Excerpt from The Songs of IrelandSo large a portion of what Mr. Dufi'y has written in his Introduction to The Ballad Poetry of Ireland, published in the present series, is equally applicable to the Songs of the country, as to limit to a narrow space the observations which, only for its priority of publication, I should be obliged to make.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.