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Three Irish Bardic Tales

Being Metrical Versions of the Three Tales known as The Three Sorrows of Story-telling. By John Todhunter

Todhunter, John (1839-1916)

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THE DOOM OF THE CHILDREN OF LIR

THE TUNING OF THE HARP.

1.

THE FIRST DUAN. THE DOOM OF THE CHILDREN OF LIR.

THE WITCH-SONG OF OIFA.

FIANOULA'S ANSWER.

OIFA'S SONG OF DOOM.

2.

THE SECOND DUAN. THE SWANS ON DERRYVARRAGH.

THE SONG OF THE SWANS.

SONG OF FIANOULA.

THE DOOM OF OIFA.

3.

THE THIRD DUAN. THE SWANS ON SRUTH-NA-MOYLE.

4.

THE FOURTH DUAN. THE SWANS IN THE BANNA.

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5.

THE FIFTH DUAN. THE SWANS IN ERRIS DOMNANN.

THE SWANS' LAMENT FOR THE DESOLATION OF LIR.

6.

THE SIXTH DUAN. THE COMING OF THE FAITH.

7.

THE SEVENTH DUAN. THE SWANS' DELIVERANCE.

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THE FATE OF THE SONS OF USNA

1.

THE FIRST DUAN THE COMING OF DEIRDRÈ.

2.

THE SECOND DUAN. THE FOSTERING OF DEIRDRÈ.

3.

THE THIRD DUAN. THE SONS OF USNA.

4.

THE FOURTH DUAN. THE RED KING.

5.

THE FIFTH DUAN. THE FLIGHT FROM ALBA.

6.

THE SIXTH DUAN. THE PLEDGE OF FERGUS.

7.

THE SEVENTH DUAN. THE RED BRANCH HOUSE.

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8.

THE EIGHTH DUAN. THE DEATH OF THE SONS OF USNA.

DEIRDRÈ'S SONG OF THE TREACHEROUS FEAST.

DEIRDRÈ'S LITTLE LAMENTATION FOR THE SONS OF USNA.

DEIRDRÈ'S LAMENTATION FOR THE SONS OF USNA.

THE GREAT LAMENTATION.

9.

THE NINTH DUAN. THE DEATH OF DEIRDRÈ.

THE LAMENTATION FOR THE THREE SONS OF TURANN

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Then came Maini the Red, son of a Norway King,
To Conchobar, and said: ‘O King, this right is mine!
By me their heads shall fall; for these three slew my sire,
And my two brothers. Them I avenge, avenging thee.’