Legends of Saints and Sinners


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"I have called the present volume "Legends of Saints and Sinners," which to a certain extent it is; but I mean it for a book of Irish Christian folk-lore. My idea in compiling it has been to give for the first time a collection of genuine Irish folk-lore which might be called "Christian." By this I mean folk-stories and folk-poems which are either entirely founded upon Christian conceptions, or else are so far coloured by them, that they could never have been told—at least in their present shape—had not Christianity established itself in Ireland. Every one of these stories conforms fairly to this standard, except one or two, which I give as necessary corollaries. They are all translations from the Irish. I have found hardly any such stories in English. They were mostly collected by myself from the mouths of native speakers, but three or four of them I have taken from Irish MSS. in my own possession, and a few more were given me by my friends. Not one of these stories was ever translated into English before, with the exception of those which I have taken from my own "Religious Songs of Connacht." - Summary by From The Introduction (8 hr 6 min)

Chapters

Section 0: Introducction 17:51 Read by tommack
Section 1: St. Patrick and Crom Dubh 16:50 Read by Geoffrey DeSena
Section 2: Mary's Well 12:59 Read by Geoffrey DeSena
Section 3: How Covetousness Came into the Church 8:53 Read by Christine Lehman
Section 4: Knock Mulruana 10:42 Read by Geoffrey DeSena
Section 5: The Stone of Truth 11:06 Read by Lissy Schneider
Section 6: The Adventures of Leithin 25:02 Read by Jim Locke
Section 7: The Comparison as to Ages 11:05 Read by Nolan Purcell
Section 8: The Death of Bearachan 6:53 Read by Jim Locke
Section 9: Story of Solomon 8:11 Read by Aiken
Section 10: Christmas Alms 11:40 Read by Aiken
Section 11: The Burial of Jesus 9:34 Read by tommack
Section 12: Saint Peter 13:26 Read by tommack
Section 13: Legends of St. Deglan 9:12 Read by Danielle Fedrigo
Section 14: St. Paul's Vision 20:43 Read by Danielle Fedrigo
Section 15: Oscar of the Flail 4:42 Read by Danielle Fedrigo
Section 16: Oisin in Elphin 4:36 Read by Alan Mapstone
Section 17: The Priest who went to do Penance 11:52 Read by Danielle Fedrigo
Section 18: The Friars of Urlaur 14:33 Read by Danielle Fedrigo
Section 19: Dialogue between Two Old Women 6:44 Read by Danielle Fedrigo
Section 20: The Minister and the Gossoon 4:04 Read by Aiken
Section 21: The Keening of the Three Marys 6:19 Read by Alan Mapstone
Section 22: The Farmer's Son and the Bishop 7:58 Read by Danielle Fedrigo
Section 23: Shaun the Tinker 10:40 Read by Danielle Fedrigo
Section 24: Mary and St. Joseph and The Cherry Tree 6:11 Read by Kazbek
Section 25: The Student who left College 8:31 Read by Danielle Fedrigo
Section 26: The Help of God in the Road 5:47 Read by Danielle Fedrigo
Section 27: The Minister's Son 10:32 Read by Aiken
Section 28: The Old Woman of Beare 11:54 Read by Danielle Fedrigo
Section 29: The Old Hag of Dingle 5:01 Read by ChadH94
Section 30: The Poem of the Tor 4:38 Read by Caleb Weaver
Section 31: Columcille and His Brother Dobhran 13:02 Read by Jim Locke
Section 32: Bruadar and Smith and Glinn 6:15 Read by Laurel Emerson
Section 33: Friar Brian 5:39 Read by Laurel Emerson
Section 34: How the First Cat was Created 4:52 Read by KevinS
Section 35: God spare You your Health 3:54 Read by ChadH94
Section 36: Teig O'Kane and the Corpse 33:18 Read by Jayfield
Section 37: Tomaus O'Cahan and the Ghost 8:14 Read by Alan Mapstone
Section 38: Prayer after Tobacco 6:13 Read by KevinS
Section 39: The Buideach, The Tinker, and The Black Donkey 18:58 Read by Cliona Woodbyrne
Section 40: The Great Worm of the Shannon 9:57 Read by Lissy Schneider
Section 41: The Poor Widow and Grania Oï 19:05 Read by Lydia H
Section 42: The Gambler of the Branch 4:04 Read by Lissy Schneider
Section 43: The Beetle, The Dhardheel, and the Prumpolaun 7:35 Read by Aiken
Section 44: The Lady of the Alms 6:07 Read by Kate Mulligan
Section 45: St. Patrick and his Garron 15:12 Read by Kate Mulligan
Section 46: How Saint Moling got his Name 5:57 Read by Kate Mulligan