{"collection":"Northern European Mythology","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/browse/neu/celt/lfic/lfic002.htm","path":"neu/celt/lfic/lfic002.htm","source_url":"https://sacred-texts.com/neu/celt/lfic/lfic002.htm","text":"Dedication\nTO\nJOSEPH SHERIDAN LE FANU, ESQ.\nAUTHOR OF \"UNCLE SILAS,\" ETC.\nDEAR SIR,\nI beg to offer this collection of Irish Legends to your acceptance, from respect for your high position among English writers, in consideration of your being a truly good man, and in gratitude for your kind encouragement of my own literary attempts. Without that encouragement I should probably never have an opportunity of penning a dedication to any one.\nI am, dear Sir,\nYour faithful Servant\nPATRICK KENNEDY.\nLOUGH NA PIASTHA COTTAGE.","title":"Legendary Fictions of the Irish Celts: Dedication","type":"page"}