The Boar of Beinn Gulbain (Benbulbin)
BUT at last one day Grania spoke to Diarmuid, and it is what she said, that it was a shame on them, with all the people and the household they had, and all their...
Country and County: Republic of Ireland
The Tailor And The Three Beasts
There was once a tailor in Galway, and he was sewing cloth. He saw a flea springing up out of the cloth, and he threw his needle at it and killed it. Then he...
Grian’s Mound
Grian’s Mound can be found just outside Tuamgraney, from which, according to legend the village it gets its name, Tomb of Gráinne or mound of the Sun. Grian (Gráinne or Griene) was said to...
The Battle of Gabhra
Now, with one thing and another, the High King of Ireland had got to be someway bitter against Finn and the Fianna; and one time that he had a gathering of his people he...
Hungry Grass
According to Irish folk tradition anyone crossing a patch of Hungry Grass (sometimes stated as crossing it at night) will be gripped with a terrible and unless sated immediately, fatal hunger. The origin of...
The Quarrel with the Sons of Morna
ONE time when the Fianna were gone here and there hunting, Black Garraidh and Caoilte were sitting beside Finn, and they were talking of the battle where Finn’s father was killed. And Finn said...
Death of Goll
AND at last it chanced that Goll and Cairell, son of Finn, met with one another, and said sharp words, and they fought in the sea near the strand, and Cairell got his death...
Meargach’s Wife
AND while the Fianna were gathered yet on the hill where Tailc, son of Treon, had been put down, they saw a very great champion coming towards them, having an army behind him. He...
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