A Literary History of Ireland
From Earliest Times to the Present Day
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A Literary History of Ireland
From Earliest Times to the Present Day
By
Douglas Hyde, LL.D., M.R.I.A.
[An Craoibhín Aoibhinn]
DEDICATION.
PREFACE
CONTENTS
DEDICATION.
PREFACE
CONTENTS
Literary History of Ireland
WHO WERE THE CELTS?
EARLIEST ALLUSIONS TO IRELAND FROM FOREIGN SOURCES
EARLY HISTORY DRAWN FROM NATIVE SOURCES
HOW FAR CAN NATIVE SOURCES BE RELIED ON?
THE PRE-MILESIAN FABLE AND EARLY PANTHEON
EVIDENCE OF TOPOGRAPHY AND GENEALOGY
DOCUMENTARY EVIDENCE
CONFUSION BETWEEN GODS AND MEN
DRUIDISM
THE IRISH ELYSIUM AND BELIEF IN REBIRTH
EARLY USE OF LETTERS, OGAM AND ROMAN
EARLY IRISH CIVILISATION
ST. PATRICK AND THE EARLY MISSIONARIES
ST. BRIGIT
COLUMCILLE
THE FIRST SCHOOLS OF CHRISTIAN IRELAND
THEIR FAME AND TEACHING
CONFLICTS WITH THE CIVIL POWER
THE BARDIC SCHOOLS
THE INSTRUCTION OF A PRINCE.
THE SUGGESTIVELY PAGAN ELEMENT IN IRISH LITERATURE
THE OLDEST BOOKS AND POEMS
EARLY SAGA AND ROMANCE
THE MYTHOLOGICAL CYCLE
THE HEROIC OR RED BRANCH CYCLE—CUCHULAIN
DÉIRDRE
THE OPENING OF THE FATE OF THE SONS OF USNACH, FROM A MS. IN THE BELFAST MUSEUM.
THE TÁIN BO CHUAILGNE
THE FIGHT AT THE FORD.[14]
THE DEATH OF CUCHULAIN
OTHER SAGAS OF THE RED BRANCH
THE FENIAN CYCLE
THE SAILING OF CÚMHAIL.
THE SAILING OF OWEN MÓR.
"To Torna son of Dubh, our dear friend in Glen Fuinnse in Britain in Saxony.
MISCELLANEOUS ROMANCE
DEATH OF CEALLACH.
PRE-DANISH POETS
THE DANISH PERIOD
DEATH OF CORMAC MAC CULINAN.[6]
DEATH OF BRIAN BORUMHA AT CLONTARF.
FROM CLONTARF TO THE NORMAN CONQUEST
SUDDEN ARREST OF IRISH DEVELOPMENT
FOUR CENTURIES OF DECAY
DEVELOPMENT OF IRISH POETRY
THE OSSIANIC POEMS
"FINN'S PASTIMES.
THE ISLE OF ARRAN.
THE LAST OF THE CLASSIC POETS
RISE OF A NEW SCHOOL
PROSE WRITERS OF THE SEVENTEENTH CENTURY
THE STORY OF MAC RAICÍN.
THE IRISH ANNALS
THE BREHON LAWS
THE EIGHTEENTH CENTURY
THE HISTORY OF IRISH AS A SPOKEN LANGUAGE
Buidheachas le Dia!
CRÍOCH.
WHO WERE THE CELTS?
EARLIEST ALLUSIONS TO IRELAND FROM FOREIGN SOURCES
EARLY HISTORY DRAWN FROM NATIVE SOURCES
HOW FAR CAN NATIVE SOURCES BE RELIED ON?
THE PRE-MILESIAN FABLE AND EARLY PANTHEON
EVIDENCE OF TOPOGRAPHY AND GENEALOGY
DOCUMENTARY EVIDENCE
CONFUSION BETWEEN GODS AND MEN
DRUIDISM
THE IRISH ELYSIUM AND BELIEF IN REBIRTH
EARLY USE OF LETTERS, OGAM AND ROMAN
EARLY IRISH CIVILISATION
ST. PATRICK AND THE EARLY MISSIONARIES
ST. BRIGIT
COLUMCILLE
THE FIRST SCHOOLS OF CHRISTIAN IRELAND
THEIR FAME AND TEACHING
CONFLICTS WITH THE CIVIL POWER
THE BARDIC SCHOOLS
THE INSTRUCTION OF A PRINCE.
THE SUGGESTIVELY PAGAN ELEMENT IN IRISH LITERATURE
THE OLDEST BOOKS AND POEMS
EARLY SAGA AND ROMANCE
THE MYTHOLOGICAL CYCLE
THE HEROIC OR RED BRANCH CYCLE—CUCHULAIN
DÉIRDRE
THE OPENING OF THE FATE OF THE SONS OF USNACH, FROM A MS. IN THE BELFAST MUSEUM.
THE TÁIN BO CHUAILGNE
THE FIGHT AT THE FORD.[14]
THE DEATH OF CUCHULAIN
OTHER SAGAS OF THE RED BRANCH
THE FENIAN CYCLE
THE SAILING OF CÚMHAIL.
THE SAILING OF OWEN MÓR.
"To Torna son of Dubh, our dear friend in Glen Fuinnse in Britain in Saxony.
MISCELLANEOUS ROMANCE
DEATH OF CEALLACH.
PRE-DANISH POETS
THE DANISH PERIOD
DEATH OF CORMAC MAC CULINAN.[6]
DEATH OF BRIAN BORUMHA AT CLONTARF.
FROM CLONTARF TO THE NORMAN CONQUEST
SUDDEN ARREST OF IRISH DEVELOPMENT
FOUR CENTURIES OF DECAY
DEVELOPMENT OF IRISH POETRY
THE OSSIANIC POEMS
"FINN'S PASTIMES.
THE ISLE OF ARRAN.
THE LAST OF THE CLASSIC POETS
RISE OF A NEW SCHOOL
PROSE WRITERS OF THE SEVENTEENTH CENTURY
THE STORY OF MAC RAICÍN.
THE IRISH ANNALS
THE BREHON LAWS
THE EIGHTEENTH CENTURY
THE HISTORY OF IRISH AS A SPOKEN LANGUAGE
Buidheachas le Dia!
CRÍOCH.
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