Silva Gadelica

Silva Gadelica
A Fianna hero depicted in the Silva Gadelica, Fionn mac Cumhaill, meets the attendants of his father in the forest of Connacht, Ireland. Illustration by Stephen Reid.
AuthorStandish Hayes O'Grady
GenreFolktale
PublisherWilliams and Norgate
Publication date
1892
Publication placeUnited Kingdom
Media typePrint (hardcover)

The Silva Gadelica are two volumes of medieval tales taken from Irish folklore, translated into modern English by Standish Hayes O'Grady and published in 1892.[1] The volumes contain many stories that together comprise the Fenian Cycle.

  1. ^ Welch, Robert (2003). "O'Grady, Standish Hayes". The Concise Oxford Companion to Irish Literature. Oxford University Press.