title: The Lore of Ireland: An Encyclopaedia of Myth, Legend and Romance
author: Dith O hOgin
description: An exhaustive collection of folktales and history from the Emerald Isle. An essential resource about Ireland's legends. RENAISSANCE MAGAZINESuperb from beginning to end. (...) Essential for all scholars of Ireland's mythology. FORTEAN TIMESWith its profusion of atmospheric allusions and spirited retellings, grounded in a scholarly acuity, (it) adds up to a complex delineation of an ancient, reimagined and still functioning cultural terrain. TLSAn invaluable resource for Hibernophiles. This is a refreshing and reasonably priced new treatment of Ireland's lore. CHOICE
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  Heroic Romances of Ireland Volume 2
  
  
  THE PRELUDES TO THE RAID OF CUALGNE
  
  TAIN BO FRAICH
  
  
  INTRODUCTION
  
  PERSONS IN THE STORY
  
  
    
    
  MORTALS  
    
  IMMORTALS  
    
  TAIN BO FRAICH  
    
  THE RAID FOR THE CATTLE OF FRAECH  
    
  TAIN BO FRAICH  
    
  [THE RAID FOR DARTAID'S
  CATTLE](Heroic%20Romances%20of%20Ireland%20Volu_split_001.html#filepos109767)
  
  
  [PART II](Heroic%20Romances%20of%20Ireland%20Volu_split_001.html#filepos92843)
  
  [INTRODUCTION](Heroic%20Romances%20of%20Ireland%20Volu_split_001.html#filepos109845)
  
  
    
    
  [THE RAID FOR DARTAID'S
  CATTLE](Heroic%20Romances%20of%20Ireland%20Volu_split_001.html#filepos111901)  
    
  [FROM THE EGERTON MS. 1782 (EARLY FIFTEENTH-CENTURY
  
  
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  [THE RAID FOR THE CATTLE OF
  REGAMON](Heroic%20Romances%20of%20Ireland%20Volu_split_001.html#filepos136756)
  
  
  [INTRODUCTION](Heroic%20Romances%20of%20Ireland%20Volu_split_001.html#filepos136840)
  
  
    
    
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