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THE FIELD DAY ANTHOLOGY OF IRISH WRITING

VOLUME iv

IRISH WOMEN'S WRITING AND TRADITIONS

Edited by Angela Bourke, Siobhan Kilfeather, Maria Luddy, Margaret Mac Curtain, Gerardine Meaney, Mairin Ni Dhonnchadha, Mary O'Dowd, and Clair Wills

Cork University Press in association with Field Day Contents

List of Contributing Editors from: The Exile of Conall Core (c. 1000) 37 to Volume iv and v xxvii from: Tain Bo Ciialnge (The Cattle- Preface IReamhra to Volume IV and V xxxii Raid of Cualnge) (c. 1125) 38 Acknowledgements to Volume iv and v xliii Eleventh-Century Reformers - Foreign and Irish 41 BIOGRAPHIES/BIBLIOGRAPHIES 43 Medieval to Modern, 600-1900 MAIRIN Ni DHONNCHADHA, Editor xix MARY, EVE AND THE CHURCH, GENERAL INTRODUCTION 1 (c. 600-1800) EARLY MEDIEVAL LAW, c. 700-1200 MAIRIN Ni DHONNCHADHA, Editor DONNCHADH 6 CORRAIN, Editor Introduction 45 Introduction 6 A. MARY AND THE VIRGIN SAINTS, Anonymous c. 600-1200 57 from: The Hibernensis (Irish Canons) Anonymous (c. 716-25) 12 Versiculi Familiae Benchuir (On the from: Cain Adomnan (The Law of Monastery of Bangor) (7th century) 57 Adomnan) (697) 18 Cii Chuimne of Iona (?-747) Cain Lanamna (The Law of Couples) Cantemus in Omni Die (Hymn to (c. 700) 22 Mary) (first half of 8th century) 59 Dire (Marriage and Families) (c. 700) 26 Blathmac Son of Cu Brettan (fl. 750) Honour-Price - Some Exceptions 27 from: Tair cucum, a Maire boid Divorce (c. 700) 28 (Come to Me, Loving Mary) (c. 750) 60 Rape (c. 700) 29 ?Ultan of Ardbraccan (?- 657 or 663) Children and Child-Rearing (c. 700) 29 Brigit be bithmaith from: Bretha Crolige Judgements on (Hymn to Saint Brigit) (?c. 650) 62 Sick-Maintenance) (first half of 8th Anonymous^ century) 31 from: Vita Prima Sanctae Brigitae Pica (mid-9th century; Early Modern (Latin Life of Saint Brigit) (c. 750) 63 Irish) 33 from: Bethu Brigte (The Old Irish Immathchor nAilella ocus Airt (Ailill's Life of Brigit) (9th century) 70 and Art's Mutual Restitution) (c. 700) 35 POrthanach ua Coillama Q-c. 839) The Separation of Finn and Grainne from: Slan seiss, a Brigit co mbiiaid (Middle Irish) 36 (Hail Brigit) (9th century) 70 VI CONTENTS

Anonymous Adomnan of Iona (c. 628-704) Brigit buadach (Glorious Brigit) (Old from: Vita Columbae (The Life of Irish) 72 ) (c. 700) 102 Saint Brigit's Rule (Middle Irish) 72 Anonymous from: A Homily on the Life of Saint Husband and Wife Debate (late 7th Brigit (Middle Irish) 73 century) 103 Ropad maith lemm (Saint Brigit's The Power of Women (Old Irish) 104 Alefeast) (Middle Irish) 73 from: Notes on the Customs of Giraldus Cambrensis (Gerald of Wales) (c. 840) 105 (c. 1146-1223) (fl. 860) from: Topographia Hiberniae (The For Berta, Abbess of Avenay (c. 860) 107 History and Topography of ) from: De Rectoribus Christianis (c. 1187) 74 (On Christian Rulers) (c. 855) 107 Anonymous Daniel ua Liathaiti (d. 863) from: The Latin Life of Saint Ite (13th A ben, bennacht fort — na raid! (Sell century Ms) 76 Not for Sin) (c. 850) 109 Isucan (Saint Ite and the Child Jesus) Digde (fl. 900) (Old Irish) 80 Aithbe damsa bes mara (Digde's from: The Irish Life of Saint Lament) (c. 900) 111 (17th century MS) 81 Anonymous from: The Latin Life of Saint Darerca Comrac Liadaine ocus Chuirithir (The Alias Mo-Ninne (14th century MS) 82 Union of Liadan and Cuirither) from: The Latin Life of Samthann (10th century) 115 (14th century MS) 86 Saint Molaisse and his Sister (10th Litany of the Virgins (Old Irish) . 88 century) 118 from: The Infancy Gospel (Late The Fate of the Sinful Greek Girl Middle Irish) 89 (Early Middle Irish) 119 Muireadhach Albanach 6 Dalaigh (fl. from: Saltair na Rann (The Psalter of early 13th century) Verses) (c. 987) 121 Eistidh riomsa, a Mhuire mhor 91 Me Eba (I am the wife of Adam, Eve) (Mighty Mary, Hear Me) (c. 1200) 93 (11th century) 125 Saint Scothin and the Girls (Middle Irish) 125 B. EVE AND HER SISTERS, C. 550-1800 95 The Conception of Saint Finan Cam Saint Finnian (P-549 or 579) (Middle Irish) 126 from: The Penitential of Finnian The Conception of Saint Boethine (mid-6th century) 95 (Middle Irish) 127 Anonymous A Chrinoc, cubaid do cheol (To an from: De Duodecim Abusivis Saeculi Old Psalm-Book) (11th century) 127 (Of the Twelve Abuses of the World) The Three Orders of the Church (early 7th century) 96 (14th century MS) 128 Jonas of Bobbio (d. 659) Ricenn and Cairech Dercain (Middle from: The Life of Irish) 129 (c. 642) 97 Ciodh ma ndeilighe mo mhac Muirchii moccu Mactheni (fl. late of 7th gradhach riom? (Massacre of the century) Innocents) (Late Middle Irish) 130 from: Vita Sancti Patricii (The Life of The Abbot of Drimnagh who was Patrick) (late 7th century) 98 Changed into a Woman (Middle Irish) 131 Anonymous Eirigh a inghean an riogh (To from: The Hibernensis (Irish Canons) Gormlaith, Daughter of Flann (c. 716-25) 99 Sinna) (Late Middle Irish) 133 - CONTENTS Vll

Ro charas triocha fo thri (Gormlaith Speaks) Oebfhinn's Dream (Old Irish) 181 (Early Modern Irish) 135 Seathrun Ceitinn (Geoffrey Keating) Beir a mhanaigh leat an chois (Monk, (c. 1580-c. 1644) Step Further Off) (Early Modern Eachtach's Dream (17th century) 182 Irish) 137 Anonymous from: The Annals of Clonmacnoise The Birth of Slaine (11 th century) 182 (17th century) 138 from: The Birth of Aedan mac Instructio Pie Vivendi et Superna Gabrain(c. 1100) 184 Meditandr(Holy Life and Heavenly Gormlaith, Wife of Boruma Thought) (15th century) 139 (12th, 13th century) 188 from: Beatha Mhuire Eigipteachdha from: Caithreim Cheallachain Chaisil (Life of Mary of Egypt) (15th (The Victorious Career of century) 143 Ceallachan of Cashel) (c. 1127) 190 from: Riaghail na Sagart (The Priests' from: The Song of Dermot and the Rule) (15th century) 148 Earl (c. 1200-25) 192 The Burial of the Priest's Concubine Giraldus Cambrensis (Gerald of Wales) (15th century) 150 (c. 1146-1223) from: Oidheadh Chlainne (The from: Expugnatio Hibernica (The ) (15th century) 150 Conquest of Ireland) (1189) 196 Eoghan 6 Dubhthaigh (d. 1590) from: An Chliar Ghliogair (A ) B. NATURAL AND UNNATURAL WOMEN 197 (c. 1578) 156 Domhnall 6 Colmain (fl. 1670-1704) Anonymous from: Parliament na mBan (The Ad-muiniur secht n-ingena trethan Parliament of Women) (c. 1703) 159 (I Invoke the Seven Daughters of Patrick Wall (fl. 1814-34) the Sea) (8th century) 197 A Sermon (1820) 162 from:Tecosca Cormaic (The BIOGRAPHIES/BIBLIOGRAPHIES 163 Instructions of King Cor mac) (c. 800) 199 Fingal Ronain (The Kin-Slaying of GORMLAITH AND HER SISTERS, Ronan) (early 10th century) 200 The Deaths of Lugaid and c. 750-1800 Derbforgaill (early 10th century) 204 MAIRIN Ni DHONNCHADHA, Editor from: Tochmarc Ailbe (The Wooing of Introduction 166 Ailbe) (10th century) 206 Tochmarc Becfhola (The Wooing of A. PLACE IN THE WORLD 173 Becfhola) (Early Middle Irish) 210 Anonymous from: Aided Muirchertaich meic Erca Noinden Ulad (The Debility of the (The Death of Muirchertach mac Ulidians) (9th century) 173 Erca) (Late Middle Irish) _- 213 from: Tain Bo Cuailnge (The Cattle Baile the Sweet-Spoken, Son of Buan Raid of Cuailnge. Recension i) (Middle Irish) 218 (9th century; 12th century) 174 Niall Frassach's Act of Truth (Middle Aided Oenfhir Aife (The Death of Irish) 220 Aife's One Son) (9th or 10th Gas lossa (A Sprig of Herb) (c. 1000) 221 century) 177 from: Cert a Mna re Partholan (The Creidne, the She-Warrior (Early First Lawcase) (Late Middle Irish) 222 Middle Irish) 179 Cinaed, ca cin ro bui duinn? (A from: Fragmentary Annals of Protest) (Late Middle Irish) 224 Ireland (1 lth century) 180 Codail beagan, beagan (Lullaby Eithne's Dream (c. 700) 181 of Adventurous Love) (12th century) 225 Vlii CONTENTS

from: (Sweeney from: mac nEchach Astray) (12th century) 226 Muigmedon (The Adventure of the from: Acallam na Senorach (The Sons of Eochaid Muigmedoin) Colloquy of the Ancients) (c. 1200) 228 (Middle Irish) 261 's Departure with and Giraldus Cambrensis (Gerald of Wales) the Death of the Sons of Uisneach (c. 1146-1223) (Early Modern Irish) 234 from: Topographia Hiberniae (The Drumai Mhic Carthaigh (McCarthy's History and Topography of Ireland) Drums) (early 17th century) v_^ 237 (c. 1187) 262 Daibhidh 6 Bruadair (c. 1625-98) Anonymous Seirbhiseach seirgthe iogair sronach from: Annala (The Annals seasc (A shrewish, barren, bony, ofConnacht) (1310) 262 nosey servant) 237 Anonymous C. WARFARE AND DEATH 263 The Story of Mis and Dubh Rois Anonymous (18th century) 238 from: Tain Bo Regamna (The Cattle Aindrias Mac Cruitin (? 1650-1738?) Raid of Regamain) (Early Middle Moladh na Pite (Quim Praise) 241 Irish) 263 (c. 1749-1805) from: Aided Con Culainn (The Death of from: Cuirt an Mheon-Oiche (The Cu Chulainn) (Early Modern Irish) 264 Midnight Court) (1780) 242 from: Togail Bruidne Da Derga (The BIOGRAPHIES/BIBLIOGRAPHIES 249 Destruction of Da Derga's Hostel) (11th century) 264 from: Togail Bruidne Da Choca (The SOCIETY AND MYTH, c. 700-1300 Destruction of Da Choca's Hostel) (Middle Irish) 265 MAIRE HERBERT, Editor from: Caithreim Thoirdhealbhaigh Introduction 250 (The Triumphs ofTurlough) (mid- 14th century) 266 A. THE VISIBLE WORLD 253 Anonymous D. THE OTHERWORLD 267 from: Lebar Gabala (The Book of Anonymous Invasions) (Middle Irish) 253 from: Echtra Laegaire maic from: The Dindshenchas of Boand Crimthainn co (The (The River Boyne) (Middle Irish) 254 Adventure of Laegaire mac from: The Dindshenchas of Sinann Crimthainn to the Plain of Delights) (The River Shannon) (Middle (late 9th century) 267 Irish) 255 from: Echtrae Chonnlai (The from: The Dindshenchas of Adventure of Connlae) (8th century) 268 (Teltown) (1007) 257 from: Curaig Maele Duin from: The Dindshenchas of (The Voyage of Mael Diiin's Boat) (11th century) 258 (9th or 10th century) 269 from: The Story of Inber nAilbine B. SOVEREIGNTY 259 (c. 9th century) , 270 Anonymous from: The Dindshenchas of Port from: Ferchuitred Medba ('s Lairge (c. 10th century) 270 Husband-Allowance) (Late Middle from: Aided Echach maic Maireda Irish) 259 (The Death of Eochu mac Maireda from: Baile in Scail (The Vision of the (Middle Irish) 271 Spectre) (Middle Irish) 260 BIOGRAPHIES/BIBLIOGRAPHIES 272 CONTENTS IX

SOVEREIGNTY AND POLITICS, COURTS AND COTERIES I c. 1300-1900 c. 900-1600) MAIRIN NIC EOIN, Editor MAIRIN Ni DHONNCHADHA, Editor Introduction 273 Introduction 293 Gofraidh Fionn 6 Dalaigh (P-1387) Cormac mac Cuilennain from: Fuirigh go foill, a Eire from: Sanas Cormaic (Cormac's (Wait a Little While, Dear Eire) Glossary) (c. 900) 303 (14th century) 276 Irard mac Coisse (d. 990) Brian Mac Giolla Phadraig Apair damsa re Der Fail (On My (c. 1580-c. 1652) Behalf Tell Der Fail) (c. 956) 305 Abhar deargtha leacan do mhnaoi Scandlan Mor Chuinn e (The Wife of Conn Advice to Lovers (Middle Irish) 307 Should Blush Red with Disgrace) Giolla Brighde Mac Con Midhe (d. before (c. 1652) 277 1281) Seathrun Ceitinn (Geoffrey Keating) Teasta eochair ghlais Ghaoidheal (c. 1580-c. 1644) (All Ireland is in Mourning) from: Tri Bior-Ghaoithe an Bhais (early 13th century) 308 (The Three Shafts of Death) Tadhg Mor 6 hUiginn (d. 1315) (1631) 278 Slan fat fholcadh (For Fionnghuala, Aogan 6 Rathaille (c. 1670-c. 1728) Daughter of Maghnus O Gile na gile (The Glamouring) Conchobhair) (c. 1300) 311 (c. 1715) 279 Caoch Ceise 6 Clumhain (/Z.1350) Anonymous Bean fa eineach do fhuair Niall (For Caitilin Ni Uallachain (Kathleen Niall Mag Shamhradhain and Ny-Houlahan) (c. 1719) 281 Sadhbh, Daughter of Cathal 6 Sile Ni Ghadhra (Sheela na Guire) Conchobhair) (c. 1350) 316 (c. 1740) 282 Gofraidh Fionn 6 Dalaigh (d. 1387) Sean Clarach Mac Domhnaill (1691-1754) Mairg mheallas muirn an tsaoghail Bimse buan ar buairt gach 16 (My (A Child in Prison) (14th century) 321 Heart is Sore with Sorrow Deep) Gearoid (Iarla) Mac Gearailt (1338-98) (c. 1746) 285 Mairg adeir olc ris na mnaibh! (Woe Anonymous to Him Who Slanders Women) from: A Short Narrative of Some (2nd half of 14th century) 324 Disturbances Which Happened in Aislinge do-chonarcsa (On the Death the Counties of , , of his Wife) (1392) 325 Tipperary andWaterford ... (1762) 287 Tadhg 6g 6 hUiginn (d. 1448) Maire Bhuidhe Ni Laoghaire Cia do-gheabhainn go Grainne (For (1774-c. 1849) Grainne, Daughter of 6 Ceallaigh) Ar Leacain na Greine (On the Sunny (early 15th century) ) 326 Slopes) (c. 1796) 288 Thomas Smyth (fl. 1561-91) Anonymous from: Information for Ireland (1561) 330 Poor Old Granuaile (1870s) 290 Anonymous (1879-1916) A Cold House of Clay: Annalistic Fornocht do chonac thu Obituaries and Notices (900-1600) 332 (Renunciation) (1912) 291 BIOGRAPHIES/BIBLIOGRAPHIES 292 X CONTENTS IRISH MEDICAL WRITING, 1400-1600 Anonymous Moladh mna re n-a fear tar eis a AOIBHEANN NIC DHONNCHADHA, Editor threigbheala (He Praises His Wife Introduction 341 When She Has Gone from Him) 372 Risteard 6 Conchubhair (1561-1625) A chompain, seachoin sinne! A Scribe's Colophon (1590) 344 (Avoid Me, My Dear) 373 Guy de Chauliac (c. 1290-c. 1368) A chompain, cuimhnigh meise (Dear from: Chirurgia Magna (Great Friend, Remember Me) 374 Surgery) (1363) 346 PRiocard de Biirc Anonymous Fir na Fodla ar ndul d'eag (Women) 374 A Description of the Uterus (c. 1300) 347 Anonymous Taddeo Alderotti (c. 1206-95) Sgeal ar dhiamhair na suirghe from: Commentary on the Isagoge of (A History of Love) 376 Johannitius (c. 1280) 348 Abair leis na deanadh ead (A Learned Anonymous Mistress) 377 from: Commentary on the Tegni of A fhir do-ni an t-ead (A Jealous Man) 378 Galen (c. 1300) 348 Cumann fallsa gradh na bhfear! Magninus of Milan (fl. 1326-36) (Men's Loving is a False Affection) 378 from: Regimen Sanitatis (Regimen of Luaithe cu na a cuideachta (Swift Health) (c. 1334) 350 Love) 379 Bernard of Gordon (c. 1258-c. 1320) A Shlaine Inghean Fhlannagain from: Lilium Medecine (1305) 352 (Piecework) 379 Anonymous Tadhg Dall 6 hUiginn (c. 1550-91) ' from: Commentary on Geraldus de An tlm (A Present of Butter) 380 Solo's Practica super nono Anonymous Almansoris (c. 1335) 355 from: Fuaras nochar uaibhreach BIOGRAPHIES/BIBLIOGRAPHIES 355 oigmhear (For Eamonn, Viscount Mountgarrett, and Grainne, His Wife) (c. 1600) 382 COURTS AND COTERIES II, c. 1500-1800 Eochaidh 6 hEodhasa (c. 1565-1612) Ni me bhur n-aithne, a aos graidh MAIRIN Ni DHONNCHADHA, Editor (You Do Not Know Me) (c. 1607) 384 Introduction 358 Brighid, Daughter of Einri Mac Gearailt Anonymous (Brighid Chill Dara) (1589-1682) Aoibhinn, a leabhrain, do thriall A mhacaoimh dhealbhas an dan (To the Lady with a Book) 367 (Young Man Who Fashions the Ni bhfuighe mise bas duit (O Woman, Poem) (c. 1607) 387 Shapely as the Swan) 367 Letter to Lord Deputy Arthur A bhean fuair an falachan (The Chichester (1607) 388 Dispraise of Absalom) 368 Eoghan Ruadh Mac an Bhaird Mairg ata san mbeathaidh-se! (P1570-P1630) (Accursed diis Life) 369 A bhean fuair faill ar an bhfeart Maghnus 6 Domhnaill (c. 1490-1563) (Mac an Bhaird's Elegy on the Goirt anocht dereadh mo sgeal! Lords) (1608) 389 (A Famished End to My Tale Ionmhuin sgribhionn sgaoiltear sonn This Night) 370 (Great News) (1613) 394 Cridhe Ian de smuaintighthibh Fionnghuala, Daughter of Domhnall (A Heart Made Full of Thought) 371 6 Briain (c. 1557-?) Domhnall Mac Carthaigh (1518-97) A nAinm an Spioraid Naoimh Och! och! A Mhuire bhiiidh (The h'Imrighe, ' (On the Death Body's Speech) 371 of Her Husband, Uaithne) (1617) 395 CONTENTS XI

Anonymous Eoghan 6 Caoimh (1656-1726) Tuar guil, a cholaim, do cheol! Mo chas cumha, mo chumhgach, mo (The Dove in the Castle) (c. 1617) 397 chogadh, mo chreach (On the Caitilin Dubh (fl. 1624-9) Death of his Wife, Eileanoir) (1707) 423 Do chuala tasc do chraidh fir Eireann Maire Ni Reachtagain (d. 1733) (^ (For Donnchadh 6 Briain, Earl of Is mise chaill an planda dilis (On the Thomond) (1624) , 399 Death of Her Brother, Seoirse) Seal da rabhas gan fhonn gan (1725) 424 aoibhneas (On Diarmaid 6 Briain, Toirdhealbhach 6 Cearbhallain (Turlough Baron Inchiquin) (1624) 403 Carolan) (1670-1738) Tadhg (Mac Daire) Mac Bruaideadha Maible sheimh Ni Cheallaigh (Mabel (c. 1550-post 1624) Kelly) (c. 1720?) 427 Do b'fhearr mo sheachna, a Shile Marghairiad inghin Sheoirse Brun (For Sile, Daughter of Eamonn) (Peggy Browne) (c. 1720?) 428 (c. 1580?) 405 Aodh Bui Mac Cruitin (c. 1680-1755) Piaras Feiritear (d. 1653) A gheis ghartha ghleigeal (O Swan of Leig dhiot th'airm, a mhacaoimh mna Bright Plumage) (1718) 429 (Lay Your Weapons Down, Young Aogan 6 Rathaille (c. 1670-c. 1728) Lady) 409 Epitalamium do Thighearna Chinn Padraigin Haicead (c. 1604-54) Mara (The Star of ) (1720) 430 Dala an Noinin (To Mary Tobin) Sean de hOra (c. 1714-80) (c. 1625) 410 Is geag den bhile ghlormhar an deorai Chum mo Charad on bhFrainc go so i gCill Bhriocain (On the Birth hEirinn (To My Friend, from ofSearlas Mac Domhnaill) (1736) 432 France to Ireland) (c. 1635) 411 Una Nic Cruitin (c. 1740?) Anonymous A bhuime den bhrod mhordha ba Congaibh ort, a mhacaoimh mna rathamhail reim (An Appeal to (Hold On, Young Girl) 413 Isibeal Ni Bhriain) (c. 1740?) 434 Cearbhall 6 Dalaigh (fl. 1630?) Eibhlin Ni Choillte (fl. 1745) Fada ar gcothrom 6 cheile Stadaidh bhur ngearghol, a ghasra (Far from Equal are We Two) chaomhdha (Expelling Sean Bui) (c. 1630?) 414 (c. 1745) 435 Do mhuscail me tar eis lui araoir go Maire Nic a liondain (fl. 1771) samh (To Eleanor Kavanagh) Coillte Glasa anTriucha (The Green (c. 1630?) 414 Woods ofTriuch) (c. 1750?) 436 Seathrun Ceitinn (Geoffrey Keating) Maire Ni Dhonnagain (fl. 1760) (c. 1580-c. 1644) An Peacach (The Sinner) (c. 1760?) 438 A bhean Ian de stuaim (Woman Full Aindrias Mac Craith (c. 1709-95) of Guile) (c. 1630?) 416 Eigsini Ban agus Tae (On Tay-Drinking Tadhg 6 Ruairc (fl. 1684) Poetesses) (c. 1760?) 440 Goinim thii, a naoidh bheg shiar Sean 6 Murchadha na Raithineach (A Game of Cards and Dice) (1700-62) (c. 1650?) 417 Ar Mhaire Ni Chrualaoich, Sappho Anonymous « na Mumhan (On Maire Ni Feuch fein an obair-si, a Aodh Chrualaoich, the Sappho of (O Rourke's Wife and Thomas Munster) (1761) 441 Costello) (c. 1660?) 419 Sean OTuama an Ghrinn (c. 1707-75) Una Ni Bhroin (d. 1706/7) Ar Mhaire Ni Chrualaoich, Sappho 6 thugas mo ghra dhuit, mo lamh is na Mumhan (On Maire Ni mo ghealladh (Since I Gave You Chrualaoich, the Sappho of My Love) (c. 1670?) 422 Munster) (1761) 442 Xll CONTENTS

Tadhg Gaelach 6 Suilleabhain (c. 1715-95) Elizabeth Chambers (fl. c. 1641), Ar Mhaire Ni Chrualaoich, Sappho Frances Curtis (fl. c. 1650), na Mumhan (On Maire Ni MaryTurrant (fl. c. 1645) Chrualaoich, the Sappho of from: Ohel or Beth-shemesh (1653) 480 Munster) (1761) 443 William Wright (fl. 1670) Maire Ni Mhurchu (fl. 1802) from: A Brief and True Relation Ar Mhinistir a Thug Anbhas Do Fein of Anne, Wife of William Wright of (On a Minister Who Killed Castledermot, in the County of Himself) (1802) 444 Kildare in Ireland . . . (1823) 482 Anonymous Mary Rich, Countess of Warwick Cill Chais (Kilcash) (c. 1802) 446 (1624-78) 483 BIOGRAPHIES/BIBLIOGRAPHIES 448 from: The Diary of Mary Rich, Countess of Warwick, 1666-78 484 Their Majesties Royal Commissioners from: An Abstract of the Articles Religion, Science, Theology Exhibited against the Bishop of and Ethics, 1500-2000 Down and Connor . . . (1692) 485 Ann Fowkes (1692-1774) 486 MARGARET MAC CURTAIN, Editor from: A Memoir of Mistress Ann GENERAL INTRODUCTION 459 Fowkes nee Geale died aged 82 years, with some recollections . . . WOMEN AND THE RELIGIOUS (1892) 487 REFORMATION IN EARLY MODERN BIOGRAPHIES/BIBLIOGRAPHIES 488 IRELAND MARGARET MAC CURTAIN, Editor EIGHTEENTH-CENTURY CATHOLIC Introduction 464 AND PROTESTANT WOMEN An Instrument Concerning Elicie ROSEMARY RAUGHTER, Editor Butler of Kilculliheen (1532) 467 Margaret Fitzgerald, Countess of Introduction 490 Ormond and Ossory (1458P-1542) Maureen Wall (1918-72) from: Letter to Henry VIII (1540) 471 from: Catholic Ireland in the John Howlin (15??-1599) Eighteenth-Century: Collected from: Perbreve Compendium (c. 1590) 472 Essays of Maureen Wall (1989) 494 David Rothe (1573-1650) Richard Challoner (1691-1781) from: The Analecta of David Rothe, from: Considerations upon Christian Bishop of Ossory (1884) 473 Truths and Christian Duties Helena Concannon (1878-1952) (1753) 497 from: The Poor Clares in Ireland NanoNagle (1718-84) (A.D. 1629-A.D. 1929) (1929) 475 from: Letters to Teresa Mulally Honor Fitzmaurice, Lady Kerry (d. 1668) (1776, 1780) 498 Letter to Pierse Ferriter (1641) 477 David Hempton (1952- ) and Myrtle BIOGRAPHIES/BIBLIOGRAPHIES 478 Hill (1950- ) from: Women in Early Modern Ireland (1991) 499 MEMOIRS AND TESTIMONIES: Mary Leadbeater (1758-1826) NONCONFORMIST WOMEN IN from: The Annals of Ballitore (1766) 502 SEVENTEENTH-CENTURY IRELAND An Essay on Self-Complacency 504 Lady Anne Dawson (1733-69) PHIL KILROY, Editor from: Letter to Lady Louisa Introduction 480 Clayton (1769) 505 CONTENTS xm Lady Elizabeth Fownes (d. 1778) Modier Kevin Kearney (1875-1957) 532 from: Letter to Sir William Fownes Letter to Colleague (1953) 533 (c. 1778) 506 Letter to Her Cousin (1954) 533 Theodosia Blachford (1744-1817) 506 Marie Martin (1892-1975) from: An Account of Mrs Blachford from: The Constitutions of the Copied from a Manuscript in Her Medical Missionaries of Mary Own Handwriting (c. 1777) 5O73 (1962) 534 Charlotte Brooke (1740-93) BIOGRAPHIES/BIBLIOGRAPHIES 535 from: Reliques of (1816) 508 Letters to Miss T 508 MaryTighe (1772-1810) THE CENTURY OF RELIGIOUS ZEAL, from: Journal (1787-1802) 509 1800-74 Dorothea Johnson (1732-1817) JANICE HOLMES, Editor from: The Memoirs of Mrs D. Johnson (1818) 510 Introduction 537 Eliza Bennis (1725-1802) Alice Cambridge (1762-1829) from: Diary, 1764-79 511 from: Memoir of Miss A. Cambridge from: Letter to John Wesley (1766) 512 (1832) 541 John Wesley (1703-91) and Eliza Bennis Charlotte Elizabeth Tonna (1790-1846) (1725-1802) from: Personal Recollections (1854) 542 from: Christian Correspondence: A Thomas Smyth (1808-73) Collection of Letters Written by the from: Autobiographical Notes, Late Rev John Wesley, and ... (1842) 513 Letters and Reflections (1914) 544 BIOGRAPHIES/BIBLIOGRAPHIES 514 Authentic Report of the Proceedings of the General Assembly, Relative to the Bequests of the Late THE RE-EMERGENCE OF NUNS AND Mrs. Magee (1846) 545 CONVENTS, 1800-1962 Lady Anne Jocelyn (1795-1822) from: Diary, 1822 546 CAITRIONA CLEAR, Editor Women in the Ulster Revival of 1859 548 Introduction 517 from: Ballymena Observer (1859) 548 Ellen Maria Leahy (1803-74) 519 from: News-Letter (1859) 549 from: The Annals of South from: Coleraine Chronicle (1859) 550 Presentation Convent, Cork (1981) 520 from: Portadown Weekly News (1859) 551 'Mary' (fl. 1803) from: Ballymena Observer (1859) 551 from: A Letter about Miss Mulally from: Banner of Ulster (1859) 553 and Nano Nagle (1803-4) 521 from: Portadown Weekly News (1859) 554 Catherine McAuley (1778-1841) William Gibson (1808-67) 554 from: Leaves from the Annals of the from: The Year of Grace: A History Sisters of Mercy (1881) 523 of the Ulster Revival of 1859 (1860) 555 Mary Clare Augustine Moore (1808-80) Marie Fry (1849-73) from: A Memoir of the Foundress of from: Selections from the the Sisters of Mercy in Ireland (1864) 524 Correspondence of the Late Marie Sarah Atkinson (1823-93) Fry (of ) with a Brief from: Mary Aikenhead: Her Life, Biographical Notice (c. 1874) 556 Her Work and Her Friends (1879) 525 Fanny Grattan Guinness (1831?-98) Ladies of Charity of St Vincent de Paul from: 'She Spake of Him', being from: Annual Reports (1852-85) 527 Recollections of the Loving Margaret Anna Cusack (1832-99) Labours and Early Death of the from: The Nun of Kenmare: Late Mrs. Henry Dening (1873) 557 An Autobiography (1889) 529 BIOGRAPHIES/BIBLIOGRAPHIES 559 XIV CONTENTS

HYMNS AND HYMN-WRITERS, MaryLavin (1912-96) 1850-1930 A Nun's Mother (1974) 587 Edna O'Brien (?1930- ) 588 SARAH MACDONALD, Editor from: Mother Ireland (1976) 589 Introduction 562 Grainne O'Flynn (1938-2001) 590 Cecil Frances Alexander (1818-95) from: Our Agi of Innocence (1987) 591 from: Hymns for Little Children (1848) Nuala O'Faolain (1940- ) 594 There is a Green Hill Far Away 562 My Memories of Nuns (1992) 595 Christmas 563 Alice Taylor (1938- ) All Things Bright and Beautiful 563 from: To School Through the Fields from: Poems on Subjects in the Old (1988) 597 Testament (1854) Dinah Rooney (fl. 1940) and The Burial of Moses 564 Catherine Waldron (fl. 1940) from: Hymns Ancient and Modern from: Living in the City (1992) 599 (1875) BIOGRAPHIES/BIBLIOGRAPHIES 600 His are the Thousand Sparkling Rills 565 from: Irish Church Hymnal (1891) The Lorica (Breastplate) of Saint RELIGIOUS CONVICTION: WOMEN'S Patrick 565 VOICES, 1900-2000 Eleanor Hull (1860-1935) MARGARET MAC CURTAIN, Editor from: The Poem-Book of the Gael (1913) A Prayer (Be Thou My Vision) 566 Introduction 602 The Soul's Desire 567 Lucy Olive Kingston (1892-1969) (1861-1931) from: Women's Debt to Quakerism from: Twenty One Poems (1907) (c. 1930) 604 Sheep and Lambs 567 Violet Disney (1889-1972) Susan Mitchell (1866-1926) 567 Why I am 'Church of Ireland' (1944) 605 from: The Living Chalice and Other Leon-Joseph Suenens (1904-96) Poems (1908) from: Edel Quinn, Envoy of the The Living Chalice 568 Legion of Mary to Africa (1953) 609 BIOGRAPHIES/BIBLIOGRAPHIES 568 Stanislaus Kennedy (1939- ) from: Spiritual Journeys (1997) 612 Ronit Lentin (1944- ) RECOLLECTIONS OF CATHOUCISM, from: 'Where Did the Journey 1906-1960 Begin?' (1987) 615 Maura 'Soshin' O'Halloran (1955-82) MARGARET MAC CURTAIN, Editor from: Pure Heart, Enlightened Introduction 570 Mind: The Zen Journal and Letters Kate O'Brien (1897-1974) of an Irishwoman in Japan (1994) 617 from: Memories of a Catholic Ginnie Kennerley (1950?- ) Girlhood (1976) 572 from: Pre-ordination Sermon (1991) 619 from: As Music and Splendour (1958) 576 BIOGRAPHIES/BIBLIOGRAPHIES 621 Sara Hyland (1893-1972) from: I Call to the Eye of the Mind (1996) 577 POETRY OF THE SPIRIT, 1900-95 Norah Hoult (1898-1984) MARGARET MAC CURTAIN, Editor from: Holy Ireland (1935) 579 Una Troy(1913- ) Introduction 623 The Apple (1942) 582 (1880-1959) Clarissa A. Woods (fl. 1949) 585 from: . . . The Engine is Still Running Woman Kneeling (1949) 586 (1937) 624 CONTENTS XV

Leave Us Religion^ 625 Moya Cannon (1956- ) Joan Sweetman (1909~p ) from: Oar (1990) from: Poems (1986) Holy Well 638 Butterfly 626 Ruth Hooley (1953- ) High Cross 626 from: Sleeping with Monsters: Maire Mhac an tSaoi (1922- ) Conversations with Scottish and from: An Crann Faoi Blath/The Irishwomen Poets (1990) Flowering Tree (1991) The Fall 639 Oiche Nollag 627 BIOGRAPHIES/BIBLIOGRAPHIES 639 Christmas Eve 627 Sunt Lacrimae Rerum 628 Lament 628 EXPANDING BOUNDARIES: FAITH Anne Le Marquand Hartigan (1929- ) AND SCIENCE, 1850-1990 from: Immortal Sins (1993) MAIRE RODGERS, Editor Path of Enduring Knowledge 629 BridDaibhis (1930- ) Introduction 642 from: Cosan na Greine/The Sun's Mary Ward (1827-69) Path (1989) from: Telescope Teachings (1859) 643 Fan Liom, A Dhia 629 Agnes Clerke (1842-1907) Wait for Me, God 630 from: Modern Cosmogonies (1905) 644 from: Traithnin Seirce/Straws of Susan M.P. McKenna-Lawlor (c. 1950- ) Love (1999) from: The Instrument on La Niochain 630 the GIOTTO Mission — A Personal Washing Day 631 Reminiscence (1990) 645 Caitlin Maude (1941-82) Kathleen Lonsdale (1903-71) from: Danta (1984) from: Is Peace Possible? (1957) 648 GanTeideal (Untitled) 631 BIOGRAPHIES/BIBLIOGRAPHIES 653 GanTeideal (Untitled) 632 Caoineadh na MhaTi (The Housewife's Keen) 632 THEOLOGY AND ETHICS: THE Roz Cowman (1942- ) TWENTIETH CENTURY from: The Goose Herd (1989) 632 MARY CONDREN, Editor Lot's Wife 633 Medea Ireland 633 Introduction 655 Eilean Ni Chuilleanain (1942- ) Eva Gore-Booth (1870-1926) 659 - from: The Magdalene Sermon and from: A Psychological and Poetic Earlier Poems (1989) Approach to the Study of Christ J'ai mal a nos dents 633 in the Fourth Gospel (1923) 660 St Mary Magdalene Preaching at Mary Condren (1947- ) 1,000 Marseilles 634 from: The Serpent and the Nuala Ni Dhomhnaill (1952- ) Goddess: Women, Religion and from: Selected Poems/Rogha Danta Power in Celtic Ireland (1989) 664 (1988) Rita Hannon (1935- ) 670 Sceala (Annunciations) 635 from: The Emancipation of Women from: Fear Suaithinseach (1984) 635 and the Church (1971) 671 Fear Suaithinseach (Miraculous Grass) 636 Mary Malohe (1938- ) (1955- ) from: Women and (2000) 674 from: The Man Who was Marked Linda Hogan (1964- ) by Winter (1991) from: Occupying a Precarious The Statue of the Virgin at Granard Position: Women in Culture and Speaks 637 Church in Ireland (2000) 680 XVI CONTENTS

Anne Thurston (1950- ) William Petty (1623-87) from: Because of Her Testimony from: The Petty Papers . . . (1927) 765 (1995) P 686 Anonymous Celine Mangan (1938- ) 692 from: Vertue Rewarded; or, The Irish from: The Bible and Ecology (1993) 693 Princess (1692) 766 Anne Primavesi (1934- ) A Full and True Account of a Theology and Earth System Science Barbarous and Bloody Murder (2000) 695 Committed by Nelly Salvy, a Ann Louise Gilligan (1945- ) Cook-Maid . . . (1724 [sic]) 768 from: Feminist Theology and Speech and Dying Words of Ellinor Imagination (1991) 702 Sils, Who is to be Burn't Alive this Iris Murdoch (1919-99) Present Wednesday . . . for from: Metaphysics as a Guide to Murdering her own Child (1725) 770 Morals (1992) 705 A Full and True Account of the Taking Phyllis Rooney (1953- ) and Apprehending of Mrs. The 'Maleness' of Reason (1994) 708 Anna Maria Lasons . . . (1725) 771 Attracta Ingram (1945- ) (1667-1745) from: The Perils of Love: Why An Excellent New Ballad; or, Women Need Rights (1988-90) 713 The True En—sh D—n to be Onora O'Neill (1941- ) 716 Hang'd for a R-pe (1730) 772 Women's Rights: Whose Obligations? Samuel Madden (1686-1765) (1996) 717 from: Reflections and Resolutions Dolores Dooley (1940- ) Proper for the Gentlemen of Gendered Citizenship in the Irish Ireland . . . (1738) 774 Constitution (1998) 725 Christian Davies (1667-1739) Geraldine Smyth (1948- ) from: The Life and Adventures of from: Envisaging a New Identity Mrs. Christian Davies . . . (1740) 776 and a Common Home: Seeking Anonymous Peace on Our Borders (2000) 734 from: Teague-Root Display'd . . . Katherine Zappone (1953- ) (1746) 779 from: The Hope for Wholeness: from: The Irish Miscellany; or, A Spirituality for Feminists (1991) 741 Teagueland Jests . . . (1749) 780 Carmel McEnroy (1936- ) from: The Charms of Beauty; or, from: Guests in Their Own House: The Grand Contest Between the The Women of Vatican II (1996) 745 Fair Hibernians; and the English BIOGRAPHIES/BIBLIOGRAPHIES 749 Toasts . . . (1752) 781 from: The Secret History of Betty Ireland . . . (c. 1750) 782 Sexuality, 1685-2001 Robert Nugent (1730-after 1755) from: The Unnatural Father; or, The SIOBHAN KILFEATHER, Editor Persecuted Son . . . (1755) 785 GENERAL INTRODUCTION 755 Anonymous from: Memoirs of the Celebrated Mrs.Woffington . . . (1760) 787 SEXUAL DISCOURSE IN ENGLISH Archdeacon Hugh Hamilton (1729-1805) BEFORE THE ACT OF UNION: from: Letter to Earl of Abercorn (1761) 789 PRESCRIPTION AND DISSENT, Dorothea Du Bois (1728-74) 1685-1801 from: The Case of Ann Countess of Anglesea, Lately Deceased . .. SIOBHAN KILFEATHER, Editor (1766) 791 Introduction 761 from: Theodora: A Novel (1770) 794 CONTENTS XV11

p from: A Collection of Remarkable and from: Poems on Several Occasions . . . Interesting Criminal Trials . . . (1764) (1803) 828 from: A True Tale 796 Elizabeth Ham (1738-a/ier 1852) The Amazonian Gift 797 from: Elizabeth Ham by Herself, On the Death of a Young Lady Who 1783-1820 (1945) 833 Was Inoculated for the Small-pox 797 Amelia Bristow (fl. 1810) Anonymous from: The Maniac, A Tale; Or A View from: The Genuine Memoirs of Miss ofBethlem. . . (1810) 834 Faulkner . . . (1770) 798 Maria Edgeworth (1768-1849) Sarah Colvill (c. 1731-1835) from: Memoirs of Richard Lovell from: Letter to Robert Colvill (1772) 801 Edgeworth Esq., Begun by Himself Anonymous and Concluded by His Daughter from: Authentic Anecdotes of the Life and Transactions of Mrs. Margaret Maria Edgeworth (1820) 837 Rudd . . . (1776) 808 Anonymous The Country Wedding (1776) 809 from: The Cavern in the Wicklow Grace Maxwell (fl. 1776-9) Mountains; or, The Fate of the Letter to Mr. Sterling (1776) 810 O'Brien Family . . . (1821) 841 Anonymous from: The Life and Transactions from: Case for the Opinion of the of a Female Prostitute .. . Right Honourable the Prime (c. 1826) 842 Serjeant (1779) 811 from: A New Song Call'dThe from: A Sketch of the Life of Wandering Girl. To which are added, Cadierine Netterville, the The Sailor Boy, and Rachell Celebrated Irish Courtezan . . . M'Laughlin's Lamentation (1826) 843 (1788) 812 from: Within a Mile of Edinburgh . . . from: Hibernian Journal (1788) 814 (n.d.) Dorothea Herbert (c. 1768-1829) The Wife's Contending for the from: Retrospections of Dorothea Breeches 844 Herbert, 1770-1806 (1929) 815 from: The King's Visit.. . (n.d.) Henrietta Battier (1751-1813) The Carlow Maid 845 from: The Protected Fugitives . . . from: The Sons of the Emerale (1791) 817 Isle . . . (n.d.) Margaret Leeson (1727-97) No More Come to Woo 845 from: The Memoirs of Mrs Margaret from: Guardian and Constitutional Leeson, Written by Herself. . . Advocate (1828) (1797) 819 Newry Petit Sessions 846 John Fitzgibbon, 1 st Earl of Clare from: Londonderry Sentinel and (1749-1802) 821 North-West Advertiser (1833) from: Letter to William Eden, 1st Maxims for the Married 846 Lord Auckland (c. 1801) 822 Christian Johnstone (1781-1857) 847 BIOGRAPHIES/BIBLIOGRAPHIES 823 from: True Tales of the Irish Peasantry, As Related by Themselves . . . (1836) 848 SEXUAL EXPRESSION AND GENRE, W.H. Maxwell (1792-1850) 1801-1917 from: Wild Sports of the West. . . (1832) 849 SIOBHAN KILFEATHER, Editor Charlotte Elizabeth Tonna (1790-1846) Introduction 825 Maternal Martyrdom: A Fact William M. Medland (fl. 1803) and Illustrative of... Popery in die Charles Weobly (/Z. 1803) Ninteenth Century (1830?) 853 XV111 CONTENTS

R.R. Madden (1798-1886) Katharine Parnell (1845-1821) from: The Literary Life and from: Charles Stewart Parnell, His Correspondence of the Countess Love Story and Political Life of Blessington (1855) 855 (1914) 889 Dinah Goff (c. 1784-after 1856) Patrick Pearse (1879-1916) from: Divine Protection through from: Collected Works of P.H. Pearse Extraordinary Dangers During the (1917) Irish in 1798 (1857) 856 'Little Lad of the Tricks' 891 Anonymous BIOGRAPHIES/BIBLIOGRAPHIES 892 from: Sea Monsters and Irish Victims (1857) 859 Frances Browne (1816-79) CHILDBIRTH, 1742-1955 from: The Hidden Sin (1866) 861 Jo MURPHY LAWLESS, Editor James Greenwood (fl. 1867) 864 from: The Wrens of the Curragh Introduction 896 (1867) 865 Fielding Ould (1710-89) 899 William Carleton (1794-1869) from: A Treatise of Midwifry in from: 'Autobiography' in The Life of Three Parts (1742) 900 William Carleton (1896) 869 Thomas Southwell (fl. 1742) Anonymous from: Remarks on Some Errors from: Minutes of Evidence Taken Both in Anatomy and Practice in Before the Select Committee on a Late Treatise of Midwifery by die Contagious Diseases Act (1881) 872 Fielding Oulding (1742) 901 Annie Besant (1847-1933) Anonymous from: Coercison in Ireland and Its from: A Copy of His Majesty's Results . . . (1882) 875 Royal Charter for ... Relief of Josephine E. Butler (1828-1906) Poor Lying-in Women, in from: Our Christianity Tested by the Dublin (1756) 901 Irish Question (1887) 876 from: A Word to Mothers, from a Jane Francesca Elgee (Lady Wilde) Blunt Citizen . . . (1762) 902 (1821-96) Joseph Clarke (1758-1834) from: Ancient Legends, Mystic from: Abstract of a Registry Kept for Charms, and Superstitions of Some Years in the Lying-in Ireland . . . (1887) 877 Hospital in Dublin (1817) 902 Wilde (1854-1900) Anonymous from: Salome (1893) 879 from: Report of the Poor Law Sarah Grand (1854-1943) Commissioners on Medical from: The Heavenly Twins (1893) 880 Charities in Ireland (1841) 903 George Egerton (1859-1945) 881 Joseph Clarke (1758-1834) Letter to Golding Bright (1901) 882 from: Collected Essays on Puerperal Amanda M'Kittrick Ros (1860-1939) 883 Fever (1849) 904 from: Delina Delaney (1898) 884 William Wilde (1815-76) Dora Sigerson Shorter (1866-1918) from: A Short Account of the from: Collected Poems (1907) Superstitions and Popular Practices 'The Skeleton in the Cupboard' 887 Relating to Midwifery, and Some of 'Death of Gormlaith' 888 the Diseases of Women and Robert Wilson (fl. 1906) Children in Ireland (1849) 905 from: Minutes of the Evidence Edward Sinclair (1824-82) and George Taken Before the Vice-Regal Johnston (1814-89) Commission on Poor Law Reform from: Practical Midwifery . . . in Ireland (1906) 888 (1858) 907 CONTENTS XIX

George Johnston (1814-89) Norah Hoult (1898-1984) from: Clinical Report of the Rotunda Bridget Kiernan (1928) 933 Lying-in Hospital for the Year Kathleen Coyle (1883-1952) 1872 (1873) 908 from: Liv (1928) 951 Chief Secretary's Office Mary Devenport O'Neill (1879-1967) from: Registered Papers (1891) 909 from: Prometheus and Other (1852-1932) Poems (1929) from: Visions and Beliefs in the 'The Queen's Song' 953 West of Ireland . . . (1920) 911 Marie Stopes (1880-1958) 953 John A. Musgrave (1892-1948) from: Dear Dr. Stopes: Sex in the from: The Role of the Midwife in 1920s (1978) 954 the Public Health Service (1932) 911 Helen Waddell (1889-1965) Bethel Solomons (1885-1965) from: Peter Abelard (1933) 955 from: The Work of the Midwife Eibhlis Ni Shuilleabhain (1911-71) (1932) 912 from: Letters from the Great from: Report of the Rotunda Blasket (1978) 961 Hospital (1933) 912 Patricia O'Connor (1908-?) J.K. Feeney (1912-?) from: Mary Doherty (1938) 962 from: The Grand Multipara: Brenda Chamberlain (1912-71) Trauma of Labour (1955) 913 from: The Dublin Magazine (1942) BIOGRAPHIES/BIBLIOGRAPHIES 913 'Song' 970 'Lament' 970 Maura Laverty (1907-66) INFANTICIDE IN NINETEENTH- from: Alone We Embark (1943) 971 CENTURY IRELAND Temple Lane (1899-1982) from: Fisherman's Wake (1939) DYMPNA MCLOUGHLIN, Editor 'Circumspection' 979 Introduction 915 from: Curlews (1946) Anonymous 'The Lonely Woman' 979 from: Kerry Evening Post (1835) 919 Josephine O'Brien (fl. 1944) from: First Report from H.M. from: Sex, Saints and Censors (1944) 979 Commissioners of Inquiry into the Marion Brennan (fl. 1944) Condition of the Poorer Classes in Ceilidhe (1944) 981 Ireland (1835) 921 Rhoda Coghill (1903-2000) from: Freeman's Journal (1860) 921 from: The Bright Hillside (1948) 'The Young Bride's Dream' 983 from: Time is a Squirrel (1956) PUBLIC DISCOURSE, PRIVATE 'Flight' 983 REFLECTION, 1916-70 J. H. Cousins (1873-1956) and Margaret E. Cousins (1878-1954) MARJORIE HOWES, Editor from: We Two Together (1950) 984 Introduction 923 Mary Lavin (1912-96) Winifred Letts (1882-1972) A Single Lady (1964) 990 from: The Spires of Oxford and May Morton (1876-1957) Other Poems (1917) from: Sung to the Spinning Wheel 'Home' 931 (1952) from: More Songs from 'Fidelity' • 999 (1926) 'To Her Last Love' • 999 'A Girl of the Glens to Her Careless Anne Crone (1915-72) Lover' 932 from: Bridie Steen (1948) 1000 'Tin Gods' 932 from: My Heart and I (1955) 1005 XX CONTENTS

Roberta Hewitt (1904-75) ^ Frank McGuinness (1953- ) from: Diary (1948-72) 1012 from: Cardiaginians (1988) 1060 Dorine Rohan (fl. 1969) Irish Council for Civil Liberties from: Marriage Irish Style (1969) 1017 from: Equality Now for Lesbians NualaFennell (1935- ) and Gay Men (1990) 1061 from: Irish Marriage — How Are Brendi McClenaghan (c. 1958- ) You? (1974) 1021 Invisible Comrades: Gays and Siobhan Ni Shuilleabhain (fl. 1883) Lesbians in the Struggle (1991) 1062 from: Legends from Ireland (1977) 1025 Cathal 6 Searcaigh (1956- ) Margaret Barrington (1896-1982) from: An Bealach 'na Bhaile (1993) Village Without Men . . . (1982) 1026 'Ceann Dubh Dilis' 1065 Dorothy Harrison Therman (1917- ) 'My Blackhaired Love' 1065 from: Stories from (1989) 1032 'Laoi Cumainn' 1065 BIOGRAPHIES/BIBLIOGRAPHIES 1035 'Hound of Ulster' 1066 Emma Donoghue (1969- ) from: Causing a Stir: CONTESTING IRELAND: THE An Interview by Liam Fay EROSION OF HETEROSEXUAL (1994) 1067 CONSENSUS, 1940-2001 Joni Crone from: Lesbians: The Lavender SIOBHAN KILFEATHER AND EIBHEAR WALSH, Women of Ireland (1995) 1068 Editors Gerry Stembridge (1959- ) Introduction 1039 from: The Gay Detective (1996) 1069 Forrest Reid (1875-1947) Eibhear Walshe (1962- ) from: Private Road (1940) 1042 from: Sex, Nation and Dissent in Kate O'Brien (1897-1974) Irish Writing (1997) 1070 from: The Land of Spices (1941) 1043 Roz Cowman (1942- ) (1923-64) from: Lost Time: The Smell and After the Wake (1981) 1044 Taste of Castle T (1997) 1071 Edna O'Brien (?1930- ) Begona Aretxaga (1960- ) from: The Lonely Girl (1962) 1047 from: Shattering Silence: Women, from: Banned in Ireland: Nationalism and Political Censorship and the Irish Writer Subjectivity in (1990) 1051 (1997) 1073 Janet McNeill (1907-?) Lucy McDiarmid (1947-) from: The Maiden Dinosaur (1964) 1052 from: The Posthumous Life of Maurice Leitch (1933- ) (1997) 1075 from: The Liberty Lad (1965) 1054 (1965- ) from: Banned in Ireland: from: The Long Falling (1998) 1077 Censorship and the Irish Writer Tom Lennon (1990) 1055 from: Crazy Love (1999) 1079 Margo Gorman (fl. 1979) Vincent Quinn (1968- ) Ireland: Dilemmas and Struggles from: On the Borders of Allegiance: (1979) 1056 Identity Politics in Ulster (2000) 1080 Nell McCafferty (1944- ) Cherry Smyth (1960- ) from: In the Eyes of the Law from: Area of Detail: The Persistence (1981) . 1058 of Homeland as Invocation and Dublin Lesbian and Gay Men's Collective Repudiation (2001) 1084 from: Out for Ourselves: The Lives of Medbh McGuckian (1950- ) Irish Lesbians and Gay Men from: Captain Lavender (1994) (1986) 1059 'Captain Lavender' 1085 CONTENTS XXI

from: Shelmalier (1998) Maura Richards (1939- ) 'The Feminine Christs' 1086 from: Interlude (1982) 1118 from: Drawing Ballerinas (2001) (1950- ) 'The Moses Room' 1086 from: Moving Into the Space BIOGRAPHIES/BIBLIOGRAPHIES 1087 Cleared by Our Mothers (1991) 'Beginning' 1119 'Friendship' 1119 LESBIAN ENCOUNTERS, 1745-1997 'Come Quietly or the Neighbours Will Hear' 1119 EMMA DONOGHUE, Editor from: A Country Dance (1989) 1121 Introduction 1090 from: A Noise from die Woodshed Charlotte MacCarthy (fl. 1745-68) (1989) 1125 from: The Fair Moralist . . . (1746) Mairghread Medbh (1959- ) 'To the Same' 1091 from: The Making of a Pagan 'Contentment, To a Friend' 1091 (1990) Eleanor Butler (1739-1829) and 'Nights with Anne' 1127 Sarah Ponsonby (1755-1831) 1092 Susan Connolly (1956- ) from: The Hamwood Papers . . . from: How High die Moon-(1991) (1930) 1093 from: The • 1128 Maria Edgeworth (1768-1849) Nuala Archer (1955- ) from: Belinda (1801) 1095 from: The Hour of Pan/ama (1992) MaryTighe (1772-1810) %%%%%%% 1129 from: Psyche, with Other Poems (1811) June Levine.(1931- ) 'Pleasure' 1099 from: A Season of Weddings (1992) 1129 Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu (1814-73) Padraig Standun (1946- ) from: Carmilla (1872) 1100 from: Cion Mna (1993) 1130 George Moore (1852-1933) from: A Woman's Love (1994) 1132 from: A Drama in Muslin. A Realistic Ide O'Carroll (1958- ) Novel (1887) 1101 Mna i mBoston (c. 1990) 1132 George Egerton (1859-1945) Women in Boston 1133 from: The Spell of the White Elf (1893) 1102 Mary McDermott (1959- ) Rosa Mulholland (1841-1921) Frontiers (c. 1990) 1133 from: The Tragedy of Chris (1903) 1104 Cherry Smyth (1960- ) Edith CE. Somerville (1858-1949) and from: When the Lights Go Up (2001) Martin Ross (1862-1915) 'Hotel Room' 1134 from: Irish Memories (1917) 1105 Mary Branley (1962- ) Eva Gore-Booth (1870-1926) 1107 Lissadell Retold (c. 1990) 1135 from: Poems (1929) Emma Donoghue (1969- ) 'The Travellers' 1108 The Tale of the Shoe (1997) 1135 'Women's Rights' 1108 BIOGRAPHIES/BIBLIOGRAPHIES 1137 'The Vision of ' 1108 Elizabeth Bowen (1899-1973) from: The Hotel (1927) 1109 EXPLORATIONS OF LOVE AND Molly Keane (1904-96) DESIRE IN WRITING FOR from: Devoted Ladies (1934) 1111 CHILDREN, 1791-1979 Kate O'Brien (1897-1974) SIOBHAN KILFEATHER, Editor from: Mary Lavelle (1936) 1113 Edna O'Brien (?1930- ) Introduction 1141 The Mouth of the Cave (1968) 1114 Charlotte Brooke (1740-93) Maeve Binchy (1940- ) from: The School for Christians . . . from: Holland Park (1978) 1116 (1791) 1143 XX11 CONTENTS

Adelaide O'Keeffe (1776-1865) Joan Lingard (1932- ) from: Original Poems for Infant from: Across the Barricades (1972) 1183 Minds (1804-5) Anonymous 'False Alarms' 1144 from: Songs of Belfast (1978) 'Sophia's Fool-Cap' 1145 'The Wee Falorie Man' 1185 from: Patriarchal Times (1811) 1145 Til Tell My Ma' 1186 Maria Edgeworth (1768-1849) Joanne Farmer, Adrian Leonard, The Purple Jar (1796) 1148 Gillian McConnell Cecil Frances Alexander (1818-95) from: The Scrake of Dawn (1979) from: Verses for Holy Seasons (1846) 'The King Went to Visit' 1186 The Twentieth Sunday after Trinity 1151 'Fat Poof 1186 from: Hymns for Little Children ' Island' 1187 (1850) BIOGRAPHIES/BIBLIOGRAPHIES 1187 The Third Promise 1152 Harriet Beaufort (1778-1865) from: The Heiress in Her Oral Traditions Minority ... (1850) 1153 Charlotte Elizabeth Tonna (1790-1846) ANGELA BOURKE, Editor from: The Fortune Teller (1829) 1154 GENERAL INTRODUCTION 1191 Anna Jameson (1794-1860) from: Legends of the Madonna as Represented in the Fine Arts 1 1 cc LIFE STORIES (1852) 1155 Frances Browne (1816-79) ANGELA BOURKE and PATRICIA LYSAGHT, The Story of Childe Charity (1857) 1156 Editors L.T. Meade (1844-1914) 1160 Introduction 1198 from: The Rebel of the School (1902) 1161 PeigSayers (1873-1958) 1198 Kathleen Fitzpatrick (1872-?) 1164 from: Peig .i. A Sceal Fein (1936) from: The Weans at Rowallan Cleamhnas is Posadh 1200 (1905) 1165 Match and Marriage 1202 Letitia MacLintock (fl. 1869-84) Mo Shaol san Oilean 1203 Jamie Freel and the Young Lady My Life on the Island 1204 (1909) 1169 Nan Joyce(1940- ) Eleanor Hull (1860-1935) from: Traveller: An Autobiography from: Cuchulain. The Hound of (1985) Ulster (1909) 1173 A Different-Speaking People 1205 Winifred Letts (1882-1972) 'Go! Move! Shift!' 1207 from: The Quest of the Blue Rose Rosaleen Ferguson (1929- ) (1910) 1174 from: Force 10 (1991) 1209 from: Naughty Sophia (1912) 1176 BIOGRAPHIES/BIBLIOGRAPHIES 1212 Helena Concannon (1878-1952) from: A Garden of Girls ... (1914) 1178 Patricia Lynch (1898-72) INTERNATIONAL FOLKTALES from: Fiddler's Quest (1941) 1179 EiLis Ni DHUIBHNE, Editor Grace Abraham, Eleanor Cavanagh, Stella Donnan Introduction 1214 from: Under the Moon, Over the Maire Ruiseal (1856-c. 1945) Stars . . . (1971) Sceal an Ghabhairin Bhain (1936) 1219 'My Dream' 1182 The Story of the Little White Goat 1226 'The Ghost' 1182 Maire Mhic Fhionnlaoich (b. 1873) 'The Dreamer' 1182 [The Castle of Pennies] (1938) 1233 CONTENTS XX111

Translation 1235 LEGENDS OF THE SUPERNATURAL Sorcha Mhic Ghrianna (b. 1875) 1237 ANGELA BOURKE and PATRICIA LYSAGHT, Ri na Fasaighe Duibhe (1936) 1238 Editors The King of the Black Desert 1243 Anna Ui Shighil (b. 1867) 1247 Introduction by Angela Bourke 1284 Ni Mhaol Dhonn, Ni Mhaol Fhionn, Anna Nic an Luain (1884-1954) agus Ni Mhaol Charach (1939) 1248 from: Siscealta oThir Chonaill (1977) Miss Brown, Miss Blonde, and Bruion Amhra (The Wonderful Strife) 1286 Miss Pleasant 1250 An Choill Uasal (The Wood) 1287 (1873-1958) Ciapogai an Aistir Aistigh (The from: Scealta on mBlascaod (1968) Marvellous Journey Illusion) 1289 An Caitin Gearr Glas 1253 from: Na Cruacha: Scealta agus The Little Grey Cat 1257 Seanchas (1985) 1290 BIOGRAPHIES/BIBLIOGRAPHIES 1261 Torramh Si 1291 (A Phantom Funeral) 1292 Maire Ni Bheirn (b. c. 1890) STORYTELLING TRADITIONS OF THE from: Siscealta oThir Chonaill (1977)" An Bhean a Thuit on Speir (The Woman Dropped from the Air) 1293 BAIRBRE Ni FHLOINN, Editor Conall 6 Beirn (b. c. 1904) Introduction 1263 from: Siscealta oThir Chonaill (1977) Anonymous Bean Ghlun a Chaill Amharc na from: Puck of the Droms:The Lives Leathshuile 1294 and Literature of the Irish (The Midwife Who Lost an Eye) 1295 (1985) Eamon a Burc (1866-1942) Telling a Fortune 1270 from: Eamon a Burc: Scealta (1983) Nora 'Oney' Power (1861-1937) Bean 6g a Tugadh sa mBruin 1296 The Fiery Dragon (1930) 1271 (A Young Woman Taken by the ) 1300 The Strange Adventure of the Seamus 6 Cealla (fl. 1937) Storyteller with the Enchanted from: The Banshee (1986) Man (1930) 1276 The Banshee's Comb 1303 Nellie Joyce (1942-92) Mairead Ni Fhearfhia (b. 1844) from: Traveller Ways, Traveller Words from: Child Murderess and Dead (1992) Child Traditions: A Comparative The Enchanted Hare 1279 Study (1991) Patrick Stokes (c. 1940- ) Petticoat Loose 1305 from: Puck of the Droms: The Lives 1306 and Literature of the Irish Tinkers Jenny McGlynn (1939- ) 1306 (1985) The Leipreachan's Pot of Gold 1307 The Man Who Married the Mermaid 1280 Attempted Abduction of a Bride 1307 Ellie Carr (1912-2002) The Old Woman as a Hare 1308 from: Traveller Ways,Traveller The Dead Coach 1308 Words (1992) Gush of Wind as Omen of Death 1309 The May Dew 1281 Dead Mother Revisits Her Children 1309 ChrissieWard (1947- ) Devil Delays Priest on a Sick Call 1309 from: Pavee Pictures (1991) The Cardplayers and die Devil 1310 'Woman's Work' 1282 The King of the Cats • 1310 'Musha Mary Daughter' 1282 BIOGRAPHIES/BIBLIOGRAPHIES 1310 BIOGRAPHIES/BIBLIOGRAPHIES 1283 XXIV CONTENTS

THE SONG TRADITION Paddy 'Torpey' Killoughry (1892-1967) RIONACH ui OGAIN and TOM MUNNELLY, Editors from: Original Recording (1962) 'The Holy Church of Rome' 1336 Introduction 1312 BrigidTunney (1896-1975) Kate 'Dineery' Doherty (1902-92) 1317 'As I Roved Out'(1953) 1338 'The Dark-eyed Sailor' (1984) 1318 Sile Ni Ghallchobhair (c. 1860-1956) James Keane (1793-c. 1878) 'An Seanduine Doite' (1953) 1339 from:.Old'Irish Folk Music 'The Withered Old Man' (1953) 1340 and Songs(1909) Labhras 6 Cadhla (1889-1961) 'WillieTaylor' 1319 'A Mhamai, NachTii an Cladhaire!' Maire AineTSi Dhonnchadha (1919-91) (1954) 1341 from: Deora Aille: Irish Songs 'Mammy, Aren't You the Rogue!' 1342 from (1970) Patrick a Burc (1924-96) 'Donall 6g' • 1320 'Bean Phaidin' (1986) 1343 'Young Donall' 1321 'Paidin'sWife' 1344 Coilin 6 Cualain (c. 1950- ) Mary Seale 'Mainistir na Buille' (1986) 1322 'The Old Oak Tree' (1986) 1344 'The Town of Boyle' 1324 Sorcha Ni Ghuairim (1911-76) 1345 Brid Ni Chonaire (1959- ) 'An Sceilpin Draighneach' (1940) 1345 'An Sagairtin' (1986) 1324 'The Thorny Little Rock' 1347 'The Little Priest' 1325 from: Sorcha Ni Ghuairim Sings Sinead Caher Traditional Songs (1957) from: The Flower of Magherally 'Maile Ni Maoileoin' 1348 (1978) 'Maile Ni Maoileoin' 1349 "The Bonny Blue-eyed Lassie' 1326 'Digeas, 6, Deabhas, 6' 1350 Thomas H. Stewart (fl. 1927) 'Diggis oh Dows' 1350 from: Sam Henry's Songs of the Mary Ann Cunningham (fl. 1955) People (1990) from: Ceol: A Journal of Irish 'The Flower of Gortade' 1327 Music (1963) BillDonegan (b. 1906) 'The Factory Girl' 1351 'The Nobleman's Wedding' (1975) 1328 Sarah Makem (1900-85) 1351 Seosamh 6 hEanai (1919-84) from: Mrs Sarah Makem: Ulster from: 6 Mo Dhiichas (1976) Ballad Singer (1968) 'Peigin is Peadar' 1329 'Barbara Allen' 1352 'Peigin and Peadar' 1330 MaryDolan (b. 1899) Nonie Lynch (c. 1910) 'Jimmy Whelan' (1971) 1353 'My Good-looking Man' (1992) 1331 Elizabeth (Bess) Cronin (1879-1956) Maggie McDonagh (c. 1911- ) 'Cuc-A-Neaindi' (1947) 1354 from: The Columbia World Library ('Cuc-A-Nandy') 1355 of Folk and Primitive Music, Cait Ni Mhuimhneachain (1918-49) Vol. 1: Irish Folk Songs (1955) 'An Jug Mor is e Lan' (1941) 1356 'Duin Du' 1332 'The Big Jug when it is Full' 1357 'Doo-Een Doo' 1333 Cait Ni Ailiosa (b. c. 1897) Nora Cleary (1927-88) 'Is e Donall Binn 6 Conaill Caoin' 'The Bold Trooper' (1975) 1333 (1976) 1358 'The Holland Handkerchief 'Daniel O'Connell, Gentle and Kind' 1358 (1975) 1334 Brid Ui Ghallchobair (fl. 1956) John Reilly (1926-69) 'Abhainn Mhor' (1956) 1359 from: Original Recording (1967) 'Abhainn Mhor' [The Big River] 1360 'The Well Below the Valley' 1335 BIOGRAPHIES/BIBLIOGRAPHIES 1361 CONTENTS XXV

LAMENTING THE DEAD (How a Woman from Inch Lamented Her Father) 1397 ANGELA BOURKE, Editor BIOGRAPHIES/BIBLIOGRAPHIES 1397 Introduction 1365 Sir James Cotter's Nurse (fl. 1720) 1367 from: Murphy MS No. 9, National SPIRITUALITY AND RELIGION IN ORAL University of Ireland, Maynooth TRADITION 'Caoineadh Sheamuis Mhic Choitir' 1368 'The Lament for Sir James Cotter' 1368 ANGELA BOURKE and PATRICIA LYSAGHT, Editors CaitdeBurca (fl. 1766) from: Feasta (1956) Introduction by Angela Bourke. 1399 'An tAthair Nioclas Mac Sithigh: PeigSayers (1873-1958) Caoineadh do Chum a Dheirfhir' 1369 from: Machtnamh Seana-Mhna 'Father Nicholas Sheehy: A Lament (1939) 1401 Composed by His Sister' 1370 An Chaibidil Dheireannach 1402 Eibhlin Dubh Ni Chonaill (c. 1743-c. 1800) (The Last Chapter) 1403 'Torramh-Chaoineadh Airt Ui Maire Ni Ghuithin (c. 1905-88) Laoghaire' 1372 from: Bean an Oileain (1986) ('The Funeral Lament for Art Paidreacha 1405 6 Laoghaire') 1378 (Prayers) 1406 Mother of Diarmaid Mac Carthaigh Anna Ni Bhaoill (b. 1894) (fl. c. 1850) from: Bealoideas (1936) from: Eigse (1939) 'Nuair a Bhionn Tu ag Coigilt na 'Caoine ar Dhiarmaid Mac Teineadh' (Prayer as You Save the Carthaigh 6 Radi Dubhain, a bhi Fire) 1408 'na Cheannuighe Ime i gCorcaigh' 1384 Anna Ni Ghrianna (1893-1963) 'A Lament for Diarmaid MacCarthy from: Bealoideas (1936) of Rath Dubhain, Who Was a 'An Gheal-Phaidir' (The White Butter-Merchant in Cork' 1386 Paternoster) 1409 Neili Ni Dhomhnaill (1907-84) MaryBarnable (1854-c. 1957) from: Ceol: A Journal of Irish from: Romantic Slievenamon in Music (1982) 1388 History, Folklore and Song (1955) Eoin Burcach 1389 ['A Ri na nGrast'] 1409 Translation 1390 Translation 1410 Maire Ruiseal (1856-c. 1945) Anna Ni Raghallaigh (1858-1936) from: Bealoideas (1929) from: Caoineadh na dTri Muire An Torramh Breagach 1391 (1983) (The Fake Wake) 1392 'Caoineadh na Maighdine' 1410 Anonymous (The Virgin's Lament) 1411 from: An Seanchaidhe Maire Ni Fhlannchadha (Mrs Keady) Muimhneach (1932) (fl. 1904) [A Bhean UdThios go bhFuil an from: (1904) Sioda Ort] 1393 'Caoineadh Mhuire' (Mary's Lament) 1412 You Down There in the Silk Dress 1394 Siubhan Ni Mhaolain (fl. 1932) from: Journal of the Irish Folk from: Bealoideas (1932) Song Society (1922) ' na Maighdine' (The 'Caoine Magaidh' 1395 Virgin's Dream) 1413 (A Joking Lament) 1396 Mrs Lines (/Z. 1912) from: An Seanchaidhe Muimhneach from: Journal of the Irish Folk (1932) Song Society (1912) 1413 Bean Inse ag Caoineadh a hAthar 1397 'The Seven Rejoices of Mary' 1414 XXVI CONTENTS

Anna Nic an Luain (1884-1954) Dublin Children's Traditional from: Na Cruacha: Scealta agus Street Games with and Seanchas (1985) 1414 Music (1984) Breithiunas Aithri Naomh Conaill Skipping Rhymes 1429 (Saint Conall's Penance) 1415 Anna Nic an Luain (1884-1954) Cait ('An Bhab') Feirtear (1916- ) from: Na Cruacha: Scealta agus from: Original Recordings (1975) Seanchas (1985) Cuaird na Maighdine 1416 Murchadh Mor agus Murchadh (The Virgin's Visit) 1417 Beag 1430 An Cota Mor ar an nGa Greine 1418 (Big Murchadh and Little Murchadh) 1431 (The Greatcoat on the Sunbeam) 1419 BIOGRAPHIES/BIBLIOGRAPHIES 1432 BIOGRAPHIES/BIBLIOGRAPHIES 1420

WRITING ORAL TRADITIONS WORK AND PLAY PATRICIA LYSAGHT, Editor ANGELA BOURKE, Editor Introduction 1433 Introduction 1421 Lady Gregory (1852-1932) Anonymous from: Visions and Beliefs in the from: Journal of the Irish Folk West of Ireland (1920) 1435 Song Society (1924) Seers and Healers 1437 'Dunadan Dorcha ' 1423 Mrs. Sheridan 1440 Translation 1423 The Evil Eye — The Touch — Anonymous The Penalty 1443 from: Picking Up the Linen Away 1444 Threads: A Study in Industrial from: The Kiltartan History Book Folklore (1975) (1909) "The Doffing Mistress' 1424 The Goban Saor 1445 Anonymous The Queen of Breffhi 1446 from: Irisleabhar na Gaedhilge/ The Trace of Cromwell 1447 The Gaelic Journal (1905) 1424 The Stuarts 1448 'ABheanUdThall' 1425 Daniel O'Connell 1448 Translation 1425 Parnell 1450 Siobhan Lynch (1965- ) from: The Kiltartan Wonder Book from: Bealoideas (1979) (1910) The Farmer Wants a Wife 1426 The Woman That Was a Great Fool 1450 Anonymous Maire MacNeill (1904-87) from: Cniogaide Cnagaide: Rainn from: The Festival of Lughnasa Traidisiunta do Phaisti (1988) (1962) 1451 Bean an Ti 1426 from: Bealoideas (1971-3) (The Woman of the House) 1427 Poll na Seantuinne and Poll Tigh John Buckley Liabain 1453 from: Irish Times (1982) Brid Mahon Cinderella Dressed inYella Went from: Land of Milk and Honey: The Upstairs to Kiss Her Fella 1427 Story of Traditional Irish Food Eilis Brady and Drink (1991) 1456 from: All In! All In!: A Selection of BIOGRAPHIES/BIBLIOGRAPHIES 1457