Old Celtic romances
Publisher: Devin-Adair Co.
Published: 1962
Place of publication: New York, USA
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 319
Table of contents: title: The fate of the children of Lir; or, the four white swans. Bove Derg chosen king of the Dedannans -- The children of Lir -- The four children of Lir are turned into four white swans by their stepmother -- The four white swans on Lake Darvra -- The four white swans on the Sea of Moyle -- The four white swans on the Western Sea -- The children of Lir regain their human shape and die -- The fate of the children of Turenn; or, the quest for the Eric-Fine. The Lochlanns invade Erin -- The murder of Klan -- Defeat and flight of the Lochlanns -- The Eric-Fine on the sons of Turenn for the slaying of Klan -- The sons of Turenn obtain Mannanan’s canoe, the Wave-Sweeper -- The apples of the Garden of Hisberna -- The gifted skin of the pig -- The blazing spear of the King of Persia -- The chariot and steeds of the King of Sigar -- The seven pigs of the King of the Golden Pillars -- The hound-whelp of the King of Iroda -- Return of the sons of Turenn, with part of the Eric-Fine -- The cooking-spit of the women of Fincara -- The three shouts on Midkena’s Hill -- Return and death of the sons of Turenn -- the overflowing of Lough Neagh, and the story of Liban the mermaid -- Connla of the golden hair and the fairy maiden -- The voyage of Maildun.  Maildun’s childhood and youth; he begins his voyage in quest of the plunderers who slew his father -- The first island; tidings of the plunderers -- The island of the monstrous ants -- The terraced isle of birds -- A monster -- The demon horse-race -- The palace of solitude -- The island of the wonderful apple tree -- The island of bloodthirsty quadrupeds -- An extraordinary monster -- The isle of red-hot animals -- The palace of the little cat -- An island that dyed black and white -- The island of the burning river -- The miller of Hell -- The isle of weeping -- The isle of the four precious walls -- The palace of the crystal bridge -- The isle of speaking birds -- The aged hermit and the human souls -- The island of the big blacksmiths -- The crystal sea -- A lovely country beneath the waves -- An island guarded by a wall of water -- A water-arch in the air -- The silver pillar of the sea -- An island standing on one pillar -- The island Queen detains them with her magic thread-clew -- The isle intoxicating wine-fruits -- The isle of the mystic lake -- The isle of laughing -- The isle of the blest -- The hermit of the sea-rock -- Signs of home -- Maildun meets his family, and arrives home -- The Fairy Palace of the Quicken Trees. Colga, King of Lochlann, invades Erin, and is slain -- Midac, the Son of Colga, meditates revenge -- Finn is entrapped by Midac, and held by Enchantment in the Palace of the Quicken Trees -- Innsa, Finn’s foster-son, defends the ford leading to the Palace of the Quicken Trees -- Ficna, the son of Finn, defends the ford -- Dermat O’Dyna slays the three kings of the Island of the Torrent, breaks the spell with their blood, and frees Finn -- The fight at the ford with the foreign army -- The pursuit of the Giolla Dacker and his horse. Arrival of the Giolla Dacker and his horse -- Conan and fifteen of the Fena are carried off by the Giolla Dacker’s horse -- Pursuit -- Dermat O’Dyna, in quest of the Giolla Dacker, encounters the wizard-champion at the well -- Dermat O’Dyna in Tir-fa-thonn -- Finn, in quest of Dermat, fights many battles -- Finn and Dermat meet -- Conan and his companions found and rescued -- The pursuit of Dermat and Grania. Finn, the Son of Cumhal, seeks the Princess Grania to wife -- Dermat O’Dyna secretly espouses the Princess Grania -- Flight and pursuit -- The fastness of the seven narrow doors -- The three sea-champions and their three venomous hounds on the track of Dermat and Grania -- What befell the three sea-champions and their three venomous hounds -- Sharvan, the surly giant, and the Fairy Quicken Tree of Dooros -- The attack of the witch-hag -- Peace and rest at last -- The death of Dermat -- The chase of Slieve Cullinn -- The chase of Slieve Fuad -- Oisin in tir na nóg; or, the last of the Fena -- The voyage of the sons of O’Corra -- the fate the sons of  Usna.