The Book of Irish Ballads

[This electronic book is under slow construction.
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Last Updated 2000 Nov 18, Saturday.]

CONTENTS.

Names of Ballads.	A.D.	Author's Names.
Thomas Davis, His Life:  His Death:  His Work		Samuel Ferguson, LL.D.
The Old Story		Anonymous (O.)
The Fairy Well of Lagnanay		Samuel Ferguson, LL.D.
The Bay of Dublin		D. F. MacCarthy
Hy-Brasail		Gerald Griffin
The Mountain Sprite		Thomas Moore
The City of Gold		Anonymous
Thubber-na-Shie; or, The Fairy Well		James Teeling
Fairy Revels		Anonymous
The Enchanted Island		Anonymous
The Fairies' Passage		Clarence Mangan
The Phantom City		Gerald Griffin
Kate of Kenmare		D. F. MacCarthy
Arranmore		Thomas Moore
The Island of Atlantis		Rev. G. Croly
The Haunted Spring		Samuel Lover
Alice and Una		D. F. MacCarthy
The Fetch		John Banim
Cusheen Loo		J. J. Callanan
The Burial		Rev. J. Wills
The O'Neill		Anonymous
The Wake of the Absent		Gerald Griffin
Kathleen's Fetch		Anonymous
The Doom of the Mirror		B. Simmons
The Fairy Nurse		Edward Walsh
Earl Desmond and the Banshee		Anonymous
The Bridal Wake		Gerald Griffin
The Keen		Crofton Croker
The Saga of King Olaf and his Dog	1000	Thomas D'Arcy M'Gee
Lamentation of Mac Liag for Kincora	1015	Clarence Mangan
The Death of King Magnus Barefoot	1102	Thomas D'Arcy M'Gee
The Battle of Knocktuagh	1189	Anonymous (G.)
A Vision of Connaught in the 13th Century	1224	Clarence Mangan
The Battle of Credran	1189	Edward Walsh
The Battle of Ardnocher	1328	Anonymous (G.)
The Battle of Tyrrell's-Pass	1597	Anonymous (G.)
The Death of Shomberg	1690	Digby Pilot Starkey, LL.D.
The Battle of the Boyne	1690	Colonel Blacker
The River Boyne		Thomas D'Arcy M'Gee
The Pillar Towers of Ireland		D. F. MacCarthy
Timoleague		Samuel Ferguson, LL.D.
Avondhu		J. J. Callanan
The Rock of Cashel		Rev. Dr. Murray
Loch Ina		Anonymous
The Returned Exile		B. Simmons
Glenfinishk		Joseph O'Leary
The Mountain Fern		Anonymous (G.)
To the Memory of Father Prout		D. F. MacCarthy
Those Shandon Bells		D. F. MacCarthy
Adare		Gerald Griffin
Deirdra's Farewell to Alba		Samuel Ferguson, LL.D.
A Sigh for Knockmany		William Carleton
Tipperary		Anonymous
The Welshmen of Tirawley		Samuel Ferguson, LL.D.
The Outlaw of Loch Lene		J. J. Callanan
Aileen the Huntress		Edward Walsh
Shane Dymas' Daughter		Anonymous
O'Sullivan Beare		Thomas D'Arcy M'Gee
The Robber of Ferney		Anonymous
Waiting for the May		D. F. MacCarthy
The Virgin Mary's Bank		J. J. Callanan
Owen Bawn		Samuel Ferguson, LL.D.
Ailleen		J. Banim
Eman-ac-Knuck to Eva		J. B. Clarke
O'Donnell and the Fair Fitzgerald		Hon. Gavan Duffy
The Coolun		Samuel Ferguson, LL.D.
Brighidin Ban Mo Store		Edward Walsh
The Lamentation of Felix M'Carthy		J. J. Callanan
Pastheen Fion		Samuel Ferguson, LL.D.
The Patriot's Bride		Hon. Gavan Duffy
The Coulin Forbidden		Carroll Malone
The Irish Emigrant's Mother		D. F. MacCarthy
The Munster of the North		Hon. Gavan Duffy
Drimin Dhu		Samuel Ferguson, LL.D.
Dark Rosaleen		Clarence Mangan
Shane Bwee		Clarence Mangan
The Voice of Labour		Hon. Gavan Duffy
The Wexford Insurgent		Anonymous
The Dream of John M'Donnell		Clarence Mangan
The Orangeman's Wife		Carroll Malone
The Irish Chiefs		Hon. Gavan Duffy
Darrynane		D. F. MacCarthy
Lament for the Sons of Usnach		Samuel Ferguson, LL.D.
The Penal Days		Anonymous (O.)
Carolan and Bridget Cruise		Samuel Lover
The Streams		Mrs. Downing
Irish Mary		J. Banim
The Last Friends		Frances Browne
The Irish Exiles		Martin MacDermott
A Shamrock from the Irish Shore		D. F. MacCarthy
Spring Flowers from Ireland		D. F. MacCarthy
Wings for Home		D. F. MacCarthy
Italian Myrtles		D. F. MacCarthy
Not Known		D. F. MacCarthy
The Pascal Fire of St. Patrick		D. F. MacCarthy
Over the Sea		D. F. MacCarthy
The Convict and the Cross		Anonymous (M.)
The Celtic Tongue		Rev. Michael Mullin

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