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PREFACE.
Miss Norma Borthwick is mainly responsible for the notes; and Father Gerald O 'Nolan has given invaluable assistance in revising the final proofs.
RISTEÁRD PLÉIMEANN.
Ballingeary,
30th July, 1917.
NOTE.
Some slight differences of spelling which occurred in these stories have either been made uniform, or the variants have been given in the Vocabulary.
Stories Nos. 7, 8, and 9 are taken from Guaire, Canon O'Leary's modernization of the old tale, Imtheacht na Trom-dháimhe, edited by Conall Cearnaċ, whose valuable notes have been reproduced, with a few small additions.
N. B.
AtCargen,
Dumfries, Scotland.
July, 1917.
