Excerpt from Heroic Romances of Ireland, Vol. 2 of 2: Translated Into English Prose and Verse, With Preface, Special Introductions and NotesIT seems to have been customary in ancient Ireland to precede by shorter stories the recital of the Great Tain, the central story of the Irish Heroic Age. A list of fourteen of these lesser Tains, three of which are lost, is given in Miss Hull's Cuchullin Saga, those preserved are the Tain bo Aingen, Dartada, Elidais, Fraich, Mumad, Regamon, Regamna, Ros, Ruanadh, Sailin, and Erc. Of these, five only have been edited, viz. The Tain bo Dartada, Elidais, Fraich, Regamon, and Regamna, all these five are given in this volume.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.