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Title: The Ned M'Keown Stories
Traits And Stories Of The Irish Peasantry, The Works of
William Carleton, Volume Three

Author: William Carleton

Illustrator: M. L. Flanery

Release Date: June 7, 2005 [EBook #16012]
Last Updated: November 10, 2012

Language: English

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THE WORKS OF WILLIAM CARLETON

VOLUME III.

TRAITS AND STORIES OF THE IRISH PEASANTRY

The Ned M'Keown Stories

CONTENTS

INTRODUCTION.

NED M'KEOWN.

THE THREE TASKS.

SHANE FADH'S WEDDING.

LARRY M'FARLAND'S WAKE.

THE BATTLE OF THE FACTIONS.

List of Illustrations

Frontispiece

Titlepage

Page 656— Bringing Home "graceless Ned,"

Age 676— Throw It over Your Left Shoulder

Page 693— How he Kept his Sate So Long Has Puzzled Me

Page 713— 'Why, Larry,' Says He, 'how Did You Get In'

Page 725— The Man Who Could Hit That Could Hit Anything

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INTRODUCTION.

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