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... Fingal against a prince called Cathmor , who is finally slain . Now , there is no mention of Cathmor in any Irish manuscript or legend ; and nothing has been heard of him in the Highlands except by 40 JAMES MACPHERSON.
... Fingal against a prince called Cathmor , who is finally slain . Now , there is no mention of Cathmor in any Irish manuscript or legend ; and nothing has been heard of him in the Highlands except by 40 JAMES MACPHERSON.
Page 45
... legends were told both in verse and Hector 1 J. F. Campbell was born in 1822 , and died in 1885 . MacLean died in 1893 , after publishing a little book of translations , Ultonian Hero - Ballads . prose . In the Island of Mull an old man ...
... legends were told both in verse and Hector 1 J. F. Campbell was born in 1822 , and died in 1885 . MacLean died in 1893 , after publishing a little book of translations , Ultonian Hero - Ballads . prose . In the Island of Mull an old man ...
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... legend was of Scottish origin , the earlier followers of Macpherson ` made a claim which cannot now be upheld . Later research proves that Ireland is entitled to at least an equal share of the honour which a literature so ancient and ...
... legend was of Scottish origin , the earlier followers of Macpherson ` made a claim which cannot now be upheld . Later research proves that Ireland is entitled to at least an equal share of the honour which a literature so ancient and ...
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... legend on a solid basis . The Dean of Lismore's Book is the earliest body of Ossianic poetry pre- served in Scotland of which the date can be certainly fixed ; but Irish manuscripts carry us to a period much more remote . The Book of ...
... legend on a solid basis . The Dean of Lismore's Book is the earliest body of Ossianic poetry pre- served in Scotland of which the date can be certainly fixed ; but Irish manuscripts carry us to a period much more remote . The Book of ...
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... legends of Finn have been told for centuries by the peasants of both countries , and in both the same ballads ascribed ... legend originated at some period , however remote , in one country or the other ; and all the evidence points to ...
... legends of Finn have been told for centuries by the peasants of both countries , and in both the same ballads ascribed ... legend originated at some period , however remote , in one country or the other ; and all the evidence points to ...
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