The Dagda's Harp page 9
Introduction 13
SAMHAIN 29
The Year Begins 30
The Monster's Story: Fionn Comes to Tara 31
The Skaldcrow's Story: Nera in the Otherworld 47
The Messenger's Story: The Magic Mantle 71
Interval: Bog Time, Bog Lore 80
IMBOLG 89
The First Day of Spring 90
The River's Story: Boann 92
The Fox's Story: Brighid's Bargain 106
The Saint's Story: St Kevin and the Blackbird 121
Interval: Forest Time, Forest Lore 128
BEALTAINE 144
Summer Season 145
The Cat and Dog's Story: The Horned Women 147
The Publican's Story: The Puca 165
The Fieldmouse's Story: Sean the Piper 174
Interval: The Time of Pastures
and of Fields 194
LUGHNASA 203
Fairs, Festivals and Harvest 204
The King's Story: How Setanta Was Named 206
The Wolfhound's Story: The Birth of Bran 238
The Forest's Story: Suibhne 249
Afterword 255
The Music of What Happens 261
Bibliography 263
Credits 270
When Grace and her five best friends are forced to take part in the Witch Trials, they risk life and limb to compete against other trainee witches in magical, death-defying stunts. But when they are discovered to be mere humans, this supernatural world turns against them, and the real nightmare begins.
A stirring story set against the background of the 1916 Rising. John Joe is a pupil in Padraig Pearse's school, and gets caught up in the dramatic events of the Rebellion. Compelling and evocative.