Irish Legends - Resources#
Finn McCool Fionn mac Cumhaill
https://archive.org/details/godsfightingmens00gregrich/page/436/mode/2up Gods and fighting men : the story of the Tuatha de Danaan and of the Fiana of Ireland by Gregory, Lady, 1852-1932; Finn, MacCumaill, 3rd cent; Yeats, W. B. (William Butler), 1865-1939 Publication date 1904 Summary of legends of Finn Mac Cumhail, Oisin etc
Heroic romances of Ireland; by Leahy, Arthur Herbert, 1857-1928
Publication date 1905 2 vols
https://archive.org/details/heroicromancesi00leahgoog/page/n5/mode/2up
https://archive.org/details/heroicromancesof02leah/page/n3/mode/2up vol II versified romances
https://archive.org/details/finnhiscompanio00ogra/page/n205/mode/2up Finn and his companions by O’Grady, Standish, 1846-1928; Yeats, John Butler, 1839-1922 Publication date 1892
https://archive.org/details/irishfairytales00stepgoog Irish Fairy Tales by James Stephens Publication date 1920
https://archive.org/details/worksofossianson01macp/page/n9/mode/2up The works of Ossian, the son of Fingal. In two volumes. Translated from the Galic language by James Macpherson. .. by Macpherson, James, 1736-1796 Publication date 1765 vol 1
https://archive.org/details/worksofossianson02macp/page/n3/mode/2up The works of Ossian, the son of Fingal. In two volumes. Translated from the Galic language by James Macpherson. .. by Macpherson, James, 1736-1796 Publication date 1765 vol 2
https://archive.org/details/cu31924091786578 The dolmens of Ireland, their distribution, structural characteristics, and affinities in other countries; together with the folk-lore attaching to them; supplemented by considerations on the anthropology, ethnology, and traditions of the Irish people. With four maps, and eight hundred illustrations, including two coloured plates by Borlase, William Copeland, 1848-1899 Publication date 1897
https://archive.org/details/laoifiannuighea00univgoog Laoithe Fiannuigheachta, Or, Fenian Poems: Fenian Poems by John O’Daly, Brian O ‘Looney, Duke University Library . Jantz Collection , Jantz Collection , John O’Donovan , Library, Ossianic Society, Duke University Publication date 1859
https://archive.org/details/laoifiannuighea00univgoog/page/n270/mode/2up?q=oisin Lay of Oisin Incl: Boyish exploits of Finn Mac Cumhaill https://archive.org/details/laoifiannuighea00univgoog/page/n316/mode/2up?q=boyish
https://archive.org/details/legendaryfictio01kenngoog Legendary fictions of the Irish Celts by Kennedy, Patrick, 1801-1873 Publication date 1866 esp PART IV.— OSSIANIC AND OTHER EARLY LEGENDS
https://archive.org/details/laoidoisinairtir00coim LaoiḊ Oisín air Ṫír na n-Óg = The lay of Oisin on the Land of the Young by Coimín, Mícheál, 1676-1760; Coimín, Dáithí; Society for the Preservation of the Irish Language Publication date 1880
https://archive.org/details/riujournalschoo01acadgoog/page/n44/mode/2up?q=finn Boyish Exploits of Finn Ériu: The Journal of the School of Irish Learning, Dublin by School of Irish Learning (Dublin , Ireland), Royal Irish Academy Publication date 1904
https://archive.org/details/herotalesofirela00curtuoft Hero-tales of Ireland by Curtin, Jeremiah, 1835-1906 Publication date 1894 FlN MACCOOL AND THE DAUGHTER OF THE KlNG OF THE WHITE NATION FIN MACCOOL, THE THREE GIANTS, AND THE SMALL MEN FIN MACCOOL, CEADACH OG, AND THE FISH-HAG … FIN MACCOOL, FAOLAN, AND THE MOUNTAIN OF HAPPINESS FIN MACCOOL,~THE HARD GILLA, AND THE HIGH KIN
https://archive.org/details/mythsfolkloreofi00curtuoft Myths and folk-lore of Ireland by Curtin, Jeremiah, 1835-1906 Publication date 1890 BIRTH OF FIN MACCUMHAIL AND ORIGIN OF THE FENIANS OF ERIN FlN MACCUMIIAIL AND THE FENIANS OF ERIN IN THE CASTLE OF FEAR DUBH 221 FlN MACCUMHAIL AND THE KNIGHT OF THE FULL AXE 232 GILLA NA GRAKIN AND FIN MACCUMHAIL . . 244 FIN MACCUMHAIL, THE SEVEN BROTHERS, AND THE KING OF FRANCE BLACK, BROWN, AND GRAY. FIN MACCUMHAIL AND THE SON OF THE KING OF ALBA OISIN IN TIR NA N-OG
https://archive.org/details/laoioisnasirnang00coim Laoi Oisín as ṫir na n-óg = The lay of Oisín in the land of youth by Coimín, Micheál, 1676-1760; Flannery, Thomas, 1846-1916 Publication date 1896 includes a narrative translation
A different translation is found as https://archive.org/details/transactionsofos40ossi/page/234/mode/2up in Transactions of the Ossianic Society for 1856 vol IV p235+
https://archive.org/details/high-deeds-of-finn-and-other-bardic-romances-of-ancient-ireland The High Deeds of Finn And Other Bardic Romances of Ancient Ireland by Rolleston, T. W., 1857-1920, Reid, Stephen, 1873-1948 Publication date 1910
https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.178478 The High Deeds Of Finn by T.w.rolleston Publication date 1910
https://archive.org/details/in.gov.ignca.11503 Myths and legends of the celtic race by Rolleston, T.W. Publication date 1929 eg tests of the fianna - https://archive.org/details/in.gov.ignca.11503/page/n333/mode/2up?q=knee He must be versed in the Twelve Books of Poetry, and must himself be skilled to make verse in the rime and metre of the masters of Gaelic poesy. Then he was buried to his middle in the earth, and must, with a shield and a hazel stick, there defend himself against nine warriors casting spears at him, and if he were wounded he was not accepted. Then his hair was woven into braids, and he was chased through the forest by the Fians. If he were ovetaken, or if a braid of his hair were disturbed, or if a dry stick cracked under his foot, he was not accepted. He must be able to leap over a lath level with his brow, and to run at full speed under one level with his knee, and he must he able white running to draw out a thorn from his foot and never slacken speed. He must take no dowry with a wife.
It would probably make sense to index TRANSACTIONS OF THE OSSIANIC SOCIETY,
eg Origin of the harp https://archive.org/details/transactionsoss00socigoog/page/n194/mode/2up Transactions of the Ossianic Society: for the years 1853-1858, 1860 p156
https://archive.org/details/transactionsofos04ossiuoft/page/n17/mode/2up Transactions of the Ossianic society (for t)he year 1856 vol 4) Incl lay of oisin on the land of youth, dialogue between oisin and St Patrick, boyish exploits of finn mac cumhuill
https://archive.org/details/besidefirecollec00hydeuoft/page/16/mode/2up Beside the fire : a collection of Irish Gaelic folk stories by Hyde, Douglas, 1860-1949; Nutt, Alfred, 1856-1910 Publication date 1890 eg tale of Bran
https://archive.org/details/fictionsofourfor01kenn Fictions of our forefathers : Fion Mac Cumhail and his warriors (Reprinted from the Irish Quarterly Review, No. XXXV., October 1859) by Kennedy, Patrick, 1801-1873; Ossianic Society Publication date 1859
Legends - summary of a dozen or so tales; possibly useful for story selection https://emeraldisle.ie/fenian-cycle
https://www.theirishroadtrip.com/the-fianna/ The Legend Of The Fianna: Some Of The Mightiest Warriors From Irish Mythology - summarises key members of fianna, and entry requirements for fianna Key legends: https://www.theirishroadtrip.com/fionn-mac-cumhaill/
goat cat diarmuid https://sacred-texts.com/neu/celt/gafm/gafm66.htm
? from https://archive.org/details/ansgealuidhegae00hydegoog An sgʹealuidhe gaedhealach by Hyde, Douglas, 1860-1949 Publication date 1901
Proceeding of Ossianic Society
Vol https://archive.org/details/transactionsofos01ossi/page/n5/mode/2up BATTLE OF GABHRA. 1854, GARRISTOWN IN THE COUNTY OF DUBLIN, FOUGHT A.D. 283.
VOl II https://archive.org/details/transactionsofos02ossi/page/n5/mode/2up THE FESTIVITIES AT THE CURT OF CONN OF CEANN-SLEIBHE, 1854
VOl III https://archive.org/details/transactionsofos03ossi/page/n5/mode/2up DIARMUID O’DUIBHNE, AND GRAINNE, Standish Hayes o’Grady, 1855
Vol IV https://archive.org/details/transactionsofos04ossi/page/n5/mode/2up FENIAN POEMS 1856
VOl V https://archive.org/details/transactionsofos05ossi/ The Great Bardic Institution 1860
Vol VI https://archive.org/details/transactionsofos06ossi/ FENIAN POEMS 1861
https://archive.org/details/ossianossianicli00nuttiala/ Ossian and the Ossianic literature by Nutt, Alfred Trübner, 1856-1910 1910
https://books.google.co.uk/books/about/Tir_na_n_Og_The_Land_of_Youth_an_Ossiani.html?id=Uh5eAAAAcAAJ&redir_esc=y Tir na n-Og. The Land of Youth, an Ossianic poem, … translated by a member of the Ossianic Society. Irish & Eng Ossian 1863
https://archive.org/details/fiansorstoriespo00camp The Fians; or, Stories, poems, & traditions of Fionn and his warrior band by Campbell, John Gregorson, 1836-1891, comp; Nutt, Alfred Trübner, 1856-1910 Publication date 1891
https://archive.org/details/duanairefinnbook07macnuoft Duanaire Finn = The Book of the lays of Fionn : Part I : Irish text by Mac Neill, John, 1867-1945 Publication date 1908
https://archive.org/details/duanairefinnbook02murpuoft Duanaire Finn = The Book of the lays of Fionn : Part II : Irish text by Murphy, Gerard, 1901-1959 Publication date 1933
https://archive.org/details/duanairefinnbook03murpuoft Duanaire Finn : The book of the Lays of Fionn, part III by Murphy, Gerard, 1901-1959 Publication date 1953
Death of Fionn’s father - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cumhall See: Battle of Cnucha in Revue celtique Publication date 1870 https://archive.org/details/revueceltiqu02pari/page/86/mode/2up
https://archive.org/details/riujournalschoo01acadgoog/page/n44/mode/2up THE BOYISH EXPLOITS OF FINN^ p180+ Ériu: The Journal of the School of Irish Learning, Dublin by School of Irish Learning (Dublin , Ireland), Royal Irish Academy Publication date 1904
https://archive.org/details/leabharnafeinne00campgoog/page/n70/mode/2up IV. THE STORY OF FIONN AND THE FEINSE In Leabhar na Feinne. Vol. I. Gaelic texts: Heroic Gaelic ballads collected in Scotland chiefly … by John Francis Campbell Publication date 1872
biblist - https://sites.pitt.edu/~dash/ireland.html
Misc Legend and Fairy Tale Collections etc#
https://archive.org/details/researchesinsout00crokuoft Researches in the south of Ireland, illustrative of the scenery, architectural remains, and the manners and superstitions of the peasantry. With an appendix, containing a private narrative of the rebellion of 1798 by Croker, Thomas Crofton, 1798-1854 Publication date 1824
https://archive.org/details/fairylegendstrad00crokrich/page/n11/mode/2up Fairy legends and traditions of the South of Ireland by Croker, Thomas Crofton, 1798-1854 Part I Publication date 1834
Incl. mabiniogion tales, opens with a translated essay by Grimm https://archive.org/details/fairylegendstrad03crok/page/n37/mode/2up
https://archive.org/details/fairylegendsand04crokgoog Fairy legends and traditions of the south of Ireland [by T.C. Croker]. by Thomas Crofton Croker Part II Publication date 1828
https://archive.org/details/fairylegendstrad03crok Fairy legends and traditions of the South of Ireland. by Croker, Thomas Crofton, 1798-1854 part III Publication date 1825
https://archive.org/details/killarneylegend00crokgoog Killarney legends: arranged as a guide to the lakes by Thomas Crofton Croker Publisher Henry G. Bohn, 1853
https://archive.org/details/IrishFolkLoreTraditions/page/n25/mode/2up Irish folk lore : traditions and superstitions of the country, with humorous tales by O’Hanlon, John, 1821-1905 Publication date 1870
https://archive.org/details/irishlocallegend00ohan/page/n15/mode/2up Irish local legends by O’Hanlon, John, 1821-1905 Publication date 1896
https://archive.org/details/irishpoemslegend00irwirich/page/viii/mode/2up Irish poems and legends; : historical and traditionary, with illustrative notes. by Irwin, Thomas Caulfield, 1823-1892 Publication date [1869]
https://archive.org/details/legendsandpoems00keeggoog/page/n7/mode/2up Legends and poems by Keegan, John, 1816-1849 Publication date 1907
https://archive.org/details/legendsandstorie00loveiala/page/132/mode/2up Legends and stories of Ireland (first series) by Lover, Samuel, 1797-1868 Publication date 1899
https://archive.org/details/celticstories00thomuoft/page/70/mode/2up Celtic stories by Thomas, Edward, 1878-1917 Publication date 1918
https://archive.org/details/idyllsirelandso00cowagoog/page/n10/mode/2up Idylls of Ireland : some Celtic legends done into metre by Cowan, Samuel Kennedy Publication date 1896
https://archive.org/details/forayqueenmeave00veregoog/page/n4/mode/2up The foray of queen Meave, and other legends of Ireland’s heroic age by Aubrey De Vere Publication date 1882
https://archive.org/details/legendsofsaintpa00deverich The legends of Saint Patrick by De Vere, Aubrey, 1814-1902 Publication date 1872 several sections on st patrick and oisin
https://archive.org/details/legendsandstorie00loveiala Legends and stories of Ireland (first series) by Lover, Samuel, 1797-1868 Publication date 1899
https://archive.org/details/legendstalesand00hardgoog Legends, Tales, and Stories of Ireland: Illustrated with Ten Characteristic Engravings by Philip Dixon Hardy Publication date 1837
https://archive.org/details/cuchulainofmuirt00gregrich/page/n21/mode/2up Cuchulain of Muirthemne : the story of the men of the Red Branch of Ulster by Gregory, Lady, 1852-1932; Yeats, W. B. (William Butler), 1865-1939 Publication date 1903
https://archive.org/details/celticwondertale00younrich Celtic wonder-tales by Young, Ella, 1867-1956; Gonne, Maud, 1866-1953, ill Publication date 1910
https://archive.org/details/fairyfolktalesof00yeat/page/n7/mode/2up Fairy and folk tales of the Irish peasantry by Yeats, W. B. (William Butler), 1865-1939 Publication date [1890?]
https://archive.org/details/ancientlegendsmy00wild Ancient legends, mystic charms & superstitions of Ireland : with sketches of the Irish past by Wilde, Lady, 1821-1896; Wilde, W. R. (William Robert), 1815-1876 Publication date 1919
https://archive.org/details/popularsongsire00crokgoog/page/n138/mode/2up Popular Songs of Ireland by Thomas Crofton Croker Publication date 1886
https://archive.org/details/irishfairytales00leamuoft Irish fairy tales by Leamy, Edmund, 1848-1904 ?pure fictions? Publication date [pref. 1906]
https://archive.org/details/irishfairytales00yeatrich Irish fairy and folk tales by Yeats, W. B. (William Butler), 1865-1939 Publication date 19– TO DO - section on T YEER-NA-N-OGE myhtology
https://archive.org/details/irishfairytales00unkngoog/page/n12/mode/2up Irish Fairy Tales: Folklore and Legends Publisher Gibbings Publication date 1904
https://archive.org/details/heroicromancesi00leahgoog/page/n5/mode/2up Heroic romances of Ireland; vol I by Leahy, Arthur Herbert, 1857-1928 Publication date 1905
https://archive.org/details/heroicromancesof02leah/page/n3/mode/2up Heroic romances of Ireland; vol II by Leahy, Arthur Herbert, 1857-1928 Publication date 1905
https://archive.org/details/oldcelticromance00joyciala Old Celtic romances by Joyce, P. W. (Patrick Weston), 1827-1914 Publication date 1920 [pref. 1907]
https://archive.org/details/turffirestories01ocogoog Turf-fire Stories and Fairy Tales of Ireland by Barry O’Connor ?pure fictions Publication date 1890
https://archive.org/details/TalesOfTheFairiesAndOfTheGhostWorld Tales of the fairies and of the ghost world by Curtin, Jeremiah Publication date 1895
https://archive.org/details/legendaryfictio00kenngoog Legendary Fictions of the Irish Celts by Patrick Kennedy Publication date 1866
https://archive.org/details/gpl_2116123_1/page/160/mode/2up Ancient legends, mystic charms, and superstitions of Ireland : With sketches of the Irish past by Wilde, Lady, 1826-1896. Publication date 1888
https://archive.org/details/irishfairytales00unkngoog/page/n8/mode/2up Irish Fairy Tales: Folklore and Legends ILLUSTRATED BY GEOFFREY STRAHAN Publ. Gibbings 1904
Other
https://archive.org/details/ahistoricalacco00shargoog/page/n7/mode/2up A historical account of the belief in witchcraft in Scotland by Charles Kirkpatrick Sharpe Publication date 1884
https://archive.org/details/songsofirishharp00foxc/page/2/mode/2up
Songs of the Irish harpers
by Fox, Charlotte Milligan, 1864-1916
Publication date 1910
https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_dE7pMtIozskC FORAS FEASA AR EIRINN DO REIR AN ATHAR, SEATHRUN CEITING, OLLAMH RE DIADHACHTA. THE HISTORY OF IRELAND, FROM THE GAELIEST PERIOD TO THE ENGLISH INVASION. by JOHN O’MAHONY Publication date 1866
https://www.jstor.org/stable/1261062 Folklore Studies at the Celtic Dawn: The Rôle of Alfred Nutt as Publisher and Scholar Juliette Wood Folklore Vol. 110 (1999), pp. 3-12 (10 pages)
https://archive.org/details/populartaleswes07campgoog Popular tales of the west Highlands , orally collected, with a translation by Campbell, J. F. (John Francis), 1822-1885 comp. and tr Publication date 1860 TO DO - this is vol 1, also other vols
https://archive.org/details/popularstudiesin00lond/page/n5/mode/2up Popular studies in mythology, romance and folklore TO DO - notes on ossianic etc
https://archive.org/details/dli.granth.110815/page/18/mode/2up Ancient Legends, Mystic, Charms and Superstitions of Ireland, with sketches of the Irish Past; to which is appended a chapter on the Ancient Race of Ireland, Vol. I
https://archive.org/details/cu31924074445770/page/n7/mode/2up Ancient legends, mystic charms, and superstitions of Ireland by Wilde, Lady, 1826-1896; Wilde, W. R. (William Robert), 1815-1876 Publication date 1887 Vol II
https://archive.org/details/visionsbeliefsin00gregrich/page/vi/mode/2up Visions and beliefs in the west of Ireland by Gregory, Lady, 1852-1932; Yeats, W. B. (William Butler), 1865-1939 Publication date 1920 Vol 1 Includes a section on Biddy Early
https://archive.org/details/visionsbeliefsin02greg/page/n11/mode/2up?q=gregory+”biddy+early” Visions and beliefs in the west of Ireland by Gregory, Lady, 1852-1932, comp; Yeats, W. B. (William Butler), 1865-1939 Publication date 1920 Vol 2
https://archive.org/details/dli.bengal.10689.6899/page/n527/mode/2up?q=”biddy+early” The Fortnightly Review (1898) -Vol.63 Publication date 1898 Broken Gates of Death , W. B. Yeats Biddy Early