The Clontarf Cycle

Edition and production details

Language

English

6 linked Howard works

• Black Harps in the Hills verse Publications
• Song Before Clontarf verse Publications
• Spears of Clontarf story Howard writing Publications
• The Cairn on the Headland story Howard writing Publications
• The Dark Man story Howard writing Publications
• The Grey God Passes story Howard writing Publications

29 contents entries

1. Stories & Poems
2. " Song Before Clontarf " (poem)
3. " The Dark Man "
4. " Spears of Clontarf "
5. " The Grey God Passes "
6. " The Cairn on the Headland "
7. " Black Harps in the Hills " (poem)
8. Drafts & Fragments
9. " Spears of Clontarf " ( Earliest Known Draft)
10. " The Grey God Passes " (Draft A)
11. " The Grey God Passes " (Draft B)
12. " The Grey God Passes " (fragment)
13. " The Cairn on the Headland " (Draft A)
14. Untitled ("Thomas Fitzgerald, Shane O'Neill") (poem)
15. Other Contents
16. " The Field Beneath " by Scott Oden
17. Introduction
18. Gray vs. Grey, Ax vs. Axe
19. Celts, Gaels, & Irish
20. Glossary
21. Essays
22. "Conan, Crom, and Clontarf "
23. " Robert E. Howard’s Clontarf: Christian vs. Pagan "
24. " The Last Celt " by Harold Preece
25. " The Last Celt—An Epilogue " by Harold Preece
26. Appendices
27. Excerpt from "A Short History of Gaelic Ireland (1924)" by P. W. Joyce
28. Excerpts from "The Story of Burnt Njal (1861)" translated into English by Sir George Webb Dasent
29. Broder vs. Brodir

Contributors

P. W. Joyce

Essayist