Wurra-Wurra

WURRA-WURRA

Reading edition

GROTTO AND IMAGE OF WURRA-WURRA

Drawn by John Innes, from his reconstruction of this very ancient Celtic Idol, as described in the Legend.

Image of the illustrated title page. Text reads: WURRA-WURRA / A LEGEND OF SAINT PATRICK AT TARA / HERE FIRST TRANSCRIBED AND COMPARED WITH THE TESTIMONY OF ANCIENT RECORDS AND MODERN HISTORICAL RESEARCH / By CURTIS DUNHAM / AUTHOR OF “THE GOLDEN GOBLIN,” ETC. / WITH ILLUSTRATIONS, INCLUDING A RECONSTRUCTION OF THE VERY ANCIENT CELTIC IDOL CALLED WURRA-WURRA / By JOHN INNES / NEW YORK / DESMOND FITZGERALD, INC. / PUBLISHERS

TO THOSE DESCENDANTS OF THE O’SHAUGHNESSY WHO PRESERVED THIS LEGEND OF ST. PATRICK AT TARA; TO THE MEMORY OF FATHER O’SHAUGHNESSY, FROM WHOM IT WAS RECEIVED ORALLY; AND TO THE ANTI-WORRY SOCIETIES OF CHRISTENDOM, THIS TRANSCRIPT IS RESPECTFULLY DEDICATED