Introduction / Vivian Mercier --
How St. Patrick obtained Armagh / Muirchu Maccu Mactheni (about A.D. 700) --
St. Brendan and the Harper / Anonymous (10th century) --
Baile the sweetspoken, Son of Buan / Anonymous (11th century?) --
St. Moling and the Devil / Anonymous (18th century) --
Romance of Mis and Dubh Ruis / Anonymous (18th century?) --
Cauth Morrisy looking for service / Patrick Kennedy (1801-1873) --
Brown Man / Gerald Griffin (1803-1840) --
Only son of Aoife / Isabella Augusta, Lady Gregory (1852-1932) --
Leeam O'Rooney's burial / Douglas Hyde (1862-1949) --
Lady O'Conor / He that's dead can do no hurt / J.M. Synge (1871-1909) --
Donagh; or, the horse-stealers / William Carleton (1794-1869) --
Julia Cahill's curse / So on he fares / George Moore (1852-1933) --
Oweneen the Sprat / E.E. Somerville (1858-1949) and Martin Ross (1862-1915) --
Tables of the law / W.B. Yeats (1865-1939) --
Persian tale / Lynn Doyle (1873-1961) --
Stones / Children / Daniel Corkery (1878-1964) --
Shoemaker / Seumas O'Kelly (1881-1918) --
Woman on whom God laid his hand / Padraic O Conaire (1881-1928) --
Three women who wept / James Stephens (1882?-1950) --
Clay / Davin's story / James Joyce (1882-1941) --
Education / Lennox Robinson (1886-1958) --
Liam O'Flaherty (1897-1984) --
Fur coat / Two of a kind / Sean O'Faolain (1900-) --
Peasants / Man of the World / Frank O'Connor (1903-1966) --
Dante and the lobster / Samuel Beckett (1906-1989) --
Pigeons / Michael McLaverty (1907-) --
Sound of the bell / Bryan MacMahon (1909-) --
Brigid / Nun's mother / Mary Lavin (1912-) --
Half-crown / James Plunkett (1920-) --
Foundry house / Brian Friel (1929-).
