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Daragh Smyth A GUIDE TO IRISH MYTHOLOGY D A RAG H SMYTH A GUIDE TO IRISH MYTHOLOGY IRISH ACADEMIC PRESS This book was typeset by Gilbert Gough Typesetting Services, Dublin, for IRISH ACADEMIC PRESS Kill Lane, Blackrock, Co. Dublin and in North America for IRISH ACADEMIC PRESS c/o ISBS 5804 N.E. Hassalo Street, Portland, OR 97213, USA. © Daragh Smyth 1988, 1996 A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library. ISBN 0-7165-2612-3 First edition 1988 Second edition 1996 All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in or introduced into a retrieval system, or transmitted, in any form or by any means (electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording or otherwise), without the prior written permission of both the copyright owner and publisher of this book. Printed in Ireland by ColourBooks Ltd, Dublin. To my parents Contents Preface 9 Introduction 11 the guide 15 Special Notes 180 Source Material 186 Index 190 Preface I wish to express my gratitude to all those involved in the first edition of this book. This second edition has new entries including the rites of sovereignty and the tarb fes or bull feast. It has an expanded entry on the Fir Bolg or Belgae, and a new entry on the Dál nAraide. Some dates have been changed and some AM dates have been left unaltered even though they are questionable, precise dates being un available. Much of early Irish history has been regarded as mythology; why this should be is unclear. There is abundant evidence of an early historical period. Irish recorded history starts at AD 431. Why this should be so remains unclear to me. However, this is a book about mythology and not about history; yet they do overlap; as Robert Graves put it, Trish mythology is history’. A historical rather than a romantic bias is suggested as an approach to reading this book.
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