EARTHING
THE
MYTHS
For Scota and Ériu, their rivers, hills and plains.
EARTHING
THE
MYTHS
THE MYTHS, LEGENDS AND
EARLY HISTORY OF IRELAND
Daragh Smyth
First published in 2020 by
© Daragh Smyth, 2020
9781788551359 (Cloth)
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9781788551373 (Epub)
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Unless otherwise stated, all images are from the author’s private collection.
Images on pp. 13, 20, 23, 28, 62, 134, 140, 158, 213, 266, 277, 279, 321, 355
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CONTENTS
Kilkenny
Laois
Longford
Louth
Meath
Offaly
Westmeath
Wicklow
Wexford
MUNSTER
Clare
Cork
Kerry
Limerick
Tipperary
Waterford
ULSTER
Antrim
Armagh
Cavan
Derry
Donegal
Down
Fermanagh
Monaghan
Tyrone
NOTES ON PICT-LAND AND SCOT-LAND
GLOSSARY
BIBLIOGRAPHY
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
