars who have spent years in collecting and translating the tales of the Celtic race. To our American lin guist, Jeremiah Curtin, and to the Irish scholars Sir Douglas Hyde, Dr. Joyce, Eleanor Hull, Lady Gregory, T. W. Rolleston and others, my thanks are due. Their Splendid research work has made pos sible such a volume as this. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Download or read book Legendary Heroes of Ireland written by Harold F. Hughes and published by Hardpress Publishing. This book was released on 2012-08-01 with total page 184 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Unlike some other reproductions of classic texts (1) We have not used OCR(Optical Character Recognition), as this leads to bad quality books with introduced typos. (2) In books where there are images such as portraits, maps, sketches etc We have endeavoured to keep the quality of these images, so they represent accurately the original artefact. Although occasionally there may be certain imperfections with these old texts, we feel they deserve to be made available for future generations to enjoy.
Download or read book Legendary Heroes of Ireland written by Harold F. Hughes and published by DigiCat. This book was released on 2022-05-28 with total page 109 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is a collection of legendary heroes' stories, most of which are tales of the adventures of Finn, who is one of the most famous heroes in Ireland. These tales are about events which are supposed to have taken place nearly two thousand years ago.
Download or read book Hero Tales of Ireland Classic Reprint written by Jeremiah Curtin and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-03-19 with total page 612 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Hero-Tales of Ireland These people, who were very numerous, lived together for ages in harmony. There were no collisions among them, no disputes during that period 5 all were in perfect accord. In some mysterious fashion, however, each indi vidual was changing imperceptibly 5 an internal movement was going on. At last, a time came when the differences were sufficient to cause conflict, except in the case of a group to be mentioned hereafter, and struggles began. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Download or read book A Land of Heroes written by W. Lorcan O'byrne and published by . This book was released on 2015-07-04 with total page 258 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from A Land of Heroes: Stories From Early Irish History Who the authors of these Tales were is unknown. It is generally accepted that what we now possess is the growth of family or tribal histories, which, from being transmitted down, from generation to generation, give us fair accounts of actual events. The Tales that are here given are only a few out of very many hundreds embedded in the vast quantity of Old Gaelic manuscripts hidden away in the libraries of nearly all the countries of Europe, as well as those that are treasured in the Royal Irish Academy and Trinity College, Dublin. An idea of the extent of these manuscripts may be gained by the statement of one, who perhaps had the fullest knowledge of them - the late Professor O'Curry, - in which he says that the portion of them (so far as they have been examined) relating to Historical Tales would extend to upwards of 4000 pages of large size. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Download or read book Legendary Heroes of Ireland written by Harold F. Hughes and published by . This book was released on 1922 with total page 182 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Irish Literature written by Justin Mccarthy and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-03-21 with total page 926 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Irish Literature: Volumes I and II The Gaelic populations have ever been deeply absorbed in legendary fancies and mythical creations, and only through the study of such prehistoric literature can we understand the true national character of these peoples. The mythical heroes which a race creates for itself, the aspirations which it embodies and illustrates, the senti ments which it immortalizes in story and in ballad, will help us to understand the real character of the race better than it could be expounded to us by any collection of the best authenticated statistics. Fe could not really know the history of Greece without the Homeric poems, and we cannot understand the history of Ireland without studv ing the legends and poems which have preserved for our time the aspirations and the ideals of prehistoric Erin. According to the accepted belief of prehistoric days, Ire land was occupied Or colonized in the early past first by an invasion, or perhaps it might better be called a settlement, from the Far East, and afterward by an adventurous visi tation from the shores of Greece. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Download or read book Dublin in Irish Legend Classic Reprint written by J. M. Flood and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-01-31 with total page 38 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Dublin in Irish Legend IN describing the charm of Dublin, Edward Dowden mentioned the legendary associations connected with places in the environs of the city as one of the circum stances that give a characteristic charm to the capital of Ireland. Over some of the spots, 'he writes, now accessible in a brief space of time by tram car or train from the midst of the city, romantic memories hover. Here in Howth Park stands a cromlech under which lies Aideen of Ben Edar, who pined away and died when her husband, Oscar, son of Oisin, fell at the Battle of Gavra. Round her grave the Fenian heroes stood sorrowing. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Download or read book The Boys Cuchulain Heroic Legends of Ireland 1910 written by Eleanor Means Hull and published by . This book was released on 2008-06-01 with total page 314 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions that are true to the original work.
Download or read book The Invincible Irish Classic Reprint written by Joseph Cyrillus Walsh and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-03-23 with total page 202 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Invincible Irish Afterwards I heard more of this meeting. It came about naturally enough, and even for the success with which the participants got away with it there was an adequate explanation. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Download or read book The Death Tales of the Ulster Heroes Classic Reprint written by Kuno Meyer and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-07-23 with total page 66 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Death-Tales of the Ulster Heroes The Death of Blat the Hospitaller has been preserved only in the Edinburgh ms., where it occupies pp. 11 - 13; It is here 'for the first time edited and translated. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Download or read book Memoirs of the Irish Martyrs Classic Reprint written by and published by . This book was released on 2015-08-08 with total page 806 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Memoirs of the Irish Martyrs Memoirs of the Irish Martyrs was written by an unknown author. This is a 805 page book, containing 258938 words and 33 pictures. Search Inside is enabled for this title. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Download or read book Oiseen the Bard and Saint Patrick Legends of Ireland s Heroic Age Early Irish Records Vol 1 Classic Reprint written by Aubrey De Vere and published by . This book was released on 2015-07-11 with total page 454 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Oiseen the Bard and Saint Patrick; Legends of Ireland's Heroic Age; Early Irish Records, Vol. 1 In most parts of Ireland the traveller hears quaint stories about Saint Patrick, and sometimes perhaps imagines that the Saint visited the island for the benefit of witty guides, and to promote mirth in wet weather. He would hardly suspect that, during fourteen centuries, the subject of these stories has been regarded at countless hearths as the greatest man and the greatest benefactor that ever trod the Irish soil, and that there remains respecting him a vast cycle of legends, serious, pathetic, and profound. It could not have been otherwise. Ireland was a land of legends many ages before Saint Patrick visited it. There existed in all parts of it Colleges of Bards whose duty it was to preserve in song the history of every clan and ruling House. Such a people could not have forgotten the heroic man who had led them forth in their Exodus from the bondage of Pagan darkness. In many instances, doubtless, as the tale became a tradition, the foliage of an ever-active popular imagination gathered round the central stem of fact; but the fact remained. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Download or read book The Last of the Irish Chiefs Classic Reprint written by Margaret T. Pender and published by . This book was released on 2015-07-04 with total page 284 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Last of the Irish Chiefs It was in the early years of the reign of the first James of England, when for the first time in her long and chequered history Ireland unwillingly acknowledged herself a conquered nation. The long, bloody wars of Elizabeth were over - wars which had shaken that proud princess on her throne, and reduced Ireland to a kingdom of carcases and ashes. Peace then fell on the land - the profound peace of exhaustion. King James, like many another tyrant, began his reign well. In this lull after a mighty storm, the old were fain to rest, the young to hope; and in this lull, so soon to be rudely and terribly disturbed, our story opens. It was a still, mild night in February, 1607. On that night all the windows of Buncrana Castle were ablaze with brilliant light; guests in splendid attire sauntered about the castle courts an 1 passages, laughing, jesting, or lovemaking, as fancy led them; the servants, flitting constantly hither and thither, and the vassals who thronged the approaches to the castle were all in holiday dress. Within and without was the sound of joyous bustle and merrymaking. Never before had the stately old fortress by Lough Swilly witnessed such splendid rejoicings, although the occasion was one which ancient Irish custom never permitted to pass without suitable jubilations. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Download or read book The Irish Legend Or McDonnell and the Norman De Borgos written by Archibald McSparran and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-10-25 with total page 276 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Irish Legend, or McDonnell, and the Norman De Borgos: A Biographical Tale; With an Original Appendix, Containing Historical and Traditional Records of the Ancient Families of the North of Ulster After m'keown had resided for many years in this castle, he was overpowered and forced from it by the English, who having quarrelled with him, and obtaining a passage secretly over the drawbridge, slaughtered, routed, and dispersed the entire clan in one night. Having defeated one Irish chieftain, they turned their attention to the reduction of others; but none stood their ground more firmly than old m'quillan and his sons they, assisted by their sons, often routed the English, and drove them into their fortress. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Download or read book The Hearts of Steel Vol 1 of 2 written by James M'Henry and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-05-15 with total page 322 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Hearts of Steel, Vol. 1 of 2: An Irish Historical Tale of the Last Century It is long since he formed the design of delineating, in a series of compositions, the character, objects, and proceedings of each of the principal insurrectionary confedera cies that have, for the last two hundred and fifty years, afflicted Ireland. With this view he has collected, both from tradi tional and written sources, much informa tion not to be met with in regular history, which, should circumstances permit, he in tends to arrange into narratives, which those who are fond of such studies as elu cidate a nation's annals, may take an inter est in perusing. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Download or read book How the Irish Saved Civilization written by Thomas Cahill and published by Anchor. This book was released on 2010-04-28 with total page 274 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: NATIONAL BESTSELLER • A book in the best tradition of popular history—the untold story of Ireland's role in maintaining Western culture while the Dark Ages settled on Europe. • The perfect St. Patrick's Day gift! Every year millions of Americans celebrate St. Patrick's Day, but they may not be aware of how great an influence St. Patrick was on the subsequent history of civilization. Not only did he bring Christianity to Ireland, he instilled a sense of literacy and learning that would create the conditions that allowed Ireland to become "the isle of saints and scholars"—and thus preserve Western culture while Europe was being overrun by barbarians. In this entertaining and compelling narrative, Thomas Cahill tells the story of how Europe evolved from the classical age of Rome to the medieval era. Without Ireland, the transition could not have taken place. Not only did Irish monks and scribes maintain the very record of Western civilization -- copying manuscripts of Greek and Latin writers, both pagan and Christian, while libraries and learning on the continent were forever lost—they brought their uniquely Irish world-view to the task. As Cahill delightfully illustrates, so much of the liveliness we associate with medieval culture has its roots in Ireland. When the seeds of culture were replanted on the European continent, it was from Ireland that they were germinated. In the tradition of Barbara Tuchman's A Distant Mirror, How The Irish Saved Civilization reconstructs an era that few know about but which is central to understanding our past and our cultural heritage. But it conveys its knowledge with a winking wit that aptly captures the sensibility of the unsung Irish who relaunched civilization.
