Pagan Ireland.

by Eleanor Hull

Index Page

1923

Foreword | Chapter I | Legends | The Firblog | The Milesians| Condition of the Country in Early Times
The Five Provence | Kings and Chiefs | The Administration of Justice | The Duel | Ollamhs and Filidh
The Druids and Their Teachings | Public Assemblies | Dwellings in Ancient Ireland | The Position of Women
Children in Early Ireland | Burial Rights

Part II

The Dawn of History and the Rise of the Kingdom of Ulster | The Romance of Labraid
The Destruction of Da Derga's Hostel |

About The Author.

Eleanor Hull, (1860-1935), Was a Gaelic scholar and translator, she had roots in County Down but was born in Manchester, and educated at Alexandra College, Dublin, she was encouraged in her Irish studies by Standish Hayes O'Grady.

In 1898 she issued an account of the Cú Chulainn saga and with others established the year after the Irish Texts Society, aiming to publish the manuscript materials and records of Irish literature and folklore.

Her published works include:

• The Cuchulain Saga in Irish Literature (1898)
• Pagan Ireland (1904)
• Early Christian Ireland (1904)
• A Text Book of Irish Literature (2 volumes) (1906)
• The Poem-Book of the Gael (London, 1912)
• The Northmen in Britain (New York, 1913)
• Folklore of the British Isles
• A History of Ireland and her People (2 volumes) (1926)