FULL-PAGE ILLUSTRATIONS

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Patrick casting down Cromm Cruach and the twelve smaller idols 12
Keth, Patrick’s Strong Man, describing to Finola the virtues of his handstone 20
Keth Mac Maragh in the bog, beset by the wizard spells of Lochru 38
Keth recites the Brehon Law to Dubthach Mac na Lugair and his debtor 44
Dubthach, the Royal Shanachy, driving home the price of his poems 48
Far down Glanngalt Keth sees the torches flaming about the Grotto of Wurra-Wurra 52
With his mighty handstone, defying Lochru, Keth shatters the idol Wurra-Wurra 62
Finola runs to Keth and delivers an urgent message from Patrick 64
Keth, in the shattered idol’s place, hears Finola’s great worry 76
Patrick marries and blesses Keth and Finola of the White Shoulder 78