Contents

Dramatis Personae

Historic and Mythological Personages

Historic Place Names

Prologue. 1166

PART I. THE STONE IN THE MUD

Chapter 1. Kelt, 1171

Chapter 2. Milesius

Chapter 3. File

Chapter 4. Tiarna

Chapter 5. Athair

Chapter 6. Immána

Chapter 7. Táin

Chapter 8. Oígidecht

Chapter 9. Óenach

Chapter 10. Saoirse

Chapter 11. Tlachta

PART II. IN THE HAWK’S SHADOW

Chapter 12. Duiblinn

Chapter 13. Dark Waters

Chapter 14. The Civitas

Chapter 15. Makrill

Chapter 16. The Spectre of the Earl

Chapter 17. The Owl and the Nightingale

Chapter 18. An Impious Teacher

Chapter 19. Escape

Chapter 20. Judgement

PART III. WHAT IS OWED IS DUE

Chapter 21. Baile Atha Troim

Chapter 22. The Harrowing of Míde

Chapter 23. Féichín’s Bones

Chapter 24. In Weal and Woe

Chapter 25. Coming Kings

Author’s Note

Acknowledgements

Glossary

About the Author