The Boyhood of Fionn

Name: Irish Fairy Tales - The Boyhood of Fionn
Author: James Stephens

He was a king, a seer and a poet. He was a lord with a manifold and great train. He was our magician, our knowledgable one, our soothsayer. All that he did was sweet with him. And, however ye deem my testimony of Fionn excessive, and, although ye hold my praising overstrained, nevertheless, and by the King that is above me, he was three times better than all I say.—Saint PATRICK.

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Chicago: James Stephens, "The Boyhood of Fionn," Irish Fairy Tales, ed. Altemus, Henry and trans. McNamee, Gregory in Irish Fairy Tales Original Sources, accessed July 1, 2025, http://www.originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=6JFFTXTQJ9HPI8X.

MLA: Stephens, James. "The Boyhood of Fionn." Irish Fairy Tales, edited by Altemus, Henry, and translated by McNamee, Gregory, in Irish Fairy Tales, Original Sources. 1 Jul. 2025. http://www.originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=6JFFTXTQJ9HPI8X.

Harvard: Stephens, J, 'The Boyhood of Fionn' in Irish Fairy Tales, ed. and trans. . cited in , Irish Fairy Tales. Original Sources, retrieved 1 July 2025, from http://www.originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=6JFFTXTQJ9HPI8X.