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1914


To the Memory of

MY MOTHER

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[Illustration: FACSIMILE, PAGE 55--_from the Book of Leinster_.]

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CONTENTS

Preface, xi.
I The Pillow-talk, 1.
II The Occasion of the Táin, 5.
III The Rising-out of the Men of Connacht at Cruachan Ai, 10.
IV The Foretelling, 13.
V The Route of the Táin, 19.
VI The March of the Host, 21.
VII The Youthful Exploits of Cuchulain, 46.
VIIa The Slaying of the Smith's Hound by Cuchulain, 54.
VIIb The Taking of Arms by Cuchulain and
The Slaying of the Three Sons of Necht Scenè, 60.