• Publication: The Book of Irish BalladsPublication Record # 653243
• Editor: D. F. McCarthy
• Date: 1846-00-00
• Publisher: James Duffy
• Pages: 252
• Format:
  hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
• Type: ANTHOLOGY
• Notes:

  • Data from Google Books scan
  • First edition.
  • All names beginning with Mc in this book are printed with a superscript c which should not be mistaken for an apostrophe.
  • Divided into sections: Ballads Illustrative of the Fairy Mythology and Traditions of Ireland; Ballads Illustrative of the Superstitions and Customs of Ireland; Historical Ballads; Descriptive Ballads; Legendary Ballads; Ballads of the Affections; Political Ballads; Miscellaneous Ballads.
  • There are some differences between the titles as they appear at the head of the ballads and as they appear in the table of contents, for the reason that certain words have been printed in Irish (in an Irish typeface) in the former and Anglicized in the latter. To wit:
    • Page 37: "Tobar-na-Sia"—TOC: "Thubber-na-Shie"
    • Page 76: "An Beansighe"—TOC: "The Banshee"
    • Page 92: "Beansighe"—TOC: "Banshee"
    • Page 96: "An Caoine"—TOC: "The Caoine"
    • Page 114: "Conacht"—TOC: "Connaught"
    • On page 60, "Ceim-an-eich" is written in Irish; this subtitle doesn't appear in the table of contents.
  • Only contents with speculative elements are indexed here.

Contents (view Concise Listing)

• 25 • A Fairy Tale • (1722) • poem by Thomas Parnell
• 31 • The Fairy Well of Lagnanay • (1833) • poem by Samuel Ferguson
• 34 • Hy-Brasail—The Isle of the Blest • (1830) • poem by Gerald Griffin
• 35 • The Mountain Sprite • (unknown) • poem by Thomas Moore
• 36 • The City of Gold • poem by uncredited
• 37 • Tobar-na-Sia; or, The Fairy Well • poem by James Teeling (variant of Thubber-na-Shie; or, The Fairy Well 1836)
• 40 • Fairy Revels • poem by uncredited
• 41 • The Enchanted Island • (1813) • poem by Luke Aylmer Conolly [as by uncredited]
• 42 • The Fairy Rath of Loch Innin • (1820) • poem by Alexander Henry
• 48 • The Phantom City • (1832) • poem by Gerald Griffin
• 49 • The Magic Well: A Legend of Killarney • poem by W. M. Downes
• 57 • The Island of Atlantis • (1825) • poem by George Croly [as by The Rev. G. Croly]
• 59 • The Haunted Spring • (1844) • poem by Samuel Lover
• 60 • Alice and Una: A Tale of "Ceim-an-eich" • poem by D. F. McCarthy
• 75 • The Fetch • (1825) • poem by John Banim
• 76 • An Beansighe • poem by J. L. L. (variant of The Banshee 1834) [as by uncredited]
• 78 • Cusheen Loo • poem by uncredited [as by J. J. Callanan]
• 80 • The O'Neill • (1808) • poem by uncredited
• 85 • Kathleen's Fetch • poem by uncredited
• 91 • The Fairy Nurse • (1836) • poem by Edward Walsh
• 92 • Earl Desmond and the Beansighe • poem by uncredited (variant of Earl Desmond and the Banshee 1825)
• 95 • The Bridal Wake • (1827) • poem by Gerald Griffin
• 96 • An Caoine • poem by Thomas Crofton Croker (variant of Keen for Young Ryan 1833) [as by Crofton Croker]
• 114 • A Vision of Conacht in the Thirteenth Century • poem by James Clarence Mangan (variant of A Vision of Connaught in the Thirteenth Century)
• 150 • Deirdre's Farewell to Alba • (1834) • poem by Samuel Ferguson
• 179 • The Virgin Mary's Bank • (1831) • poem by J. J. Callanan
• 236 • Lament for the Sons of Usnach • (1834) • poem by Samuel Ferguson