Dedicated to my Nephews and Nieces.

CONTENTS.

Chapter. Page.
I. From the Britons’ appeal to Aëtius—Commander of the Roman Armies, 446 A.D. 11
II. Gléand dé 21
III. From the Epistle of Gildas the most ancient British Author 29
IV. Many a branch of the race of Conn is in the land of Banba of smooth grass (Book of Lecan) 37
V. Why Ethne hates the Christians 50
VI. The Sacred Heart of Hibernia 60
VII. Into the Arms of Moloch 69
VIII. Ethne again as Leader 79
IX. To the North 88
X. Bards of Hibernia 98
XI. Saint Columba 114
XII. The Fair 122
XIII. Man and Woman 134
XIV. Leader of the Kymry 149
XV. The Black Horse 158
XVI. Ethelbert of Kent 172
XVII. Ethne’s Error 181
XVIII. England’s First Christian Queen 189